They're papercraft models, not dolls
Whether it is indicative of the versatility of paper or the dedication of video game fans is unclear, but the fact of the matter is that someone has gone to great lengths to capture Link's likeness in a detailed papercraft model. We find the little fellow to be a strange mix between endearing and creepy, likely the reason why we won't be downloading the accompanying instructions and attempting to fold our very own recyclable Princess Zelda also makes an appearance on the clearly obsessive (yet helpful) website, if only to add a feminine touch to a gaming lineup otherwise dominated by manly Star Trek ships, Advance Wars tanks and sluggish Tomb Raider vehicles (Lara excluded). Site proprietor Ninjatoes certainly does a fine job at making plain 'ole paper more interesting, though it probably comes at the cost of being rubbish at most card games.
[Via Bits & Bytes & Pixels & Sprites]
See also:
Sonic papercraft
Make your own Quake Papercraft
Katamari Prince papercraft
Revolution controller made of paper
Game Boy Micro origami
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Deuz M.A. @ Jul 31st 2006 9:08PM
It's Hylian, not Hyrulian.
Not that it matters!
lordroba @ Jul 31st 2006 9:14PM
wow, that paper model really kicks some f***ing ass!
diskoboy @ Jul 31st 2006 9:22PM
Wow! Those are really damn good!
Derick @ Jul 31st 2006 9:25PM
Thank you for writing it Hylian! and thank you Deuz for pointing it out.
Tha happens to be a pet-peeve of mine...cause I'm one jackass of a fanboy...
Mykath @ Jul 31st 2006 9:55PM
I'm going to HAVE to make me one of him!
HotShotX @ Jul 31st 2006 10:04PM
Maybe he should make one with the Zora Tunic on, cause water is gonna rip that model a new asshole.
~HotShotX
Kai @ Jul 31st 2006 10:29PM
Interesting. I wonder if they were so obsessed that they actually followed the polygonal layout of Link, Zelda, and Majora's Mask. Some people have WAY too much time on their hands.
Next in the series: Life size origami Ocarina - Look like an uber-fanboy (or fangirl) without all the nasty papercuts!
unreal mccoy @ Jul 31st 2006 10:41PM
I hate to be so geeky about this (and it is copmletely off topic) but I think Hyrulian is correct.
I had a Nintendo Power strategy guide for A Link to the Past, and from what I remember Hylia is an ancient land that was in the same location as the "modern day" Hyrule. Accordingly, Hylians were the inhabitants of that land. Hylians possessed special powers such as telepathy. While Zelda and possibly Link are of Hylian descent, they are infact Hyrulian.
(Don't tell my wife I'm posting this!)
Nolan D. @ Jul 31st 2006 10:48PM
That Link looks really cool, but am I the only person imagining one of these being smashed in by a foot? J/W
Saq @ Jul 31st 2006 11:58PM
I wonder if anyone has made a plugin for 3d apps that will automatically generate these papercraft printouts for you.
skyman8081 @ Aug 1st 2006 12:05AM
@8: ALttP is post-Wind Waker. So while LttP Link and Zelda are Hyrulian, the pre-TWW Link and Zelda from OoT/MM would be concidered Hylian. By ALttP era, information of what OoT-era Hyrule was like has been distorted by time and legend.
Similar to how a lot of people wank out what the Egyptians Greeks and Romans were like in our society, it is very likely that those same kind of distortions about what OoT/MM era Hyrule was like would have cropped up by ALttP.
Exo @ Aug 1st 2006 12:18AM
Id rather say hyrulians.
Hylians are the name of the people that live in Hyla from the game beyond good and evil.
Etheo @ Aug 1st 2006 1:00AM
Sweet baby Jesus, I'm getting my scissors and glue on!
Rinku @ Aug 1st 2006 2:02AM
Hyrulean = People from Hyrule (Zora, Gorons, Minish, Hylia, you name it.)
Hylian = Link's race, decendants from the Hylia, first race of Hyrule.
Pal @ Aug 1st 2006 5:46AM
Ahem, "feminine," not "femine."
I love papercraft models. I have the Gundam RX-78 one, it's quite wonderful
Ludwig Kietzmann @ Aug 1st 2006 6:19AM
And...corrected.
Wait. There are Gundam models? I think I may have to investigate.
William @ Aug 1st 2006 8:29AM
That great the everyone is loving this new art form.... wait a minute the Japanese been doing this for years already. This isn't new people they have catalogs so you can buy just about anything in paper form. Games, Anime, Hentai. You call yourselves gamers. For shame.