{"id":22314,"date":"2013-01-08T02:29:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22314"},"modified":"2013-01-08T23:14:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T05:14:18","slug":"vault-review-figma-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22314","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
Figma Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year.\u00a0 While Noisy gets his new house of boxes organized, I\u2019m back with my regular Tuesday review.\u00a0 So bear with me as I get back into the swing of things with a look at Figma\u2019s Skyward Sword Link.<\/p>\n

This is actually a hard review to write, and not just because I\u2019m a bit out of practice.\u00a0 Link has had a few figures over the years, but none were quite up to par with what I expected from the Good Smile Company would do when they announced their Figma.\u00a0 While the figure itself is great, I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities also.<\/p>\n

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The first thing you need to know about this figure is that it\u2019s specifically based on the Skyward Sword game.\u00a0 Just like how the Samus Figma was based on her last game, Other M, Nintendo\u2019s license seems to be restricted to the most current incarnation of their properties.\u00a0 We see this a lot with comic book companies, and I understand the reasoning of promoting your most current projects and designs.\u00a0 But these characters have been around for over twenty five years and are far more iconic than their most recent incarnation.<\/p>\n

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Luckily the various incarnations of Link over the years are very similar, and Skyward Sword is no exception.\u00a0 We get a young looking male elf with the standard green tunic and matching pointy hat.\u00a0 Beyond that we get a bit of variation.\u00a0 There\u2019s a metal lining underneath the tunic, which is a nice touch of medieval realism, and a white shirt underneath all that.\u00a0 I always picture Link with white pants, but the light tan adds a nice addition to the darker browns of his boots and gloves.<\/p>\n

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Link comes with two alternate faces: normal and screaming\/angry.\u00a0 He also comes with two alternate bits of hair: normal and windblown\/moving.\u00a0 I love the two options we get here.\u00a0 Both faces look great, I just wish we had at least one more.\u00a0 Link\u2019s normal face is a bit blank at best and determined at most, while the other is screaming.\u00a0 It would have been great to get a third face that was smiling or laughing, anything that looked happy.\u00a0 Link was never this dour in my head.<\/p>\n

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Like most Figmas, Link\u2019s articulation is excellent.\u00a0 His head, shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles are all swivel\/hinge Figma joints.\u00a0 His wrists are also swivel\/hinges, only with pin joints.\u00a0 His neck, chest, and hips are all ball joints.\u00a0 Link has a couple extra points of articulation that you won\u2019t find on most Figmas.\u00a0 First are his hinged toes.\u00a0 Samus also has this joint, but most Figmas don\u2019t.\u00a0 Link\u2019s second unique joint is a swivel for the back of his hat, which allows you to point it in various directions.<\/p>\n

All these joints add up to some really great dynamic posing, especially if you\u2019re recreating scenes from Super Smash Bros.\u00a0 The tunic pieces on Link\u2019s upper chest and skirt area are made of a soft rubber.\u00a0 This keeps most of his articulation from being restricted, but a sitting position is still a bit awkward.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The accessories that Link got are great.\u00a0 There\u2019s the standard Figma stand and aside from the two face and hair pieces, he also comes with a five sets of alternate hands: fists, holding, bent wrist holding, open palms fingers together, and open palms fingers spread.<\/p>\n

Link\u2019s other accessories are his Master Sword, scabbard, and shield.\u00a0 The sculpting and paint on each of these accessories is fantastic.\u00a0 The intricate designs are a stark contrast to links simple clothing, making each piece look as important as the mythology says.\u00a0 The sword fits perfectly in the scabbard, which in turn pegs into Link\u2019s back.\u00a0 The shield also has two options for holding: a strap or a bar that can peg into various holes on the back.<\/p>\n

Link\u2019s last accessory is a sword slash effects piece.\u00a0 This piece is translucent blue and easily slides over the Master Sword for great action looks.<\/p>\n

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Like I said at the beginning of my review, this is a great Link figure.\u00a0 It may be the best one we ever get.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there are a couple of aspects I\u2019m a bit disappointed about.\u00a0 The first is that there are no plans for any repaints.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to see blue, red, purple, yellow, and shadow repaints of this figure, but our last Q&A with Good Smile revealed there are just no plans for this.<\/p>\n

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My second issue with this figure is that he doesn\u2019t come with enough accessories.\u00a0 Every Zelda game is bursting with weapons, special items, potions, rupees, and even fairies that Link uses to conquer his quest.\u00a0 The sword, shield, and scabbard this figure comes with are great, but they barely just scratch the surface of the accessory iceberg.\u00a0 At the very least he should have also come with the most obvious accessory, a Triforce.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year.\u00a0 While Noisy gets his new house of boxes organized, I\u2019m back with my regular Tuesday review.\u00a0 So bear with me as I get back into the swing of things with a look at Figma\u2019s Skyward Sword Link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[104,1118,1817,1636,454,1818],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/linkTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-5NU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20111,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20111","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Figma Samus Aran","date":"August 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the wait is finally over and I have one of my most requested characters in action figure form.\u00a0 What\u2019s even better news is that Good Smile has picked up a few more of my favorite Nintendo licenses and Samus won\u2019t be alone on my video game shelf for long!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/samu12.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15915,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15915","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":1},"title":"Vault Review: Cheerful Japan Miku Hatsune (Figma #114)","date":"December 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"By the time I learned just how great Figma figures were, it was too late for me to purchase the original Miku Hatsune without paying insanely high prices.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I jumped at the chance when Max Factory rereleased her in their Cheerful Japan line. To help raise money and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cmik9.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11584,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11584","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":2},"title":"Wonder Festival Winter 2011 *UPDATE* New Pics Added","date":"February 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the weekend IAT\u2019s very own Robert Baldwin (a.k.a. Dorkey, on our forums) was kind enough to brave the cold weather and long lines to bring us coverage of the newest and coolest toys that will be coming out of Japan this year. So check out part 1 of our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Event Coverage"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25843,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25843","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":3},"title":"Vault Review: Figma #200 Hatsune Miku 2.0","date":"November 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/miku8.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20290,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20290","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":4},"title":"Wonder Festival Summer 2012 (Part 2)","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s Day Two of our 2012 Summer Wonder Fest coverage! Today we\u2019ll be featuring images from companies like Kotobukiya, Alter, Griffon, Medicos, and more! And perhaps even more exciting is that Robert has some answers to reader suggested questions posted on the forum! First up is the Q&A! I'd like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Event Coverage"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15946,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15946","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":5},"title":"Vault Review: Figma’s Aegis, Heavy Arms Ver. (EX #008)","date":"December 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"As with the Cheerful Japan Miku, the Good Smile Company took another bold step forward and offered last summer\u2019s Wonder Festival exclusives online for worldwide distribution.\u00a0 The first of the two figures I ordered from them is an alternate version of their Aegis Figma. Max Factory\u2019s first Aegis Figure came\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/aegw10.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22314"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22331,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314\/revisions\/22331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}