Psycho Mantis coming to First 4 Figures
Following Solid Snake himself, next figure in the Metal Gear Solid line by First 4 Figures will be Psycho Mantis, most famous for his unique boss fight. This was announced a few weeks ago by the high end figure manufacturer on their website.
First 4 Figures writes:
“First up, we are happy to announce that PSYCHO MANTIS from Metal Gear Solid is coming to First 4 Figures! This particular boss fight was an iconic one for any video game series because of the mind-boggling aspect to it (at least for a player’s very first encounter with him). The antagonist seemingly interacts with the actual player behind the controller by making them think that he can read their mind, when in fact – SPOILER ALERT – the psychokinetic telepath was merely reading the player’s memory card all along.
This is definitely a must-have for any Metal Gear Solid and F4F fan alike.”
Solid Snake was up for pre-order last September, but if you missed him there will be another chance in Q1 of this year.
Source: First 4 Figures
Very nice. It seems Psycho Mantis has transcended as a character when he didn’t really needed to. I think his story was pretty self contained in MGS1. I never felt I needed back story of where he came from in half-ass answers in MGSV or that he was a force ghost in MGS4 lol. Cool figure though.
He’s just a really fun, unique boss fight. The gimmick of Mantis essentially using the console itself against you (and you having to manipulate the console against him) is unlike pretty much anything else in gaming, even today. That’s ultimately why he’s remained so beloved, even though his character as a whole isn’t particularly special by MGS standards.
Agree, it was very revolutionary. I have to say thought in my opinion Monika from Doki-Doki Literature Club has surpassed Psycho Mantis in the level of cleverness and complete destruction of the 4th wall. I think she’ll be as iconic as him.
Well, that depends if DDLC becomes as popular as MGS1. Which I kinda doubt, since visual novels are a very niche genre and it doesn’t have the kind of marketing push or hype that a AAA game gets.
Cool looking figure, F4F does superb quality :).
Btw RIP Dolores … gonna miss her <3. All of my favorites going away…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yam5uK6e-bQ
Ouch.. No sh.t… I can’t believe it. But she was only 46 !?
She was so cool… RIP.
She was among the rare ones mastering yodel that sharp.. (T__T)
Yeah quite young , sad to lose such an amazing person. It really sucks to lose so many.
When I had hard time doing guard turns during my military service in 95, the weather was really cold but listening to her helped to make time run faster … She was like a very “phantom cigar” for us at that time.. (T__T)
WTF. I’m really upset about this. She was such a unique artist and gifted lyricist who wrote some amazing songs. She’ll be missed. 🙁
The picture is small, but the figure look quite neat, already !