Summer WonFes 2017

I was planning that my next blog post would be for some summery photos, but that'll have to wait a bit since WonFes happened X'D WonFes means that it's time for some figure news! There were lots of announcements and updates that caught my attention, so I'll be sharing some of my thoughts with you guys~

In my previous WonFes posts I've pretty much just listed everything randomly, but this time I decided to try arranging the figures in some kind of an order. I listed new announcements first, then grey prototypes and lastly colored figures :3 I decided to not include the Azone doll announcements this time, since there wasn't really anything that caught my interest...

Previous WonFes posts:
Winter 2017
Summer 2016
Winter 2016
Summer 2015
Winter 2015

Love Live Sunshine Kisekae World Nendoroid More series by Good Smile Company

As a big Love Live fan, I'm always excited to see new LL stuff, of course :D And this time there were not many LL announcements, but this Nendoroid More series seems interesting! Not the biggest fan of the outfits, but we'll see how they look on Nendos :)

Furikawa Nagisa Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

The announcement of this Nendoroid was probably the biggest WonFes surprise for me, but I'm very excited about her! Clannad is one of my all time favorite series and I looove Nagisa, so I definitely need this Nendo ♥ I really hope that GSC will make other characters from the series as well and it would be wonderful to see some Kanon characters as Nendos too ;___;

Kuro no Rider Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

It was quite obvious that there'd be some Fate/Apocrypha figure announcements :D I've been enjoying the anime so far and this character seems really interesting, so I might want to get him!

Aka no Saber Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

Yay, more Nendoroids for my Saber collection! ♥ It's a shame that "Red Saber" has gotten such little screentime in the anime so far, but from what I've seen I'm definitely loving her character~ Also, her voice actor is Miyuki Sawashiro, who is my favorite seiyuu of all time so that makes her even more precious ♥♥ 

Fujita Tatara Nendoroid by Orange Rouge

I really like Ballroom no Youkoso and I hope there will be more Nendoroids from this series, since it'd be fun to display them together x3 I don't think that I'd get Tatara just on his own, but if he gets a partner, I'd be tempted...

 Yamada Elf Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

I love Elf and was hoping to see her as a Nendoroid!! ♥ I have Sagiri Nendo on pre-order, so I obviously need to get this girl too :3

Jabami Yumeko Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

YES! ♥♥ Kakegurui seems to have become my favorite series from this anime season, even though I would've never guessed to love it so much... I don't know what it is about Yumeko's character, but I absolutely love her in all of her insanity XD This is going to be a must-have to my figure collection! ♥

Jabami Yumeko 1/8 scale by Kotobukiya

Ahhh *____* I loooove her pose and expression, Kotobukiya has captured her character perfectly! ♥ Looking forward to seeing the finished figure~ If this still looks stunning when colored (and the price is reasonable), I might have to get her... >3<

Saber EXTRA Figma by Max Factory

SABER!! ♥ ...Nothing more to say XD

Saber EXTRA by Aquamarine

This has to be one of the most gorgeous Saber figures that I've seen! If she doesn't end up looking weird colored, she might end up in my collection :3 That sofa would also make a nice photography prop for tiny dolls... XD

Roy Mustang Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

Looking good, Roy is definitely on my wishlist! I'm hoping that GSC will make Riza Nendoroid as well ;3; Roy x Riza was one of the first pairings that I got into and I still love them~

Original Character by Flare 

This is completely random, but something about this figure captured my eye ^^; Guess I really like fairies, huh... The artwork that it's based on looks really pretty too!

Hatsune Miku Harvest Moon 1/8 scale by Good Smile Company

I've probably said it before, but I'm not really a fan of Vocaloid or Miku... But I really like how this one looks ;w; Since I have the Miku Harvest Moon Nendoroid, one could say that I have a weakness for this design? :'D Now if only they make this one with pastel hair as well...

Akuma Homura 1/8 scale by Aniplex

This looks just so stunning that I have no words... *o* I have Madoka on pre-order and will definitely pre-order Homura as well, can't wait to get them home and display them together! ♥ I just hope that they fit in the place that I've reserved for them, otherwise I'm gonna have problems... XD

Ariel Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

Yay finally pictures of Ariel! ♥ She's my favorite Disney character and means a lot to me, so I just have to get her x3 Her face does look a bit disappointing though, but I kinda knew to expect it. GSC just doesn't seem to be able to make the eyes look right for Disney Nendos, all of them have had this kind of weird expression... ^^;

Tachibana Taki & Miyamizu Mitsuha 1/8 scale by Good Smile Company

These two looks so pretty and I love how their bases connect to form a circle when displayed together ♥ I talked with Sarg that she should get Taki and I could get Mitsuha... Or the other way around XD We watched Your Name recently and it was AMAZING! (If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend to watch it :3)

Sakurauchi Riko 1/7 scale by Alter

It's difficult to try to buy figures just of my two best Aqours girls (Mari and Kanan) when the other girls sometimes get such pretty figures with stunning outfits ;___; This Riko looks really pretty! ♥ Still, I'm trying hard to resist XD

Mercedes by Phat Company

Awww she looks so cute! ♥

Gwendolyn Dress ver. by Flare

This figure looks divine colored *___* Could I just have unlimited funds and unlimited display space for figures, please? :'D

Narmaya 1/7 scale by Broccoli

I haven't played Granblue Fantasy nor know this character, but oh gosh this figure is so beautiful ;___;

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I think that's all! There were quite a few iDOLM@STER related announcements/figures for display, but none of them were characters that I like the most so I'm thankfully safe from those XD All iM@S figures do look amazing though...

If you have any personal favorites from the WonFes announcements, please tell me about them as I love hearing what figures other people are looking forward to :)

WonFes Winter 2017 news

The winter Wonder Festival 2017 was held in Japan last Sunday and there were sooo many figure announcements that I'm super excited about! ♥ But at the same time I also hope that some of these will turn out not to look so good so that I don't have to buy them all, hahah X'D Usually I'm very picky about scale figures and thus there are not many that I find interesting, but this time there were surprisingly many scale figures that I fell in love with...

Here is a list of the new announcements and here is another list for updates to figures that have been announced earlier.

Previous WonFes posts:
Summer 2016
Winter 2016
Summer 2015
Winter 2015

Ultimate Madoka 1/8 scale by Aniplex

I've followed the development of this figure since the concept art was released and pre-ordered her right away after she became available~ Thank god I won't have to pay until her release in December XD

The fully colored figure was revealed during the WonFes and she looks just perfect ♥ I can't say how much I'm looking forward to getting her ;3; Now I'm glad that I haven't bought Good Smile Company's Ultimate Madoka scale figure, since I like this one a lot more! My only concern at the moment is her huge size... 44cm with wings O_O And I honestly have no idea where she'd fit, lol.

Akuma Homura 1/8 scale by Aniplex

Aaaand of course there's also going to be Akuma Homura figure to match Madoka *o* ♥♥ There's only a prototype of her so far, but these two look gorgeous side by side~ I absolutely want to get this one too, so I hope that she won't be released to close to Madoka's release month >.< It'll probably take until 2018, though.

Hanayo & Rin 1/7 scale by Alter

These two new Love Live scale figures look lovely as well~ Neither of them belongs to my favorite characters in the series, but I might cave in and pre-order Hanayo (the one on left), depending on when she'll be released.

Ranko Dark Princess 1/7 scale by Alter

OH. MY. GOD. The prototype of this Ranko was actually on display at last summer's WonFes and now they revealed the fully colored figure! This is the most beautiful figure of Ranko so far and I really want her ;___; My wallet is already crying because of all these lovely scale figures...

Anzu 1/7 scale by Alter

Anzu will be getting a scale figure as well! ♥ I checked some art of the outfit she's wearing and the colors look really pretty... If Alter sticks to the original colors and doesn't screw things up, this is most likely going to be another must-have figure >3< Hopefully Alter (or some other company) will also make a 1/7 Kirari at some point~

Gwendolyn Dress ver. by Flare

Absolutely love the design of this, but I might have to pass on her because of all the other figures that I want to get...

Albedo 1/8 scale by Good Smile Company

I never actually finished watching Overlord, but I liked Albedo as a character a lot and this figure looks really pretty too. I seem to have a thing for pretty ladies with wings, hahah XD

Kanan Figma by Max Factory

Kanan baby~ ♥ Instead of collecting all the Love Live Sunshine girls as Figmas, I decided to only get my favorite girl, which is Kanan. Though I might want to get Mari as a friend for her too, the two are just so adorable together ^^;

Saber Lily Figma by Max Factory

Lillie Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

I love Lillie, really happy to see her getting a Nendoroid version! Though I would've preferred GSC to go with the anime version, since she has Alolan Vulpix there and that would've been even more adorable as a companion than Cosmog. Still, will most likely pre-order her, unless she ends up being super expensive and/or exclusive.

Mami Maiko ver. Nendoroid by Good Smile Company

Disney Nendoroids by Good Smile Company

This was the biggest surprise for me among the WonFes news! I think the only Disney characters that GSC has made as Nendoroids so far have been Anna and Elsa from Frozen, so this was not expected at all. I definitely want at least Ariel, since she's my favorite Disney princess ever ♥ Tinkerbell and Rapunzel are tempting as well~

Kirito DD by Volks

Last but not least, Volks revealed that they're going to make Kirito as a Dollfie Dream! I'm not interested in him as a Kirito, but excited to see if the sculpt would work as another character for my and Sarg's plans :3 It's still uncertain whether he'll be on the same DDS body as Len, or if there'll be a brand new, taller male DD body. There'll also be a new Asuna and the previous one was a DD, not a DDS, so it's possible that this new version would be on the taller body too. If that's the case, then Kirito would need to be taller than a DDS as well. According to some Twitter comments, he's already on production, so there should be more info sometime, hopefully soon!

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Two new Pureneemo dolls were also revealed in WonFes, but those didn't interest me personally so I haven't included them in this post.

Do you guys have any favorites from the WonFes releases? :)

WonFes summer 2016 news

This year's summer Wonder Festival was held in Japan last Sunday and once again many future figure and doll releases were announced! I was really hyped about WonFes for some time before the event, but then I was so occupied with other stuff that I completely forgot about the whole thing and only remembered it again on the day of the event, when I saw all the WonFes photos on my Twitter feed :D It was quite an overwhelming day, carefully going through everything and adding the most interesting figures on my MyFigureCollection wishlist took some time. I wanted to share my favorites here on my blog too~

I'm really picky about scale figures and most likely won't end up purchasing many of these after seeing photos of the fully painted figure. At this point my wishlist is always huge, but then later a big number gets "eliminated" XD

Here is a list of all new figures that were announced and here is another list for updates to existing prototypes, concept arts and teasers.

My earlier WonFes posts:
Winter 2016
Summer 2015
Winter 2015

First, let's take a look at the figure releases!

Ayase Eli 1/7 by Alter

The colored version was revealed at WonFes and omg, Eli looks absolutely stunning! ♥ I was hoping that I'd be content with getting just Alter's Nozomi, but then I couldn't resist Maki and now it looks like I might need to pre-order this Eli too >3< Thank god she won't be released until next year, so at least I'll have some time to save up! Love Live hurts my wallet so bad, but these girls are worth it! ♥

Shibuya Rin 1/8 (Triad Primus ver.) by Alpha x Omega

This unpainted prototype looks very promising, I like the pose and her face! Hopefully the colored figure will look pretty too :)

Kanzaki Ranko (Dark Princess) 1/7 by Alter

There are quite many scale figures of Ranko, but there's always something (either small details or bigger things) that bugs me and I haven't pre-ordered/bought any of the previous ones (I only have the Figma and one prize figure). This might be the first one I do want! Again, things might change after seeing the colors, but we'll see~

Ichinose Shiki 1/8 by Good Smile Company

Shiki is not even one of my favorite characters from iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls, but this figure looks so pretty that I had to add it to my wishlist at this point *o*

Amami Haruka Nendoroid Co-de

I looove Nendoroids and Nendoroid Co-des, so I'm really happy to see more idol girls being made into Nendo Co-des~ Although I don't especially like Haruka, I think she looks adorable as a Nendo ;3;

Shijou Takane Nendoroid Co-de

Takane is my favorite girl from the original iDOLM@STER series, so seeing this announcement was a positive surprise! Unless the final figure ends up looking somehow weird, I definitely want to get her~

Cyan by Amakuni

Yaay, I'm so happy that there's going to be a scale figure of Cyan~ ♥ I've been wanting one since the series started airing! It's really hard to say anything based on just the announcement, but I hope the figure is going to look good and won't disappoint me >3<

Manaka Lala by Aquamarine

It's still unclear which coord it'll be, but I'm excited to see another Pri Para figure nevertheless! Seeing the other characters as scale figures would be cool too, it seems like Lala is the only one getting some love now :/

Kaname Madoka 1/8 by Kotobukiya

This is one of the cutest Madoka figures that I've seen ;3; There was a picture of the artwork this figure is based on and I'm not a big fan of the pillow colors (wouldn't some cute pastel colors fit so much better? ;___;), but we'll see how the final figure looks like!

Hatsune Miku (Magical Mirai 2016 ver.) Nendoroid Co-de

I always try my best not to get any Vocaloid figures, since that'd be another endless collecting road, just like Love Live and the other idol girl series that I'm hooked on :'D But... It's so hard to resist when some of the figures are so cute ;___; This version might even have cute pastel-color gradient hair!

Jeanne d'Arc 1/7 by Max Factory

I swear that Fate/Grand Order figures are going to kill my wallet at some point... The mobile game is only available in Japan, so I'm not able to play it, but the character designs are awesome, just like in all the other Fate series. This Jeanne d'Arc figure looks really promising and I'm looking forward to the colored version!

Lancer Nendoroid

I love it when GSC makes bad ass characters into Nendoroids, they look so freaking cute! XD

Caster EXTRA Nendoroid ♥

So adorable that I don't have any words XD 

Saber 1/7 by Good Smile Company

I'm getting a hit or miss vibe from this figure, it's really hard to say which one it'll be before there's at least a prototype of it >.<

There was also a bunch of other concept art revelations for different characters from Fate/Grand Order, but I won't post them all here since this would end up being even more of a huge post than it already is X'D

Gwendolyn 1/8 by Alter

I'm a bit unsure about her face, but otherwise this figure looks gorgeous! I'd love to get a Gwendolyn figure to accompany Mercedes in the shelf, but I wasn't a fan of the earlier Alter figure. If this one ends up looking good colored and is not too expensive, I just might get her.

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As if the figure announcements weren't enough, there were also many announcements for new Azone dolls *__*

Photos below were taken by Taitan-no

This 50cm girl already seemed dangerous when I saw a teaser photo with just a little glimpse of her outfit and after seeing the full photos, I completely fell in love with her! ♥ She looks perfect to me as a fullset: I like her eye and hair color combo, as well as every piece of her outfit~ I've been curious to see a new release of either Lilia (this one) or Luluna, since I really like the faces of those two, but none of the earlier releases were quite my taste. This one I'd absolutely love to own and I really, really hope that I'll be able to pre-order her! Apparently her pre-orders will start in September.

The second 50cm Azone girl that I fell in love with was this cutie~ ♥ I love the pink outfit so much ;w; Her hair color is something that I'm a bit unsure of, I wish it was a less yellow-ish shade of blonde or maybe a completely different color (like light brown or pastel pink ♥). The other version (mint-colored outfit) would have a nice hair color, but I'm not loving her face nor the outfit so much :/ I hope that once Azone releases the official photos I'll be able to make up my mind about which one I like more, and whether or not I'm actually going to buy one.

Dat face ;__; ♥

I'd already seen some photos of this Miu before and knew that I want her badly >3< Her pre-orders are going to start on August 9th and I'm definitely going to try to pre-order her! I wish that Azone has seen how popular these pastel colored cuties are and will make more of them in the future :3

There will also be new Mio in the Otogi no Kuni series, with two versions. The one in this picture is the Direct Store version. I like this one more, but I think I'm going to pass on her since I don't feel like I'd 100% need her, I like the other dolls more and can't buy everything XD

Azone also revealed that they're going to make a Picconeemo version of Raili! As you probably know, I loooove Picconeemos so I'm pretty excited about this ;3; Can't wait to see photos of the actual doll, I really hope that she'll look cute~

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Feel free to share your thoughts on the WonFes announcements you found interesting or if you were disappointed by something! :3