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Add another one to my Fire Emblem articulated figure collection!
The hunt for Fire Emblem stuff is challenging, in general, with aftermarket prices being generally stupid high. Of course, that only applies for the Fire Emblem merch made for games in the 3DS era, as I've seen some merch for older games (poor, poor Nendo Marth) go for dirt cheap prices.
Elise here, however, isn't one of those pieces. Apparently she goes for fairly high prices, but I was fortunate enough to find one for MSRP.
For those who are unfamiliar with the character, Elise is the bratty youngest sister from the Nohr campaign of Fire Emblem: Fates. She starts off as a Troubadour, which IIRC is a mounted support unit capable of healing.
I'm guessing they (Good Smile Company) decided to make Elise into a Nendoroid because she one of what, at least a dozen characters in the toy line that rides a horse of some sort? Considering how easy it is to repurpose designs for the line, this shouldn't be that shocking of a revelation. Kind of like how now that they've made a Robobattle suit for Kirby (coming soon!), they're now gone ahead and offered the Rabbit Suit from Mega Man X on preorder.
Of course, Good Smile added some good spit polish to make Elise her own release rather than a clone of Character X.
Like other DX sets (though she's not labelled as such) Elise comes with the character figure and her mount. Her legs are articulated to allow for posing and mounting of the horse, but the arms are the standard rotating joints that piss me off to no end because I have man hands.
Elise comes with a multitude of hands, a scepter with two different toppers, a total of three expression including a "holding my breath till I die" look, which should be standard in all Nendoroid sets, and of course a fancy pants base/stand contraption to hold it all together.
The horse has some points of articulation - nothing fancy but enough to give it some sense of life. Same can be said for all the other mounts in the Nendoroid lineup.
As mentioned, Nendoroid tend to fall apart easily on my watch, so I don't get too creative when displaying/photographing. I do think the Nendoroid style works for Elise, being a young'in and a brat at that. Quality of the sculpting, finish, and painting are of a good quality and do not fail to meet the high expectations I have of a GSC product.
That's pretty much it for this figure. It's pretty much a "love it or hate it" scenario, especially if you actually decide to buy it for aftermarket prices because you are a hardcore FE collector. My thoughts remain the same - if the price is right, it makes a nice accent piece to your collection (or in this case, is the only figure you'll get of this character), but overall, hardcore Nendoroid collecting is not for me.
DSC_7362
Add another one to my Fire Emblem articulated figure collection!
The hunt for Fire Emblem stuff is challenging, in general, with aftermarket prices being generally stupid high. Of course, that only applies for the Fire Emblem merch made for games in the 3DS era, as I've seen some merch for older games (poor, poor Nendo Marth) go for dirt cheap prices.
Elise here, however, isn't one of those pieces. Apparently she goes for fairly high prices, but I was fortunate enough to find one for MSRP.
For those who are unfamiliar with the character, Elise is the bratty youngest sister from the Nohr campaign of Fire Emblem: Fates. She starts off as a Troubadour, which IIRC is a mounted support unit capable of healing.
I'm guessing they (Good Smile Company) decided to make Elise into a Nendoroid because she one of what, at least a dozen characters in the toy line that rides a horse of some sort? Considering how easy it is to repurpose designs for the line, this shouldn't be that shocking of a revelation. Kind of like how now that they've made a Robobattle suit for Kirby (coming soon!), they're now gone ahead and offered the Rabbit Suit from Mega Man X on preorder.
Of course, Good Smile added some good spit polish to make Elise her own release rather than a clone of Character X.
Like other DX sets (though she's not labelled as such) Elise comes with the character figure and her mount. Her legs are articulated to allow for posing and mounting of the horse, but the arms are the standard rotating joints that piss me off to no end because I have man hands.
Elise comes with a multitude of hands, a scepter with two different toppers, a total of three expression including a "holding my breath till I die" look, which should be standard in all Nendoroid sets, and of course a fancy pants base/stand contraption to hold it all together.
The horse has some points of articulation - nothing fancy but enough to give it some sense of life. Same can be said for all the other mounts in the Nendoroid lineup.
As mentioned, Nendoroid tend to fall apart easily on my watch, so I don't get too creative when displaying/photographing. I do think the Nendoroid style works for Elise, being a young'in and a brat at that. Quality of the sculpting, finish, and painting are of a good quality and do not fail to meet the high expectations I have of a GSC product.
That's pretty much it for this figure. It's pretty much a "love it or hate it" scenario, especially if you actually decide to buy it for aftermarket prices because you are a hardcore FE collector. My thoughts remain the same - if the price is right, it makes a nice accent piece to your collection (or in this case, is the only figure you'll get of this character), but overall, hardcore Nendoroid collecting is not for me.