Yuru Camp or Laid Back Camp is all about a group of high school girls that like to go camping, cooking, and eating. It has spawned a big fan following with pop-up stores, branded camping merchandise, and lots of fan merchandise. It started with the manga by Afro, who draws great line art, then it was adapted in the anime in 2017. When the anime aired, it inspired many fans to start going fall / winter camping in Japan. Temperatures can be cool, but above 0 C, and it is often more comfortable (as long as you stay warm) as it avoids summer heat, humidity, and bugs. I'd like to try camping in Japan myself, but it looks like you need to drive or really bike it to get to most campsites. More than likely, the next time I'm over there I'll probably do many of the more accessible hikes which you can easily get to by train / bus, such as Mt. Takao or others.
I managed to order a bit of limited time merchandise from Amiami and bought two stainless mugs and a complete unit of blind box figures. There's been a fair bit of merchandise, but not a lot I really wanted to get. Most of it was pretty cute stuff, but I can't use all of that or even display it. The Nendoroid figures are coming out (Nadeshiko is out now), with Rin next year. The mugs are pretty small, almost nicer for display than actual use and I need to set up some space for the mini-figures.
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| The two stainless steel mugs and a box full of Yuru Camp blind box figures. |
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| Got a mug for Rin and a mug for Nadeshiko. The graphics printed on the side are high quality, but the cups are small. |
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| The mugs are the size of small coffee mugs. The Evangelion coffee mug in the middle is a regular mug. They are cute, but were small than I expected. |
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| The main characters of the anime and manga starting with the pink haired girl in the bottom left then going clockwise: Nadeshiko Kagamihara, Chiaki Ōgaki, Aoi Inuyama, Ena Saitō, and Rin Shima. |
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| Left side of box. |
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| Right side of the box. |
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| Front and top of the box. |
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| The complete unit box with the six blind boxes inside. This box wasn't large either! |
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| So each of the little boxes has the same graphics on them of the Laid Back Camp gang. |
After opening the boxes, I found I had a complete set of 5 figures with an extra Nadeshiko. When you get a complete unit, you should get one complete set, kind of like with Re-ment. The figures themselves are maybe 4 cm high and are nicely painted and detailed. For some reason, shows like Yuru Camp and Yama no Susume really lend their characters to Chibi figures like these. Anyhow, that is pretty much it until the Nendoroids come out.
My other Yuru Camp diorama post.
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