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Firstly we’ve got a batch of new keyrings from Legend of Zelda,  Super Mario Bros and Gears of War. We’ve now got enough keyrings that I felt they justified their own category, so be sure to check out the new keyrings category.

Some of our keyrings collection.

 We’ve also expanded our apparel category with some hats from Super Mario Bros. You can choose from the stylish Super Mario Flexifit Hat (pictured below) or our Goomba baseball cap.

Super Mario Flexifit Hat

 The piece we are most proud of, however, is the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Dark Link Statue.

 This limited edition statue stands 12″/30cm and features an incredible amount of detail. This is for the serious collectors only and is limited to 2,500 pieces worldwide so if this is the sort of thing you love then hurry before they’re all gone!

# 10 – Mario

It's-a me, Mario!

Of course, how could we make any list without including a classic? This was virtually one of the first things created when people got their hands on Minecraft (check out the version number in the top left corner!) which really shows you just how deeply Mario has penetrated video game culture. It is however fairly simple, essentially being a pixel-for-block recreation of the Mario sprite from the original Super Mario Bros. so it can’t place any higher than 10 on the list.

# 9 – Pokéball House

So this is what being a Pokémon feels like...

Next up is a house built in the shape of a Pokéball. It’s a very faithful recreation, which can be tricky to do in the blocky world of Minecraft but even better is you are confronted with a Diglett as soon as you get inside. Not only have they placed a Pokémon inside their Pokéball, but inside that Pokémon is a house complete with bunk beds!

#8 – Minesweeper

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Minesweeper probably isn’t the first thing that pops to mind when you think of video games but if you ask someone if they’ve played Minesweeper chances are they’ll say yes.  It’s killed many hours in its time and some people have taken it to extreme lengths and has spawned entire communities dedicated to solving it in the fastest time. It’s there probably not that surprising that someone has recreated Minesweeper inside of Minecraft, as a sort of game within a game, although unfortunately you can’t flag suspected mines and it looks like the layout is the same each time you play.

# 7 – Giant Chun Li

Another pixel art creation but this one is done on a massive scale – so massive the creator had to stop as they had dug too deep and ran into lava! It’s only a bust of Chun Li but that alone reportedly took 3 and a half days to make by hand which earns this creation spot number 7 on our list.

# 6 – Junon (Final Fantasy 7)

I will admit that I have never played Final Fantasy 7 fully myself. I rented it one weekend but I’m personally more partial to Final Fantasy 6. Before a flame war breaks out though I can recognise an impressive structure when I see one and this recreation of Junon definitely fits the bill. Bonus points for not only working (it fires TNT crates!) but also having an enemy to shoot at!

#5 – Dragon Valoo (Legend of Zelda)

This is a faithful recreation of Dragon Valoo, one of the bosses from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. You really need to watch the whole video to fully comprehend the sheer scale of this structure. Some trees are shown for scale (which are completely dwarfed by Valoo). On top of the size it also comes incredibly close to recreating Valoo with some incredible detail.

#4 – Rapture

 Those of you that have played Bioshock will immediately recognise Rapture, but for those who haven’t Rapture is an underwater city built by Andrew Ryan to the tenets of objectivist philosophy. It’s not 100% faithul and some of the tone has unfortunately been lost in Minecraft’s noticeably less grim visuals but Rapture is still recognisable and no less impressive, particularly when this one was created purely out of hand-mined materials. The video presentation cements this one into a firm fourth.

 #3 – Noteblock Portal theme

Start the video and Portal fans will immediately recognise this classic tune. I personally love this song and I am amazed at just how closely to the original the creators have been able to get this given the limitations of noteblocks. As you watch the video the creator has to keep up with the noteblocks as the melody plays which gives you an idea of how much time and effort went into setting up all these blocks and getting the notes/timing right. Bonus points for the ending!

#2 –  Pokémon Kanto Region

Impressively someone has duplicated not just a single town from Pokémon but an entire region! Pokémon Kanto has been faithfully recreated in Minecraft which for many Pokémon fans will be like a walk down memory lane. Couple that with the Pokémobs mod and you’ve practically got Pokémon within Minecraft!

#1 – Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past

It astounds me what some people are able to do with Minecraft. This video is a scale replica of the map from the classic SNES Zelda game A Link To The Past to an astonishing level of detail.  The shot at the beginning of the video gives you a sense of the scale involved – this map is absolutely huge! It reportedly took the creator over 100 hours to make and as if that weren’t enough, they’ve now also created a dark world version! The sheer size of this thing combined with the close attention to detail firmly give this pride of place at number 1.

With this I would also like to mention that in the coming days we will be altering the way you will be able to pay for your orders on Roy’s Toys. We will be dropping the credit card processing option from HSBC due to a variety of options. We will still be keeping PayPal and if you do not have a PayPal account you are still able to use it and pay using your credit or debit card.

We will be looking in to adding a few more payment options for those of you who do not wish to use PayPal for whatever reason and will keep you updated.

There will be more news about this in the coming days as we prepare to stock some brand new merchandise from series such as Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts!

These figurines are brand new and taken straight from the hit Sonic All Star Racing series. We’re looking to increase the amount of Sonic the Hedgehog merchandise we stock now that we can no longer acquire the wildly popular 10″ Metal Sonic Figurines.

We’re also going to start categorising products by series/brand. This will make it easier for fans of Sonic to find just Sonic stuff as well as allow us to easily open up to more product ranges as we grow. Look out for more in coming updates!