You'll be way into this custom Shy Guy figure

by Ben Gilbert on May 6th 2011 7:00PM

As if there weren't enough Shy Guy permutations in various Mario games haunting your dreams as it is, custom action figure crafter Jin Saotome has gone and created an even more terrifying one than normal. As seen above and more thoroughly on his personal site, Saotome's interpretation of Shy Guy is just a tad darker than Nintendo's version.

Naotome's site details the figure's composition, a careful combination of a PVC Shy Guy character mask, the body of DC Comics' Desaad and the hands of The Spirit, and a gatling gun composed of an Iron Man weapon and a Spawn weapon. The piece is currently up on eBay, fetching around $60 as of midday Friday EST, but it's also really sweet and one-of-a-kind, so you may wanna jump on that soon if Dark Shy Guy is for you.

Via: Tomopop
Source: Jin Saotome, eBay
More coverage: Jim Saotome's 'Dangerous Toys'

Tags: action-figure, custom, dasaad, dc-comics, iron-man, jin-saotome, mario, nintendo, shy-guy, spawn, the-spirit

Reader Comments (26)

who knows shy guy could be this scary :)

Here's a check. Put down as much as you need to let me have this item.

That is freaking stellar.

can we get some real video game news? i mean e3 is about a month away, im looking for some headlines...thanks joystiq

So you're saying the headline producing event of the year for video games is a few months away? And you're looking for headlines?

It seems plain to me that one should try back in a few months if that's the case.

@Tradio
... Wii 2 confirmed, Xbox 720 rumors, PSN going berserk.
Yeah, nothing notable on Joystiq.
Plus, this is way more awesome than all the new console hype.

@Tradio

What??!! I would rather have this suit then any console COMBINED!!!

That Shy Guy Suit is AMAZING!!!!!!

I want it sooooo bad!!!!!!

;)

Yep, they should totally make this into a video game...

...and I would buy it in a heartbeat. :)

Oh cool, now let's see a Big T-Rex esque version of Yoshi.

@Qehb

Did the mini-raptor from the Super Mario Brothers movie not do it for you?

@Urethra Alfredo

Nothing from the Super Mario Bros Movie does it for me,
or anyone else for that matter...

Mario,

COME AT ME BRO!!!

@Z3NBUDDHA

Sincerely,

Shy Guy

It looks like a bad guy from Resident Evil 5.....mixed with Shy Guy

"Shy guy snaps and goes on killing spree"

@Jamvaan

*shy guy taps and claps and goes on a dancing spree*

Jin's customs usually go for ridiculous amounts, which seems to divide the collector's market to no end. I'm actually surprised that the small but vocal group of Jin naysayers haven't started coming out of the wood work in the comments section here.