Japan, video games and figurines go together like bacon, lettuce and tomato, and here's a particularly tasty sandwich of gaming figures from the latest Japanese Wonder Festival.
Monster Hunter Tri fans are well-served as always, with series stalwart Rathalos roaring wildly, hunters in sets of Rathalos and Lagiacrus armours and an array of Felynes and Melynxes. A Gravity Suited Samus Aran and her energy-sucking Metroid nemesis, Midna from Zelda: Twilight Princess and upcoming Okamiden lead Chibiterasu also feature heavily, alongside plenty of other gaming greats.
The catch? Sold as so-called garage kits, these figurines are unpainted and in need of assembly, so be wary of importing these unless you possess a potent combination of talent and patience, but for those willing to put in the hours these are undoubtedly fine figures. Some of them are unreleased and they're all currently Japan-only, just to add two more obstacles to your possession of these miniature marvels.
Check out galleries of the figurines over at Kotaku and the rest at Tomopop.
[source kotaku.com, via tomopop.com]
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The Samus one is great...ditto Midna. I bet these are a lot of fun to assemble...to someone who know what s/he's doing.
Given that I have no artistic skills, I will probably not be importing these
It's just too bad that these figures go for hundreds of dollars on eBay, if the prices were a bit more reasonable I'd jump at that Samus figure. So damn sexy...
I think they look pretty cool unpainted, as well. Then you can really see the impressive sculpt. If I got one, I'd probably leave it un-painted. lol.
omg, I want that Rathalos figure so bag.
I'm digging the fact that there's yet another Samus figure and a Midna one, yet I don't like the idea of having to paint them. There's also import costs.... The pictures are nice, though.
"Sold as so-called garage kits, these figurines are unpainted and in need of assembly"
Sound like fun to do,but my house is not safe for any figurines.
dam those little kids
Darn it, there's always a catch!
Those R-Type bosses are epic
I want Chibiterasu. Lots.
Lol Rathalos. BUY ME
Unpainted? How lazy
These would be sweet to get if i was artistic but im not so...
I would get the Samus one, but I'm not too good with things that require artistic talent. Maybe I should brush up with some paint-by-numbers...
Samus's legs look kinda odd...
Nonetheless these things are beauts. But seriously, they aren't even painted?! Lazy bums.
@Klapaucius
Oh. I didn't realize they where poseable. Well then that makes sense. If it weren't for the whole "painting" thing I might've considered one of these things someday!
Fusion Suit samus is MINEEEE!!!
Wonder what the size of the Rathalos model is... Bet I could sneak him into my 40k army as a Chaos Demon Lord if I could fit him on a base
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