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Our big news for site updates today is that we have finished uploading full-quality gallery art from Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2. These are unlockable art galleries that are achieved by completing the game, getting 100% of all items, getting 100% of all scans, and beating the game on hard difficulty. This can be particularly difficult for Metroid Prime 2 as that's a really tough game! The incredibly awesome development art for the Metroid Prime games were made by Andrew "Android" Jones.

Lower-resolution images from these galleries have been floating around the web for some time, but it was only recently that we received a collection of 100% full quality images courtesy of Psychomax. On behalf of everyone here at the MDb we'd like to extend a very special thanks to Psychomax for his hard work at sharing these with us! There's no annoying watermarks on these, either! We'll have more images of rare and never-before-seen Metroid art in the future!

Yesterday First 4 Figures also announced the latest addition to their Metroid statue line, Phazon Suit Samus. The figure is fancy schmancy with 25 LED lights, making it designed for ideal presentation in the dark (which means you either (a) won't get any sleep or (b) won't get any work done. However, it's a tad pricey at $225 and is the same exact pose as the Varia Suit figure (though unsurprising considering how it took about two years to make the first model). Only 1500 of these will be produced.

For the record, a complete set of F4F figures will run you a scorching $1060 at MSRP - shipping not included (and it's quite a bit!). To quote Luke Skywalker, "We could almost buy our own ship for that!" The complete set currently includes seven figures: Varia Suit, Gravity Suit, Phazon Suit, Zero Suit, Zero Suit LE, Trace, and Samus' Gunship, though right now only the Varia and Gravity Suits have been released. Bear in mind these are limited edition statues and the Varia and Gravity Suits have already sold out, so you'll have to search E-bay and other resellers.

Infinity's End has also updated the Fan For Life feature with new tattoos from Ashley, Conyeezy, Alli Foster, Rich Criado, Stephan, and Unfilter (*whew!*). Be sure to check 'em out. If you've got your own Metroid tattoos you'd like to share, please contact Infinity's End: infinitysend12180 (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Until next time...
Captain Commando