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Series:
Video Game Series 2 & 3 Craftsmanship:
9.5 out of 10 -
Big figures with excellent sculpts -
Perfect likenesses with great poses - threatening! -
Bases give the figures a theme -
Articulation is plentiful but irrelevant, these guys wont be fighting anything Playability:
2.5 out of 10 -
Uh.... they can stand there and look angrily at each other -
Durability ++ -
Display pieces rather than play pieces
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Jacky Bryant & Lau Chan (Virtua Fighter 4) by Joyride Studios
Joyride
Studios has been responsible for several figures from the hit Sega game
Virtua Fighter 4, beginning with Akira and Lau in Series 2 of their
video game figures, then Jacky in Series 3. The figures from Joyride are
big and solidly detailed, although seemingly created in mind of being
displayed on the shelf rather than being played with – although they
have a fair amount of articulation, the figures are mostly confined to a
single pose. Jacky
Bryant and Lau Chan are nice big figures, standing about 7" each
with strong, durable sculpts. The characters, in their fighting stances,
look great – both are highly detailed and have strong likenesses to
the video game counterparts. Jacky has a great costume with a shiny
leather-type outfit, complete with detailed belt and logos. I really
like the insignia of the Silver Eagle on his back, it's very nice and
fitting. Another detail I like is the sculpt of his hair, which is
almost perfect. The wavy hair is realistically flowing, though it's
missing the dry brushed highlights that would make it beast. I prefer
Lau Chan, who looks completely awesome in his |
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expression on his angry
face – I love the little goatee and the ponytail, which is posed in
mid air as if he's moving. Big thumbs up on the
sculpt and paint, but the articulation is where these
figures lose points. Both Lau and Jacky have the same 10 points of articulation: ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, neck, waist, legs and knees. But the articulation doesn't allow for much movement or playability. This sucks! These are the sort of characters that you're meant to play with – throwing around fighting figures as a kid was great, like having your Street Fighter GI-Joes kick each other's |
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ass – none of
that here. Essentially they just stand there and look at each other.
It's a shame – the Resaurus Street Fighter figures were great fun
to beat the hell out of each other, and they could attain a few
different poses; I really don't like the sacrifice of playability for
poseability in figures like this, especially figures that are meant to
appeal to both kids and collectors. Both
figures come with a signature base. They're simply grey rocky ground,
without paint or detail, however featuring two little stickers to
display the figures: one with the Virtua Fighter 4 logo and the other
with the name of the figure. Despite sounding relatively unimpressive,
the bases highlight the color and detail of the figures that they
display, and they keep the figures standing using the pegs which fit
into their feet. Other than the bases though, both of the figures are
accessory-less, although the packaging features nice little profile
cards for each figure, with character art and VF4 cheats. Once
again, I'm disappointed with the articulation of these Joyride figures,
but the design is primarily for collectors to display, so I'll let it
pass because these two just look so darn cool. I like Lau Chan the best.
He's like that martial arts demon boss guy from those crazy Hong
Kong movies, the guy with an evil goatee who always looks angry. I love
that guy, and I like these figures, despite the lack of playability. (April 26, 2003)
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