Sunday, September 13, 2009

FOX UNIT: SNAKE


Surely.... one of the coolest characters in gaming history, dating back almost 2 decades. A bash in my 'to do list' for the longest time ever, the others being.... (never mind).

The only ever 1/6 release for this character line was by a Jap company who probably manage to snagged the license. Problem was the price tag for this box figure is way too steep & i sure as hell won't pay above $200 for some Real(short) Arse Hero no matter how much i like the character. Phenomenally, some local Bird-brain distributor even had a restock at a pre-order price of $240 though the figure had already been released 3-4 years....(clearing excess unsold stock???)

Anyhow back to the bash which was do-able with the amount of 1/6 lose gears out there though not 100% game accurate. Body was one of my recycled HT Truetypes with commissioned work on the HT Nam Navy Seal h/s. Balance are mainly TS e.g. tiger strip, M1956 gear set with some unknowns in the accessories dept. Should have also styled the hair with some wax/clay but never got down to it coz haven't tried it before & didn't want to ruin the hair.

So end of day, a much more satisfying figure for $100 or less (not counting parts i had) & not $240 poorer, u do the math....