I actually wasn't able to pick these up at Hobby Link Japan, and picked them up from CD Japan, of all places. After currency conversion, I paid about $20 per. This actually allows us to do Nendoroid Math: If an average Nendoroid sells for $35-40, we can therefore deduce that approximately 50% of a Nendoroid's value is placed in its head.
Here are both of the boxes, and they look super festive; way better than the cat one! The pennants in the background give it a very cheerful feel. You get to see just about all the parts on the front of the box, but just in case that wasn't enough...
...they're on the back, too!
Aaaaaand instructions, because of course. I have to give them props for putting it in English, I need to give them that, at least.
Each set comes with some spooooky face stickers, so you can give them scars, fangs, bloody tears, etc. This is metal as hell.
The male variant comes with the body, a cape, a large cross...
...this super-festive stand (I really love the plaid, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S TACKY)...
...and bats, a cat, and a...zombie hand? Maybe?
Here are the instructions for the female variant, and yes, they are more complicated.
Exactly the same stickers...
...and exactly the same stand. Fair is fair.
The female variant comes with some "devil" accessories (horns, a tail, and a pitchfork), plus some "witch" accessories (a witch hat, a star-tipped wand), and a pumpkin-shaped trick-or-treat pail with yet ANOTHER zombie hand. I guess you can never have too many?
Here's the body, plus a spooky ghost friend!
My Yukiko Amagi figure got volunteered for this one. Doesn't she look cute?
So I messed up and forgot to take close-up, individual pictures of the female body, and hoooooooo boy does that sound creepy. Anyway, the costume is this cute little purple-and-black witch dress! It has a frilled skirt, laced bodice, puffy white top, and black stockings with wee little purple shoes. Her hands are gloved, too.
Okay, now real talk. The witch hat and the devil horns have these itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny little clear plastic flaps protruding from the bottom. You are meant to: take a female Nendoroid, remove her bang piece, carefully hold the plastic flap against the seam, and place the bang piece back in. THIS IS HORRIFYING AND NIGH IMPOSSIBLE. The plastic bit is SO flimsy that it feels like it will snap, and is too lightweight to do much. It kept falling out of the seam between her head piece, and eventually, I had to just plug her into the stand, and maneuver the hat to an angle where it would be held in place with gravity. I will very likely end up modifying this so that it is less fragile and actually is heavy enough to stay in place. BE CAREFUL.
Here's the stand again, because I just can't get over how cute the pattern in.
Here's the male body. It's a lot more straightforward: black dress pants, crimson waistcoat, white shirt and cravat. Not quite as cute as the witch dress. (GSC, how did you look at the witch dress and think "devil"?)
He's got a cape to complete the look! It clips on, and you can plug the stand through it.
I love this spooky little black cat! He manages to be both sinister and cute at the same time.
OMG THE TINY BATS. They have their own stands, so they can hover above the ground!
I don't have much to say about it. I'm not thrilled, to be honest, because I don't find it very cute.
I...thought vampires didn't like crosses? Note that the peg at the bottom is set at an angle, so that it will be crooked and spooky.
Yuri Katsuki actually looks very dashing as a vampire!
SO SPOOKY. I like this one better because it's easy to assemble. And it has the cat.
These lovely doodads are only going to be useful to you if you already have a Nendoroid, or are planing on getting one. Swapping the heads in and out is fairly easy, and they provide extra neck joints, which is nice. I can't wait to build a diorama around these costume sets! I hope you guys enjoyed taking a look at them! Miss Scarlett, signing out!
