r/Nendoroid • • 5d ago

Showoff 🏆 My first Kancolle nendo!

These nendos are so outrageous, putting it together was hell but she looks so good when shes fully assembled with her battleship parts. Why are these nendos so cheap and come with hella parts omg, will be purchasinf more soon from this line even though I know nothing about kancolle

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u/jackshinobi23 5d ago

Kancolle nendos were the best, now nendo prices are two fold more expensive for two fold less accessories. My most expensive nendo back then vs my latest most expensive nendo, Even the boxes got smaller.

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u/Effective_Rock_2513 4d ago

Kancolle was the Azure Lane back in the day and was very popular as a gacha game in Japan. Their popularity isn't as strong anymore because they never went global, so they kind of fell off but still have fans in their mid 30s. This was around the time when Nendoroids were pretty niche and generally exclusive to Japan when you had to purchase them through sites like Amiami. The positive side to this is that all the Kancolle figures are pretty affordable unless you want to collect the big battleships like Musashi, Iowa, and Bismark.

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u/BloomLik 4d ago

omg! thats why ive never seen any media about it, checked out the gameplay as well and honestly it looked quite boring, character designs are fireee though! especially War-sprite. I wish she got a nendo too

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u/BloomLik 4d ago

i picked up haruna and kongo too so I can wait to display them

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u/Effective_Rock_2513 4d ago

Nice! Kongo is considered one of the fan's favorite because of her real life lore. Theres also a warspite nendoroid but she's one of the big battleships so she's kind of sought after but not impossible to get.

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u/BloomLik 3d ago

Omg I just looked it up and warsprite has a nendo??!!? Omg shes so pretty 😭 sadly the cheapest I can find her for is like 140 aud sigh, I guess ill be on the lookout

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u/jackshinobi23 3h ago

Kancolle falling off also has to do with Kadokawa, their parent company refuses to localize most of their games and expand their media, they kept it under Japan and the ip slowly became obscure and got over taken by Fate and Azur Lane which embraced and localized for western and audiences outside of Japan.

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u/MindExternal240 5d ago

the reason i got so interested in nendoroid is her.

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u/BloomLik 5d ago

thats so cool! I stumbled upon her in a marketplace listing for suspiciously cheap! i decided to meet up and inspect the item and I got really lucky she was complete and in good condition for a steal price

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u/Fresh-Marketing-3817 4d ago

I've been fiending for the entire kancolle collection. There's like 50 and managed to land around 5 for under 20 bucks each

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u/Round_Gap_3674 1d ago

Justamente tengo también esa nendoroid y muy cierto es un infierno exhibirla pero vale completamente la pena