Hear me out, I know in the past McFarlane made Metal Gear Solid statues with bad articulation and brittle plastic. But now McFarlane KNOWS how to do better articulation AND can provide accessory packs to complement the figures. So he could pull off a couple of waves with key characters.
Let's use the Original MGS as an example.
Solid Snake:
There are 2 main versions of Snake:
Sneaking suit and tuxedo. Each version can have 2 additional variants:
Infinity Bandana, Stealth Camo. So we have 6 versions of Solid Snake that have 3 figures with shared tooling.
Sneaking suit could come with spare hands, and SOCOM with suppressor.
Sneaking Suit with Bandana gets a different head with different expression. Extra hands and FAMAS.
Sneaking Suit with Stealth Camo has the same expression as Normal Snake, but in translucent green plastic. Extra hands and a NIKITA Launcher.
Tuxedo Snake gets extra hands and SOCOM without suppressor.
Tuxedo Snake with Bandana gets extra hands and the STINGER Launcher
Tuxedo Snake with Stealth Camo gets extra hands and 2 grenades (1 chaff, 1 normal grenade)
Gray Fox can be made in 2 figures:
Standard Cyborg Ninja with sword and alt hands
End game Gray Fox (open helmet and Arm Cannon) with removable left arm
Standard version can get a stealth Camo variant. Yes, I'm purposely skipping the Red and Blue "Spider-Man repaint".
Otacon has 2 versions:
Normal and stealth camo. The latter is saved for a say, Amazon exclusive 4 pack (more on that later) Normal Otacon carries a stealth camo prototype as his accessory.
Vulcan Raven would be a "Larger figure" release due to his ammo pack and an excuse to make a wolf for Sniper Wolf and some ravens. (The animals are added to justify the larger price tag)
Ocelot needs only his revolver. No removable arm or anything.
Meryl gets her Desert Eagle.
Psycho Mantis gets 2 versions:
Normal and Stealth camo
He'd include a flying stand in both figures. Stealth version gets one of the statues and a vase, while visible version gets an alternate unmasked head and the psychic ball.
Sniper Wolf is in her Winter attire gets her Sniper Rifle, a bloodied handkerchief molded to the shape of her face and a wolf pup.
Liquid can easily get 2 versions:
Trenchcoat and coatless.
The coatless version, we're saving for later. Let's focus on the coat version:
Alternate Master Miller head with removable glasses. Alternate hand that can hold glasses.
Well, that covers most of the important... Oh yeah! Stealth Otacon! He's part of a $100 4-pack:
I know what you're thinking McFarlane figures are $20 each, why would a 4 pack have the same cost as 5 figures?
That is why: the 4 pack is meant to be a nod to Solid Snake's capture.The 4 figures are:
Shirtless Solid Snake with Ketchup pool.
Ocelot without the trenchcoat and a new stump for his right arm.
Stealth Otacon with a Ration and Ketchup bottle.
Johnny Sasaki with FAMAS
The Torture Rack is the "5th Figure".
This big pack could be a McFarlane or Amazon exclusive.
In case Walmart or Target want an online exclusive multipack, I got them covered:
I have 4 of them:
Pack 1:
Battle atop Metal Gear Rex:
Shirtless Solid Snake
Shirtless Liquid Snake
Meryl with bandages on the areas wounded by Sniper Wolf.
Meryl comes with removable orange vest.
Liquid Snake and Solid Snake come with alternate hands and a FAMAS per Snake.
Pack 2:
Hand to hand is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon!
Solid Snake
Otacon
Grey Fox
Here we get the Spider-Man repaint for Grey Fox. Same stuff as normal release.
Snake gets a chaff grenade and alternate hands.
Otacon gets a pissed my pants repaint.
Pack 3:
I'm no Rookie!:
This is Meryl disguised as a Genome Soldier with FAMAS
Solid Snake with SOCOM
2 Genome Soldiers with FAMAS
Pack 4:
Sniper Wolf vs Snake Communications Tower Sniper battle. It's a 2 pack of Solid Snake (Tuxedo) with PSG-1 and Sniper Wolf in her Olive outfit and PSG-1
And there you have it, what could be a Metal Gear Solid Line by McFarlane... what's that? The accessory packs?
Alright, here we go:
-PAN card
-PAL Key (3 versions)
-C4
-Chaff Grenade
-Stun Grenade
-Flash Grenade
-Cardboard box
-NVG
-Thermal Goggles
-SOCOM without suppressor
-FAMAS
-STINGER
-NIKITA
-Gas Mask
- Statue for Psycho Mantis
The only things missing are some Genome Soldier variations, and the rest of the codec people (Campbell, Naomi, Nastasha, Mei Ling, Houseman), a naked Johnny Sasaki, Infiltration Snake with flippers and SCUBA diving gear.
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