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A very belated review of the Mio and Yui Nendoroids.

First, Mio.

She arrived at the beginning of February.

Naturally, she’s wearing the 桜高 winter uniform.

The difference in skirt colors for the school uniform across dolls and figures amuses me a little. The Nendoroid skirts are clearly light blue (although this photo makes them look slightly grey). The Azone fabric skirts are without a doubt completely grey. I’m partial to the plaid skirt used in the original manga/4coma, anyway XD

Mio’s hair actually has highlights/halo effect painted on it, which almost gives the effect of the paint having faded rather than the shiny anime-style XD;

Nendoroids have three head parts: bangs, face/neck and hair. This is Mio without her bangs.

Mio’s bangs and hair pieces

All of the body parts that came with Mio

Some of the hands can be removed from the arms, like this.

Mio’s bass & amp

Mio playing bass

Mio’s o(；△；)/ face

Next up is Yui!

Some box shots:

the insert packaging

Yui’s stand

(kind of looks like mouse ears… XD)

The stand back has a joint so you can tilt up or down as necessary

(if you’re wondering about all the smiley faces you see on joints, the company that’s involved with the nendoroids is called Good Smile…. XD)

And here we have Yui herself, sporting the double v-pose v(^ ^)v

The three faces of (Nendoroid) Yui

All the body parts that came with Yui

Yui’s serious face XD

ギー太! (Giita~!)

Yui’s crying face

close-up of the neck joint

and finally, some pair shots of Yui & Mio together!

Something I noticed when posing them together… the stands are different!

Mio’s has a much higher back:

than Yui’s:

(together, for comparison:)

Strangely enough, Yui’s stand suits Mio better because her stand interfered with her long hair. But overall Mio’s stand is more stable and I like it better. It seems like every Nendoroid I’ve bought has a different style stand… Konata’s is similar to Miku!Kagami, but they have some noticeable differences. I applaud GS for trying to constantly improve their stands, and think they’ve nearly reached a perfect setup. I look forward to seeing how they evolve in the future. (With my first Nendoroid, Kona, I didn’t think much about the stands because her long hair helped her balance enough that she didn’t need one XD;)