These Gaming Figures are Great, But There's a Catch
Posted by James Newton
Japanese Wonder Festival shows off Nintendo treats
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.
 A very Chibiterasu |
 Midna pulls a typically sexy pose |
 Buy me! |
[via kotaku.com, tomopop.com]
#1
Philip_J_Reed said:
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.
#2
wes008 said:
Given that I have no artistic skills, I will probably not be importing these
#3
Deviant_Mugen said:
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...
#4
Nintendophile said:
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.
#5
pixelman said:
omg, I want that Rathalos figure so bag.
#6
PunnyGuy said:
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.
#7
LordJumpMad said:
"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
#8
Peacock said:
Darn it, there's always a catch!
#9
KDR_11k said:
Those R-Type bosses are epic
#10
Raylax said:
I want Chibiterasu. Lots.
#11
SMEXIZELDAMAN said:
Lol Rathalos. BUY ME
#12
LzQuacker said:
Unpainted? How lazy
#13
Iggy said:
These would be sweet to get if i was artistic but im not so...
#14
Klapaucius said:
Sweet. I wonder if I'll find any.
#15
JohnWalrus said:
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...
#16
iSonic said:
Samus's legs look kinda odd...
Nonetheless these things are beauts. But seriously, they aren't even painted?! Lazy bums.
#17
Klapaucius said:
@iSonic , that's because of the way joints on these kind of figures work, to allow them to move in any direction so they are poseable.
These kind of figure/model construction sets are hugely popular in Japan - especially of Gundam and other mech manga series. I've done a few simpler sets myself, but never anything that required painting.
#18
iSonic said:
@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!
#19
Hokori said:
Fusion Suit samus is MINEEEE!!!
#20
Bloodysaber said:
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