My second Nendoroid figure!
This is celebrating Vocaloid Len Kagamine's birthday, or rather, the Kagamine twins' birthday!

I've been wanting the Len Nendoroid figure for such a long time, and I finally found a good price after much searching and ordered him this Monday. I just got him today and was more than excited to see what he came with! XD

These are some shots I took of him and several possible poses and expressions he comes with. I kept the overall image small so you can see more quicker. XD However, if you don't mind the loading time and would like me to replace this with a bigger version, please let me know! ^^

Unlike the Neuro Nendoroid I got, Len comes with a sticker sheet of face expressions as well as a blank face you can customize yourself, which makes this really cool and fun to play around with. XD Some of these expression are just utterly adorable and silly! X3 I included a shot of the sticker sheet it came with, but only used some of the expressions, because it actually takes some time to get them on perfectly. XD (I think I spent hours trying to get these good shots alone. XDD)

Aside from the sticker expressions, he comes with three pre-painted faces and one pair of different arm and leg poses. Len also comes with a piano/synthesizer on a strap you can put around him too. ^^

And is it just me or is it impossible for me to move his arm down enough so he can actually hold the bar of the synth between his fingers without his arm falling off? XD It's been difficult re-creating the official Nendoroid photo of his pose with the synth, but I tried my best to do the same. Or unless the one in the official photos was a prototype that was solely made for the sake of display? >_>

Len is the second installment of the Vocaloid Character Vocal Series or singing synthesizing program (in Japanese), in which the user can synthesize singing by inputing lyrics and a melody. The voice bank contains pre-recorded vocal samples provided by a Japanese voice actor in which is used for synthesizing the voice of the singing. His voice is provided by Asami Shinmodain.

Len was released December 27, 2007 along with his twin sister Rin Kagamine in the same package/software. (However, I heard the company Crypton never said Len and Rin were actually "twins" by "blood," but just by how they look XD (but they are programs and not human afterall XD, so I suppose they're leaving it up to us to interpret their relationship. ) Len and Rin are both voiced by the same seiyuu, o_o but they both have very different voices, so much that you'd think it came from a different person. XD

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Len's profile from Vocaloid wiki:

Gender: Male
Age: 14
Height: 156 cm (5'1.4")
Weight: 47 kg (103 lbs)
Favorite Genre: Pop dance and rock / pop-pop songs - Enka
Good Range: F # 3 ~ C # 5
Character items: steam-roller, banana, pineapple
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Because this deviation is dedicated to Len, I have also complied together a list of links to my favorite videos with Len in it. Hope you can check some of them out! ^^ These are songs/videos users from the Nico Nico Douga site have created.

[link] (A nice slower and older song, but it actually shows a good example of the softer qualities of his voice, which is hard to find in his songs.)

[link] (Random vid. "The Chocobo Theme" by Miku, Rin and Len. Very adorable! XD)

[link] (A great quality song)

[link] ("Fortune Driver," another great quality song)

[link] ("I Can't Deny a Broken Heart" A sad but upbeat song... Len is so adorable here...)

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("SPICE!" One of my fav songs by Len with a very interesting story in the video indeed. Len seems like such a "pimp/player" here, but a very hot one at that. XD)

[link] ("Ike-Lenka" An amusing video. Possible yaoi hints. Woo KaitoxLen XD)

[link] ("I'm a Gray Cat" Len has a deeper pitch here XD <3 A catchy and cheerful song ^^)

[link] (Project DIVA "Sandscraper." Nothing is cuter than Len dancing to this song. o_o A must watch for Len fans!! XD)

[link] ("Gray" Len seems much more mature here, a very nice song and one of my new favs ^^)

[link] ("Rain" A beautiful yet sad song... You'll get completely absorbed into this one.. T_T)

[link] ("Life Goes On," a great duet with Len and Rin sister.)

[link] (The Kagamine twin version of "Cendrillon" ^^)

[link] (A beautiful and catchy duet I absolutely love of the Kagamine twins, but the creator of the video decided to add some "easter eggs" in it that kind of ruins the song XD However, it might actually make sense if I understood the lyrics. XD)

[link] ("Kokoro" A very beautiful yet sad song by Rin. T_T Len also appears in the video)

[link] ("SKELETON LIFE" A catchy and upbeat song with a neat video of the twins, sung by Rin and backup vocals by Len)



If you're interested in getting him, you can find him at many online stores now, including Ebay, but I would use that as a last resort. Here are some links.

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