Since I purchased my first Nendoroid last month (Ink-tan), I’ve given in to my evil, moe desires and present to you my latest catch: Lucky Star’s Kagami Hiiragi in Comptiq form!

And when I say catch, I mean it.  This thing was pretty hard to get a hold of, at least at a decent price.  Kagami and Konata Nendoroids came in three different flavors each:  HP version, Chara-ani, and Comptiq.  I would probably rank them in that order for rarity as well.  They are also all out of print now.  The Comptiq versions were mail-order only through the Comptiq magazine so they are particularly hard to find.

I scoured ebay and yahoo auctions for the past month looking for a good deal on this Nendoroid and finally stumbled across one.  While it wasn’t as expensive as most of the other auctions, it still was a bit expensive ^^;  Good thing it was new in-the-box and not second hand :D

As for the figure itself, it comes with a lot of accessories.  In the box, you will find: 3 unique faces, 3 skirts (that all look the same), 1 set of Rabbit ears, a rabbit tail, 1 set of normal ribbons, 2 sets of legs (one for sitting, 1 for standing), 2 sets of hands, a stand, and a mini Minoru Shiraishi figure.  The Minoru Shiraishi figure is the same one in the Lucky Star petit Nendoroid set, except it is unpainted (expect a post with info on this later ;)).

While I love this Nendoroid, the paint quality was a bit disappointing in several locations.  Kagami’s legs have smudges of red and brown paint on them.  Not visible at a distant but obvious up close.  Also, her white Seifuku had smudges of red on a few spots.  Her hair, while having a very nice paint job on the front and top, unfortunately had some white specks on one of her twin tails :(  I have to say the build quality of this Nendoroid does not match that of my newer Ink-tan.  Perhaps in the time between the manufacturing of Kagami and Ink-tan, Good Smile improved their quality.  Also, the included stands don’t work very well and leave Kagami with the tendency to topple over if you’re not careful.  Perhaps I should get a set of paints and attempt to touch up paint blemishes like this in the future?

While the build quality is a bit sketchy at points, I still love this figure.  The super-cute blushing face + usa mimi are perfect.  Sure, I may be biased due to my Kagami obsession, but I think most people will agree ^_^

So, enough talk, let’s get on to the pictures!

Blushing Kagami, doesn't get much better than this ;)

You have irritated the Kagamin. You must apologize now!

No, really, she will beat you up otherwise

Gao!

Ok, you apologized. Kagamin is happy again :D

No staring at the pantsu!

You're still peeking!