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Show Off Your Nendoroid Collection in Official Photo Contest
posted on by Eric Stimson
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In 2016, Good Smile Company's popular line of chibi figures, the Nendoroids, welcome their 10th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, Good Smile Company is holding a photo contest to see who has the best (or at least cutest) ideas for how to pose their figurines.
As these examples illustrate, the photos should try to pose the Nendoroids against creative backgrounds or with other Nendoroids. Entries can be submitted until January 5. The winners will be announced at a Nendoroid 10th Anniversary celebration at Tokyo's Makuhari Messe Event Hall on February 6, and then put on display at the Wonder Festival 2016 Winter "Wonderful Hobby Life for You!!" Booth 23 the next day. Artists interested in Nendoroids, such as THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Triad Primus, Milky Holmes, and May'n, will be involved.
Judges will choose one photo for the Grand Prize: a life-size cardboard panel of a Nendoroid of the winner's choice, along with three Nendoroids of the winner's choice. They will also award 9 Judges' Prizes: one Nendoroid of the winners' choice and one Nendoroid of the judges' choice. There will also be a Users' Prize, which is one Nendoroid of the winner's choice; it will be announced during a Nico Nico video livestream during the Wonder Festival.
Beginning on December 14, the contest website will post one exemplary photo a week to let even Nendoroid fans who aren't participating get an idea of what other fans are coming up with. Entries must be submitted via this website, but one person can submit more than one entry. So if you've got some clever or silly ideas for a Nendoroid photo, send them in and see how the judges like it!
[Via Kai-You]
