MeiMei in Detail
This time I’m unboxing Rocket Boy’s MeiMei, a 1/6-scale figure about 270 mm tall. The sculpt is by Ramune Soda (directed by YOSHI), the paintwork by Mikimoto Nureko (MOMO♥IRO), and the character comes from illustrator DSmile.
DSmile is a Korean illustrator who started out with the doujin circle Tsundere is love, and has since designed game characters such as UKM-2000 in Girls’ Frontline and Manchester in Azur Lane. Their original characters have also been turned into figures many times by manufacturers including Union Creative, B-Style and Hobby Sakura. Their style is easy to spot: big, expressive eyes, a distinctive way of drawing hair, and a soft color palette, often pairing a sweet, youthful face with a full figure that contrasts with it.
MeiMei was released in January 2024. I picked her up in September 2026, during native STORE’s “Native 20th Anniversary” inventory clearance sale.
Product Specifications
| Product Name | MeiMei |
| Series | DSmile Original Character |
| Manufacturer | Rocket Boy |
| Release Date | Jan 12, 2024 (JST) |
| Scale | 1/6 |
| Size | Approx. 270 mm tall |
| Price | 27,280 yen (tax included) |
| Material | PVC, ABS |
| Sculptor | Ramune Soda (Direction: YOSHI) |
| Paintwork | Mikimoto Nureko (MOMO♥IRO) |
| Character Illustration | DSmile |
| Accessories | Base, interchangeable face part, and interchangeable body part (nude) |
| JAN | 4573343560501 |
Review
MeiMei flashes a V sign beside her head with one hand and rests the other on her thigh, kicking one leg up behind her while standing on the base with the other. Her short silver hair is tied up in two buns, with two gradient teal ribbons trailing down from them. She wears a short silver cheongsam with a zip running down the front from the chest to the hem, a lace capelet over her shoulders, fingerless gloves, an armband, long brown gloves and thigh-high stockings, and a pair of chunky black ankle boots. The overall design is fairly simple, and the palette is kept to silver, brown and black, with the teal ribbons and nails as accents.
I really love this face. The sculpt is delicate and adorable: her blue and gold heterochromatic eyes have hearts drawn in them, her cheeks carry a faint blush, and her open-mouthed expression looks a little flustered, which sets up the contrast with her full figure that DSmile is known for. The alternate face has a closed-mouth smile.
The brown lace of the capelet is printed with a mesh and floral pattern, and the paintwork recreates a semi-sheer effect, as if her skin and the silver dress were showing through underneath. It is very well executed. The stockings and long gloves have a gold pearl finish that catches the light with a soft sheen.
Neither the dressed nor the nude body part has any underwear. That said, the hem of the dressed version hangs down in front, so anything is only visible from a very low angle. Even if you’d rather not have nudity on display, she’s perfectly fine for everyday shelf viewing. The nude version keeps only the capelet, which leaves her looking rather bare overall; personally, I prefer the dressed version.
The packaging is quite simple, and the accessories are just the base, the alternate face and the nude body part. The base is a black-rimmed disc with a red flocked surface in the center.
The things to weigh up are mainly the paintwork and swapping parts. The overall paint quality is average, with a fair amount of paint bleed. The paint on the hair has a lot of bubbles and the surface isn’t very smooth, though it isn’t very noticeable from a distance.
Swapping parts also calls for some care: the right hand is prone to color transfer when you remove it, so handle it gently, and when changing the face there is a risk of snapping the hair.
Verdict
This figure’s most appealing points are its delicate, adorable face sculpt and the capelet paintwork that mimics semi-sheer lace. The dressed version doesn’t reveal anything from normal viewing angles, which gives you a lot of flexibility in how you display her.
On the other hand, plenty of paint bleed, bubbles in the paint on the hair, a right hand that transfers color easily, and hair that can snap when you change the face are all worth considering before you buy. The design itself is also fairly simple, and there aren’t many accessories.
I’d recommend her to anyone who likes DSmile’s art and cares most about the face. If you’re demanding about fine paintwork, though, it’s worth thinking it over first.
