New Metal Gear Solid 4 Items!
Monday August 4th, 2008 by Walleye
News has been slow recently. Mainly because now that MGS4 is out, there isn't much hype for it. Another reason is, I haven't been paying too much attention to the latest Metal Gear news, because I've been playing a lot of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Metal Gear Online. However, it has been brought to my attention that there are new Metal Gear Solid 4 items on the horizon.
The first (and probably weirdest) of all, are some new MGS4 figures. Known as "FIGUMATE Sweet Snake", these figures turn Old Snake, Liquid Ocelot, Otacon and Raiden into cute little anime girls. These figures are due to be released in Japan on December 11th and will retail at 2,940 YEN. An interesting detail about these figures is that the art direction was supervised by Yoji Shinkawa, and the box designs feature Shinkawa art of the actual figures.
A step back into reality next, as there are also 3 new t-shirts available soon from Konamistyle Japan. The first is the Metal Gear Solid 4 World Tour t-shirt, as worn by Kojima and co at the various world tour events building up to the MGS4 launch. The other 2, are variants of the same design. Featuring an artistic mix of text and various images both from and relating to Guns of the Patriots. These are available in "Olive" and "White."
Also available for pre-order at Forbidden Planet is a new version of the popular 12" Medicom Old Snake RAH figure. This new version features the same Olive Drab camouflage as the 6" Old Snake UDF that was bundled with the MGS4 Limited Edition package in Europe. Due for release on August 30th, the figure is available to pre-order now for £139.99. The figure itself is limited to just 500 pieces worldwide.
Finally, there is said to be a new MGS4 guide book from Konami, which covers every single little intricate detail to the game, unlike the previous Konami guide which only covered the basics to the game. However, I am unable to find information on it.
Link: FIGUMATE Sweet Snake @ Konamistyle Japan.