{"id":718,"date":"2007-01-28T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/01\/28\/colour-changing-haruhi-figurine\/"},"modified":"2007-01-29T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T00:11:04","slug":"colour-changing-haruhi-figurine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/01\/28\/colour-changing-haruhi-figurine\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour-changing Haruhi figurine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, Bandai started taking preorders for an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amiami.com\/shop\/ProductInfo\/product_id\/61431\">Asuka<\/a> figurine under a new &#8220;Metamorphigure&#8221; (\u00e3\u0192\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u00bf\u00e3\u0192\u00a2\u00e3\u0192\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u00a3\u00e3\u201a\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u00a5\u00e3\u201a\u00a2) line of products. It has a dress that changes colour between black and white depending on the room temperature. You can view an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akibablog.net\/archives\/img-mouse\/061104asukamovie.wmv\">official video<\/a> of the colour-changing process to see for yourself. Asuka will be released next month.<\/p>\n<p>And today, Bandai released pictures of the prototype for the second figure in the series: Haruhi-sama! You can view the original entry on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akibablog.net\/archives\/2007\/01\/etc_bandai_haruhi_070127.html\">Akiba-blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akibablog.net\/archives\/2007\/01\/etc_bandai_haruhi_070127.html\"><img src='http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/28_metamorph.jpg' alt='Haruhi' style=\"height:400px; width:300px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the entry, the sample has not been given the colour-changing treatment yet. The creators are still playing around with the design so the current colour scheme may differ from the final product. Bandai is shooting for a <strong>May<\/strong> release. Look out for improved samples on display at various events before the figure hits the market.<\/p>\n<p>While the colour-changing feature is kind of cool, I will wait until after Asuka gets released before passing judgement. Still, I wonder if this unspecified method for making colour-changing PVC places any limitations on the variety of colours and the amount of details possible. Asuka changes from opaque black to translucent white and I find it very likely that white wasn&#8217;t selected intentionally.<\/p>\n<p>Wait&#8230; Does this mean translucent bunny suit? o_o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, Bandai started taking preorders for an Asuka figurine under a new &#8220;Metamorphigure&#8221; (\u00e3\u0192\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u00bf\u00e3\u0192\u00a2\u00e3\u0192\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u00a3\u00e3\u201a\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u00a5\u00e3\u201a\u00a2) line of products. It has a dress that changes colour between black and white depending on the room temperature. You can view an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2007\/01\/28\/colour-changing-haruhi-figurine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[271,470,19,451],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}