Metal Gear Solid Collectibles

[Diamond Dog]

I guess but why this name. well i should stop thinking about it before i spoil anything for myself lol

 

[Snake Plissken]

Well it's a Russian name, and it's consistent with his backstory.

 

[Diamond Dog]

Well it's a Russian name, and it's consistent with his backstory.

Makes sense! that's not a spoiler then lol thanks

 

[Snake Plissken]

Makes sense! that's not a spoiler then lol thanks

Yeah I wouldn't sweat his name, they tell you in MGS1 that he was a Russian Psychic who worked for the FBI looking for serial killers IIRC.

 

[Diamond Dog]

Yeah I wouldn't sweat his name, they tell you in MGS1 that he was a Russian Psychic who worked for the FBI looking for serial killers IIRC.

Yeah i totally forgot that.

 

[Solidus]

That's a good find on Mantis' name. I think I may cave and get a few figures, especially the ones of the FOXHOUND members. Sniper Wolf SHOULD show up in TPP as well, since she first met Big Boss in the Middle East.

 

[AlexLastres]

Some points for HOT TOYS RAIDEN SPECIAL Ver.

The Good:
- Beautiful sculpt, HS is superb, body is amazing, and the rubber arm isn't bulky, at least mine is perfect size.
- The arm DOES move very well for a rubber covered arm, there are some joint that hold they're position (forgot the name of those joints)
- Paint Job and details are awesome, flawless no less.

The Bad:
- Knee movement is ridiculous, it goes only 90º, for a ninja that's very poor.
- Feet movement is poor.
- The figure isn't very flexible at all, forget doing those cool ninja poses of the game.
- Swords and Sheaths sizes are all wrong, they're small, and for me that's the most sad flaw of all.
- (SPECIAL Ver.) Murasama is made of CHEAP plastic, it bends a lot and it's sheath is plain simple, with no paint job at all, just plain plastic. Not worth picking this.
- Closed Visor is totally wrong, that pissed me off so much that I have made a mod to fix mine (that means sharp knife and fire).
- There was once a myth about diecast parts to speak for the high price... all lies and deceit, 100% plastic.
- Strings in the torso could be better, PAK had a better answer for those.
- The figure is EXTREMELY frail, some parts just popped out in hands (they didn't break, the glue was weak and I had to fix that too).
- 300USD and no LED? Not even in the HF sheath?? Tsc..

Overall grade:
85 of 100

PIC of my fixed visor:

 

[Kiva]

It looks sickkkk with the visor sitting how its meant to

 

[dominishin]

Why did they have to mess with the visor? It looked perfect on the proto... I hope there's some trick to fitting it or something.



Also, the Inferno scheme is in the game... it was a pre-order bonus from amazon:

It was called Inferno also.

 

[Kiva]

The visor is the biggest worry for me. I think i said it in the inferno thread, but one of the things stopping me from pulling the trigger on that version is id only buy one id like to be able to display 1 raiden with visor and one without for diversity. But having a visor that i dont even want to have displayed on 1 of my figures is reallly bad. But in the pics on the last page he looks sweet. So if it needs fixed id like more in depth knowledge!

 

[AlexLastres]

Dominishin,

Sorry, but the visor is really wrong, there is no good way to get them right, to do so I had to get rid of the little pieces that attach in the ear protector, then I glued a tiny bended iron string inside the visor and attached it to the eye band of Raiden. Inside it's ugly, but outside it's worked very nicely.

 

[dominishin]

Ughhh. They should've just included a sculpt that has a visor sculpted/attached on.

It's so dumb that the visor sits on his freakin' mouth.

 

[AlexLastres]

Or maybe they could simply use PAK's strategy.

 

[Solidus]

Some points for HOT TOYS RAIDEN SPECIAL Ver.

The Good:
- Beautiful sculpt, HS is superb, body is amazing, and the rubber arm isn't bulky, at least mine is perfect size.
- The arm DOES move very well for a rubber covered arm, there are some joint that hold they're position (forgot the name of those joints)
- Paint Job and details are awesome, flawless no less.

The Bad:
- Knee movement is ridiculous, it goes only 90º, for a ninja that's very poor.
- Feet movement is poor.
- The figure isn't very flexible at all, forget doing those cool ninja poses of the game.
- Swords and Sheaths sizes are all wrong, they're small, and for me that's the most sad flaw of all.
- (SPECIAL Ver.) Murasama is made of CHEAP plastic, it bends a lot and it's sheath is plain simple, with no paint job at all, just plain plastic. Not worth picking this.
- Closed Visor is totally wrong, that pissed me off so much that I have made a mod to fix mine (that means sharp knife and fire).
- There was once a myth about diecast parts to speak for the high price... all ********, 100% plastic.
- Strings in the torso could be better, PAK had a better answer for those.
- The figure is EXTREMELY frail, some parts just popped out in hands (they didn't break, the glue was weak and I had to fix that too).
- 300USD and no LED? Not even in the HF sheath?? Tsc..

Overall grade:
85 of 100

PIC of my fixed visor:
View attachment 196031

Thanks for sharing. Ugh, what a disappointment to hear about those issues. The visor in your first pic especially doesn't cover his entire face as it should...

 

[dominishin]

Prob going to get a spare head and do a permanent solution.

SIGH.

 

[SavageSloth]

Im sorry, but the inferno version makes him look like he is wearing lingerie. Cannot be unseen...

 

[Plastic Bateman]

They're supposed to look like that, it's Yamaguchi's style.

I doubt Figma snake can look any better, but I haven't seen any nice repaints.

Why do people complain so much about Yamaguchi's sculpting style? His figures are generally tons of fun.

 

[Diamond Dog]

Why do people complain so much about Yamaguchi's sculpting style? His figures are generally tons of fun.

 

[Diamond Dog]

I was bored.

Does anyone else have issues with Gray Fox's joints? His left arm won't stay on, took me 30 minute to pose 'cause arm keeps coming out.

 

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Finally got around of obtaining Quiet.

Overall a nice figure and very detailed.

A few small things they could have done better with the painting but over all still nice.