Vocaloid 2 Kagamine Rin & Len 1/6 (Volks) review
By James. Filed in Figures Pics, Figures Reviews |Tags: 1/6, Len, Rin, Vocaloids, Volks
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The twins from Vocaloid are here today for the review . And they are ready for the show .
Volks is know for their garage kits and exclusive Japan market , so sadly it’s hard to get a product from them . But now that they’re making PVC’s too , it’s nice to see another (good) manufacturer in the PVC market . The Vocaloid family is quite popular in Japan (and with the help of the Miku phenomena) and in the world so it was a nice move from Volks to chose to make them in PVC .
Rin and Len are standing at a good 22 cm tall and 1/6 scale . The two figures are sold together but you can expose them separately . The original artwork was showing them together so i think it’s better to leave them how they were designed to be . And people at Volks did a nice job , as they look nearly exactly like the original pic . In the box there is two aditional arms if you want to put them in a more “plain” pose . I didn’t took any pics with those , so you’ll only see the more “dynamic” pose .
The paint work is surely the highlight on the twins , as Volks painting is really glossy and totally different from the more “realistic” painting we can see usually on figures . And that makes them stands out . Volks painting is nicely done and quite precise and the colors used are really nice (love the golden paint used on the belt !) but there is some scratches and little seamlines on the figures . But i personaly don’t think it’s a big problem , as the quality is high enough to warrant a buy . The pose is really nice and getting two figures as one is quite awesome .
Rin and Len are two awesome looking twins and their glossy paint and great “diorama” pose are sure helping them to stand out . Volks did a great job and those two are surely going to be better than the Good Smile versions , like with the already out Miku .
9.4/10 , a must buy if you like the characters or if you like glossy/flashy paint (and no , it’s not a glossy paint like Koto’s 
) . The twins are hard to find and at a heavy price but i think they’re worth it 
Now for the pics :
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Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 4:07 pm |
I was just about to comment how i like the glossy paintjob on their hair but you already mentioned it.Im not really a Vocaloid fan but ive gotta say that Volks did a great Job!
The work on Rins pant is pretty sweet aswell!
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Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 4:17 pm |
Encore du changement (d’hébergeur cette fois?) chez Excelica-Meteor!!!
C’est sympa. 
En tout cas, super acquisition James. Tu as bien fait de craquer sur les deux frangin/frangine de Vocaloid, ils sont trop mimi et je les préfère largement à Miku.
La version Volks du duo Kagamine est vraiment sympa, le 1/6 surtout est super et la réalisation a l’air parfaite. Par contre j’aime un peu moins la couleur utilisé pour les cheveux. On a l’impression que c’est doré tellement ça brille (simple détail).
A part ça, tes photos sont très jolies, celles où l’un est au premier plan et l’autre derrière sont mes préférées.
- “boo, je mets toujours autant de smiley sans mes posts?”
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Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 4:23 pm |
@ Blowfish : yeah i love the glossy look ^^ . I can understand why you prefer Rin’s pants than Len
. But i agree and i forgot to write about the details on the clothes in the review 
@ Chrono : oui il me fallait un hebergeur et un vrai blog customisable , seul defaut c’est payant mais je pense que ca en vallait la peine .
J’adore les cheveux , l’effet doré est de tres bon gout je trouve , mais chacun son avis
Et merci a toi (L)
Les smileys c’est le bien !
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Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 10:45 pm |
The gloss painting was beautiful in front of the black background, but without the contrast, they were kinda painful to look at…
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 1:07 am |
Finalement, la qualité de Volk ne semble pas être mauvaise ici, ça me ferait presque ne pas m’inquiéter à propos du set de Nanoha que j’ai pré-commandé. La peinture brillante, a l’air d’être encore présente comme pour la Miku. Choix de Volk concernant ses figurines ou uniquement la gamme Vocaloid ? En tout cas, joli boulot!
(mais je préfère Joey…)
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 3:33 am |
Volks does some fantastic figures, but I actually didn’t like the glossy paint used on Rin and Len. It’s somewhat too plastic-like and shiny for me, even though they are plastic. ^^” I prefer GSC’s version, even if I don’t like the pose for Rin. Haha … I am hard to please. I think the black background works very well with the figures and especially like the first photo under the cut.
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 4:31 am |
très sympa le frangin et la frangine
je suis comme chrono kun, je n’aime pas le côté “glossy” des cheveux !!
très classe tes photos !! le duo est très bien mis en valeur
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 10:25 am |
@ Snark : I personaly like the glossy look but i can understand it being a problem for some
@ Yuuu : tu as pris le set complet ? tu as gagné au loto ? :p Volks c’est le top niveau GK , je pense qu’il faut leur laisser le temps niveau PVC mais je suis persuadé qu’il vont etre bientot au top
@ ELTboy : Glossy FTW ! :p . I don’t like GSC version , but it’s only my opinion
. And thanks , i love the black background too ^^
@ kyn chan : merci
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 11:20 am |
Great review!!! The twins looks good together. Me loves the 2nd picture. XD
You must have spend lot of $$$ to get them home huh?
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 2:09 pm |
I really love the pictures, they look great indeed. I saw the pictures uploaded to your flickr account the other day so I’d already seen them, the only thing I think is a bit odd is Len’s nail polish :3 not that it’s bad though I don’t mind, just caught me off guard XD The glossy paint job looks great, it’s too bad I’ve got so much ordered right now I don’t dare try to fit these in the budget
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Friday, March 20th 2009 at 4:50 pm |
if i was into the twins i’d be all over these figures ^^; i guess something about their character design never clicked for me… ah well, regardless, i can still appreciate the nice quality of the figures and the nice pics ^_^
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Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 1:24 am |
Vraiment trop jolies les 2 partenaires de Miku. Moi, justement, j’aime beaucoup le côté Glossy. Pour des personnages de scènes, c’est assez normal
Très jolies photos surtout sur fond blanc.
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Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 8:00 am |
@Chappy,
I paid the price i pay for one normal figure so it was a good buy
I love the 2nd pic too . Thanks
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Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 8:01 am |
@Persocom,
You cheated ! You’re spying my flickr ! :p
I so agree with Len polish , i was surprised as well ^^ (but i did put pink polish on mine once too,it was a request from my gf :/)
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Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 8:02 am |
@meronpan,
The chara design is sure different , as the overall look of these figures . But that’s why i love them ^^
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Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 8:03 am |
@lylibellule,
Tu les as aussi non ? Si oui tu n’as pas fais les photos encore ?
Sinon oui je love le glossy aussi (a part chez Koto) . et merci
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Sunday, March 22nd 2009 at 8:11 am |
@James,
Non, Amidala les a gardé finalement….
j’ai oublié : Super ton nouvel agencement
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Sunday, March 22nd 2009 at 9:32 am |
@ James – lol, I’ve done black before, used to have the whole goth look going on for a while XD Yeah I’ve been spending lots of time on my flickr lately so I get to spy on people
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Sunday, March 22nd 2009 at 12:15 pm |
@lylibellule,
awww dommage , j’ai attendu un moment tes photos vu que j’hésitais a les acheter … au final j’ai du acheter sans les avoir vues mais je regrette pas . et merci
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Sunday, March 22nd 2009 at 12:17 pm |
@Persocom,
Lol ^^
Ok so i’m glsd to not be the only one who did that (but still , i did pink , scary
)
Spy !
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Sunday, March 22nd 2009 at 8:11 pm |
Oooh Volks Rin & Len! =D They look awesome, I really love the details~ I’d love to get my hands on this two as well as the previous Miku Volks… Too bad it’s only Japan exclusive release, so it’s pretty hard to get on them… James you’re lucky! x3 Anyway I also prefer the pictures with black background, it looks better for the eye lol, and the second picture there is my favorite too =D
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Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 7:43 am |
Never knew that Volks have made the Kagamine twins, and in gloss!
Having gloss in figures is unuusal, but I think it works for Rin & Len combo, as they are kinda… Digital (if you know what I mean
). On the other hand, they look pretty nice together in different positions, be it back-to-back or facing each other. The black background has surely worked the best for them~
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Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 2:08 pm |
SHINY! haha awesome twins,I love their poses,all hip and stuff XD wow 1/6 pretty big,how much that cost you? awesome pictures bro
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Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 5:02 pm |
nice figures. wow 1/6 is pretty big. From the picture the figure look small. ^^ Does the twins come together when you buy the figures? or do you have to buy them individually?
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Thursday, March 26th 2009 at 1:35 am |
I hesitated to buy to go with my Miku from GSC. Rin is particularly charming. But I think we should buy both, it’s like birds “inseparable”.
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Friday, March 27th 2009 at 11:14 pm |
Just wow!!!!!
Really nice!!!!
I would get them…if the paint of the figrue wasn’t that reflective…way too shinny for my taste…
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:48 pm |
@Kazearashi,
I want Miku too but hard to find now
I prefer the blck background too
And yeah it’s sad to see Volks figures only for Japan only …
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:49 pm |
@Q,
I so agree without you on the gigital thing . That’s why i love the glossy look , more than on Good smile versions …
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:50 pm |
@Roy,
Didn’t cost me more than one normal figure with shipping … so it was a good buy i guess ^^
And thanks !
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:51 pm |
@rangerroh,
yes they are sold only together
you can’t separate twins ^^
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:51 pm |
@mikiwank,
yes well you are FORCED to buy them together in Volks version but Good Smile didn’t choose to release them as a pair , sad
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Monday, March 30th 2009 at 12:52 pm |
Shiny is good for the eyes :p
I can’t understand why it bother people but personaly i love that
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Monday, June 15th 2009 at 3:44 am |
As a die-hard fan of the twins – I pretty much drooled at the site of the Volk’s version of the twins – honestly, I am in utter love with the flashy, shiny paint they used – it really gives it some pizzaz! The gold tone is great, and the shine it gives to their leg warmers are just incredible!
It’s the kind of thing where I am really willing to lay down the cash – if I had enough to spare! I’m not a figure collector at all – just some nendoroids – 4 – and one SEGA Kagamine Rin figure.
Compared to GSC’s figma’s – these are just way better! Something about the joints on the figma’s is not to my liking – but the faces on these are just so adorable! Very cartoon-y looking.
All in all – one day I’ll find the cash to fork out $200+ to get these!
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Monday, June 15th 2009 at 12:37 pm |
@Chaos-Shadow,
Hello
Yeah these version of the twins is the best available by far , i hope you’ll be able to get them soon
Love the paint too , i think the glossy look is just perfect for them
(and i hate figma’s , joints are awful …)
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Thursday, July 9th 2009 at 5:31 pm |
You know the price?;.;
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Wednesday, July 29th 2009 at 2:59 am |
@Innocence,
They’re quite hard to find now so i guess a high price but can’t tell you , sorry
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Saturday, August 1st 2009 at 7:05 pm |
@James,
Aw,ok,don’t worry and thank you
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