You all know that I rarely buy Nendoroids or even try to review them. Sometimes I’m nevertheless convinced to order myself one of those deformed cuties. Currently I own Akihime Sumomo, Saber #121,Yoko Littner #053, Nao #073, Takamachi Nanoha #263, Minami Kotori #548, Sucy and last but not least Cu-Poche – Amami Haruka.

Sucy Manbavaran is one of the three main protagonist in Little Witch Academia, which is a quite lovely anime that aired in 2017, it has a really nice and cozy atmosphere. Furthermore it’s hilarious with brilliant comedy comments and crazy stunts. Little Witch Academia also reminded me of high school life, there are the typical character archetypes, the prodigy, the bullies and the “freaks”. Within the setting of a witch academy this set of characters turns into something very entertaining, not to forget the enchanting OST. The story begins when main heroine Akko enrolls in Luna Nova Magical Academy, she has the will to become a witch, but no noticeable talent at it and not the skill to ride a broom.

Without being mean it’s quite amusing how much she fails and how Akko ends up in awkward situations because of her lively personality. Akko starts to explore the academy and her own magic ability together with her loyal roommates and friends Lotte and Sucy. The episode based adventures are of these three are really enchanting and funny as hell.

Sucy is such a fun character, she often seems to be apathetic, but is full of sarcasm and sometimes also a little bit evil. When it comes to magic potions or mushrooms Sucy’s real passion awakens. Her magic ability is rather high, but it’s mainly used for pranks on others. She enjoys to make potions and to collect rare ingredients for them.

Sucy likes Akko, because she makes her daily life interesting, with her impulsive ideas and lack of talent. She often calls her stupid, but she actually likes her a lot. She appears not very compassionately, but when Sucy is together with her friends she is happy and will sometimes even show a smile. The subtle smile is not included on this Nendoroid.

Her faceplates have very funny expressions, my favorite is her evil and sadistic smile. She also has an apathetic face and another one where she seems to be under the influence of “drugs”, it’s hilarious to have such an unique faceplate.

This time I’ve put a lot of effort in the setting, to create a convincing witch den, fortunately I already had all the equipment from previous years photo sessions at hand and could go all out for the cute Sucy Manbavaran.

Nendoroid Sucy is great with two of her tiny hands she can hold things, the magic stick, mushrooms or the potion which is also included. What I also really like about this Sucy is that she is able to stand own her own without support because of her floor long dress. Nevertheless with her hat she will be top heavy.

The last Nendoroid I’ve bought was Minami Kotori, when I took a look in the box of Sucy, I was quite surprised about the number of parts for her, aside from the usual Nendoroid parts like 3 faceplates and a stand there were quite a number of arms, cute hands and witch like parts to play with. This Nendoroid is really meant for playing around.

Final Words

Sucy Manbavaran as Nendoroid is a nice adaption from the anime, that I liked so much. I like Sucy’s unique and strangely adorable look, her uniform is pretty and the hairstyle that hides one of her eyes is quite attractive.
Also the dark eyelid makes the faceplates interesting and expressive. This Nendoroid came with so many parts, I’m not even sure if I used all of them. I won’t lie, it was much work with changing all the different parts back and forth during the photoshooting, but it was unproblematic. I enjoyed to play around with Sucy in this funny, spooky setup.

When I see how nice this small Sucy Manbavaran is, I regret it a little that I did not order the Akko Nendoroid,

Today I will show you GSC’s Miku in her Racing 2016 version figue adaption, although we have the year 2018 now.

Haha, but that has nothing to do with my little hiatus to be honest. Good Smile Racing is actually a real racing team founded and sponsored by GSC, as side effect, a new racing themed figure of Hatsune Miku comes out every year.

The release date was in January 2018. This figure has been sculpted by Nendoron and Urakawa Akinori, she is based on an illustration by Yoneyama Mai. This Miku Racing 2016 version is quite petite, she is listed as 1/8 scaled figure.

I don’t show much interest in figures of Hatsune Miku in general, this 2016 Racing version though really got my attention, she was so adorable and colorful on her pile of Yokohama tires, buy Yokohama. Racing version Miku’s tend to have a very futuristic grid girl design, the 2016 design features a rather normal outfit.

I also liked how Miku was adapted into with a cute sitting pose, I really like how she is placed on the pile of 3 tires. The figure has a sweet umbrella with a very detailed design. Altogether 3 speed stone animals are also included, optionally an energy drink can is balanced on the palm of the figures left hand with the help of a really thin peg,
I was a bit scared of breaking it, so this part isn’t present in many of my pictures in this post.

Miku is wearing a mainly white tube dress, it’s rather skimpy and underlines the characters petite body. The amount of revealed skin gives Hatsune Miku a slighty sexy touch.
The Good Smile Racing logo is placed over the chest area of the dress and the sponsors listed at her backside.

First lets take a look at Miku’s hair, it’s beautifully sculpted and has nicely curved twin tails with super curly tips. The color is pretty and the brighter highlights create a dynamic look. The long red ribbons make her hairstyle even cuter.

This figure portrays Hatsune Miku as really sweet girl, her facial details are especially adorable, big round eyes and an innocently opened mouth with a gently smile are going to melt your hearts.

Rainbow colors are a big topic on the Miku racing 2016 version, there are these lovely arm long gloves, the umbrella, her stockings with soft gradient from yellow to red, the stockings end with straps which are attached to her panties, it’s amusing to see such accesory on the overall innocent design of the figure, but it doesn’t look unnatural.

Another very good aspect of this enchanting figure is the complexity and the realistic presentation of the figures articulation. Starting from the placement of her legs, to the bend over upper body or the sweet outstretched arm. Thanks to her supporting hand, it is possible to place this Miku figure on other objects than her base.

Final Words

The Hatsune Miku – Racing 2016 version figure turned out especially nice, her pose shows a great realistic style articulation and she has lovely sculpted hair. Miku’s adorable facial expression creates a lively looking figure.
The petite appearance is adding a lot to her cuteness, the small size nevertheless still shows an amazing level of detail. I really like the in comparison simple or better said down to earth design of a grid girl outfit.
Preparing “Miku’s garage” was a bit more time consuming than I thought and heavily delayed this review.