METAL GEAR SOLID thread

[bwayne]

Just got mine from ebay. Sorry no pics but I have a short review.

Overall, the figure looks great. The two guns are solidly constructed. The handgun is a bit difficult to get into its holster. The knife is very flimsy.

As for the body suit . . . I have not experienced the paint problems yet, but it is disappointing. From the feel of it, there seems to be the standard body underneath, but there is almost like an air pocket seperating the suit from the actual body. It is almost like the Takara Batman Begins figure, except there is more room. This extra space gives Snake a big @$$.

The head sculpt is nice, but could use a better paint job.

The hands are wierd. They are part of the suit and the last two digits on each hand are solid so as to hold onto the weapons.

It is a cool figure to own, but no where near as cool as the MGS3 figures that were released.

 

[Dark_Spidey]

Nice to know what you think of it man!
Are you gonna take any pictures? I'd like to see how big that ass of his is!

 

[bwayne]

Nice to know what you think of it man!
Are you gonna take any pictures? I'd like to see how big that ass of his is!

I will try to take pics this weekend, but I am fighting off the plague at the moment.

 

[Rock83]

Just got mine from ebay. Sorry no pics but I have a short review.

Overall, the figure looks great. The two guns are solidly constructed. The handgun is a bit difficult to get into its holster. The knife is very flimsy.

As for the body suit . . . I have not experienced the paint problems yet, but it is disappointing. From the feel of it, there seems to be the standard body underneath, but there is almost like an air pocket seperating the suit from the actual body. It is almost like the Takara Batman Begins figure, except there is more room. This extra space gives Snake a big @$$.

The head sculpt is nice, but could use a better paint job.

The hands are wierd. They are part of the suit and the last two digits on each hand are solid so as to hold onto the weapons.

It is a cool figure to own, but no where near as cool as the MGS3 figures that were released.

So i assume you havent tried to bend any joints yet?

 

[bwayne]

So i assume you havent tried to bend any joints yet?

Actually, I played with it for a little while and no horror stories to report. Only time will tell.

 

[Rock83]

Actually, I played with it for a little while and no horror stories to report. Only time will tell.

I seriously cant believe what im hearing,thats good for you man,at least 1 guy got lucky

How is your Snake collection?Complete with all Medicom Snakes?

Im thinking about picking up Raiden,still not sure.

 

[bwayne]

I seriously cant believe what im hearing,thats good for you man,at least 1 guy got lucky

How is your Snake collection?Complete with all Medicom Snakes?

Im thinking about picking up Raiden,still not sure.

I probably will pass on Raiden. I am not diggin the face. I am looking for the Zombie Snake for a reasonable price. It seems to go for around$250-300 on ebay, so I am looking for a deal.

 

[Rock83]

I probably will pass on Raiden. I am not diggin the face. I am looking for the Zombie Snake for a reasonable price. It seems to go for around$250-300 on ebay, so I am looking for a deal.

It wont be out before this summer anyway so i have time to consider it.

I got Zombie Snake from toys2.net for 260$,i couldnt find a more reasonable one.

 

[Sick Boy 82]

I am looking for the Zombie Snake for a reasonable price. It seems to go for around $250-300 on ebay, so I am looking for a deal.

Man, that is the reasonable price. I've been trying for over 2 months and no one wants to let theirs go. And Naked Snake is just ridiculous. I can't seem to find him under $350-$400.

 

[Rock83]

Anyone else got it?

 

[Sick Boy 82]

He should be coming to me at work before noon. I love getting stuff at work. Helps me get through the day.

 

[Sick Boy 82]

I <3 you SSC, Medicom and FedEx Ground!!! I just got my Snake in. I will open him up at lunch to see if he has any defects.

 

[Darth Loki]

This does not sound promising.

https://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26269528


Comprimising graphics

 

[Sick Boy 82]

Loki, could you copy and paste the article in? My company's firewall won't let me view the Gamespot website. Thanks.

 

[Moonloop]

Loki, could you copy and paste the article in? My company's firewall won't let me view the Gamespot website. Thanks.

I'm not Loki, but here you go:


"MGS4 too big for Blu-ray?

Last week closed out with news that many a PlayStation 3 gamer was eagerly awaiting to hear: Konami and Kojima Studios will fire off Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots on June 12. In addition to early access to the Metal Gear Online April beta test, the publisher also revealed that those who preorder the game will receive a bevy of extras, including a bonus DVD that includes a prologue that recaps the series' intricate and winding story, a 20th anniversary retrospective, character bios, and trailers for Guns of the Patriots.

While the release date is surely good news, the weekly Kojima Productions Report podcast delivered a bit of an unsavory tidbit for Japanese-language purists living abroad. Responding to a fan's question of whether or not there would be Japanese audio in the North American and European versions of MGS4, assistant producer Ryan Payton said, "Unfortunately, because of disc space, we don't have the space to include the other languages--the other voice-over files--for the respective versions. So the Japanese version won't have English VO, and the NA and Euro versions won't have Japanese VO."

Payton's sentiments echo Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima's own in a recent interview the gaming legend did with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. In the interview, Kojima noted that he still isn't satisfied with the game's visual quality, but because of capacity constraints, the team had to make certain compromises to get the entire game to fit on Sony's Blu-ray Disc. Whereas traditional double-layered DVDs max out at 8.5GB, dual-layered Blu-ray discs accommodate a spacious 50GB worth of data. However, single-layered Blu-ray discs are only 25GB a side--and noone from Kojima Productions has revealed what size MGS4 actually is."

 

[Sick Boy 82]

Christ, how big is this game gonna be, or how long that they couldn't fit it on a Blu-Ray disc. That's just crazy. The only game that might have been close to this long on a console was Shen-Mu!

Well, hopefully the graphics don't suffer from what we've seen already, as they are some of the best I've seen on the Next-Gen consoles.

And I could care less about there being different VOs in the game. I speak English and hardly any Japanese anymore, so I'm fine with just English in my game.

 

[Sick Boy 82]

Let us know what you think of it,i wish people couldnt hold back on their opinion on this figure,it has a common problem with the suit,please share thoughts.

He has a few tiny paint/rubber rips, but nothing major or that you would see under closer inspection. I might return him to SSC if I see more when I get him home. The two I noticed most were on his left upper thigh where the light and dark blue rubber meet and on the inside of his left arm at the elbow. I wish there was some way to tighten his suit up.

I think it's a good looking figure, except the suit being so puffy and weird. I don't understand that. I can't really pose him because of this, as his suit bunches up like the Appleseed fiugres. And not having hands or joints kinda ruins it to. So I think he will just go in the back of my Snakes when I get more. But he looks really good.

Ok, that's my 2 cents. Let me know if you got more questions.

 

[Dark_Spidey]

Any pics Sick Boy?
I'll get mine tomorrow

 

[Sick Boy 82]

Not until I get my new Canon. They have to ship it from Japan, so I don't know when it's gonna get here.

 

[rabidwolverine21]

got him today pics coming soon