I recently reviewed the First4figures Zero Suit Samus and as much as I love Metroid, Legend of Zelda is my absolute favourite game franchise. They’ve had a great hit in this line (Skull Kid) and a miss (Sheik), so who knew if they were going to nail Link or not. Since he’s the main character, I would’ve been pretty pissed if they screwed this one up.
The prototype images had Link with a kinda goofy anime styled face. I’m fine with anime style where it’s appropriate, but it looked bad. So glad they resculpted it and came up with this. While I wouldn’t say it’s a perfect Link face, it’s much closer to what it should be. You’ll note from the pose, where the face is partially obscured, the minor flaws in the current face are fairly well hidden.
Link’s in an action pose here, about to unleash the Master Sword. The way he’s tensed up, how he’s holding his shield behind him, how his one foot is planted while one is holding the rest of his weight, it’s a great choice for a pose. It’s kinda strange that both First4Figures statues I own that’re in action poses, Varia Suit Samus and Link, are both crouching down. Crouching statues like this aren’t that common.
The base is way nicer than I was expecting. Sure, a tree stump breaking through part of a broken rock road doesn’t make much sense to me, but it’s really well detailed. The stump itself has a map and a key on top. The map looks fantastic, I loved this small addition to the statue.
The shield, the sword, his ridiculous hat and shoes, the overall package comes together really great. They took some care on the sculpting of this one. I’m pretty familiar with Link’s design by now and I can’t think of anything I’d change.
The paint is very good, but not perfect. While most of the detail work is excellent, they went a bit heavy on some of the shading. Take a look at the shield to see what I mean. The back of his tunic has something similar going on but it’s not nearly as bad. His eyes are good and expressive, the sword and sheath have nice details.
4/5.
Buying Options : This version rarely shows up on Ebay, it’s went up in value. However, the red and blue versions show up often and they go below retail.
