FarizAsuka and I had a personal photoshoot with our 1/8 VOCALOID figures over at Vivo City last night. We originally planned to have one earlier, but you know. Besides, both of us finally found some free time to spend together yesterday evening, so might as well.
Since this is also the first time I’m bringing the Kagamine twins out of their boxes, I guess it’s time for a review!
I’m well aware that I haven’t made an actual review till now, so I guess I better make this a good one.
I pre-ordered the 1/8 figures way back last year in December, and they arrived (friggin’ delayed) at the end of July. Can’t say I regretted buying either of them, since I just love ‘em, and I managed to save enough allowance to prevent the purchase from even touching my bank account. They also happen to be my first (and most likely last) 1/8 scale figures, so I finally have something without any joints and whatnot.
Credits go to Panther for helping me pre-order under his name (even up till now); if you’re familiar with Latendo you’ll know what this means. Thanks a lot. (b ^.^)b
Kagamine Rin’s figure is surprisingly simple, compared to Miku and Len. No long hair, and no large accessories. She sports a good (sexy?) pose, however, and comes with a small microphone and a logo stand for the twins (which isn’t included in this review, since it wouldn’t serve much of a purpose in an outdoor setting).
Getting Rin to hold the microphone is an easy matter of inserting it into her grasping hand…NOT. The problem here is that the distance between her hand and her face is less than the length of the microphone…so you have to push the arm back slightly. As a newbie figurine collector, this scares me, and it doesn’t help that the microphone itself (according to Fariz) is fragile on its own.
Kagamine Len (or Ren as some of you Japanese purists like to call him) has a “rocker’s” pose, complete with his signature keyboard guitar. His awesome pose feels slightly wrong, though; it looks like he’s trying to strum his keyboard guitar rather than press the keys.
While the guitar isn’t as difficult to put on as Rin’s microphone, it does take a few tries before you’re able to slide it under his arm and tie and insert the handle into his grasping hand. The strap is no biggie to attach, thankfully.
The attention to detail is incredible. The creases on the clothing make it almost seem like it’s cloth (though it’s still hard plastic you’re looking at), and the “rocking out” poses for both figures are accurately enhanced by the small “loose” pieces of clothing (e.g. their straps) and hair, which dangle in mid-air as if in motion.
The code-number “02″ is printed on both of their left upper arms, and the words “Electric Voice System” are also printed on both their legs to match Kei’s (the original artist) rendition of the twins (though you probably can’t see it from the angles we used). The only details that are missing are probably the displays on both of their arms; while Miku’s display was clearly painted on her arm, Rin’s and Len’s displays are depicted as a plain green rectangle.
They look awesome as a band couple, and I still don’t regret buying them. ^.^
I’m not forgetting the 3rd star of our little outing though, so here are pics of FarizAsuka’s GSC 1/8 Hatsune Miku!
Fariz didn’t do a review since he already did one 4 months back. Miku’s still as cute as ever though. =D
Enough indoors, let’s head outside!
Pretty pictures, no?
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Needs more Miku. Never did like the twins anyway. lol. But nice pictures! Wish I had your skills…and your camera. XD
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I’ve never really gotten into the whole vocaloid craze, but I must admit that some brilliant figures are coming out of it
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It would cheese me off though, if they released ACT2 versions of the figurines with better design and quality.
Pretty indeed.
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Yup! Thanks!
love those bright pics of rin & len! ^^
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Thanks! =D
“The only details that are missing are probably the displays on both of their arms; while Miku’s display was clearly painted on her arm, Rin’s and Len’s displays are depicted as a plain green rectangle.”
Actually, if I recall correctly, in the original design that’s on the crypton site, Rin and Len’s displays ARE just green rectangles. They have since changed it actually… google searches show up the original art on other sites while crypton seems to have updated the image on their site to have a design within the green rectangles.
Ex: http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/8838
Check the box art.
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oh and silly me forgot to comment how pretty the pictures are! xD The lighting is really nice too. Rin and Len on that yellow/green background color is a good combo. :3
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Ah. I was referring to the ACT2 artwork while I was writing the post. ^.^;
It’s over here if you want to have a look; Piapro released the file publicly for a contest. (2.6MB, so be patient.)
Thanks for the comments! All we did was find a coloured wall indoors with no one around and took photos of the figures before it.
The last few outdoor photos were all taken at the roof of the mall, where there were pools of water. Of course, you can’t see the water, except for the last shot of Miku (and even then it’s not very clear) since we forgot that long shutter times = no visible ripples?
Really cool pictures. I like the last one. good blur effect of the lights.
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Nice pictures, maybe just lack more lightning… ^^Didn’t get Rin and Len because I has no money lol… And I want Max Factory version of Miku too… D=
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I discovered your site and I appreciate your photos.
Perhaps a little more clarity to Miku …
Your review on Rin and Len is the first that I liked as much. I almost want to buy these 2 figures (I would have liked the “Volks”).
Would it be possible to make a banner exchange with you?
Thanks
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Haha, thanks! Make sure you save up enough to buy both of them though…
And sure, a banner exchange will be fine! I’ll e-mail you via your posted e-mail address, if you don’t mind!
Yes, it’s sure
Ok to mail. I’ve already placed your banner.
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Amazing picture ^^ I love the background effect. I’am not a Vocaloid addict, but it’s true that twin are great ^^
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Thank you so much for reviewing them! I was worried about getting them because of their low price on Yahoo Auctions, and because their color scheme seemed a little bit off, but now I’m sure to get them!
With all the comments about you x Fariz in IRC, this:
…both of us finally found some free time to spend together yesterday evening.
Feels somehow wrong…
ANYWAYS (:D), nice photos. I especially like the first two where you blurred out everything except for the character you focused on. The bokeh effect on the background of your other photos are also quite a nice touch. Good job~!