Would you spend hundreds on a figurine?

By Robert Purchese Published 2 December, 2010

Zelda, Silent Hill statues cost arm and leg.

How much are you willing to spend on a game-related figurine?

What about £190? That's how much a spooky Silent Hill statue of main bad-guy-thing Pyramid Head is selling for. Yes, the cone-headed, sack-wearing, scarred and bloodied body of Pyramid Head has been painstakingly recreated - so much so that even his back-of-neck flab bulges grotesquely beneath his hat.

You can buy Pyramid Head from Konami Style (via Joystiq).

What about £211 or £224? That's how much First 4 Figures wants for each of its new Zelda: Twilight Princess-inspired Wolf Link and Midina statues. They're 15 inches tall - one quarter scale - and are cast in poly-stone with a hand painted finish. They're beautiful.

The Wolf Link and Midinia statues will be available to buy in Q2 2011 from the First 4 Figures website.

Let us know what other expensive, game-related figurines you've seen below!

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (37) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • levitate #1 1 year ago

    I probably wouldn't spend that kind of money on a figurine. Sure, people collect all sorts of things and I guess there is a market for this too but... naah. Will only collect dust in my bookcase.

  • miiiguel #2 1 year ago

    Sure, that will go real nice with my £32K Street legal Tron bike.

    Wtf, EG ? ffs...

  • Gearskin #3 1 year ago

    I have a few game/comic/film related figures on my shelves, but nothing this serious. A friend of mine spents a heck of a lot of cash on the figures released by Hot Toys. Think he paid £150 for an Iron Man last year.

  • kangarootoo #4 1 year ago

    Each to their own. Nothing wrong with spending money on art if you've got it. and art being what it is, taste will always vary.

  • drhickman1983 #5 1 year ago

    If I had more disposable income, then yes I would spend hundreds on a figurine. At the moment, its the sort of thing I'd only consider as a birthday present to myself

  • Ignatius_Cheese #6 1 year ago

    Snow news day? :o)

  • ZizouFC #7 1 year ago

    I wish I could.

  • miiiguel #8 1 year ago

    I have a few figurines, mainly Halo ones, but also Soul Calibur, Blue Dragon and a few others, but none of them cost* more than 50 Eur.

    * - Cost is an irregular verb isn't it ?

  • coolbritannia #9 1 year ago

    Yeah I probably would if I liked it enough. I've got some of the vinyl Halo statues.

  • photoboy #10 1 year ago

    I wouldn't spend anything on a figurine. I would probably avoid buying a special edition of a game if it came with a figurine as I would have no use for the thing.

  • GamesConnoisseur #11 1 year ago

    I do get collector editions, but only for the extra contents that I could watch, play etc

    But figurines?!!

    Its just a doll or at worse an ornament innit?!

  • OneClassyBloke #12 1 year ago

    I have a friend who owns a foot tall figure of the Skull Kid from Majora's Mask, as a centrepiece of a wider collection. Cost him £50, which is quite reasonable for the quality and size of the thing.

    Normally I mock him for owning such things, but even the most stern of Sega fanboy's can appreciate the high quality of the best game in the Zelda series.

    Edit: Incidentally, I do own figurines myself, but only in the form of miniatures of all the the Sega consoles. Makes one feel like a giant when holding the controller.
    Edited by OneClassyBloke at 02/12/10 @ 11:41

  • Cappy #13 1 year ago

    Surely there are more cost effective ways of letting the World know you're a sad freak that will never know the touch of a woman.

    Uh... What's that?
    Pyramid Head! He rapes things and has a big knife! Now, let's have sex!
    I... Think I'll be going home now.

  • LazyDan #14 1 year ago

    Wolf Link? What a waste, though the light-up thing on Midna looks quite cool.

    If I were to spend money on this, the figures would have to be slightly more iconic... Mario with a cape riding Yoshi, Link swinging his Master Sword (lit up, if that's apparently possible.) Pacman with dots, being chased by ghosts, Sonic mid-jump going for a ring or something. Link not looking like Link and the baddie from Silent Hill aren't quite up there for me.

    I could use some more shots of the Link/Midna statue though, I don't think enough ground has been covered there.

  • ecureuil #15 1 year ago

    I'd spend a couple of hundred quid on a figurine, yes. Not any of the ones mentioned in this article, mind.

    If it was Amaterasu, or a brilliantly detailed wanzer from Front Mission, then I'd start to get tempted.

  • sonicyoda #16 1 year ago

    @OneClassyBloke

    I've got those miniature SEGA consoles as well! They're crazy little things. Really high detail on such tiny models.

  • ZizouFC #17 1 year ago

    I actually didn't realise that (judging by these comments) quite a lot of gamers think collecting figurines is on a whole other level of nerdiness - whereas I thought they went hand in hand.

  • OneClassyBloke #18 1 year ago

    @sonicyoda

    *high five*

  • GundamJehutyKai #19 1 year ago

    Yes, Yes I would pay hundreds of pounds for a figurine!

    In fact, I have!!! around the region of £500 for a figure of KOS-MOS from Xenosaga and Bayonetta from... Bayonetta. That's each by the way!
    And I need to paint them too...

  • ecureuil #20 1 year ago

    In fact, I have!!! around the region of £500 for a figure of KOS-MOS from Xenosaga and Bayonetta from... Bayonetta. That's each by the way!
    And I need to paint them too...

    Christ. For 500 quid you'd think they'd paint it for you.

  • kangarootoo #21 1 year ago

    @miiguel

    Indeed.

    [link url=http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/cost.html
    ]http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/ir...[/link]


    @GamesConnoisseur

    "Its just a doll or at worse an ornament innit?!"

    Ummm, I don't know how old you are, but surely you have those two the wrong way round?...

  • ChthonicEcho #22 1 year ago

    It just so happens that I have three arms and one leg saved up in my bank account!

  • coolbritannia #23 1 year ago

    I'm collecting the Masterpiece Transformers too, got them all except Starscream and Megatron. Grimlock is the best.

  • CaptainKid #24 1 year ago

    "How much are you willing to spend on a game-related figurine?"

    €0.00

  • GundamJehutyKai #25 1 year ago

    @Ecureuil: Painting them is half the fun! for me at least.

    But there was a painted version of KOS-MOS on sale, wielding a gigantic dragons tooth blade which was as tall as the figure itself.

    That was around £200 more.

  • azazel_fallenangel #26 1 year ago

    I have the Predator head dvd boxset, the new Alien Quadrilogy Blu-Ray box set(in light up egg form), and the Hunter edition of AvP sat proudly together. well, I say proudly, the main source of entertainment from them(other than actually watching/playing them) is having the missus continously moan she doesn't want geeky stuff on display quite so much.

  • MiniAmin #27 1 year ago

    Not for me personally, but I don't consider it particularly inordinate, especially when considered as an ornament in one's living room. It isn't too dissimilar to someone spending hundreds of pounds on a China plate, or one of those weird porcelain doll my nan likes. Each to their own.

  • coolbritannia #28 1 year ago

    Miniamin, that's a good way of looking at it.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #29 1 year ago

    Quite expensive but I have to admit that the Zelda statue looks really well done.

    By the way, it's Midna, not Midina.

  • FortysixterUK #30 1 year ago

    I'll give ya 20 quid for 'em.
    That's my final offer.

  • Greggywocky... #31 1 year ago

    God, I would pay £190 not to have that monstrosity in my house.

    So I guess that means I owe someone £190...

  • viper_h #32 1 year ago

    Who the hell is "Midinia"? I thought this was a video games website...

  • Rufus #33 1 year ago

    Forget figurines, I've got a stick of SEGA LIPBALM! As a rule, I have to say "SE-GA!" as I'm applying it to my chapped face.

  • Phishfood #34 1 year ago

    I'd like to see a figure of Midna in her princess form

  • Canyarion #35 1 year ago

    Like Der_tolle_Emil said, it's Midna and not Midina.

    The Zelda one looks pretty cool.

  • Torkin #36 1 year ago

    I love Silent Hill but I see that Pyramid Head figurine and don't like it. And I'm not a Zelda fan at all.

    But... Last week i spent 150€ on a KOS-MOS figurine. And I have one of Mitsuru Kirijo from Persona 3. 70€, it's pretty.

    And finally I paid around 120€ for Masterpiece Starscream. The best of the three undoubtedly.

    That's all I have, I don't have tons of figures. Maybe a bit expensive, but I only buy high quality ones, and only if I really like them.
    Edited by Torkin at 02/12/10 @ 20:09

  • VeggieWokker #37 1 year ago

    I spent about €100 on the F4F Varia Suit Samus statue. Best. Purchase. Ever. I highly recommend F4F to all statue enthusiast and collectors. The detail and quality are just amazing.