Storm SF2 Zangief
 

Ultra Street Fighter 2 - Zangief Figure by Storm Collectibles

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Looks pretty great. Also, according to their twitter, this is an all new sculpt, so pretty great on that end too!

https://twitter.com/StormCollectUs/s...86932386553857

Updated the post. Seems like a waste to do an all-new sculpt outside of the head sculpts. It looks good, but on first glance, it pretty much looks the same outside of the ab cut.

Wasn't sure I was going to be into it when this was teased but it'll be a definite preorder for me. Not sure where Im going to fit him, my SF display is already packed with Neca,Sota, Storm and Bandai lol.

YES!!!!!! Missing out on the original release is one of my biggest collecting regrets.

Outside of straight repaints or the MK Ninjas, from what I can tell they develop new sculpts for practically all their figures. Like even generic bare arms and legs are hardly re-used it seems from my experience with their figures.

Here's a side by side with both releases. I'm curious if they're going to be the same height.
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Hey, that "bad guy" who's not a "bad guy." :D

So this is a totally new figure of the same character? Is this a new mold of a the same character? If so, its kind of a crappy thing to happen. I like Storm but I wish they would release new characters instead of revisiting old characters they just did like a few yrs ago.

The original Zangief releases are now like $300-400 on the aftermarket so I'm sure people who missed out on the original releases are happy with this announcement.

Also, as far as new characters: E.Honda just came out this year and Storm is supposed to be doing a UltraSF Balrog since they showed a graphic of him at one of the cons.

It's a SF2 version and new mold, they'd previously done a SF5 version. Just the same as with Ryu and Ken, it's just that SF5's Zangief looks a lot like SF2's Zangief.

I'm glad people are getting a second crack at the character.

As someone who has the original Zangief the placement of this release is a little disappointing because the SF release schedule is so impossibly slow, and there are so many main characters waiting to be released (Blanka, Vega, Cammy, Dhalsim,etc). His SFV look is not that different from the classic look, either.

Again, great for everyone who needs him but I hope Storm gets rolling a little quicker with the new characters.

The Storm collectibles street fighter figures look great but I kind of wish someone else had the license. I'd love the have more affordable street fighter figures, $80-$100 a pop is a bit too much for me. Ideally it would be nice if we had a similar dynamic like with the Dragonball figures, sh figarts for the high end stuff and Bandai dragon stars that's more affordable and domestic. But that's just my two cents, great looking figure.

Thanks. I didn't know he was so much on the aftermarket.

The new torso and overall look of Zangief looks better than the old one.

SH Figuarts has done them but they must not have sold enough for Bandai. They made them at the same time, so doesn't seem like the SF license is exclusive to Storm. Just not a popular enough license for other companies.

I'm a huge Storm fan, they consistently make great figures for characters nobody was even asking for lol. World Heroes Perfect? Golden Axe? They're one of my favorite companies.

Figuarts is doing sfv figures too. They just released Sagat and Vega not long ago. There hasn’t been “cheap” street fighter figures since SF4’s figures, which were very poorly made (I had several that literally crumbled just standing on a shelf).

These Street Fighter 2 era figures are great. They look like the art from the 30 year old game.

I havent experienced any breakage with those figures but not too surprised to read that since they are quite brittle to the touch.