Well, I'm happy to report that Raiden is now standing proudly beside Deunan and Briareos, as well as Leon and Krauser :)
Raiden in his tray. As with all Medicom stuff, no twisties and extremely collector-friendly - very much like a Mac: out of box, plug and play
Raiden in his tray. As with all Medicom stuff, no twisties and extremely collector-friendly - very much like a Mac: out of box, plug and play
His extra hands and accessories - one sword, one SOCOM pistol and two knives
Raiden with visor down
Raiden with visor (face armor) up and eye guard /Solid Eye System (SES) off
One of the coolest thing about Raiden is his headsculpt - simply amazing!!
Visor / Face Armor up
Eye Guards up
Eye guards in place - Solid Eye System (SES) on
Eye guards / Solid Eye System (SES) on and visor / Face Armor in position
The lighting seems to make the visor and shoulder pad colours more obvious and less translucent as this picture shows
The text on the eye guard / SES says, "Do not touch lens surface"
Side view of eye guards / SES in place
Shoulder pads with barcode 
Chest protectors
Raiden with SOCOM pistol
Raiden with his two knives
Check out his back plates
And butt plates - LOL!!
Raiden with his sword
Another look at his sword sheath
His drop-down thigh holster 
The only thing that irked me at first - what's with the heels? Actually they act as extra hands because the heel is a "thumb" and the toes become fingers so that he can actually fight and grasp his weapons with all four limbs. Amazing articulation achieved by Medicom as it actually works!
Feet grasping weapon
Truly a fine figure - not the prettiest but simply AWESOME!!!
Size comparison - SURPRISE! SURPRISE!! Raiden is taller than Leon and Krauser and almost as tall as Briareos. Medicom can actually scale things up - no more puny sizes
9 comments:
Im glad he finally arrived! Did you know it took them over a year after the 1st release date to FINALLY release him? Yup. I gave up waiting but then BAM hese out!
I have been waiting for him for about 2 years. Only when i have enough money will i get him. But awesome pictures of course! You are missing out on the OLIVE drab old snake. Hese much better than the Basic old snake. Raiden in this game is outstandingly futuristic and his design is awesome!
hi dennis, i didn't know he was delayed that long - i know everybody has been asking for him, especially when old snake came out - i didn't know about olive drab old snake - not really into the whole video game thing but you were RIGHT - raiden is AWESOME!!!
poisonous la bro...haaaarrrr....i actually cancel my orders from roy because Ah Pek Snake was really disappointing, look like i have to go "beg" him now...damn potent poison!!!
hi ken, yeah Ah Pek Snake kenna sai and look like shite BUT raiden is the diamond siah. Si beh sui - don't get will regret lah ;p
I am absolutely awed by this Raiden... it looks so bad-ass. But, it's not as poseable as I want it to be.
I wish Hottoys would make a better version of MGS4 Raiden and MGS4 Snake, one that is made of different reparable materials and with metal swords and more durable and flexible materials where the muscles are just glued on the spandex that's underneath and the inner frame is made of metal skeleton frame. Plus his visors should be made of metal parts and should cover his eyes like goggles.
I so love what kojima has done I proudly dedicate the following gallery:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29783295@N06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29705548@N05/
hi anon, you certainly have an idea how to make Raiden even better!! yeah, kojima's photos ROCK!!
Yes it is ;> thanks for visiting
Awesome, I really like Raiden.
-waiting for MGS rising.
Great figure. But 1 great weakness: The hand joints. They break sooo easily. They all break on the hand side of the joint leaving the forearm side either on your hand or on the figure itself. It's like it sticks to the inside of the hand & when you twist or pull to switch hands, it breaks. No matter how slow & careful you are, they just break. Out of the whole set, I only got 1 good one left & I already know it'll break on the next move. I just wish they would make better heavy duty quality replacements. This problem aside, it is a cool figure.
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