07-12-2017, 01:05 AM
((MAY, 2015 )) i just got around, -after putting it off for a while now- to picking myself up a secondary spare of this generally under-appreciated 1/6 doll of my favorite female Anime character, Mikuru Asahina of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" fame.
my first example of her, i got back around 2009 or so, paid around $140shipped for her. this one, i found from a U.S. seller for $75shipped.
believe it or not, this now copy seems to have a much better face, with smoother paint apps. her face looks pretty well dead-on to the mfr. photos that had instantly sold me on her back in 2009. i had always thought something looked off about my first copy, and i had, somewhat disapointedly,
attributed it to the usual differences prototype and production example.
well i am certainly elated to see that that was actually not the case, and that my Mikuru, pretty much exactly as i had initially seen her, actually exists as a mass-product, and that i now have one of my own...
![[Image: Mikuru%20MegaHouse%2027cm.%205-14-15%201...bdl8zn.jpg]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Mikuru%20Asahina/Mikuru%20MegaHouse%2027cm.%205-14-15%201_zps5kbdl8zn.jpg)
![[Image: My_Little_Mikuru_8_by_Shaorin_Chan.jpg]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%202/My_Little_Mikuru_8_by_Shaorin_Chan.jpg)
![[Image: MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%202.png]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%207/MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%202.png)
![[Image: MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%201.png]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%207/MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%201.png)
my first example of her, i got back around 2009 or so, paid around $140shipped for her. this one, i found from a U.S. seller for $75shipped.
believe it or not, this now copy seems to have a much better face, with smoother paint apps. her face looks pretty well dead-on to the mfr. photos that had instantly sold me on her back in 2009. i had always thought something looked off about my first copy, and i had, somewhat disapointedly,
attributed it to the usual differences prototype and production example.
well i am certainly elated to see that that was actually not the case, and that my Mikuru, pretty much exactly as i had initially seen her, actually exists as a mass-product, and that i now have one of my own...
![[Image: Mikuru%20MegaHouse%2027cm.%205-14-15%201...bdl8zn.jpg]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Mikuru%20Asahina/Mikuru%20MegaHouse%2027cm.%205-14-15%201_zps5kbdl8zn.jpg)
![[Image: My_Little_Mikuru_8_by_Shaorin_Chan.jpg]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%202/My_Little_Mikuru_8_by_Shaorin_Chan.jpg)
![[Image: MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%202.png]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%207/MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%202.png)
![[Image: MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%201.png]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%207/MikuruheartsMeow%20Maid%207-10-17%201.png)
![[Image: MikuruYuki%20-%20Undieshearts%205-7-17.png]](http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Anime%20Dolls%207/MikuruYuki%20-%20Undieshearts%205-7-17.png)