The Wind Waker

Nendoroid Link arrived and ahhh he's so fun.

 

I had a mixed relationship with this figure for a long time. When I first saw the promo photos, I didn't want him at all, I didn't think he looked good. I thought he looked way too cute to be Wind Waker Link. Wind Waker Link isn't a particularly cute looking little guy, he's mostly just silly. Which isn't bad, but I didn't think they really captured that.

 

Fast forward a few months, photos of him start showing up out of the box. Still don't like him much, but then I saw this face.

Look at him. Look at his expression. That's a look of complete and utter disgust. It's absolutely perfect.

 

By then he was really starting to grow on me and I was considering getting him more and more, but I still couldn't bring myself to pay the full $50 for him. So when Crunchyroll had a Black Friday sale and I was able to get him for $32?? You bet I bought him.

 

No regrets. I still don't like the other faceplates at all, I'm never keeping any of them on him. But this face alone is priceless. I still don't think they quite nailed the attitude of this guy, but I don't even care, this face is too much fun.

 

Plus he comes with a ridiculous amount of extra pieces which are awesome. He can be making this face while swinging his sword, he can be making this face while getting a heart container, he can be making this face while playing the wind waker. I can make him make this face towards other nendoroids.

 

I love it.

 

Though can I just say, holy cow, newer nendoroids' blister packs are an absolute pain in the neck? They're impossible to close back up, I managed to break off a piece of it trying to get it to snap together, and I still wasn't able to.

Done