Good Smile The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Link Figma Action Figure

First, the figure is immaculate. Everything from the face details, to the coloring down to the molding. I mean, this is painted perfectly. Some of it seems to be molded-in color but it's hard to tell the difference from what is actually painted. It's that good. The articulation is excellent also allowing for a multitude of poses. The toe joints were a very nice touch.I have a weakness for matte applications (except if it is designed from something supposed to be shiny) but it fits this figure particularly well. It looks like Link was pulled right out of Skyward Sword. I kept him true to that game even though I prefer him lefty (because I'm lefty :P), and mounted the sword in his right hand for display. Which brings me to my only caveat--the sword.As most have mentioned here, the sword is extremely flimsy. Don't get me wrong, it looks beautiful, but I am surprised they decided to skimp on his signature item. They certainty didn't do so with the shield. I know others have mentioned how flimsy the sword is, but understand it is EXTREMELY brittle. If I had to compare it to something, I would say it has the weight and feel of a thin toothpick that would snap as easily as you'd expect a thin toothpick to snap. Nevertheless, perhaps I got lucky because with very gently twisting (holding the sword close to the handle for some leverage), the pummel was easily removed. I assume the curved hand is for the sword as that is what I see him using to hold it in all the pics. If you want to try to put it in the straight hand with the hole, do so at your own risk because I think that one is for the shield's handle. I put the sword handle into the curved hand and VERY gently twisted and pushed until it went all the way in. When you get to a part where it may stop going in from pushing extremely gently, carefully continue to twist applying slightly more pressure and eventually you'll get it. Again, make sure you hold the sword towards the handle with your off hand for some extra leverage so you don't snap the sword in the middle.Other than that, the stand could fit into the hole on his back a little better. This might just be with my figure, but the stand came out very easily. It took some patience and steady hands--but I eventually got him in the dynamic pose I wanted him in for my display.I'll update this with anything else I come across with the figure but if you have any questions feel free to ask! Otherwise, get this figure before they are out of stock and the price sky-rockets.

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.