[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by magma169

hold up dude. There's really only been one good Ryu figure, and thats the SOTA Ryu, which also is the younger Alpha-3 version of the hero. Neca's SF4 figure, I found, was bulky and rather ugly.
Are there other 6/7-inch Ryu figures I am forgetting, that are fully articulated (so I am dismissing the Resaurus line, which is basically articulated statues) ?

Anyway, getting the SOTA figures has been rather difficult lately as their prices has gone up. The fact that they are releasing this is at least comforting, assuming it will be reasonably priced and the proportions look pretty good.

So I am not yawning, I am actually pretty excited for the remaining roster, especially Ken and Vega.

There were a couple of other Ryu's put out there, like the Jakks Pacific, and the upcoming 1/12 Ryu by PCS. Then there was the failed Kickstarter from Cappo Toys, which also featured Ryu, as well as the import figures (such as Revoltech).

There hasn't been a good abundance of Ryu toys, but then again, there simply hasn't been an abundance of good Street Fighter toys in general. After Sot's entries, there really isn't any. My issue is simply with the character himself, who poster boy or not, I just find him to be incredibly dull and boring, both from a story and a design perspective. He NEVER changes. Even Ken (another poster boy I am not a fan of) has changed looks and appearances over the years. Same with Scorpion and Subzero over at the MK franchise. But Ryu is still rocking that same look from over 20 years ago, and it's tiresome and boring, especially when no matter what, you know he will always be the first character out the gate.

For Ryu fans, this is an awesome chance to finally get a decent figure of him, and I can understand your excitement, however for many of us long time fans, we simply had our fill a long time ago. Had the first character been any other character (other than Ken or Akuma...as they are tiresome as well) I would have been interested. Yet because it's Ryu, it's forced me to check out already.