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Some of you might be wondering how to get hold of the Nendoroid Puchi Hatsune Miku figure (初音ミク -プロジェクト ディーヴァ- 特典 ねんどろいどぷち 初音ミク Project DIVA 特典 ver. & Amazon.co.jpオリジナル オープニングテーマ “The secret garden” クリア歌詞カード付き) – the good news is that yes you can get your hands on it. The bad news is that it will come only packaged with the Hatsune Miku Project DIVA PSP game. Similar to the Toradora PSP game which comes with the Aisaka Taiga Nendoroid Puchi, the Project DIVA psp game will be bundled with the Hatsune Miku nendoroid petit figure. The game itself will be released on 2 July, 2009 so there’s still a bit of time before fans will get to have a taste of both the game and the figure.

There might be fans who will be satisfied with the Hatsune Miku Nendoroid that was already released eons ago, as the two do look similar. However, for me, I cannot resist nendoroid PUCHIS! The smaller a figure is, the cuter I find it. So it was another case similar with the Taiga puchi – I decided to place my pre-order for the Project DIVA PSP game in order to get this Hatsune Miku Nendoroid Puchi. The game will come in Japanese as usual, and my Japanese is not up to scratch at the moment. Even though you won’t likely need to know it well to actually play the game, I can still use it as another form of learning or practice.

Since this is a pre-order Japanese psp game, I got my copy from Amazon Japan. They have it at 23% discount (a huge discount, in my opinion) off retail price, and with free shipping, it comes to 4,698 yen. Because of the free shipping PLUS the discount, even after you use Tenso.com (or your favorite international shipping forwarding service), you should probably still pay at retail price or lower. Furthermore, the PSP game and a nendoroid puchi combined are light so the handling charges from Tenso.com are low too. That’s why I get quite a lot of my pre-orders from Amazon Japan especially since they have substantial discounts for those products.

I also came across Play Asia that has the Hatsune Miku Project DIVA psp game bundled with the nendoroid puchi. They have a Japan version and an Asia version. The former is slightly more expensive at 5,881 yen and is the one I got from Amazon Japan. The Asia version is 4,896 yen which is still slightly more expensive than what I paid for.

Photos courtesy of Mikatan’s blog and Amazon Japan.

This Aisha Kanu PVC figure (かんう あいしゃ) from FREEing is one of the better bases to come with a figure since Black Rock Shooter so far and coupled with the slightly aggressive pose, the whole effect gives it quite a bit of life. I have not played the game “Koihime Musou” from which this Aisha Kanu PVC figure is derived from, but there is no need for that in order to appreciate a fine work of art.

Starting with the base, it’s probably the first portion of the Aisha Kanu PVC figure to attract my eye. I love it when the figurine designer or maker decides to be a little more imaginative than usual, as bases can give a figure that much more life and vitality. The flames look like they’re dancing in the wind so that’s brilliant.

Aisha Kanu’s pose looks like she’s coming for ya, but again, it’s that base of flames that’s doing the trick in my opinion. Her costume details are quite exquisite and I kind of like the paintwork looks well done in great shades and hues. Aisha’s hair has a nice graceful flow to it and her weapon Seiryuu Engetsudou (a lance or a spear?) is pretty cool in her hands. Will have to wait for the figure to arrive in order to examine how detailed the weapon is.

FREEing has the Aisha Kanu PVC figure at a retail price of 10,800 yen, quite pricey but with a base like this, you kind of expected it. It’s quite big as well at 270mm or 1/6 scale, so expect shipping rates to be higher. As usual, Hobby Search is early and has it at pre-order of 9,771 yen. Amazon Japan’s pre-order price for Aisha Kanu is 8,640 yen though and that’s with free domestic shipping. For comparison, I’ll provide prices from other stores once they’ve updated their inventories.

Photos courtesy of Good Smile Company

For fans of Toradora, this Tenori Taiga Nendoroid Puchi figure will be available together with the purchase of the Toradora PSP game, to be released on April 30th, end of this month. This is an exclusive bonus only with the game and can’t be bought anywhere else unless you buy the Toradora PSP game. I’m a huge fan of the anime and really adore Taiga, so it was a no-brainer for me about getting a copy of the game just for the Tenori Taiga Nendoroid Puchi figure. Yup, will struggle with the game itself because I don’t know Japanese yet, but could probably help me in learning the language in a fun way as well. Not to mention having lots of fun with the figure! The caricature of Taiga with her hair in two small buns is also extremely cute and comes from one of the series’ highlight moments.

Picked up my copy from Amazon Japan which has it at 4,183 yen with free shipping. For fans outside Japan who want it directly from the country, then you’ll need a forwarding service in order to get yours from Amazon Japan when you buy the Toradora PSP game. I use Tenso.com, after all the additional shipping charges it should be just over 5,000 yen or so I assume (small package). Anyway, anything for a Tenori Taiga Nendoroid Puchi!

Here check out some preview pictures from GSC’s Mikatan’s blog for tsundere at its adorable best:

Photos courtesy of Mikatan blog