Mirei-san 海麗さん
Anyone who has been following my blog would know how much trouble I had to go through in getting her. There was a pre-order for her at Play-Asia before she was release but at the time I wasn’t that interested in getting her. After seeing the photos Danny posted at his blog, it got me really interested in getting this absolutely cute and sexy figure. So as usual I contacted my friend and only then did I found out that she’s actually a Kotobukiya online store exclusive and most shop that have her are selling at a premium price.
Fast forward about a month later, I searching through numerous sites for her I found that there’s a US release around end of June. I found her on pre-order at Anime Wild and without thinking too much about it I quickly pre-ordered her, which is something I’ll come to regret later. I should be happy that I manage to pre-order her right, but no, I waited and waited for her to arrive, a week past, 2 weeks…. and my numerous e-mail to them asking them about it did not get any reply. Later my local store have her in stock, and since I do not know what happen to my shipment from Anime Wild, I bought her from my local store instead, slightly more expensive though.
More than a week past and to my surprise she arrive after more than a month of waiting. So that’s how I ended up with two Mirei ^^. I posted in a local forum that I wanted to sell my second Mirei and I quickly got response and a few days after that, it’s time for me to say goodbye to my second Mirei as I ship her off.
Mirei is sculpted by Houjun Otoyama and she comes with an extra hand and hair piece, so you can pose her with her hair down or up, and with her hand on her leg or holding a pen. I would have prefer her to come with the glasses as in the illustration though.
She’s very well sculpted and painted, except for some painting chipping of on her right foot due to the removable shoe. That was more due to me putting on the shoe a bit too tight though.
Mirei and pastries ^^, good thing she can sit on the sofa, tried to sit her on the big pillow but that didn’t work though, so it become a sleeping pose instead 
Mire in the office, this was the reason why it took me so long to do a Mirei photo-shoot. It took me quite sometime to build the wall and the table I am using for this shot, it wasn’t as easy to make as I first though haha. A lot more props were use in this shots but I think it came out pretty good ^^.
A final closeup shot of Mirei kawaii face. I did a lot of shots of her with her hair up as I prefer that look more ^^. She just look a lot more cuter and sexier with her hair up ^^.
Well after all the trouble I went through, I am really glad that I manage to get her, or two of her in the end, though the other one was sold off, I still own her for a few days. She’s the second figure based on Shunya Yamashita’s illustration that I have in my collection, the third was suppose to be Non-non but I have cancel my order on her, I’ll be getting Cocona instead which I like more.
For more photos and review of her check out the blogs below
Mukyaa.com
Obsessive Plastic Lurv
Spare Change Anyone ?
Mirei-san
Based on Shunya Yamashita illustration
Scale and Material: 1/7 scale pre-painted PVC
Company: Kotobukiya
Price: 7350 Yen
Released: April 2007
Added to collection: July 2007
Availability: available at Play-Asia
Photo taken using: Canon Ixus 850IS
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Haha!! I was quite sure you were making some office background
And this is just amazing! Great job dude
Will you display her this way? that is to say with the laptop, the desk, glass, can and plant?
Nice set valho ^^ I finally got her to. Went to pick her up today along side some other goodies to. Where did you get that apple laptop ? It sure is nice
Gorgeous pics! Her eyes are soooo nice (both pairs).
Where did you get that mac?
As long as it took for you to get Mirei, is as long as i’ve been waiting for this photoshoot :p Nah, I knew it took a lot of hardwork to create the table and wall. But it was worth the wait ~ it looks GREAT!
I guess i will indeed join Val’s Homemade Prop Cult after all ^^
Nicely done, the work put into creating this paid off definitely. Lovely pictures and great variety, can easily tell how much you like this figure (though personally, I think the liking is misplaced
) that shows from the pics and the props you built. Awesome job really. Totally worth the wait in the end 
@lu-k~thanks man, the hard work paids off ^^. I only display her with the desk and mac, the walls, etc takes up space which I don’t have
@Belela-san & Danny~the apple laptop is made from paper, got the print for it online, you can find it and more here
@aka-ugly~told you it would be worth the wait right ^^, welcome to the Cult ^^
@shino~thanks, i know you gonna say that
Wow, nice photos, great combination of background and items, they really make the figure to stand out a lot. Love the paper apple laptop, I thought it is made in pvc.
After getting burned by Anime Wild, I’m avoided it now at all cost, even though they sometime have cheaper prices than others. They bugged me the most is they never reply emails back to the customers.
@coconut~thanks, yeah what bugged me the most bout anime wild is they never replied my e-mail
These are some really nice shots! Mad props for the … props (pun unintended, my lame brain just spewed that unconsciously ^^;; ). She’s a really lovely figure, I’m glad your hassle with her is over and done with … ordering online can bring some really nasty surprises sometimes.
@byaku-chan~thanks ^^. yeah have to becareful of where I order my figures, so now I just stick to Play-Asia and Hobby Search, more reliable I guess
Man, the waiting surely paid off. You put so much effort into this shooting and everything looks just great. I’m still hooked by all the props you have^^ I like the shot with the pastries the most.
Really awesome work, congrats!
@David~she was worth the wait ^^. Thanks, those pastries are from Re-ment, they got some pretty nice stuff
I just ordered one of these myself. Now I am reallly glad I found one available.
I just got this figure recently also and the same thing happend with the shoe. It seems if you put it on to tight and take it off again some paint will come off on the inside of the shoe. Oh well, at least it’s hidden ^_^;
She really is a beauty though!
@Jeff~congrat on being able to get her ^^
@Nekoarc~yeah, it just scrape of the paint from her foot, so now i just keep her shoe on ^^. she’s gorgeous
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