Electronic Arts sent over a fancy little Dante figure (seen above, absolving my cat of her sins) today, the same one you'd receive for pre-ordering Dante's Inferno at shops like GameStop.
There's a reason I don't work for our sister toy site, Tomopop, and it's because I don't know much about action figures other than "cool" and "not so cool." From what I can tell, this NECA-produced figure falls into the "cool" category, especially for a pre-order item. The thing is pretty detailed, and comes complete with a scythe and cross which can be placed in either Dante's hands or weapon holders. It also has 14 "points of articulation," and I'm only writing that because I think that's what someone who actually knows something about action figures might say.
It should be noted to those wearing tinfoil hats that this figure arrived after my review was written. And to those who think that a free action figure (or free anything for that matter) might influence my score -- which is admittedly in the high end of review scores on Metacritic -- you need to get out of the house more often.
Dante's Inferno is out in Europe today, and hits US shelves next week.
LAUNCH GALLERY (5 IMAGES)
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
18 comments | showing # 1 to 18
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
6:00 PM on 02.04.2010
| 
CONFIRMED
Cat Stacking.
I'll risk it, anyway.
I like Dante's design. I could be looking WAY to far into his design, but I particularly like the crown of thorns he seems to be wearing, arranged in a mock olive branch motif. Even if it's accidental, it's still wonderfully subtle and highly applicable.
I'm also a HUGE toy nerd, and as far as free shit goes, this seems like an excellent promotion. In fact, the only promotion I can think of that I prefer was the Maximo action figure. Well, it was really more of a jointed statue, but I love that franchise, and so I'd be hard pressed to find anything that I like more than it.
Best regards, Anna, CEO of iscsi initiator vista and download itunes