I’m so glad Max Factory/Good Smile is pursuing their Nintendo lineup, especially with Metroid. I wasn’t surprised when they went back and released Zelda figures from Twilight Princess, because at this point Zelda is more Nintendo’s poster child than even Mario is, but everyone seems to forget Metroid exists, at least until recently (the Prime 4 announcement and Samus…
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Figma Zero Suit Samus
I consider myself a pretty hardcore Metroid fan – I’ll defend the series to my grave and praise Other M’s story even as it hurts my soul to do so. Despite all that, I actually only really have an affinity for Samus’ armored forms – all her Zero Suit incarnations were whatever to me. Skin-tight blue bodysuits are sexy…
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World of Nintendo Samus Aran (Varia Suit)
I was a little confused when Nintendo first announced their brand-new World of Nintendo figure line. I could hardly believe that they were actually going to start producing figures of their IPs for the mainstream toy market, and for franchises that weren’t Mario or Yoshi. I think I first saw their Link figure and dismissed it immediately because it was…
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Figma Samus Aran
First Figma for me was my long-time favorite video game heroine, Samus Aran. As an avid fan of the Metroid series itself, the announcement of a long-awaited action figure for the intergalactic bounty hunter was both spectacular and shocking. Up until now I had to dish out an arm and a leg for the First 4 Figures statues, but…
