{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9761d4074ebf5ce8db85258e","clusterId":"c_5dae8b5f1c152d993293e984","slug":"bandai-spirits-puts-hatsune-miku-in-the-metal-build-line","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bandai Spirits Puts Hatsune Miku In The Metal Build Line","summary":"Bandai Spirits will release Metal Build Hatsune Miku on October 24, priced at 36,300 yen with tax. The figure stands about 180mm and mixes ABS, die-cast, and PVC. Its cloth costume is removable while worn, the back and joints carry mechanical arrangements, and the twin-tails use wire-reinforced PVC sheet. Four expression parts ship with it, along with an acoustic gadget and a base set.","whyItMatters":"The Metal Build line has been a mecha brand, and Bandai Spirits is now putting a virtual singer into it as a female character, so the wager is that Miku buyers will accept a die-cast mechanical build at a price well above a standard figure.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe product page lists a long list of parts, headlined by a cloth costume set that can be worn during posing. Bandai Spirits describes the back and joints as carrying mechanical arrangements, with articulation built for arched and bending poses. An acoustic gadget modeled on a long rifle is included, plus interchangeable front hair with a headdress, two backpacks, right wrist armor, and replacement twin-tails. Bandai Spirits is selling it through general retail stores rather than limiting it to an event or lottery channel.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Metal Build Hatsune Miku ships with a removable cloth costume rather than the fixed armor plating the line is built on, and four expressions and a base, all at a price Bandai Spirits has not put on a Vocaloid before.","twitterPost":"Bandai Spirits gives Metal Build Hatsune Miku a removable cloth costume, breaking the line's die-cast armor rule at 36,300 yen.","threadsPost":"Metal Build Hatsune Miku swaps the line's fixed die-cast plating for a removable cloth costume and wire-reinforced twin-tails, so Bandai Spirits is selling a figure that can be undressed and posed two ways. The four expressions and acoustic gadget push it further from the usual Metal Build spec.","newsletterBlurb":"Bandai Spirits will put Hatsune Miku into its Metal Build alloy figure line on October 24, priced at 36,300 yen with tax. The 180mm figure has a removable cloth costume, mechanical arrangements at the back and joints, and wire-reinforced PVC twin-tails. An acoustic gadget, four expression parts, and a base set are included.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Inside\",\"url\":\"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/09/28/188411.html\",\"title\":\"Hatsune Miku Becomes First Female Character in METAL BUILD! Costume Is Removable, Boldly Arranged Mechanical Body Revealed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4759,"outputTokens":597,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791232627,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T20:32:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T20:36:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T20:36:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5dae8b5f1c152d993293e984","canonicalTitle":"「初音ミク」が初の女性キャラMETAL BUILDに！衣装は着脱式、大胆にアレンジされたメカボディが飛び出す","representativeArticleId":"a_83e76028f9df12d75196a30c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"METAL BUILD Hatsune Miku\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-28T09:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-28T09:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T20:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Inside","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/09/28/188411.html","title":"「初音ミク」が初の女性キャラMETAL BUILDに！衣装は着脱式、大胆にアレンジされたメカボディが飛び出す"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["METAL BUILD Hatsune Miku"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}