Since both Lucy & Nana as well as the Bonus Pack (with new face & hair for Lucy and new hair/head for Nana) arrived in sealed unopened mint condition, we'll have a look at the packaging first: For a warm-up, the bonus pack. As we can see, it is marked "NOT FOR SALE" which indicates that this is either a sample or simply some free giveaway to be shipped with complete boxed sets. The former would seem more realistic though, as I don't now such "NOT FOR SALE" markings for being used on production stuff...  Whatever. Edit: It has been confirmed, that the "NOT FOR SALE" marking has been put there just to prohibit separate sale of the Bonus Pack, which was to be given to you for free, as long as you bought both figurines together. Nyu/Lucy + Nana = free Bonus Pack.

Now, this is boxed Nyu, the peaceful one of the two personalities inside our most beloved schizophrenic:

Back side:

Closer. Nyu? Nyuu?:

Now, my personal favorite, here comes Nana in a blue box ('nuff pink already?):

Back side once more:

And closer:

Now this is Nyu out of the box, strange to see her with the helmet and that smile to go along with it:

Moar Nyu, sitting on the floor:

Let's do some closeups, shall we? Her eyes are nicely done. This is already VERY close, as the figures aren't all that big:

'nuther one, damn, out of focus:

This is better, Smilee:

Now, time for some Nana again. Isn't she nice?:

Rear:

Makro time!

Sweet:

Noow, let's take a look..  hahem...  "under the hood":

So much for the perversion. Don't get your hopes up though, she's all mine, rofl:

Now, the supposed highlight of this show, the LUCY conversion. Can't evade that evilish look:

She SEES you! Better run...

Update, 2009-02-06: These are pictures from the custom-made acryllic showcases right after assembly. Note that there is lots of dust on the plastic. This is due to extreme static charge after the removal of the protective foil on the acryllic plates. I guess the dust can be removed later. On these pictures, the showcases are rather "plain", a custom illumination system will be added later on! Well, like the Joker said: And heere wee go:

Lucy's new cage:

She doesn't look all too happy about being locked up again, eh?

Luckily, Nana has a far more lightheaded mind, so she obviously won't care...

Yep, it's still all peaches and cream there!

And for the crowd, a nice group shot:

Update, 2009-02-06: On special request, here is some Nana without "Papa's Ribbon" / Head Tie:

Horns! Cute!

A bit closer and from the side:

And that's no-more-papas-ribbon in the showcase:

Update, 2009-02-14: Here comes the first try in illuminating Lucy's cage! I'm using 10cm CCFLs here, partially covered in aluminium-metalized tape for reflection purposes. The feed cables to the lamps have been freed of their thick rubber isolation, and have been reduced to a single litz wire per cable, then a new lacquer isolation layer has been applied to prevent short-circuiting the high voltage supply cables going from the inverter box to the CCFL lamps. First pictures:

Here we can see the mounted CCFL lamps covered in the metalized tape. At the bottom you can see the thin feed wires:

Behind the showcase, the inverter, which provides the necessary voltage for the Krypton-filled CCFL to light up. Notice, that these cables cannot short-circuit due to the lacquer layer:

And this is, what it looks like, when you switch them on:

Very nice indeed:

The mounted CCFL lamps, again with metalized tape to prevent 360° illumination. Clearly, the wires are more visible in her showcase, as the lamps have been mounted in a higher up position:

Shed some light:

Adoreable:

The Diclonius Report, three slim DVDs in this beautiful boxes:

And now, for all fans of Lucy & Nana, some links:

• [our species] (Lucy & Nana Fanlisting)
• [Nyu], [Lucy] & [Nana] at Daemon Inks Studios

 

This should be it. A little fine-tuning to the illumination and some cleaning of the acryllic showcases and we're all done!