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Series:
Street
Fighter Craftsmanship: 9 / 10 - Extremely detailed - Great paint application -
Great likeness to the source material -
Scales with many figures including Marvel Legends Playability: 9 / 10 -
Lots of articulation -
Extra pair of hands -
Extra head (SFA version) - Hard to mimic the hadouken
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Ken Masters (Street Fighter)by SOTA Toys
SHORYUKEN!
Ryu may specialize in his hadouken technique, but Ken Masters is no
slouch. He can focus his ki at the last second and pull off a flaming
shoryuken (a rising uppercut with a flame surrounding the fist). Ken
stands approximately 6” tall with over 20 points of articulation. He
comes with a decent amount of accessories and he’s never looked better,
including my old Resaurus Ken, which is saying a lot. SOTA is a great
company; their figures are built with quality and not cheap plastic like
Toybiz’s Marvel Legends. Not only are they about quality, but they
really care about their customers. If you browse some message boards you
will notice that SOTA listens to what their customers think and frequently
responds to suggestions. People wanted accessory packs and now SOTA plans
to make them for each character filled with things that people want to
see. Ken’s sculpt isn’t flawless but in more ways than one, he is near perfect. His face sculpt is well done on both heads but the default SF2/SF3 head needs some work with the hair. Ken |
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always been known for his long bangs and SOTA just slightly missed the
point of perfection. SOTA, being the company that they are, will
probably fix this problem with the SF accessory packs that are coming
out in the near future. Ken’s body is very well done and, of course,
is very similar to Ryu’s. The most noticeable difference is in the cut
sleeves around the shoulder area. Ken’s gi is clean cut and looks like
it’s been finished, while Ryu’s has little jagged like unfinished
edges (see my Ryu review for picture). Ken shares the same problem as Ryu. He has a bit of a problem mimicking the hadouken (fireball pose). You can position the body |
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no problem, but the arms are a different story. If you absolutely need
your Ken to imitate the hadouken, I would make sure he is viewed from
the side. It still doesn’t look perfect, but it’s good enough.
Having Ken imitate the shoryuken is a lot cooler anyways. Ken
comes with two extra hands, one taunting with his index finger and the
other one is a thumbs up. SOTA was also kind enough to base Ken’s
alternative head off the Street Fighter Alpha series. He has the long
pony tail and red headband (which he later gives to Ryu) but the
headband is dressed more like a pretty bow for some strange reason,
rather than a headband. The head still looks great and I’m sure many
fans like me appreciate the effort. Lastly, Ken comes with a flaming
accessory, which attaches to his fists. This is so people can replicate
the flaming shoryuken. Ken’s
paint application is perfect. SOTA is great at avoiding bleeding with
their paints. He truly is a work of art and if you don’t dig the red
gi, you can find variants of Ken that include alternative colors like
white, yellow, and purple. Should
you pick up Ken? If you bothered reading through the whole review, it
should be obvious by now that this is an amazing figure. Keep in mind
that these are only sold through specialty stores (like comic shops) and
online retailers. I more than recommend heading to Cornerstorecomics.com.
They have great shipping rates and this includes both American and
international buyers. - J’Tonello (June 14, 2005)
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