Frozen Elsa Nendoroid - first impressions

The "another Nendoroid" that I briefly mentioned in the end of last post is no other than Queen Elsa from Frozen~! ♥ I already picked her up on yesterday, but didn't have time to take pictures and post about her until this evening (had a relative's graduation party earlier today etc.) I tried to make a bit of a review on this Nendoroid, or at least share my first impressions on it :)

I'm such a huge dork for Disney movies and Frozen is definitely one of my favorites ever, so it was quite obvious that I needed to get my hands on this figure! I didn't pre-order Elsa right away though and apparently she was quite popular since by the time I was about to place my order, I noticed that she was already sold out on Amiami... So, I had to opt for Hobby Link Japan. I prefer getting everything from Amiami to combine shipping, but on the other hand the shipping for just one Nendoroid isn't that expensive with SAL/Airmail. At least I was able to get her shipped right away once she was released and didn't have to wait for any other items to be in stock!

The box is maybe a bit larger than the average Nendoroid boxes, which is a bit surprising considering that she didn't come with that many option parts... But the box design is super pretty, there are lovely little snowflakes everywhere and you can definitely see that Good Smile Company put a lot of thought into designing it. Many Nendoroid boxes look quite plain, so the detailing of the box was a bit of a surprise, especially since this wasn't even a limited/exclusive figure in any way.

The backside of the box shows what different poses you can put Elsa into!

Here you can see all the option parts she came with. She has three faces in total, three additional arm parts, a snowflake thing, a fabulous base and of course, her buddy Olaf. The blue special base was the only one she came with and it doesn't have an attaching mechanism like the ordinary bases. Even the Ultimate Madoka and Devil Homura Nendoroids didn't have as beautiful and detailed bases as Elsa has XD

This is what she looked like when I took her out of the box. I don't like this smiling expression that much, it looks a bit creepy...

Reminds me of a Moomin character, Lady of the Cold XDD

This face at least a bit better, but I don't like this one that much either... Overall, I could say that I'm a bit disappointed with the faces :/ They put so much thought into the detailing of the outfit, hair and even added a special base, but it feels like they failed with one of the most important things - the facial expressions. 2 out of the 3 faces look quite manic and don't really portray Elsa's character and personality correctly ^^;;

This last expression, looks a lot better, I think! ♥ And this will definitely be the pose that I'll display her in~

The background cardboard of the box had this beautiful landscape of the land of Arendelle ♥

It works perfectly as a photography background for Elsa :3

Look at how beautiful and detailed the cape is! I managed to break it almost right away though, it was very badly glued in : < But luckily it was easy to attach it back with some super glue, so no permanent damage was done!

Another close-up of her outfit, the bodice sparkles and there is a cute snowflake accessory on her hair ;3; (Forgot to remove the plastic under the bodice before I took this photo...)

Then here's Olaf, he looks a bit manic as well... "I LIKE WARM HUGS!"

But it's okay Olaf! You and Elsa can look manic together X'D

Lmao, I tried on another Nendoroid's face just for fun XDD Usually you can mix and match the parts from different Nendoroids, but it doesn't really work that well with Elsa, since her skin is lighter than most of the Nendoroids. I'm sure you can see the difference if you compare the face to the rest of her skin. It doesn't look that bad imo and I'm sure you could hide the difference in Photoshop.

Overall, even though there are things about her that I don't like, I'm still glad that I got her! I'm sure that her price will only raise on the second-hand market and due to her popularity she might be hard to find as well, so I wouldn't want to hunt for her now ^^; This is probably one of those figures that is a must-have for those who love the Frozen movie and/or Elsa's character, but don't really interest anyone who buy figures just based on how they look.