Figure Unboxing and Assembly: Hatsune Miku - LOVE IS WAR version
GEIGEKIYOUI
Prepare for a counterattack!
Thankfully, GSC always provides an instruction sheet in both English and Japanese, so let's look at that while assembling the figure! Though, I did find that it may be easier to assemble this figure if you don't follow GSC's assembling sequence fully, so sit tight for my input! I'll be sure to point these out when I get to it~
Using GSC’s instructions sheet, the first step is to align the five pegs and peg holes on these two parts. As the layout of the pegs is a star-shape, I recommend putting the apex of the star in place first, then matching the other four points after.
Here’s how
it should look assembled together, at different angles so you have a better
idea of how it should look like. Surprisingly, it’s rather stable despite the
small pegs.
The next
part to assemble would be the long pole with the small teal speakers attached
at the end. For this part, you will have to align the jutting out part
indicated by arrow 1 to the depression indicated by arrow 2. After which, it’s
just a matter of sliding it right down to the base.
It fits
quite snugly and is rather stable.
So far, so
good!
According
to the next section of GSC’s instructions, the next part to assemble would be
the railing. There are 3 parts to the railing but let’s take a look at the two
that have to be joined together first.
The parts
indicated by the white arrow are the peg holes, and after setting up this
portion of the railing, you get a nice hinge-lookalike!
This whole
ensemble is supposed to be placed at the edge of the base as well and in the
image below, you can see which peg hole each leg of the railing is supposed to
go into.
However… if
you recall, I mentioned that there are 3 railing parts, which means that this
isn’t all!
Here’s the
last railing part~
GSC instructs
us to put this railing part in right now and place the large speakers on either
side of Miku after this step, then place the assembled Miku on the stand. I
followed as per their instructions but found it incredibly challenging to push
Miku onto the base. So, my recommended sequence would be to leave this section
of the railing for last. After putting in the hinged railing parts, continue by
assembling the large speaker on Miku’s left on first, followed by Miku herself,
then the speaker on Miku’s right, before finally putting this lone section of
the railing in place.
Nevertheless,
my pictures are taken when I was still following GSC’s instructions, so bear
the above point in mind as we move on using GSC’s instructed sequence by
putting that railing section on!
Next up,
the large speakers. There’s two of them and there’s virtually no way of putting
them on wrongly. Just slip them onto place on the base (you’ll want to put a
hand below the base panel to support the force you put when pushing the speakers
in place) and…
Lo and
behold! The speakers have magically appeared on the base!
The very
last part of this assembly session is to put Miku into place. There are 3 steps
to this – assembling Miku, placing her onto the peg, then arm her with her
accessories!
To assemble
Miku, firstly, you would have to put her pigtails in place and for this, the
pegs on both sides of her hair are differently shaped to help you identify
which piece goes where.
If you
followed my proposed sequence for assembly, this should be easy enough.
However, if you followed GSC’s instructions like I did, you would have to have
thin af hands and fingers to be able to either squeeze between the speaker on
her right and her position on the base (so she’ll be fitting onto her peg
straight) or wiggle between the railing parts to hold onto her shin and foot to
exert pressure.
Definitely
not an experience I’ll like to relive again…
And last
but not the least, her accessories. She comes with a handheld microphone and a
pink wire cord. I recommend fitting the microphone into her hand first as it’s
rather nerve-wracking to wiggle it in between her digits. However, do note that
her fingers are made of a flexible material and should be able to withstand the
pressure and angle you use to insert the microphone in.
And that’s
all for today since she’s now fully assembled! I hope that this slight changes
to her proposed assembly route would help anyone who’s putting her together in
the days to come.
~ Reina-rin
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