Hmm. Ya I have been tardy with my blog posts but I couldn’t keep up with everything like I normally do. My interests are swaying in various areas. Well moving on with the lame excuses, I got Rin Kagamine on my last trip to my local anime store (Anime Stop), acquiring her her on the 17th of January, 2009.
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Miku Announces: ..Welcoming a new member to the SOS Music Brigade is Rin Kagamine!
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(Images taken with a Sony W170 Digital Camera.)
Rin Kagamine is from the Vocaloid voice musical program that was created by Yamaha. She is the second vocaloid, and a twin type having Len Kagamine as her brother who have the ability to sing using pre-recorded singing tones. Both Rin and Len are often seen within comical situations where Rin is the serious sister and Len the mischievous punishable character.
Rin Kagamine – Meltdown (With lyrics)
Same track, but with professional cosplayers:
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Related Articles:
Rin Kagamine – Wikipedia:
http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Rin/Len_Kagamine
Rin Kagamine – Figma (Official):
http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/8/figma+Rin+Kagamine.html
Vocaloid Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid
Vocaloid Homepage (English):
http://www.vocaloid.com/vocaloid1index.html
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*Lights and special effects* – A box with Rin appears.
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*Rin waves to the crowd*
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Rin takes out her mic and starts singing while Miku� tries to pat Rin.
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And lastly, a full view of Rin singing:
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Anyways, I’m glad I got Rin in my collection.
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Edit: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Since I rushed this article a year back I thought I’d update this properly from a “hey, I got a figma!” to a “lets review Rin”. I also removed any negativity I had within this article. I added images and fixed up any removed Youtube videos. The below images are taken with a Lumix GF1 camera and kept in the same style as the above older images.
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I see I got ahead of myself, time to take a peak at the box itself. The box is nicely decorated with Rin on the forground, a digital vocaloid system in the background (all gray), and the font in a yellowish-orange color.
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And what to expect when you obtain Rin – Rin Figma (obviously), a microphone, 8 hand pieces, a figma parts bag, Figma stand and an extra happy face.
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The thing I like about Rin is how simple, yet great detailed she looks at the same time. There is a red “02” on her shoulder, a loose key-chain like belt, and “ElectricVoiceSystem” on her lower leg. There is also a musical note on her neck, a vocaloid system pad on both her sleeves, as well as microphone headset on her head.
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Rin pointing to the red “02” marking.
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Rin skateboarding. I wanted to show you the loose “belt” thing on her hips.
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The “ElectricVoiceSystem” printed on her leg. They are on both her left and right boots.
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And her vocaloid music system seen on her sleeves.
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*Nya~ nya~ ya~*
This also looks like the carmelldansen dance haha. Just some for fun photos now ^^.
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I know I’m missing Len. I’m getting Figmas I really want and may get back to collecting those I missed after.
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Pros:
– She is faithfully representation of her animated and digital counterpart. Details are mostly accurate to her vocaloid concepts and artworks.
– Her design is simple and nicely detailed. The “02”, “ElectricVoiceSystem”, Musical note on her neck, and vocaloid pad on her sleeves are a nice touch. The key-chain belt is also a nice touch.
– She poses extremely well for her simplicity.
– Rin’s posing balance is pretty well maintained by her simplicity in design. She can be posed in any situation the photographer/owner desires. Just be careful of heights and the wind!
Cons:
– Her hands keep falling out of her wrist. I nearly lost one during one photo-shoot on my birthday. They just randomly pop out without warning and I also have one palm hand greatly loose for forcing the hand into the wrist.
– Needs a few more face plates and an instrument.
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Thanks for viewing/reading and I apologize for my 2008-2009 tardiness. Hope you liked my quick review of Figma Rin ^^.