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Ludens action figures shown, will be exhibited at BAIT in San Diego

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Several action figures of Kojima Productions’ mascot Ludens have been revealed by Kojima via Twitter. They will be on display this Saturday at BAIT in San Diego, and you’ll even be able to meet Yoji Shinkawa there.

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Also, on Saturday a San Diego Comic Con talk with Hideo Kojima and Geoff Keighley will be streamed live via Youtube.

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49 thoughts on “Ludens action figures shown, will be exhibited at BAIT in San Diego”

  • Oh man, it’s so so cool… I’ve never been much of a figure collector, but after my aunt got me MGS5 Snake play arts as a gift, I’m starting to become weak…

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  • moto hellogoto
    July 21, 2016 at 11:05 pm
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    That armor is really thick. I bet he can’t even do CQC in that.

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  • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
    July 21, 2016 at 11:05 pm
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    Random tin-foil hat thought about this character:

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn6Ki10WcAAxwOr.jpg

    I can’t remember Kojima ever revealing a character (especially their toy) without footage of said character in the game before hand e.g. Quiet.

    Does this mean he’s going to show footage containing this character on Saturday?

    *Removes tin-foil hat*

    I’m totally over thinking this.

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    • For a split second I thought this was mantis with a beer belly lol

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      • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
        July 21, 2016 at 11:22 pm
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        He really let himself go after MGS1, eh.

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    • “I can’t remember Kojima ever revealing a character (especially their toy) without footage of said character in the game existing before hand e.g. Quiet.”

      Fire Volgin. He was once revealed through a toy and only later we could see him in the trailer.
      Don’t count GDC demo. Because there was too much mystery and no one understood what it was really.

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      • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
        July 22, 2016 at 12:54 am
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        I agree, but that wasn’t exactly the difference I was talking about.

        Volgin was still shown prior to his toy reveal, we just weren’t sure it was him back then. When his action figure was shown, we were all like “oh, that guy we saw on fire in the GDC demo was actually Volgin”.

        This new character on the other hand, is just that: a new character. This was what I was trying to get at; it just seems quite weird to put all this effort in a cool ass looking action figure that we won’t see for years. Unless it’s going to be teased in a few days.

        Again, this is just my tin foil hat theory. In actuality, we probably have already seen that character before: probably one of the 5 flying things, and he just felt like showing the design of one of them to the fans since he knows the game is so far away.

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  • moto hellogoto
    July 21, 2016 at 11:08 pm
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    Looks like a mix between an astronaut’s space suit and a medieval knights armor.

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  • Let the merchandising begin!

    Happened with MGSV with Quiet getting a figure months or even a year before we even know who the f*** she was in the game and now it’ll happen every time a character model is completed.

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  • DouglasPly
    July 21, 2016 at 11:26 pm
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    Let the hype begin

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  • One thing for sure is that “this pregnant babe” is still a prototype from Yoji Shinkawa. It looks interesting. Basically an Alien or a relatively complex individual. So far this race is far more advanced than humanity.

    Not sure that this is just a robot that was created by us, humans. I also think that this is one of the enemy types that we will see in the game but with armor, guns and stuff.

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    • Full Options
      July 22, 2016 at 10:46 am
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      I am probably wrong, but the humanoid shape reminds me some kind of Shinkawa-style Cyberdyne / Skynet exo-skeleton, but far more modern than the T-800… A bit like a T-X or something.
      If it is alien, it must at least be bound to the human race by a mean. Humanoid body/head, rib cage…
      So fantastic anyways !!! ;D

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      • If you are talking about that “babe”, not sure this is exo-skeleton. Some kind of a cyborg like T-X Terminatrix sure. It can’t be exo-skeleton because body is not proportional enough for that. It has a brain, that’s for sure. she has a cool belly that can function as a battery.
        Maybe that thing is actually a pilot for something huge. Maybe for a mecha.

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        • Full Options
          July 22, 2016 at 1:50 pm
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          Right Golgari, my fault, in fact I meant endoskeleton, right the way Schwarzy pronounced it in T2… ;D I don’t know why I said exo…
          There are so many possible awesome scenarios. Maybe the split with Konami was the best thing to happen, ever !
          I have in mind all the times Hideo stated that his directions were stuck because of the lethargic structure of Konami.
          I mean that it seems we have artistically 1500% Koji-Pro stuff now rather than just ~95% like in the past. Notably the concept is turning so heavily Sci-fi the way we love… Strange, huh ? Let’s hope the game design / gameplay will be as astonishing ! ;D

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  • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
    July 22, 2016 at 1:38 am
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    Oh man, in my hype blind hype after seeing this:

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn6Ki10WcAAxwOr.jpg

    I missed the part when Kojima said it was a “body base”. It’s not a new character guys. It just Luden. It may be, but I doubt it.

    A bodybase is essentially an outline to build the figure around. A base for Luden’s would show the skull-ish thing and the details that go in the underlayer of the armor. And about his stomach gains – Luden’s is pretty bulky, the torso piece probably will even it out and make the figure looking morning like the render.

    http://www.metalgearinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Kojima-Productions-Ludens.jpg

    If you compare the face’s of Luden’s and the figure, they are the similar.

    I may be wrong, though.

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    • Full Options
      July 22, 2016 at 10:38 am
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      Yeah, but do you think they changed their mind about which being Ludens should be in between ? I mean Boss said to Geoff the mascot is all of us players. This one is a badass robot. The upper section of the mask looks indeed very close to Ludens’s, though.. His mouth in opposition is pretty different, whereas Ludens’s have clearly skull tooths.
      Exciting in all cases !!! ;D I hope we will see more of those soon !!

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      • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
        July 22, 2016 at 4:17 pm
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        I think it’s the same – more like a stylised barbie doll, and the rest of Luden’s is barbies clothes and the accessories you add to it. But yet again, I’m not 100% sure, usually bodybase’s aren’t that detailed. All will be revealed soon.

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        • Full Options
          July 22, 2016 at 4:24 pm
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          Boys, why Barbie ? Could you guys use GI-Joe, Star Wars figurines, Transformers or St Seya (the ones of my childhood) as a comparison instead !? I did not have any Barbie doll ! xDxD
          Can’t wait to see what’s next ! ;D

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          • JJBYACHFullOptions2FucKonami
            July 22, 2016 at 5:31 pm
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            Lol. Barbie was the first thing that came to my mind… I edited my initial response to make sure everyone can relate 😛

          • Full Options
            July 22, 2016 at 5:41 pm
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            xDxDxD InsertChildHoodActionJJBYACH xDxDxD…Love this mate… ;D

  • I know it can’t be true, but I actually thought that that was a skeleton Psycho Mantis for a hot second there.

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  • There is a very small possibility that Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool actor) will actually be in Death Stranding. If that is going to be true. This will destroy reddit and gaming community in general.

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    • Not sure where he would fit. I like him as a comedic actor, but I certainly don’t want a comedy game from Kojima. Japanese humor is very…specific.

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  • The armor suit is so Shinkawa/MGS style lol, but it is awesome I like it!

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  • Full Options
    July 22, 2016 at 10:30 am
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    All this sound soooo promising ! Gimme more of such shots please !! 😀

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    • Full Options
      July 22, 2016 at 10:54 pm
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      He is so subtle / strongly inspired, being fan apart (if possible), all his artworks are simply unbelievable.

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  • Those look so awesome, wow :D.

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  • ADAMJENSEN13
    July 22, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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    That ludens figure is Awesome! Someone knows how much it will cost and who are making these figures anyways?

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  • I’m looking at that Ludens Action Figure like the girl in the middle.

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