You just wanna appreciate the figure: Figure "Mikuru Asahina (Bunny Suit)" (limited edition "White")

(tags figure, sexy, anime, purchase, telephone card)

What was that Bishojo Figure Convention 2006 Tokyo? I'm still not going to go into it totally right now, but here's a sample. BTW, if you don't like sexy plastic figures, feel free to skip this post.

But before I go totally horn dog on ya, I wanna hit you with the cuteness first, one doll admiring another:

Here I removed the head of the figure in order to remove the plastic protecting the "hair" from the "body".

What is this "head" and "figure"? It is "Mikuru Asahina [Bunny Girl]" (～涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱～ＰＶＣ製塗装済完成品 『1/6 朝比奈みくる バニーガール』) sculpted by ??? (no sculptor credits?!?) and sold by Atelier-sai (（株）アテリエ彩). There is an official page for the figure, mentioning vital statistics such as the 1/6 scale (26 cm!) and over-15 ages and of course price. I ordered the Chara-Ana Limited Edition "White" version because I like white over red and black and it just came today.

Mikuru Asahina (み・み・みらくる♪みっくるんるん♪) is the toki wo kakeru shojo/time-traveling sexy mascot from the 2006 popular anime/book Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱). The voice actress for Mikuru is Yuko Goto (後藤邑子), which I repeatedly mention because I'm a voice actress fan.

Before I actually show you the whole figure, I want to show another Haruhi related item, the telephone card set from Animate. I knew from the popularity that there would be some telephone cards, but I didn't expect to be tens of them. Over the summer, a couple of magazines such as Megami Magazine and G's Magazine and a new one called Heroines had so many to order, that I gave up on trying to collect them all. But this one from Animate summarizes my approach to the series. Mikuru and Bunny Suit FTW.

So I've successfully pushed this part of the post off the screen.

Now please enjoy "Mikuru Asahina (Bunny Girl)".

4.5 stars out of 5. Then again I always fall for the bunny suit. It's not perfect because the hair has some discoloration. For more explicit photo-expose, please visit Moeyo or eg or kansaitei.

I think my room was already "can't invite visitors over" way before this post, but I suppose this cements the situation.

Just a wack old thought: Bell Biv Devoe interview track on the "WBBD-Bootcity!" album plays in my head: "[y]ou just wanna appreciate the figure. But what's a cut on a woman without a pump on her feet? [laughs] ... Put a pump on there to cut up the figure." Fine words from 1990, eminently relevant.

At that Bishojo Figure Convention 2006 Tokyo, they were selling one more color variation of this figure: Pink. P-I-N-K. Exclusive only for this convention. I didn't pick it up because I ordered the white one months in advance. Bah.

There will be one more Mikuru figure (waitress and gun version) from the same makers, but I think I have enough Mikuru to tide me over.

(edit 2006-12-26: added the kansaitei link)