Figumate Sweet Raiden (from Metal Gear Solid 4 toy line) by Crystal Graziano
Photographed by BigWhiteBazooka
"This costume is near and dear to my heart- it took me to Japan after all! When I first saw the Sweet Snake figurine set, I fell in love with how adorable each of the figurines was, and when my friend Jill said she was doing Sweet Snake, I knew I wanted to do Raiden. Hatsuu later joined us as the adorable Sweet Ocelot. I had a lot of fun cosplaying with them!
I heard about a Kojima signing at Comic Con and a supposed cosplay contest for Metal Gear. I figured the contest was a joke because I'd never heard of anything like that before, and just showed up to the signing hoping to get my costume signed. I never did get it signed, but the contest turned out to be real-- and the surprise prize was a trip to Tokyo Game Show. I later won the Kojima Productions Award with this costume at TGS and was told I increased sales of the figurines by Kojima himself. Not bad at all!"
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