Bandai is releasing a unique toy called “Peller Model”, a kit to make cute little action figures of you and your friends. Around 100mm tall, 500 yen.
Bandai’s “Peller Model” kit to make your own one-in-the-world action figure is to be released on July 18th for 500 yen. This is the “Basic-M” kit, can be used for both male and female. The kit includes one Peller Model unit, two sheets for test print, one sticker sheet and a stand. And they comes in four colors.
It is very easy to make. First you download and install the original software, open your favourite picture and adjust the frame. You can choose your outfit from 70 or so templates, or you can use the clothes you’re wearing in the picture. Just print the sticker, put it on the Peller Model unit, snap it off the frame and you’re done!
It is 100mm tall. With 16 joints, it can stand on its own dispite being 2mm thin. You can use not only photographs but any images so maybe you can make action figures of you and your favourite anime character, date her in the figure world. Or is that too pathetic? =D
Official Peller Model homepage
http://pellermo.com/
via Gigazine

This is pretty awesome! Great idea. I sorta want to do one, but then I don’t know if I want a little me running around.
I started wondering though if the software would be compatible with none Japanese PCs… I’m guessing not. That right there would kill it for me.
It should be alright. I’m running English Windows XP and I play Japanese game on it without any problem. Just install Microsoft AppLocale and you can run any languages program/game as you wish. =]
Don’t know about Windows Vista or the coming Windows 7 tho.
I’m running English version of Windows XP and PallermoMaker simply doesn’t work!
It gives me the error: “This software doesn’t correspond except Japanese version OS”
Oh, this is really cool! The price is really cheap too, I think I’ll have to get a few.
this 1 looks like D-Gray-Man’s akuma XD
You could utilize this to make a stalker-ish figurine of someone you admire, then make one of you and have them date! So many pathetic possibilities!
Ca ne marche pas sur un système autre qu’un OS japonais, même avec AppLocale rien à faire : (