{"id":189,"date":"2009-01-24T21:42:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T02:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com\/Blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2010-09-14T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T21:03:43","slug":"figma-rin-kagamine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Figma Rin Kagamine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hmm. Ya I have been tardy with my blog posts but I couldn&#8217;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 (<a href=\"http:\/\/thecomicbookshoppe.com\/contact_us.php?osCsid=ebbff86626adc3ad858fb1493132b679\" target=\"_blank\">Anime Stop<\/a>), acquiring her her on the 17th of January, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miku Announces<\/strong>: <em>..Welcoming a new member to the SOS Music Brigade is <strong>Rin Kagamine<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>) &#8211; <em>Image taken on January 24th, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Images taken with a Sony W170 Digital Camera.) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Rin Kagamine &#8211; Meltdown (With lyrics)<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Ox5-fEH4Ww?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Same track, but with professional cosplayers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7ijVYRQ0Lw?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Rin Kagamine &#8211; Wikipedia:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vocaloid.wikia.com\/wiki\/Rin\/Len_Kagamine\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/vocaloid.wikia.com\/wiki\/Rin\/Len_Kagamine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Rin Kagamine &#8211; Figma (Official):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodsmile.info\/product\/en\/8\/figma+Rin+Kagamine.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.goodsmile.info\/product\/en\/8\/figma+Rin+Kagamine.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Vocaloid Wikipedia:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vocaloid\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vocaloid<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Vocaloid Homepage (English):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocaloid.com\/vocaloid1index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vocaloid.com\/vocaloid1index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>*<em>Lights and special effects<\/em>* &#8211; A box with Rin appears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04539.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>) &#8211; <em>Image taken on January 24th, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*<em>Rin waves to the crowd<\/em>*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04542.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>) &#8211; <em>Image taken on January 24th, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rin takes out her mic and starts singing while Miku\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd tries to pat Rin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04543.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>) &#8211; <em>Image taken on January 24th, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And lastly, a full view of Rin singing:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/\/Blog\/blogpics\/January\/Dsc04548.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>) &#8211; <em>Image taken on January 24th, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I&#8217;m glad I got Rin in my collection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Edit<\/strong>: Tuesday, September 14, 2010<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Since I rushed this article a year back I thought I&#8217;d update this properly from a &#8220;<\/em><em>hey, I got a figma!&#8221; to a &#8220;<\/em><em>lets review Rin&#8221;. 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060686.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060722.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060682.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060684.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And what to expect when you obtain Rin &#8211; Rin Figma (obviously), a microphone, 8 hand pieces, a figma parts bag, Figma stand and an extra happy face.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060701.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The thing I like about Rin is how simple, yet great detailed she looks at the same time. There is a red &#8220;<em>02<\/em>&#8221; on her shoulder, a loose key-chain like belt, and &#8220;<em>ElectricVoiceSystem<\/em>&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060688.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Rin pointing to the red &#8220;02&#8221; marking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060689.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Rin skateboarding. I wanted to show you the loose &#8220;belt&#8221; thing on her hips.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060690.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;ElectricVoiceSystem&#8221; printed on her leg. They are on both her left and right boots.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060692.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And her vocaloid music system seen on her sleeves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060693.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>*Nya~ nya~ ya~*<\/p>\n<p>This also looks like the carmelldansen dance haha. Just some for fun photos now ^^.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZlYv2opejk?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060694.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060696.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060696.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"340\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/September\/P1060709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I know I&#8217;m missing Len. I&#8217;m getting Figmas I really want and may get back to collecting those I missed after.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8211; She is faithfully representation of her animated and digital counterpart. Details are mostly accurate to her vocaloid concepts and artworks.<br \/>\n&#8211; Her design is simple and nicely detailed. The &#8220;02&#8221;, &#8220;ElectricVoiceSystem&#8221;, Musical note on her neck, and vocaloid pad on her sleeves are a nice touch. The key-chain belt is also a nice touch.<br \/>\n&#8211; She poses extremely well for her simplicity.<br \/>\n&#8211; Rin&#8217;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! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8211; 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.<br \/>\n&#8211; Needs a few more face plates and an instrument. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for viewing\/reading and I apologize for my 2008-2009 tardiness. Hope you liked my quick review of Figma Rin ^^.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmm. Ya I have been tardy with my blog posts but I couldn&#8217;t keep up with everything like I normally do. My interests are swaying in various areas. 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