Review: Nendoroid Sleeping Bags

Good Smile Company Nendoroid Sleeping Bags

I pre-ordered these Nendoroid Sleeping Bags last year and I got them today. I thought they looked cute and that I could use them for my favorite Nendoroids, Saber and Gilgamesh. I initially ordered a pair (red and blue), then added another red for a friend.

Here's how the sleeping bag looks like without the block of foam inside:

Nendoroid Sleeping Bag in red

I love how the sleeping bag was made. The fabric provided the look and feel of an actual sleeping bag. The zipper glides smoothly, so it is easy to close the sleeping bag once the figure is inside.

Back of the sleeping bag

Every aspect of the Nendoroid sleeping bag was well-made, including the interior as you can see here:

It looks comfy in there

Here's a first attempt at placing a Nendoroid inside:

*muffled crying*

You might be thinking that it does not look like anything from the promotional material. The figure's face must be exposed, right? However, the figure just keeps slipping down, causing the lower half of the face to be hidden.

There's a solution though, and you can find it in the back of the packaging:

Comes with instructions!

You might be saying, "Boo-hoo I can't read Japanese desu~" but when you observe the pictures, you might be able to understand what they are trying to say. Remember the block foam that came with the sleeping bag?

DON'T THROW THIS AWAY!

It's still useful! Follow the instructions and cut it into a certain shape. Then place the Nendoroid figure on the piece of foam that you cut from block of foam.

Something like this. Even Rin is unsure
what this shape is called. :p

After that, you can now insert the foam and the figure inside the Nendoroid sleeping bag, or you can put the foam in first then fit the figure inside.

It should probably look like this, haha. :p

And then you're now ready to zip it up and adore the cuteness of your Nendoroid figure.

Saber doesn't seem too pleased

The sleeping bag fits snugly around the Nendoroid. Hence, you do not have to  worry about the figure slipping out or falling off, even if you swing the sleeping bag around or dangle it upside-down.

Aww, babies.

If you noticed, each Nendoroid Sleeping Bag gives you the option to hang them wherever you want. Well, I tried:

The King of Heroes is not pleased

No, of course I won't go out looking like this.

But I don't think I'll be hanging them on my stuff and go out with them. I do not want them to get snatched from my purse. :p

Are Nendoroid Sleeping Bags worth your money? I'd say yes, especially if you collect Nendoroid figures and you love to play with them. The sleeping bag has ample cushioning, so I think it can somehow protect the Nendoroid if you intend to travel with it or put it inside your bag.

Unboxing: GSC Nendoroid 410 Fate/Stay Night Gilgamesh

Not sure if Saber is pleased or appalled. Most likely the latter.

I got Nendoroid Gilgamesh around early September and he instantly became a new favourite figure for two simple reasons:

1. Yours truly is a huge fan of Gilgamesh
2. I have always wanted a Nendoroid of Gilgamesh

I usually wait a day or two (sometimes longer) to unbox a figure because I'd always be busy doing non-figure related things, but for Gilgamesh I set aside those tasks to pay attention to him.

Now let's begin.

The figure

Nendoroid Gilgamesh is Nendoroid number 410. Nendoron and Kneadz K@Z sculpted him, and he is made of ABS and PVC. He is almost 4 inches tall (around 100mm) and he was released on August 20, 2014.

Obligatory photo of all sides of the box

When I pulled the blister pack out of the box, I already got a whiff of that 'new figure smell'.

Fresh out of the box

And once you take off the top blister plastic, you can completely smell that 'new figure smell' all you want until you get sick of it. 

The top blister (left) and the bottom blister pack (right)

Close-up of the figure and the other faceplate

Nendoroid Gilgamesh comes with all the props that he is notable for:

• Gate of Babylon (with some weapons)
• A gold goblet (which is attached to one of the extra hands)
• A gold wine jug
• Ea

I'm a bit sad that he only comes with one extra faceplate. I expected two extras, but nope. But that doesn't mean I love this figure any less. :p Hehe. 

Gilgamesh's head, hair, and faces

All Nendoroids have a leaflet where you can check out the parts of the figure and determine what they are or where you need to attach them. It does not exactly help when you need to attach the weapons to the Gate of Babylon. More on that later. 

The leaflet that comes with the figure

And here is Nendoroid Gilgamesh:

All sides of Nendoroid Gilgamesh

I am impressed with the details. Gilgamesh in Nendoroid form looks so cute to me.

Ea

His shoulder guards can come off, so you can easily detach the default arms and attach the arms that you want.

Ea is Gilgamesh's ultimate noble phantasm. It's easy to make him hold it. Get the appropriate hand, detach the handle from Ea, insert the handle into the hand, and then reattach the sword's main body on to the handle. Then, I attached the hand to Gilgamesh.

Close-up of Ea

Detached parts

And here's Nendoroid Gilgamesh with Ea.

He's miffed and going like, "Stop taking my pictures, mongrel!"

Gate of Babylon

This prop made me remember the toy shape puzzle, which one of my younger cousins used to have. It's that puzzle toy that's shaped like 3D octagon with holes shaped like a square, triangle, circle, star, etc., and you have to insert the appropriate block of shapes into those holes.

Ripples of the gate

The weapons

I took me a few minutes to assemble the Gate of Babylon. Instead of doing a trial and error with the weapons, I referred to the box to see which weapon goes where.

Tip: Save time and check out the box

It's ready!

You can place the Gate of Babylon on the peg that holds the figure. Not sure if it should look like this because I had a difficult time balancing it:

How the Gate of Babylon looks like from behind

And finally, here's the King of Heroes with his Gate of Babylon with some of his noble phantasms coming out of it:

Gate of Babylon

The Gate of Babylon slips off or becomes dislocated sometimes. At one point, I just had to make it lean against the background. I have yet to figure out how I can properly place it on the peg.

The wine jug and the goblet

It was silly of me to expect another goblet because of Bandai Chogokin Fate/Zero Gilgamesh, which came with three goblets. Nendoroid Gilgamesh had only one goblet and it's permanently attached to a hand.

A close-up of the goblet and the wine jug

It's not difficult to attach the hand to Gilgamesh. In fact, I had no difficulty attaching any of the extra arms to the King of Heroes.

Gilgamesh holding his wine goblet with the jug by his feet

Close-up

More pictures of Nendoroid Gilgamesh

And of course, I can't resist taking more photos of this cute version of the King of Heroes. Here are some of them:

Gilgamesh brunch with Saber

April 5 Figure Haul: Saber

(heavy breathing)

I picked up the following figures today: 

• Nendoroid 363 Fate/Stay Night Saber Alter Super Movable Edition
• Nendoroid 13 Fate/Stay Night Hetare Saber Alter
• Medicom Real Action Heroes (R.A.H.) Fate/Zero Saber Suit Ver.

Getting these two Nendoroid Saber Alter figures helped add to my collection of Nendoroid Saber Arturia figures. Now I only lack the Cheerful Japan version, which I plan to split-buy with my friend who wants Rin Tohsaka in that set.

Nendoroid Hetare Saber Alter is among the earlier Nendoroid figures (as you can see, she's number 13), and based on what I read on her My Figure Collection page, she was a limited figure released in June 2007 at the 2007 Summer Wonder Festival. Saber Alter is actually my least favourite among Arturia's forms, but I still wanted this Nendoroid for the sake of completing the Saber Nendoroid figures. She comes with a screaming faceplate, too, and it looks really cute.

She's anything but boring because of one of the faceplates that comes with this figure.

Nendoroid Saber Alter Super Movable Edition must be fun to play with and pose like Saber Super Movable Edition and Saber 10th Anniversary Edition. She does not come with a funny-looking screaming faceplate, though. She does have a screaming faceplate, but it is like the chibi or cuter version of her figma's screaming faceplate.

I have yet to discover how "super movable" she really is.

Finally, here is the ultimate haul and probably my best purchase in the first quarter of 2014:

My inner Gilgamesh is dancing happily

Medicom RAH Fate/Zero Saber Suit Ver. is a limited figure with only 500 pieces released. I wanted to buy the first one with Saber wearing her armour, but after giving it much thought (actually, just a few days after Winter WonFes when she was released, haha :p), I gave in and ordered her. The pressure probably intensified because of the "Only 500 pieces available worldwide!" part.

It feels like I have a new Barbie doll. :p

But despite the hefty price tag, I believe she was totally worth it.

Nendoroid Gilgamesh: Pre-orders Start On April 9

I haven't posted anything for quite a long time since February, but now is the right time to blog about something again, because Kahotan posted about Nendoroid Gilgamesh, and I got really excited about it. X'D

Hi, reader. You can probably hear me shrieking excitedly from where you are
(Source: Kahotan's blog)

According to her post, this cute lil' fellow will be available for pre-orders on April 9, 2014. I honestly cannot wait. I've been hoping that they'd make a Nendoroid of Gilgamesh ever since the Fate/Zero anime first came out. Thank you, Good Smile Company for making this. :) You have made a lot of fans very happy. ^_^

A little background
Gilgamesh is a character from the visual novel and popular anime series, Fate/Stay Night. In Fate/Zero (the prequel of Fate/Stay Night), he was summoned as an Archer class servant. He is known as the 'King of Heroes' and he is based on the demi-god from The Epic of Gilgamesh.

Thoughts on the figure
I honestly think that Nendoroid Gilgamesh's prototype looks good. At first, I hoped for a shinier armour like that of Nendoroid Saber 10th Anniversary Edition, but the matte finish eventually appealed to me. Perhaps it's because I just wanted to have a Nendoroid figure of Gilgamesh so badly that I wouldn't care if he had a shiny or a matte armour anymore. :p 

Gilgamesh comes with the sneering faceplate as well as the shouting faceplate, and of course, a Gilgamesh figure will not be complete without his signature Gate of Babylon.

You can probably hear him shouting "Zasshu!" (mongrel) already.
(Source: Kahotan's blog)

Nendoroid Gilgamesh will also come with Ea, his noble phantasm. I don't think the sword can spin or move unlike with Bandai Chogokin Gilgamesh's Ea, but that's fine with me, too. :p Of course, a set of extra weapons for his Gate of Babylon will also come with the figure. You can easily insert them into the ripples of the gate or make him hold them.

Nice Ea, King of Heroes.
(Source: Kahotan's blog)

I am highly encouraging you to read Kahotan's actual post about Nendoroid Gilgamesh to learn more and to see more yummy pictures of the figure. Simply follow this link to proceed. :)

Valentine's Day Greetings

If you have a deviantArt account and would like to send a Valentine greeting to someone there, I submitted these two pictures under the "Valentine Exchange" category so you can consider sending them to your special someone or to your friends there:

"Forever and Always" (link)

"Valentine Date" (link)

deviantArt's Valentine's Day Art Exchange runs from February 12 until the 19th.

Learn more about Valentine's Day Art Exchange on deviantArt here.