Nendoroid

The series is a brand of plastic figures created by the Japanese Good Smile Company since 2006. They typically depict characters from anime, manga or video games and are designed with a large head and smaller body to give them a cute appearance. Their faces and other body parts are exchangeable, giving them a range of different expressions and poses. The Nendoroid brand spans a variety of different products: the original 10 cm figures, smaller Nendoroid Petite figures, additional display tools known as the Nendoroid More series as well as plushies and play sets. Several video games have also been released based on Nendoroid designs.

== History and reception== The first character to be sold as a Nendoroid was Nendoroid Neco Arc from the Tsukihime game, which was released at Wonder Festival 2006. The original creator of the series was Tsuyoshi Oda (also known as Oda-P), however the series is now worked on by a number of people who work under the collective name Nendoron. The name Nendoroid originated from this alias, although it may also be partially derived from the Japanese word for clay, , because the prototypes for each figure are sometimes made of synthetic plastics and other soft materials similar to clay. The reason for this collective name was that too many people worked simultaneously on a single Nendoroid, making it difficult to credit them all. The planning and production of a single figure is done by over ten people on the Good Smile Company team.