First4Figures has secured license for Metroid

by Crazy, filed in Games, Toys on May.05, 2006

Nintendo has granted First4Figures a 3 year licensing agreement for the Metroid franchise. This coincides with the release of Metroid Prime: Hunters in Europe. Plans seem to be for several individual statues standing about 9 to 12 inches tall based on ‘original game data’.

Metroid First 4 Figures Varia Suit Front

For the full text of the announcement continue below.

Metroid Collectibles On The Horizon From First 4 Figures
In conjunction of the Metroid Prime: Hunter�s release for the Nintendo DS in Europe, First 4 Figures is extremely happy to announce a three-year licensing agreement with Nintendo for the rights to create collectibles based on the Metroid franchise.

“We are extremely excited to be working with First 4 Figures to develop a line of figures inspired by Metroid” said Gail Tilden, VP of Nintendo Brand Management. “Metroid fans have come to expect the best from our video games and we are confident First 4 Figures will deliver the same quality with their statues.”

�We will be using original Metroid game data for the majority of the collectibles,� says Darren Martin, director of First 4 Figures. �This will enable us to create highly accurate collectibles that remain faithful to the original source.�

There are plans for single statues and VS dioramas.

The first in the series of statues will be previewed at this year�s upcoming E3 on Nintendo�s stand with product anticipated to come to market the third quarter of 2006. They will be available in collectible and specialty stores worldwide and online retailers as well as directly at the First 4 Figures website.

They will stand approximately 9 to 12 inches tall and will retail for $85 to $120 for single statues and $200+ for high end VS dioramas.

Current product development plans include, but not limited to:

Metroid Prime
Varia Suit

Metroid Prime 2
Light Suit
Dark Suit

Metroid Prime: Hunters
Samus
Kanden
Sylux
Noxus
Spire
Weavel
Trace

About First 4 Figures
First 4 Figures is a subsidiary of Puzzle Productions. Puzzle Productions manufactures and markets high quality resin figures under the brand name First 4 Figures. Included in its product line up includes famous licenses such as WWE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, TRANSFORMERS, GI JOE, DOOM: THE MOVIE, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, and METROID.

About Nintendo
The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems.
For more information about Nintendo, visit the company�s Web site at www.nintendo.com.

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http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

Statues are all well and good, but Metroid is LONG overdue for a quality action figure line.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

Statues are all well and good, but Metroid is LONG overdue for a quality action figure line.
Phil Bond

Point of detail: The images above are based upon the original Metroid Prime, as opposed to the suit seen in both Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime: Hunters.

Every line of the Varia suit in the original Metroid Prime is strictly based upon schematics that originated in 1991 with Metroid II, and had been adhered to with Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion (with the SA:X), as well as Metroid Prime. That suit is emblematic of Metroid’s spectacular continuity: so atypical for Nintendo, and really for sequelaic storytelling in general. Not even Batman can manage to keep the exact same suit from movie to movie.
http://phil_bond.livejournal.com Phil Bond

Point of detail: The images above are based upon the original Metroid Prime, as opposed to the suit seen in both Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime: Hunters.

Every line of the Varia suit in the original Metroid Prime is strictly based upon schematics that originated in 1991 with Metroid II, and had been adhered to with Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion (with the SA:X), as well as Metroid Prime. That suit is emblematic of Metroid’s spectacular continuity: so atypical for Nintendo, and really for sequelaic storytelling in general. Not even Batman can manage to keep the exact same suit from movie to movie.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

The Varia suit is listed under Metroid Prime above. Did I miss something that you’re pointing out?
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

The Varia suit is listed under Metroid Prime above. Did I miss something that you’re pointing out?
http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

what he’s saying is that the Varia suit remained unchanged from metroid 2 through every game on until Metroid prime 2 and Hunters where minor details inexplicably changed, which is why a seperate Samus figure for Hunters would be warranted, but any figure for any other metroid game had better be identical to the Metroid Prime varia suit.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

what he’s saying is that the Varia suit remained unchanged from metroid 2 through every game on until Metroid prime 2 and Hunters where minor details inexplicably changed, which is why a seperate Samus figure for Hunters would be warranted, but any figure for any other metroid game had better be identical to the Metroid Prime varia suit.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me. Thats interesting.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me. Thats interesting.

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