#zfigures

A fun project on the side while doing a photoshoot of some Eva figures, finally assembling the 'Petit Eva - Welcome to NERV Base' minifigure set (that I hadn't even opened in 3 whole years). The full set is made up of 5 pieces: 1) Entrance and Escalator + Unit-00's Containtment area. 3) Entry Plug Simulator + Vending machines. 4) Unit-00's cage + Infirmary. 5) Central Dogma with Lilith inside impaled by the Longinus Spear. 6) Top of the Pyramid with Command Center. All pieces connect to each other, which can be transformed/closed into NERV HQ's Pyramid structure (for easy storage). Each piece has a moveable mechanism of a sort such as the Entry Plug Simulator door (open/closes), NERV HQ's mechanical stairs (platform goes up/down), or Unit-01's Entry Plug hatch (open/closes). Comes with several accessories: 5 minifigures (Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Misato and Gendo); Lilith with its very tiny Longinus Spear; an infirmary bed; the door for the Entry Plug Simulator; Unit-01's horn; the Command Center graphic display, and a small 'welcome to NERV' sign. This set took me years to find, precisely because each piece was sold separately but didn't want to risk not finding the missing ones, so had to patiently wait for a listing of the whole set. Since I have a weak spot for Lego and miniature sets (the Pokemon mini sets come to mind) this was one of my most wanted pieces of Evangelion merch ever; very happy I found it -and got to assemble it- at last! And here's a bonus: there's a secret watermelon garden under one of the pyramid's corners, wonder who it could belong to...

Guess we can start with these ones above: the "NGE Star and Constellation Series 2" set, released in 2005 (the Yui mini figure on the left side is from Series 3, also released in 2005). Had always wanted to get some of these because they were space related, kinda? They are very cute and have good enough detail for the size too! But they are legit hard to find, specially unopened--That said, the one I really wanted was the Yui figure, if only because -as we all know- there's not much merch of her available.

Slightly related, the next items: "NGE Halloween Mini Display Figure" set, released in 2006. They are... SO CUTE!!! Love these so much, not just because they are Halloween themed (and I do love Halloween) but also because some GLOW in the dark and, well, they are just cute! Look at Asuka as a witch, Rei as a mummy, Misato as a vampire, and Maya... as... a Grim Reaper? Simply perfect, absolutely some of my favorite pieces.

These lil' cute fellas are the Evangelion Coo'nuts set, released in 2020. They look kinda like matryoshka dolls and are weighted at the bottom, so they balance and stand on their own (which is fantastic for figure collecting because you don't to worry about them falling at any given moment).

Now, everyone's favorite gremlins: The Battle Cats x Evangelion Collaboration set, released in 2019 (Battle Cats is also known as Nyanko Daisensou). These were released as gachapon prizes, so collecting them was kinda tricky if you bought them individually; thankfully they were sold together in certain places--Interestingly enough, the Shinji one was so popular and bought by itself so much, that when you found a set being sold... it'd be missing the Shinji figure (which is exactly what happened to me, and have been missing him ever since!!!).