ねんどろいど 鹿目まどか 〈ワルプルギスの廻天〉Ver. べーしっく

Picked this up because the price was lower than the standard nendoroids, but surprisingly the articulation on the limbs and neck is just as smooth. The basic face plate still captures her determined expression from the new movie really well.

The price being lower without the extra faces is a fair trade when the base figure itself captures her transformed look this well, and the standard joints still let me pose her with the ribbon flowing mid-battle. It arrived quicker than I expected, and the paint on her dress is clean with no sloppy

The joint articulation is surprisingly smooth for a "basic" version—I can pose her in that iconic floating stance without any wobble. For the price point, getting the full Nendoroid play pattern with just the essential face and parts feels like a smart compromise.