MGS 4 Raiden 12-inch Figure from Medicom

[Scarlet]

here are more photos of Raiden, this time posed...


I think this one is gonna be a lot better than the Old Snake - and look at those articulated feet

The photos below are solidsnake0627's photos - found them on his flikr account (thx to Spliff)



I'd say poseability isn't an issue from the looks of these...

Considering Medicom is fairly new to the rubber suit over the 1:6 body, I'm hoping some of these issues mentioned above (yellowing body, rubber rub, etc) aren't an issue and while I hate to say it, this and Old Snake are sort of the test run for whatever Medicom does next w/ this style of body...

Hot Toys and Takara have been doing the rubber body suit a lot longer (and more often) than Medicom...at least this and Old Snake are actual 1:6 scale and not 1" or more shorter than a regular 12" figure as some RAH figures have been in the past...

Nice pics but You are dead wrong about medicom being new to the rubber suit. In fact, medicom is one of the pioneers of the rubber suit 1/6 figures.

They've been doing ful rubber suits back in early 2000. Even their ultraman figures are from 2003.

Here's a few examples

https://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/Imit_K/CIMG0641.jpg

https://www.xl-shop.com/xlshop/product_images/MD/medi-kanegon.jpg

https://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/Imit_K/CIMG0636.jpg

https://www.verycoolthings.com/vct/images/medrah-229.jpg

They have been doing these for years.

 

[Yodee]

Man that look soo good

 

[nash]

Nice pics but You are dead wrong about medicom being new to the rubber suit. In fact, medicom is one of the pioneers of the rubber suit 1/6 figures.

They've been doing ful rubber suits back in early 2000. Even their ultraman figures are from 2003.

Here's a few examples

https://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/Imit_K/CIMG0641.jpg

https://www.xl-shop.com/xlshop/product_images/MD/medi-kanegon.jpg

https://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/Imit_K/CIMG0636.jpg

https://www.verycoolthings.com/vct/images/medrah-229.jpg

They have been doing these for years.

I was just about to correct him as well but you beat me to it brotha.
gotta love them newbs

 

[drunk_leprechaun]

Nice pics but You are dead wrong about medicom being new to the rubber suit. In fact, medicom is one of the pioneers of the rubber suit 1/6 figures.

They've been doing ful rubber suits back in early 2000. Even their ultraman figures are from 2003.

Here's a few examples

They have been doing these for years.

ok I have no idea what or who that is but i want one! looks weird and pretty

 

[Spliff]

Oh sweet, they just never updated:

Your item cleared United States Customs at 3:50 PM on August 25, 2008. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

looks like he'll be dropping in tomorrow YES!!!

 

[Rock83]

Mine should be here tomorrow!

 

[Spliff]

Mailman just dropped him off w00t w00t!!! :d

 

[Rock83]

Mailman just dropped him off w00t w00t!!! :d

i dont see any pics

 

[Spliff]

i'll snap some after i stop smelling him...

 

[Rock83]

i'll snap some after i stop smelling him...

ewwwww Medicom smells like puke,now Hot Toys,thats another story,their rubber products smells so nice,i can sit down smelling them all day!!!

 

[Dark_Spidey]

My Medi figures don't stink...

 

[Rock83]

My Medi figures don't stink...

The Big Boss figures never smelled any good,even with smells Medicom sucks

 

[Spliff]

The suit on Raiden is a lot sturdier, and feels of better quality...but as a result it restricts his movements more than Snake's suit. people had a lot of problems with Snake, but I loved how freely he was able to move...Raiden can't do much else but move his arms and head. at least mine does, maybe I just got a bad one or somethin'.

mind you I still love the thing to death and it's my favorite figure ever so far(i can't stop looking at it), just had some more ninja like poses in mind that I can't do now. oh well, he still looks like a BAMF in a stoic badass pose.

 

[Rock83]

Very nice Spliff,did the smell go away allready?

Improved suit or not,im gonna display it with arms down anyway,i dont trust Medicom rubber since their first Snake.

 

[Spliff]

haha

I don't mind since I prefer nice, badass looking stoic poses myself, but still he's a cyborg ninja!! would've been cool to pose him crazy. i wish I could read chinese so I could see what those guys were doing to get their's in crazy poses.

don't regret getting him at all.

 

[LipSmack]

has he been improved/fixed, i know the snake had suit problems and the body breaking under the suit, anything like this with raiden?

 

[Bat Eater]

yo Spliff ( hot dayum Zooey is ^^^^ing hot) can raiden do any gun poses? i have a p90 and m4 waiting for my raiden

 

[Spliff]

has he been improved/fixed, i know the snake had suit problems and the body breaking under the suit, anything like this with raiden?

mine didn't have any problems under the suit, but the suit did start peeling in places. but my Snake also moves a lot better than my Raiden does...so that's kinda a bummer. all the improving they did(including the stuffing on the legs) hampers movement on mine. =/

yo Spliff ( hot dayum Zooey is ^^^^ing hot) can raiden do any gun poses? i have a p90 and m4 waiting for my raiden

i don't think he'd be able to do a natural looking firing pose, but i'm not sure any other guns aside from the one he comes with will fit in his heads. the holes are pretty slim.

 

[Bat Eater]

i don't think he'd be able to do a natural looking firing pose, but i'm not sure any other guns aside from the one he comes with will fit in his heads. the holes are pretty slim.

piece of crap, cant wait to get him

 

[shandy_man]

Looking at these in hand pics, makes me sorta regret not pre-ordering this one. Oh well more money towards HT! haha