Zelda Link Master Sword Twilight Princess Fantasy Sword with Plaque - Blue (Blue)

Upon seeing this sword, I thought;"What do I need that for?" then after thinking about it for more than 15 seconds, I came to the obvious conclusion, "Oh, because it's totally f$%^ing awesome"So I ordered it, and almost immediately had buyers remorse.It's so cheap, how could it possibly be decent?What if it's tiny? They may have lied on the dimensionsSeriously, where am I going to hang this in the house that my wife approves?More importantly, what is she going to say when she finds out I just dropped $50 on a replica sword?I decided to let it ride. After a rather quick delivery (only 3 business days with standard shipping) it arrived on my doorstep. My wife called me at work;"You got a really long package in the mail, did you buy another gun?""No sweetheart, if you can believe it, it's even cooler than that.""Do I even want to know what's in it?""Only if you're sitting down, I don't want you to pass out from excitement.""Yea, i'll just wait until you get home."*click*I finished up the last of my paperwork and rushed home. There, waiting for me on the living room floor, was a rather long box. As far as I was concerned though, that box may as well have been the pedestal in the temple of time. I had to stop what I was doing, turned on my iPod, and started blasting the theme to "The Legend of Zelda." It was almost perfect. Upon inspection of the box I noticed there was a hole on the bottom, apparently the sword had slid around during shipment and punctured a hole through the bottom of the box. Some might say this is a negative, but no, this is the master sword, literally trying to cut it's way out of it's cardboard prison. The theme begin to pick up the pace in the background, I ripped the tape and cardboard to pieces, only to reveal the prize within.The Goddamn Master Sword is in my living room. If my 10 year old self had been there, he would have s$%t all over himself. My wife's excitement was a little more subdued."Is that a f$%^ing sword?!""Yea, it's a sword, and the Mona Lisa is just a portrait."The sword lived up to the hype, it's BIG! I think the dimensions they give are actually a little conservative. With it's large size comes a hefty weight. I can't sing the praises enough of the blade, the triforce etching is perfect, the shape is perfect. The blade isn't sharpened but it hides it really well. Did I mention it's long!? I can't hold it straight down or it strikes the ground. I had to hold it at an angle just as Link does when he walks around the dungeons. GOOSEBUMPS!!! The handle on the other hand is a little sketchy. The paint is shoddy, and it feels like the attachment to the blade is pretty flimsy. Whatever, Home Depot sells paint, I can touch it up. DID YOU NOT READ THE BLADE DESCRIPTION YET?! Worth the price of admission right there. Again, my wife's enthusiasm was more subdued."Where are you going to keep it?""On the wall, with this plaque!""You're f&*(ing kidding me"The plaque is also really nice, really clean and the hyrule symbol is bright and crisp against the wood grain. Can't really complain, a little worried about it holding a 45 pound piece of awesome for a few years but it's doing fine for now. My wife had other things to say about the plaque."Well it isn't going in the living room, you'll have to hang it in your office or man cave.""Oh please, the museum doesn't hide away it's prize possessions. This should be on the front door, so everyone here knows that i'm a super cool guy.""Yea, that's exactly what they'll think."So I took my wife's advice, though not in the direction she expected. I hung it up in my office alright, but not my home office, my office at work. Now when clients and colleagues come by, they see "The Master Sword." Here are some of the incredible compliments i've heard;"Is that a sword?""There is no way you got approval for this.""Why is this paint job so terrible?""What if it falls and stabs you?"But it all paid off, because the other day a client came in and asked, "Is that the sword from Zelda?" Why yes, yes it is sir. "Wow, that's actually pretty awesome."Worth every penny. 5/5

I wanted a nice master sword to hang on my wall. I used to have the Twilight Princess master sword replica with wooden scabbard, but I eventually gave it to somebody else-- though it was more formidable and could put up with a lot of abuse it wasn't as nice looking as this version.I was excited when it arrived. I took the wrapping off the box and underneath that was a bada$$ looking box with the royal crest on it, and in Zelda-esque letters the words "The Master Sword" printed across it's camouflaged design. I opened it to reveal the sword.The sword feels heavy and high quality in the hand. Keep in mind that the sword itself isn't super heavy, but so unbalanced that it feels heavy. The blade is great-- thick, strong, wide stainless steel. An average width of 2.25", and the widest point being 3" at the indented ricasso where the perfectly executed triforce emblem carving lies. Heavy, well-polished blade. Beveled flat cross-section with a blunt edge and tapers down to a sharp tip for that legit look.The guard is partly steel and partly plastic. I know everybody is confused on what materials it is constructed from. The two winged quillions are ABS plastic and are hammered into the center part of the guard, where the gem, curly accents and steel brackets caressing the top of the blade are composed of steel. When you get yours, use a screwdriver to get into the gap between the each wing quillion and the center of the gaurd and pop the wing off so you can re-affix it yourself with something strong like JB weld. I will post pictures and perhaps a video of this.The gem on this blue and yellow version is better than the red gem on the other charcoal-silver version. I highly reccomend getting this version of the sword as it is more accurate to the game and has those steel brackets that continue down the blade and curve along the ricasso.All of the details on the gaurd are well done except for the yellow paint; but seriously, just have fun and paint it yourself.The blue is a much cooler looking dark blue than the light toy blue in the picture. Depends on the light it is in.The handle is a partly hollow ABS plastic, molded nicely with diagonal risers.The pommel is a thread on and is steel and well constructed.To take the fittings off:1. Unscrew the pommel. May be difficult at first so try using a vice grip.2. Unscrew the hex nut that is underneath. Then take off the little washer.3. Slide the handle off.4. Slide the guard off.5. Viòla, a beautiful rat tail tang.The tang is pretty weak however. It is simply a steel rod partially welded to the big, thick heavy blade. Feels weak in the hand. But with the fittings on, the sword feels stronger. So I would say it is ok to swing it around and maybe hit cardboard boxes with it, but no more stress than that.However the sword is so accurate, beautiful looking and great feeling that it is still worth the price. The wall plaque was perfect and looks awesome on the wall. Came with good mounting hardware. Overall great sword!Ps. The little plastic block is meant to be mounted on the wall straight down from the plaque about two feet or so to prevent the backside of the sword's blade from tapping the wall.