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Pop Up Parade SF% Chun Li and Juri. Not really much explanation needed on these ones - relatively low cost statues offering decent production values and licenses that appeal to a larger audience. At around 5,500 Yen a piece, these are very much a value proposition offering.To that end, we're going to be realistic in terms of expectations of paint and that other good stuff.
So, from my understanding, while these are the first SF6 offerings at retail, these are not the first in the line - that honour belongs to the statues of Luke and Kimberly, which came with the Collectors Edition. The funny thing is that I feel that a good proportion of collectors who bought the Collectors Edition basically never wanted the statues to begin with, because they're not exactly hard to find.
While one year is a long time for four characters to be released from a game with a base roster of at least 12, it's still better than the other Street Fighter statue line, which is still only at TWO releases.
These are officially non scale, but based on measurements they're probably around 1/10 in scale. Overall, they look pretty good but you don't really need to work that hard to find errors on the paint work.
I feel of the two, Juri worked out better. Both feature pretty good body sculpts, with Chun Li displaying some good musculature while the focus of Juri is on her baggy clothing. It IS interesting to note that per this statue, Juri has better guns than Chun Li does.
Anyway, back to the story. The difference between the two statues mainly lies in the face. I'm not talking aesthetics, because clearly they're different characters. But to me, Chun Li didn't make the transition as well, with some very muddled facial details which admittedly weren't particularly strong to begin with. It also seems like they reduced the intensity of the eye decals on Chun Li compared to the prototype.
Surprisingly, both statues, but more so Chun Li, experienced some warping, right out of the box, resulting in legs being splayed further apart than the base would suggest (these all have pegs on their feet and plug in). Fortunately (or unfortunately) the material were soft enough that I could squeeze the feet in, though I think it looks a bit warped and may require the hot water treatment so it looks a bit more naturally posed. It's not a huge detail (I mean it's not leaning) but it is a reminder of the price point and the history of industry and why prices spiked so better product could be made..
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Pop Up Parade SF% Chun Li and Juri. Not really much explanation needed on these ones - relatively low cost statues offering decent production values and licenses that appeal to a larger audience. At around 5,500 Yen a piece, these are very much a value proposition offering.To that end, we're going to be realistic in terms of expectations of paint and that other good stuff.
So, from my understanding, while these are the first SF6 offerings at retail, these are not the first in the line - that honour belongs to the statues of Luke and Kimberly, which came with the Collectors Edition. The funny thing is that I feel that a good proportion of collectors who bought the Collectors Edition basically never wanted the statues to begin with, because they're not exactly hard to find.
While one year is a long time for four characters to be released from a game with a base roster of at least 12, it's still better than the other Street Fighter statue line, which is still only at TWO releases.
These are officially non scale, but based on measurements they're probably around 1/10 in scale. Overall, they look pretty good but you don't really need to work that hard to find errors on the paint work.
I feel of the two, Juri worked out better. Both feature pretty good body sculpts, with Chun Li displaying some good musculature while the focus of Juri is on her baggy clothing. It IS interesting to note that per this statue, Juri has better guns than Chun Li does.
Anyway, back to the story. The difference between the two statues mainly lies in the face. I'm not talking aesthetics, because clearly they're different characters. But to me, Chun Li didn't make the transition as well, with some very muddled facial details which admittedly weren't particularly strong to begin with. It also seems like they reduced the intensity of the eye decals on Chun Li compared to the prototype.
Surprisingly, both statues, but more so Chun Li, experienced some warping, right out of the box, resulting in legs being splayed further apart than the base would suggest (these all have pegs on their feet and plug in). Fortunately (or unfortunately) the material were soft enough that I could squeeze the feet in, though I think it looks a bit warped and may require the hot water treatment so it looks a bit more naturally posed. It's not a huge detail (I mean it's not leaning) but it is a reminder of the price point and the history of industry and why prices spiked so better product could be made..