[Nightrain]

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Originally Posted by magma169

I am sorry, a bit at loss here, but what exactly do real people have to do with anything ?
I mean, are we supposed to be ok with a Hulk figure that looks like the Abomination because Hulk isnt real either ?

......

A bit of an exaggeration don't you think ?

[Riddick]

I'm with the people who don't really like the Anime look of the females. I think they look awful but I despise Anime with passion so I'm biased. I feel like Storm Collectibes... if they make female Street Fighter figures will look much better than this.

[magma169]

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Originally Posted by Nightrain

A bit of an exaggeration don't you think ?

Not really. Cammy is meant to be British while Chun is Chinese. Meanwhile, a side-to-side comparison of both female figures reveals that they are pretty much the same aside from the color of the eyes (** see attached image**) .....

For reference, I will link you to an older Toyark thread of the RAH Cammy and Chun, where they actually look like the characters in-game.
Best Photos Yet of RAH Chun-Li and Cammy - The Toyark - News

[goliathfasa]

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Originally Posted by RamenRider

I really don’t feel that Cammy. The face is rather weird. I have no idea why they opted to go with generic anime eyes on this one, and they also seem to be printed. Which looks a bit odd since they printed the eye, with eyelashes and all, inside the eye socket... without any real depth to it.

And the gap between the pelvis piece and the legs is just plain ugly.

Rashid is okay I guess, but I don’t care about that character, and they also gave him a really creepy rape face here.

Looks at this face. Looks at PCS 1/4 Cammy statue's face. Looks at this face. Looks at PAK Cammy's face. Looks at this face. Looks at RAH Cammy's face. Looks at this face. LOOKS AT LITERALLY ANY OF THE FACES FROM ALL THE CAMMY FIGURES WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

Wtf Bandai. WTF.

It's not like they can't sculpt faces. They literally have the in-game models to work off of. And Rashid and Ryu's faces turn out pretty accurate.

Do they just have a mandate placed on them by marketing that says "make the women's faces flat, 2D, generic anime faces! People won't buy them if they're not 'cute'"?

Edit: Same deal with Revoltech Spider-Gwen. The unmasked face looks 1) anime and 2) too small for the body. And it turns out they literally got a different sculptor to do the unmasked face, because.... Yamaguchi Katsuhisa isn't a good enough sculptor? Were they afraid he was going to make the Gwen face too... oh, I don't know... American? They had to hire an anime-face-specialist sculptor, who probably had poor communication with Yamaguchi, to do the face, and end up with one that's too small? Just wtf, Japan....

[Blackwolfninja]

Still waiting for Ken.

[Joe Moore]

Ken and Sakura Join the SH Figuarts Street Fighter Line - The Toyark - News

[Augustus_Cole]

i didn't pick up cammy or Rashid....
but i like these two..
definitely Ken ...Sakura is a probably...

[Trivial Psychic]

Ken looks pretty good, but Sakura's face is so over the top anime stylized that it's jarring to look at in comparison.

Hoping for a Juri and Sagat announcement from Storm Collectibles at Toy Fair, now that it's official that Sagat will be returning to SF5.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Hoping for a Juri and Sagat announcement from Storm Collectibles at Toy Fair,

yup...
Storm preferably...Figurats would be welcome.
BOTH would be ideal

[GizmoTron]

Feels like Ken's missing a few inches of hair here.

[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by GizmoTron

Feels like Ken's missing a few inches of hair here.

It's based on his Classic or Story Costume from Street Fighter V. He has short hair in that.

[webz]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

It's based on his Classic or Story Costume from Street Fighter V. He has short hair in that.

Actually, that costume is his long Street Fighter Alpha-type hair, with the ribbon. It's my go-to costume when playing as Ken in SF5, because I despise his look in SF5.

[Bo Ttef]

Damn- saw the pic and thought for a second it was Storm Collectibles....

[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....

[Trivial Psychic]

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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.

[Harbinger]

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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....

Hey at least neither one looks like a frakin sunflower.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

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!

wow...didn't even think about the Sota fig..
just got up and looked at it...and i def do not need the Figuarts one with them being so close and judging from the pic...the Sota is better looking.. (or looks good enough)

[goliathfasa]

Are people seriously complaining about Sakura's anime face?

I mean... where was all the complaint when we were pointing out Chun-li and Cammy's faces were too anime and look nothing like their in-game model?

At least with Sakura, it fits slightly better. She's literally an anime girl.

If they ever do Juri, it'll be a complete disaster. Imagine your standard anime doll-face with some eyeshadow. Completely devoid of Juri's crazy personality.

[magma169]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

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.

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.

Yes, SF4 ! I knew he reminded me of sth ! God, I hated his look in that game.

In general I like Ken; 3rd Strike Ken onwards, I d say that he is not really a shoto anymore, adopting a somewhat more agressive style of play. His SF5 look isnt that bad (in-game) but since they were going for likeness across all the SF titles, friggin choose Alpha Ken or Third Strike ! He looked so cool there... its just unreal how stupid this decision was.

Agreed on Chun, but I felt Cammy had a big deviation. Her 3D design actually looks British-American, and SHF just ruined it.

Agreed on your SOTA point as well, but I will actually take it a step further and declare that both SOTA's Ryu and Ken were (imho) closer to classic Ryu and Ken.

Bottom line, given the age and means available, SHF should have produced a significantly better line of figures for such an iconic franchise.

[graphyt]

I keep hoping they're do some alt colors, like a dark blue Ryu, but the new figures look good. Sakura is tempting

[GizmoTron]

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Originally Posted by webz

Actually, that costume is his long Street Fighter Alpha-type hair, with the ribbon. It's my go-to costume when playing as Ken in SF5, because I despise his look in SF5.

Pretty much what I was thinking, Ken cut his hair after the Alpha series, but it's never been that short like the figuart's. Maybe I'll like it better once more pictures come out?

[Blackwolfninja]

Finally getting a Ken figure! I will be picking him up.

[Blackwolfninja]

Also guys, that's his SF4 look.

[webz]

I'll wait for Storm Collectibles to do an Alpha style Ken. SF2-4 looks too much like Barry Manilow or Rod Stewart for my tastes.

Sagat, however, I'm good with ANY version, as long as he's 8"+ tall at the 1/12 scale.

[webz]

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Originally Posted by magma169

I am sorry, a bit at loss here, but what exactly do real people have to do with anything ?
I mean, are we supposed to be ok with a Hulk figure that looks like the Abomination because Hulk isnt real either ?
......

SH Figuarts does a good job (generally) for mass-produced licensed likenesses, such as the Batman movie characters, Avengers, etc. They look a lot more like the actors than the Hasbro releases... I THINK that's what the original comment was aiming at. Since Cammy isn't based on Kylie Minogue, he's giving Figuarts Cammy more freedom from a perfect likeness.

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Originally Posted by Riddick

I'm with the people who don't really like the Anime look of the females. I think they look awful but I despise Anime with passion so I'm biased. I feel like Storm Collectibes... if they make female Street Fighter figures will look much better than this.

Problem is, since Street Fighter 2, it's been a heavily anime/manga influenced series. Almost all the toys, game art, etc, has been based on the Udon manga art, other than the Hasbro GI joe Street Fighter toys.

As for Storm Collectibles, their ChunLi looks very anime-ish too. As do ALL their game toys, including Mortal Kombat ninjas (they have an exaggerated, anime-like gradient tone to their paint jobs, anime-style generic ninja eyes, etc).