Mikuru Asahina (MegaHouse 1/6 27cm. AFP Chara Doll series TMoHS 2007)

[Tasuke]

hey peeps. i just got around, -after putting it off for a while now- to picking myself up a secondary spare of this generally under-appreciated and forgottten 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 disappointed,
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...

 

(( ORIGINAL COPY~LIP DETAIL, NEW COPY~NO LIP DETAIL ))

 

one more slight, delicate touchup to the lips; i think i've hit the jackpot, and can die happy now;

 

[COLOR="Silver"]

- BEFORE -

 

- AFTER -

 

[Tasuke]

just got this "Sa-Ku-Ra" Designer Confectionery set by Japanese 1/6 doll accessory mfr. "Re-ment" in,
made a couple improvements to my Miku-chan's "Milky-Pink Maid" costume, thought i'd show it all off;

 

ORIGINAL DESIGN;

 

[Jasanime]

kawaii!!!

[Tasuke]

Thankies~

[Tasuke]

new shoulder straps on her Apron afford her a more petite appearance up there, and offers a better sense of general symmetry;