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Trivial Psychic · 01-22-2018, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by magma169

What the heck is SHF doing ? I thought they were going for SF5 likeness but now that Sakura has been revealed it seems that they are just releasing everyone with their classis costumes/faces.
I actually think that Ken looks annoying (and seems to share a similar, if not the same, sculpt as Ryu).
Sakura (while retaining the anime features) seems to be closer to the typical Sakura as we know her.

Based on these preview images, both are a pass for me. What a letdown....

I think SHF has a similar deal like Storm Collectibles, where they are able to do SF figures from either the classic or current games. And to be fair, many of the legacy (as in SF2) characters in SFV have looks that are still extremely similar (Cammy, and Bison have minor changes) if not identical (Ryu, Chun, Zangief,) to their original looks, so you could fudge them into either display. Guile, Ken, Vega, Akuma, and Dhalsim have the most drastic changes to their look overall, and SFV versions of those characters would probably look out of place in a classics line.

Ken looks a lot like SF4 Ken, which I thought to be interesting, but in the case of Sakura, it would have been nice to have received the modern, young adult design that SFV has now. Of course, even if it was the modern design, with that overly anime face she's sporting, it would have been ruined. Cammy and Chun sported similar faces, but they weren't game breaking. The eyes on Sakura are so large that they are really jarring.

That's why I'm hoping we get a Juri from Storm Collectibles, and not Figuarts. Storm's version would look more likely to have stepped off of the TV screen, while Figuarts looks like it stepped out of a poorly illustrated manga.

It's amazing how many years have passed, and try as many a company has, no one has been able to top SOTA's original Sakura figure. If you're a fan of the character, that thing is perfection!

As for Ken looking annoying, as someone who has mained non-shoto characters with no proper fireballs over the years, Ken and all of his shoto-bretheren bear equal amounts of annoyance from me.

01-22-2018, 01:03 PM	#65
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by magma169 What the heck is SHF doing ? I thought they were going for SF5 likeness but now that Sakura has been revealed it seems that they are just releasing everyone with their classis costumes/faces. I actually think that Ken looks annoying (and seems to share a similar, if not the same, sculpt as Ryu). Sakura (while retaining the anime features) seems to be closer to the typical Sakura as we know her. Based on these preview images, both are a pass for me. What a letdown.... I think SHF has a similar deal like Storm Collectibles, where they are able to do SF figures from either the classic or current games. And to be fair, many of the legacy (as in SF2) characters in SFV have looks that are still extremely similar (Cammy, and Bison have minor changes) if not identical (Ryu, Chun, Zangief,) to their original looks, so you could fudge them into either display. Guile, Ken, Vega, Akuma, and Dhalsim have the most drastic changes to their look overall, and SFV versions of those characters would probably look out of place in a classics line. Ken looks a lot like SF4 Ken, which I thought to be interesting, but in the case of Sakura, it would have been nice to have received the modern, young adult design that SFV has now. Of course, even if it was the modern design, with that overly anime face she's sporting, it would have been ruined. Cammy and Chun sported similar faces, but they weren't game breaking. The eyes on Sakura are so large that they are really jarring. That's why I'm hoping we get a Juri from Storm Collectibles, and not Figuarts. Storm's version would look more likely to have stepped off of the TV screen, while Figuarts looks like it stepped out of a poorly illustrated manga. It's amazing how many years have passed, and try as many a company has, no one has been able to top SOTA's original Sakura figure. If you're a fan of the character, that thing is perfection! As for Ken looking annoying, as someone who has mained non-shoto characters with no proper fireballs over the years, Ken and all of his shoto-bretheren bear equal amounts of annoyance from me. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 01-22-2018 at 01:09 PM..