The Shaolin monk champion of the Mortal Kombat in a new statue by Iron Studios!Channelling his energy into flaming fists the Chinese Shaolin monk prepares to launch fireballs against his opponent. Wearing only black pants with red side stripes white socks and black kung fu slippers the martial artist accessorizes with black leather bracelets adorned with metal rivets and a scar let headband over his long black hair. On top of a base textured with concrete and rocks featuring a stone dragon sculpture atop skulls of ancient fallen warriors after a long hiatus Iron Studios presents another release inspired by one of the most iconic fighting games of all time: the Liu Kang – Mortal Kombat – Art Scale 1/10 statue the franchise’s protagonist who became the protector of Earth realm offering the freedom to choose between good or evil paths for people in this reality.Mortal Kombat is a martial arts tournament that happens between different realms or dimensions from generation to generation requiring ten consecutive victories for the winner to have a chance to dominate the realm hosting the competition. As a conqueror Shao Kahn seeks to expand Outworld’s realm by forcibly taking over other realms striving to win Mortal Kombat when held in the realm known as Earth realm a place humans know as Earth. One of the series’ most popular characters Liu Kang is an original character debuting in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game. Gradually portrayed as the main hero Liu Kang was champion in the first four Mortal Kombat tournaments with his greatest rival being the sorcerer Shang Tsung. Considered the greatest threat to Emperor Shao Kahn’s plans Liu Kang was an orphan taken in by the Shaolin Temple of the Order of Light hidden in the mountains of Honan Province China. Trained in the teachings of the Great Kung Lao Liu Kang’s martial arts talent caught the attention of Lord Raiden. Seeing the young monk warrior as Earth realm’s last hop e Raiden took Liu Kang to meet the legendary martial arts master from Outworld Bo ‘RaiCho to further his development. After several years of training Liu Kang’s training was complete and he was then enrolled in the top-secret White Lotus Society a warrior order created by Raiden to defend Earth realm.Continuing with its line derived from the praised franchise Mortal Kombat Iron Studios brings to the satisfaction of many fans and collectors one of the most anticipated and requested characters from the series. Already available for Pre-order revealed during the Inside Iron Studios Day of July on YouTube Liu Kang joins the Iron Studios collection which already includes the 1/10 Art Scale statues of Shao Kahn Deluxe Goro Raiden Sub-Zero Scorpion Sonya Blade Baraka and promises to expand the roster of fighters in this collection with other iconic characters from the franchise.Limited editionBased on original referencesMade in polystone – *(may contain parts in resin polystone PVC metal and fabric)Hand painted
£219.99
