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Hey all! I think I can safely say that it can get a little frustrating by the apparent lack of official Metroid merchandise. As far as official Samus figures go, only two have been released in the states: the sub-par Joyride figure that sells for hundreds on eBay due to its rarity, and the overly-expensive First4Figures models that you have to wait months and months for before you get them.

Since this is the case, fans of Metroid have taken it upon themselves to create their own figures. For those that don't browse our forums, many of our members have uncovered some very incredible pieces of Samus art created by some very dedicated people. These figures are absolutely impeccable and tend to be much more ornate and detailed than even First4Figure's offerings.

We are all familiar with Red3183's custom Samus figure, in which two are owned by a couple of our forum members, Samethard and Ketsueki. Recently, Red3183 has created a bronze statue version of this figure:

Red is planning on putting this statue up on eBay this Sunday, 8/09/09 @ 7:00 pm PST going through 8/16/09. You can see more at Red3183's Deviant Art site.

Ketsueki is one our forum's biggest collectors of all things Metroid. He purchased this resin model kit, by resin kit manufacturer GarageKit.jp:

More images can be seen at the official website.

Members VGMStudios and Ketsueki have also uncovered an absolutely gorgeous PVC figure of Zero Suit Samus, with realistic female proportions:

You can see more images here.

There is also a color, fully-poseable resin kit created by garage kit maker Dimension Diver:

More pics can be seen at Tokyo Hunter.

Lastly, forum member n128, fed up with the lack of Metroid and Samus merchandise, commissioned a sculptor to create a Zero Suit Samus for him:

More pics of this can be seen on our forum thread.

Hope you enjoyed this little featurette. Thanks to all the forum-goers who posted links and pictures to these amazing models and figures. See what you guys are missing by not joining our forums?

UPDATE: Ketsueki has once again brought to our attention an image of a new model, this time of Samus in her Fusion Suit, displayed at this year's Wonder Festival. Wonder Festival is an annual festival held in Japan showcasing new resin kits and models. Thanks, Ketsueki!

--Infinity's End