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First4Figures reveals their Link on Epona Master Arts statue – regular and exclusive bronzed edition

Dr_Teng — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:03:55 +0000

The bronzed edition is an interesting exclusive but this seems like the kind of statue I’d want fully painted. First4Figures Link and Epona Master Arts statue comes in at 17 inches high, 16 inches long, and $424.99 MSRP with a 1500 edition size. The exclusives is $449.99 with a 500 edition size. You can take some of that sting off by using one of two coupon codes, LPE36C for $25 off the regular, K2AJ3H for $30 off the exclusive. First4Figures has already said they’re going to do something about the eyes on the bronzed edition so don’t let that distract you! A whole bunch more images under the cut.

First4Figures coming out with their next Master Arts statue – Link and Epona

Dr_Teng — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:12:00 +0000

First4Figures just revealed this sneak, their upcoming Link and Epona statue! I can’t wait to see it, riding around with Epona in Ocarina of Time is one of my favourite gaming memories, so I’m pretty excited! While it says it’s a Master Arts release, it’s not 1/4th scale. It’s apparently a similar, though slightly larger scale compared to the original Link statue.

Amazing Legend of Zelda stained glass window up on Ebay

Dr_Teng — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:02:16 +0000

Whether you’re a Zelda fan or not, you’ll no doubt appreciate how awesome this looks.

Wind Waker themed stained glass window!

I’ll follow this one just because I’m curious as to what price it’ll go for, I can’t recall seeing collectibles art like this up for sale.

First4Figures surprises me with a Dark Link that’s even better than expected

Dr_Teng — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:23:23 +0000

I generally like First4Figures and while I was looking forward to their Dark Link statue, I didn’t realize they were going to make it an action posed companion piece to their original Link statue! Gotta say, I’m impressed. I wish regular Link were in this pose, haha. The exclusive, only available at their site (which unfortunately hasn’t finalized its affiliate program!) is limited to 500 and has light-up eyes + a light-up base. Check for more pics under the cut.

First4Figures puts up their next Twilight Princess 1/4th statue – Wolf Link and Midna

Dr_Teng — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:56:26 +0000

There’s two coupon codes available for their site, $25 off of the regular with : FWLM3481 and $30 off of the exclusive : FWLMX19876. Limited to 750 pieces for the regular and 350 pieces for the exclusive, this matches up quite well with their Zant. Now they need to get on releasing adult Midna and maybe a new Link and they’re great in my books. More pictures under the cut.

First4Figures Link statue review

Dr_Teng — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:50:41 +0000

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.

First4Figures Zant Preorder and Pics

Dr_Teng — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:33:38 +0000

Gotta say, I’m fairly impressed with it.

Take a look at the First4Figures Zant

Looks like a great sculpt and paint. It apparently glows in the dark (partially) and the exclusive with switch out head is very very cool. The real fabric parts are nice, and it seems to be well detailed. If they keep up this quality for their entire 1/4th line, it’ll be stunning.

There’s two codes available for some money off, F4FZAN579 for $25 off the regular (limited to 750), and F4FZANX88 for $30 off the exclusive (limited to 250).