{"id":15915,"date":"2011-12-16T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T09:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15915"},"modified":"2011-12-16T03:52:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T09:52:56","slug":"vault-review-cheerful-japan-miku-hatsune-figma-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15915","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Cheerful Japan
Miku Hatsune (Figma #114)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By the time I learned just how great Figma figures were, it was too late for me to purchase the original Miku Hatsune without paying insanely high prices.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I jumped at the chance when Max Factory rereleased her in their Cheerful Japan line.<\/p>\n

To help raise money and support of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in early May, the Good Smile Company began selling a run of exclusive figures known as the Cheerful Japan line.\u00a0 The line consisted of various statues, Figma, and Nendoroid figures whose proceeds would go to the recovery support efforts.<\/p>\n

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It would have been easy for Good Smile to simply rerelease their more popular characters, but they took it a step further by adding new paint jobs and accessories.\u00a0 They also created a website which easily allowed customers from around the world to purchase these goods without having to go through middlemen and third party online stores.<\/p>\n

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Something else that equally impressed me was that Good Smile also fixed one of the flaws with the original Miku.\u00a0 Her Support Version\u2019s release is almost the exact same sculpt as the original, except her hands have been updated.\u00a0 The first release had a stub on the end of each hand\u2019s peg, which allowed it to snap into place.\u00a0 Unfortunately this also caused them to break off insider her arms.\u00a0 The new version of the figure now has the common peg that easily slides in and out of place.<\/p>\n

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As for the rest of Support Miku\u2019s sculpt, it seems to be the same as the original figures\u2019.\u00a0 She\u2019s wearing her classic costume of a dress shirt, tie, and skirt with thigh high boots and flared out arm sleeves.\u00a0 Her two long ponytails flare out and are hollow on the undersides, like a spoon.\u00a0 It took me a bit to get used to this, since I\u2019m much fonder of the windswept look of my Append Miku.\u00a0 But looking back over her original videos, the hair is pretty accurate to the 3D model\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

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Miku\u2019s paint job is excellent.\u00a0 One of the things I really like about her design is the striking contrast of her dark costume with the neon-like teal accent pieces and her hair.\u00a0 The Support Version\u2019s shirt is brighter silver from the original\u2019s, but aside from that they have the same basic paint apps.<\/p>\n

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I really love the small electronic details on her arm sleeves and the \u201c01\u201d character on her left shoulder.\u00a0 These are some of the few hints that she may not be as human as she looks.\u00a0 Both tampos came out crisp and easy to read, which is always nice on such tiny symbols.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Miku has the common swivel\/hinge Figma joints on each ponytail, her neck, elbows, knees and ankles.\u00a0 Her shoulders are swivel\/hinges connected to a ball joint, while her hips are ball joints.\u00a0 Her wrists are swivel\/hinge pin joints.\u00a0 She does have a waist joint, but it\u2019s extremely limited by her design and I don\u2019t even want to move it for fear it might break.\u00a0 I was also a bit disappointed to discover she didn\u2019t have swivel joints where her boots cut off on her thighs.\u00a0 Without them, certain leg positions look a bit awkward.<\/p>\n

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Like the original Miku, she comes with a Mic stand with removable microphone, and two leeks.\u00a0 These are all great accessories and you\u2019ll probably see them popping up as props in future reviews.\u00a0 She also comes with the basic Figma stand.<\/p>\n

For her exclusives, they also included an orange flag with the words \u201cCheerful Japan\u201d on it and a set of orange pompoms.\u00a0 The pompoms are interesting because they have swivel\/hinge pin joints and are meant to replace the hands.<\/p>\n

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Miku comes with five sets of alternate hands: fists, holding, pointing, open flat, and splayed fingers.\u00a0 She also has two alternate faces that came with the original figure, one closed mouth and the other open.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s her third exclusive \u201ccheering\u201d face with her mouth open and eyes squinting.<\/p>\n

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Orders for this figure were taken and paid for in May, so I\u2019ve been waiting on her for a while now.\u00a0 She was also a bit more expensive than the average Figma, but that\u2019s not such a big deal considering the extra money goes to charity.\u00a0 I feel like Good Smile came up with a pretty inventive solution on how to help alleviate a terrible situation.\u00a0 I definitely wouldn\u2019t mind seeing more acts like this from the toy industry.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By the time I learned just how great Figma figures were, it was too late for me to purchase the original Miku Hatsune without paying insanely high prices.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I jumped at the chance when Max Factory rereleased her in their Cheerful Japan line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[1296,1297,104,1118,1295,847,901,1298],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cmikTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-48H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11584,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11584","url_meta":{"origin":15915,"position":0},"title":"Wonder Festival Winter 2011 *UPDATE* New Pics Added","date":"February 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the weekend IAT\u2019s very own Robert Baldwin (a.k.a. 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