This writer has a soft-spot for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, in particular the art style and portrayals of Link and Zelda. Link has had a variety of unique designs, and the Wii entries' protagonist was one of the most expressive we've seen yet.
Toys and figurines are also a favourite here on Nintendo Life, making the Link figure below rather eye-catching. On the way from JAKKS Pacific - though no price or release date has been given yet - what you see below is a 20-inch figure with seven points of articulation.
There's some lovely detail on this, and is sure to jump onto the wishlists of some collectors. Would you like to buy one of these when they're released?
[source toyland.gizmodo.com]
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Looks fantastic. If only it would be cheap (haha I make myself laugh sometimes).
Face looks iffy but otherwise this looks like s great cheap alternative to the Figma.
Huge Zelda fan here, but Link's face looks way to horrendous for me to find this 'awesome'.
EDIT: On a side note, I also haven't bought the Link Amiibo, because that looks even worse than this. I'm hoping (and guessing) there'll be a Zelda Amiibo series when Zelda Wii U releases and expect those to look better (if not for the simple fact they'll pose the model in a way they won't need the weird yellow bar for Link to lean on).
Non-Japanese companies tend to get these completely wrong. Especially the faces. This is exactly what happened here too.
Looks too cheap, I think I'll stick with the Figma figure
The face looks kinda weird, If they made some changes to it I'd want it.
I'm fine with my Link amiibo.
I doubt that my 540, real life Rupees, will be enough for this.....
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I'm sticking with amiibo's and and an occasional First 4 Figures figure.
I just want the new captain mal figurine...sigh.
I think I have that exact figure already. It was from Toys R Us in the UK.
Maybe it's due to my revulsion for all things Skyward Sword, but I honestly don't like this figure at all. Looks like a toy for a 4 year old.
Despite my disdain for SS, I would love to see a high quality figure of Demise. That would be amazing.
Twenty inches is a bit too large for me, and the way he holds his shield is really bugging me... So definitely not a priority. Cool figure though!
Hopefully hundreds of these are put on eBay for exorbitant prices so we can read another interesting article about it here.
@Ryno
Dang, I wish I could afford the First 4 figures products. I REALLY want the TP Zelda, but theres no way in heck I'm going to pay $300 for a figurine. The absolute most I've ever paid for a figure is $80 for my Figma Lucina, and even that was hard to justify.
He looks like he's smelling something terrible
@k8sMum I swear by my pretty pink Bonnet you'll find one.
His hat isn't stuck inside of his shield? Non-Japanese companies just don't care about details like that. >
I would get it, but I can't spend any of these 20 rupees in just one place. I was told this many times.
Will buy this for my home office, for sure! It's certainly not perfect, but given that it's a cartoonier representation of Link, that doesn't bother me much.
@Monkeh the face looks exactly like the face in skyward sword
Show me the SS Zelda figure and we will talk.
Looks a bit bad. Even the amiibo is better...
Reading the comments on here, I think some people missed the part about it being 20 in. tall. This is not the action figure sized Link that Jakks Pacific already released. I have the 20 in. Mario they made, and it works well as display piece. Not very poseable, but it looks good. I may be interested in this 20 in. Link, but we'll see.
Getting.
@DarkCoolEdge I wouldn't go that far
I can see they finally made a CD-i Link figure!
Ugh. Those eyes. Much prefer the Figma one, even if a lot of the joints are visible http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008AGAXV2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1RJ8W7FEUHLG6&coliid=I2VTOZBDYP6ZDO
this thing looks like it should only be 10 dollars at most
1.it looks cheap
2.it looks like toon link and adult link
3.it does not look like the link from skyward sword
3.on the Wii U and new 3ds the next zelda game link also princess zelda needs a update
Looks pretty cool, but they should have used the Ocarina of Time version of Link. I mean, there clearly aren't enough toys and merch based on Ocarina of Time already ...
@TeeJay You've smelled a terrible fate, haven't you?
I already have the perfect SS Link figure... Pricey but perfect in all ways, and is huge!!! https://suparrobo.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/link.jpg
I'm going to buy just because of the Hylian Shield and Master Sword.
His face is kinda weird.
I love this. I can't afford those beautiful First 4 Figures so if this sort of thing came to the UK, I'd snap it up!
@Chaozrush21 lol dude, i think the author means that this is the best looking SS verison of link, which is very false, take a look at this:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MF10293&mode=retail
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