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ivan-fyodorovich-k · 3 months

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So this is my latest stupid thing

These came out in like 2002, you had to order them blind on the internet from Japan. Soon bootlegs showed up on eBay which always made me really nervous to buy any at all but for whatever reason lately I decided to take the risk. I think the main giveaway with the original bootlegs was that the camouflage paint in particular looked terrible and they didn’t fit together correctly or sit on their stands correctly.

These seem OK but I don’t know if someone made better fakes later or if there was a demand for such a thing. MGS2 is kind of the red headed stepchild of the series.

I have a line on almost every figure in the set; ironically the only one I’m having real trouble finding now is Raiden

#metal gear #metal gear solid #metal gear solid 2 #mgs2 #i think i am drawn to these at this moment because i don’t have much time to paint and these come painted #i had despaired of finding an Otacon but i managed to track that one down #it is still on the way #the problem was it came bundled with a bunch of figures from the second series that I hadn't initially planned to buy #so now I have to hunt down the rest of the figures from the 'substance' line #they billed them as MGS2 and MGS2 Substance collections #but it's closer to tanker chapter and plant chapter #this set is the tanker chapter characters plus Raiden #the second set is plant chapter characters #just out here managing depression and disappointment with stupid purchases #and nostalgia I guess #a thing I insist I hate yet here I am buying figures from when I was in jr high

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