A new figure arrived today for me from Japan, except this time it wasn’t a chibi-styled Nendoroid. This is a real, 1/8 scale, fully-proportioned figure. Introducing: Soba Waitress Mikuru, wearing the outfit she made famous during Episode 12’s Cultural Festival. Of all the outfits Haruhi forced upon poor Mikuru, this is the one I liked the most. In fact, this is technically my first figure purchase, since I pre-ordered her back in March.

There are some people who have tons of figures like this. I’m still deciding whether I really want a collection of figures like this. I really like this figure, but I rarely see other stationary figures that grab my eye, outside of the Goth Punk Mikuru and Bunny Haruhi I posted about a while ago. I really like the scale of Nendoroids and how posable Figmas are (they’re almost like action figures). Plus, you can have fun mixing and matching body parts between figures. That has a certain level of appeal to me.

More pictures of Mikuru below:

The coloring on Mikuru is fantastic. I only have two minor complaints: (1) her face looks a little off, and (2) when the lights hits her face a certain way, she looks cross-eyed. I also worry about her leaning. Otherwise though, I’m very happy with her.
Mikuru in profile.
I really need a tripod or something. As evidence by this photo and the next, my camera takes really fuzzy photos if there is any camera motion at all. It would also mean that my pictures wouldn’t need to be taken at such a low angle (I steady the camera on the surface itself).
She has some nice zettai ryouiki as well; it’s part of why I bought her. There was another waitress Mikuru released recently who I almost ordered, but her coloring was drab and the pose was rather lifeless. I think this figure better captures Mikuru’s personality from the show.
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I got into a little trouble with my mother over this figure, as she felt it wasn’t worth the money I paid. So in order to avoid any further conflict, I’m no longer considering the Goth Punk Mikuru everyone (and it was unanimous) voted for as my next big purchase. She costs more than twice what this figure cost me, so I don’t want to imagine my mom’s reaction. But thanks to everyone who voted; I really appreciate the input!