First Impressions: Nendoroid Doll Emily
Last year I got my first Nendoroids, Kirby and later I found Mario at a convention. I also got my first Cu-poche Friends (Dino and Ewan in the background). This year I got my first Nendoroid Dolls, more recently the Mad Hatter, but months ago Emily. She reminds me a little bit of Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls. It just sort of worked out that way.
So having gotten my two Cu-poche Friends first, I expected similar things from Emily. I believe that’s her name at the bottom of the box in Japanese too, just because I recognize the “e” and “ri” symbols that are also in my name. She comes with a magnetic base stand like Cu-poche do but also a rig that sticks into her back like regular Nendoroids have. She also has magnets on her feet and shoes. She has a full outfit on, including panties. She has 3 sets of hands and 2 neck attachments.
She’s fairly posable, even her ponytail, but I find her knee joints are not as tight as they could be. Sometimes when she’s on her stand she starts to lean unless she’s posed just so (I don’t use the rig, just the magnet). She has these tiny little hands, oddly tiny, but I have since gotten used to them. Her eyes and lashes aren’t a hard black which makes her face seem washed out. She’s also very orange. I wish her bow or eye color was different for a little more variety.
I think I prefer the Cu-poche figures, though Cu-poche’s heads come off more easily in a bad way. I’ve yet to have Emily’s head come off on it’s own, and I’ve yet to take it off on purpose. The Cu-poche Friends don’t come with as much clothing or have shoes either, but they do have fashion packs and some dolls are more complete.
I see Emily as a big sister to my Cu-poche boys. I think the different brands still look good together. She is similarly priced, and overall I like her, just not quite as much as I was hoping too, but she has become more part of the family over the months.
Fast forward a few months and I’ve gotten a 2nd Nendoroid doll, a boy this time. Actually I had to pre-order it months before. There is a boy counterpart to Emily and at the time I could have gotten the White Rabbit boy, but the Mad Hatter is my favorite of the boy dolls so far. While he does have black hair and a green eye like Buttercup, I would not consider them similar the way Emily resembles Blossom. He comes with a full outfit, coat, hat, and monocle thing, but I like him best without some of those accessories on.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Again, I like these dolls but I dunno if I was less excited about them in person because they are similar enough to my Cu-poche that they weren’t as unique or if there is something minor about them that keeps me from being totally in love. I don’t regret getting them though, and I do find that I like them more with time. If you like little posable Japanese dolls, I would recommend them. One plus for the Nendoroids is that because there are so many of them, you get lots more face and hair options to swap, or you can buy just bodies and hands and fashions and make your own Nendoroid into a doll.
