Nice to see you again, Inku Nijihara

(tags figure, character goods, kawaii)

The Moetan (萌える英単語 もえたん) craze is going on strong, but at the two year mark people have gone on probably. I sniper off the parts that I like.

Do you remember my character goods posts about the Inku Nijihara (虹原いんく) figure by produced by Kotobukiya? (Is this pre-painted PVC figure also sculpted by 森川 裕光?) I suppose the best post was this one: "Rittaiteki [sic, 3-D] Character goods".

Well, Kotobukiya hasn't given up on the series. This month they released a new, cheaper figure collection called "Moetan One Coin Grande Figure Collection". There are great official pictures in that link. This collection is sculpted by 3 different people/groups (森川 裕光, 爪塚 裕之, タカク＆タケシ). The "one coin" in this series means 500 yen 682 yen with tax, LOL. (Is that a new coin I didn't know about?) It is so very kawaii, and since I'm a Inku fan (the hiragana Inku (いんく), not the katakana Inku (インク)), I went to the Volks figure shop in Kobe where they have a pre-opened (used) figure area so I could buy the figure I liked without guessing.

So which Inku did I take home first? Out of the six, I purchased only one, the "secret" figure without the box. It was funny, I wanted the box it came in so I could have a picture of the rest of the collection (which I wasn't planning on getting), and when I actually bought a box, I got the same "secret" figure! Haha good luck and bad luck at the same time. Here it is:

I really like this figure because of the long gown and free, gloved hands. I do have mixed feelings about the upward look and the eyes themselves. For one, because the upward look I can't put the figure at eye level or higher. I only have free space at those kind of heights. Also, with these kind of girly eyes it's hard to figure out the eye contact angle. With the former figure, there was no problem.

Here I put them together on top of a "Sofmap" bag (gosh do I know this well) so the size difference can be seen. Of course, the bigger figure was more expensive, but the little figure approaches the quality of the bigger one. I think "one coin grande" is a pretty good deal.

As for the rest of the series, I would like to get them but it's not a high priority thing. The bunny-gal one 「ばにぃインク」 is pretty good but it doesn't fit my kawaii-not-sexy criteria. (What!? How about the next long-gown one, the maid outfit? 「めいどインク + ぺんくん」)

Haha, I'm going to so eat my words on the next post.

(Edit: Fixed the price, formatting)