This might be old news now to PAK collectors lurking around the web over the weekend but we finally have the painted prototypes of Liquid Snake from MGS and Raiden, well, when he's still about 90% human, from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. All pics are from
Mr. Hidemi Matsuzuka of Square Enix.
More pics after the jump...
Based on the pics seems like they re-designed Liquid's left arm; it's now covered by a sleeve Oooppss, my bad, it's been like that all along but Liquid looked sleeker than the first proto
HERE. I find the trench coat a bit too short though. I like Liquid's head-sculpt however; he looks like a more menacing Solid Snake.
As for Jack, his lower body looks suspiciously similar to that of Solid Snake. I'm not a fan of his mask also but what the heck!
No ETA yet but i bet this will be out during the 3rd or last quarter of 2013. I'll be stockpiling ammo now and make sure i'll get these 2 as soon as they arrive locally.
Oh my god!! I never seen the painted prototypes of these guys but holy crap they look freaking awesome!! Im especially excited with liquid snake!! And Raiden is just as awesome!!! He looks badass, i really like the head sculpt and hair. Whoa, there isnt enough words to describe how excited this post got me( not the perverted way haha) but thanks for posting this, its exciting news and i already have money saved uo just for them. Assuming their price arent raised even more than the recent ones are. But i am not gonna let these guys pass me up. Im preordering them as soon as theyre posted online!! Great post, really made my day, still waiting for my solid snake preorder, hopefully he'll arrive in warehouse soon. I will have all the metal gear kai line excluding master miller, though getting him has already crossed my mind several times heheh.
ReplyDeleteI think the ETA is on September together with Vincent Valentine PAK. Well, I think Liquid's trench coat is right, just above the boot-level. Based on Yoji Shinkawa's sketches, and with this it will also give him space to move his legs. But I agree with your take on Young Raiden. It looks like they used Snake's lower body mold then just changed the design to Raiden's skull suit. Raiden should be a bit skinny/lean.
ReplyDeleteI really do hope the estimated release date would be around september, thatll be great especially since my bday is in September. I love these figures as they are shown, good chance they wont look as good because the protos always look better, like AC catwoman. But regardless, im getting them!! I still need solid snake!!! I never waited this long on a preorder before, i hope no cancellations happen :/ ive been waiting since December...
DeleteHoly crap, the greatest thing just happened today!!! Liquid and Raiden finally got posted for preorder!!! They are priced at 79.99 unfortunately... But i dont care, theyre estimated to arrive third quarter this year over here in US i guess haha!! :)
ReplyDeleteit's looks like Raiden MGS2 Figure is the same as Raiden MGRR Ninja figure but they only change the head !?
ReplyDeletewhat do u think ?
Not really, the head looks a bit different and the body especially. The mgsr version looks very robotic and in a way bulky. This version looks very human and different from rising raiden. Very accurate to sons if liberty raiden in my opinion. Though i do agree with the legs on how it looks like snakes. No biggie to me though, alot of figures have similarities but in the end, look amazing and unique.
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