So I bought this guy a little while back and I'm finally getting around to reviewing him here, mostly because this amazing figure has so much to offer. This is one of the best Link figures on the market right now and at a good price as well. The first thing you'll notice is that this figure is based on Link's appearance in Skyward Sword, so he's a bit more colorful than some of the other incarnations of Link we've had, such as his darker, less colorful Twilight Princess appearance. I'll go over this figure as much as I can, but I'm sure I'll leave some minor detail or two out since there's so much to cover.
Like most Figmas, Link is very articulated. His head will move freely on a ball joint and even the back of his cap will rotate around for posing. His shoulders don't move in and out that much, but they'll go all the way around, his elbows will bend on a hinge joint and they'll also rotate and his wrists will bend and rotate, no matter which hands you have plugged in. He has too joints around the waist, which lets him bend side-to-side and rotate nicely. His legs are also on ball joints but they're hindered a bit by his tunic but they'll still move since the tunic is a softer plastic and the silver piece under it can be moved out to the side to allow for more leg movement. His knees will bend and rotate and his ankles are on ball joints. There's one last joint at the end of his foot so you can bend his toes a bit.
That pretty much covers the articulation, now on to the paint and sculpt. The paint is flawless and colorful, the likeness to Link in Skyward Sword is excellent, especially for a figure that stands just over five inches. The detail on the Hylian Shield is great as well, and it's not just simply painted on, which is something that I really like. The Master Sword is made of a slightly harder plastic than the rest of the figure, I'd advise being a bit careful with it, I could see the sword snapping in half if forced in the wrong direction too much, though I wouldn't worry about plugging it into his hand, I haven't had any problems. The faces look great, his more casual face could be a bit better, to me it looks like the lips are painted a bit too much but the yelling face is quite nice, I usually display him with the casual face though. Basically, what you see is what you get, it's one of those times where the pictures do the figure justice, though he does look a bit better in person.
Finally, the accessories. In terms of accessories that you can display next to him, there are none. Obviously the shield and sword look great on him but there's nothing that you can put on the shelf next to him, something like a rupee, a pot, or even a heart container/piece would have been nice but what he does come with makes up for that. He does come with a base and an arm that can peg into the base to hold Link in place if need be but he'll easily stand on his own. He comes with the extra face and and extra hair piece that looks more shaggy as if the wind is blowing towards it. He has all sorts of extra hands including open hands, closed fists, the sword-holding hand like in the picture, relaxed hands and sword/shield-holding hands. He comes with a sheath for the sword and a slashing effect for it as well. Lastly, he comes with a nice little plastic bag to hold all of the accessories that you're not using.
In terms of using these accessories, it can be a tad tedious but simple once you do it for the first time. To change the face, remove the hair piece and the face piece, then put in the face and hair that you want. The hands simply peg in and out. The sheath plugs into the top hole on Link's back. To put the sword in, you have to use one of the two hands that were meant to hold it, then you have to remove the pommel of the sword (the very bottom of it) and slide it in, it can take a bit of force so try not to force it in too much. I'd recommend that you take off the hand first, put the sword in and then plug it back into Link's arm. For the shield, there are two pieces that plug into it, there's a brown/silver rubbery piece and a green and silver plastic piece. The green/silver piece splits into two pieces and that's what goes into Link's hand, then the piece plugs into the two middle holes on the shield, the brown piece goes to the left or the right of the middle piece, depending on if you want Link to hold the shield in his left or right hand. The shield can also be stored on the sheath on his back, all you have to do is put the green piece into the shield horizontally and slide it onto the top of the sheath, there's a small bump on the sheath to keep it from sliding off.
Well, I think that's it. I'm sure I missed something but I feel like I covered most of the fundamentals of this figure. Once you have him displayed on the shelf you can admire just how great he looks. He fits right in scale with other video game figures such as Figuarts Mario and Luigi and Nendoroid Sonic. I must say, it's great to own a quality Link figure.
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WARNING!! YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT A BOOTLEG!!
When I ordered this figure, I was excited to have it cause I like the legend of Zelda series, but when I saw the figure I noticed it seemed different from the pictures and videos I have seen, mostly because I bought a bootleg. You all even need to be careful buying Things on Amazon, cause it might be a bootleg, sure there are bootlegs that might be good, but if it's in crappy shape, then that's a bad thing, and if your into the real deal more then a knockoff, luckily I was carfeful the second time and got the real thing, and it's fantastic, though the strap for the shield isn't perfect, but I still like the figure. Whenever you look at buying options, make sure stuff like this action figure is shipped from Japan. If it's shipped from china however, it's a bootleg. I've tried to find proof I got a bootleg, but no sites or YouTube videos will say other wise or are in English. But fear not, I can help, I took pictures of the real deal and the bootleg together. When I opened the bootleg the figure's arm popped out. And it's neck was long and there was a gap in the ab crunch. I'll put up pictures of the differences. The figure on the left is the real deal, the figure on the right is the bootleg. The bootleg's ab peg broke when I tried to fix it, so that's why his ab has no gap, if the peg for the faces is the same color as the skin, it's a bootleg, the real figure's peg for the faces are clear plastic, not colored. And the the bootleg has a bit of a gloss in some areas like the belly. If the master sword's handle details are darker and the peg for the bottom isn't white, it's a bootleg, the slash effect on the left is the bootleg, the things that hold the sword have a grainy whitish scratch like unremovable stain. Oh and the faces look outta proportion like the eyes and there's a bit of sloppy paint on one of the faces of the bootleg. The sheath for the master sword should have a little thing under the peg, if it doesn't have it, it's a bootleg. The sheath on the right is the bootleg because it doesn't have the thing on where the symbol is, and the peg is shorter and it's a darker color of gold. And if the hair pieces pegs are colored, it's a bootleg. And the sheild on the right is the bootleg, when I tried to take off the strap, it didn't come out. When I tugged on it, I saw that it was green instead of darkish brown, and it wasn't removable. If the figure is and the face and other hair accessory doesn't have plastic holding them, it's a bootleg. And the official nintendo sticker isn't white, it's a silver glittery like sticker that has some Japanese on it, and the white Nintendo sticker is grainy as well. Be sure that the figure you buy is not from china, because if you see a figure that will be shipped from china, it's a bootleg. The real figure otherwise is fantastic and a great collectible. I recommend it for collectors that love zelda or fans of Zelda to collect it! Hope this was helpful to you all! And if the figure does not include a small ziplock bag for your accessories, it's a bootleg.
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