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Despues de haberse generado polemica por un par de screenshots del juego que fueron puestas en la web sin permiso, estas dieron la vuelta al mundo y Capcom ahora ha dado a conocer unas cuantas imagenes mas, no sabemos si fue planeado o si realmente hubo una filtración pero pues ya puedes checar como va el desarrollo de este juego en su blog que ya presenta imagenes y notas respecto a por que es dificil la programacion del jueo en alta resolución, arte y ahora imagenes, pero bueno no solo eso sucedio si no que tambien estan contentos en la compañía ya que la venta de algunos de sus títulos le dan dado grandes ganancias que no esperan desaprovechar y que les ha dado un impulso entre estos tenemos como principal título Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, el exitosisimo Monster Hunter Freedom 2, y Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
For this entry, I'd like to talk about a VERY popular item, the Gamerverse Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite Black Widow and Ryu set from Hasbro.. but popular for reasons you're probably not thinking about as you read this.
The Capcom Vs. series of games were the first commercially available crossover games of any sort that I had ever played, starting with Xmen Vs. Street Fighter. Being in Canada (more specifically Toronto), the games came in an age where coin operated arcades were still viable, and as such I was able to enjoy them in the wild, which apparently was not the case for everyone. In general, all the releases have enjoyed relative success except for ONE of them - the most recent incarnation Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite. I've never played it (I basically have given up on fighting games due to lack of desire to play them), but from what I've read MvC:I is actually one of the best made of the series from an actual fighting mechanics perspective, but it suffers from one major flaw... a lack of X-Men characters. Due to this flaw, interest in the game waned so much that effectively the fighting world has disowned this entry and opted to go with older games instead.
When a game isn't popular, you can probably see that it would affect sales of periphery items, which brings us to the subject of this article.
Capitalizing upon the perceived hype around this games release, Hasbro decided to retool some of their Marvel Universe 3.75 inch. figures into characters from this most recent iteration of the game, and sell them at a RIDICULOUS MSRP of approximately $28 CAD. Each set came with two figures, and as far as I know they made it to exactly one wave - Widow/Ryu, and Iron Man/Mega Man X. With the game all but forgotten and these figures cluttering up shelves, most store ended up putting them on clearance just in the time for the Holidays, which is the reason why it's not uncommon for people to actually have them now. Of the two sets, the Iron Man set was clearly more popular (probably due to the Mega Man more than Iron Man) which just made getting the set I really cared for that much easier.
Prices will vary these days, but you're now looking at anywhere between $5 and $10 USD for a set, with me unfortunately being dumb enough to pay the $10 USD price point. Still, much better than MSRP I suppose.
The set comes with a ludicrously large box for what you get. Inside this box you have the two figures, each with various accessories - Widow comes with two pistols, and Ryu comes with fists as well as his Hadoken effect.
The figures look... meh. Like.. REALLY meh, though still better than the QC absent X figure I saw a few months back. The bodies themselves look alright, but those head sculpts.. yikes. Ryu looks like he walked into some wierdness he can't unsee, yet the sculpt is still not the worst Ryu I've seen. Widow.. well Widow looks like practice mannequin at a hair styling school, complete with poofy hair, but again, strangely not the worst Widow I've seen. Widow was packed in the way that cause the left knee to be warped right out the gate, though a bit of hot water and recooling does the job to set her straight again. As mentioned above, the bodies were very clearly repurposed, though I'm not familiar enough with the line to say WHO exactly was repurposed other than Black Widow, who has a moulded Black Widow belt underneat the Hula Hoop she's wearing here making here clearly a reuse of the Black Widow body that itself has been reused several times already for several iterations of the character.
Articulation isn't actually that bad, though disappointingly even at this size the female body has less articulation than the male one, though in the case of Ryu you aren't really able to access this full potential until you pull a Goku and strip his top off. Both feature rotating and tilting ankles and double jointed knees. Widow has a thigh swivel whereas Ryu has an ankle swivel. Ryu has a more traditional hip joint whereas to get leg movement out of Widow you need to turn the thigh sideways to align the joint with what you're trying to accomplish, then rotate the thigh to get the correct leg orientation, which might be alright if it wasn't for the fact that Widow has a blue line running down her leg, causing discontinuity of the line. Both Widow and Ryu feature standard shoulders, bicep swivel, standard elbows, rotating wrists, and a ball jointed head. Ryu has in addition to all this mid torso and waist articulation. Overall, you'll get some rudimentary movement out of the figures, but I wouldn't except to do any crazy posing. Technically, Ryu doesn't even have the articulation to pull of a proper Hadoken. so I guess you could say even the fundamentals can't be met.
Paint work is.. well, it's Hasbro. All things considered, the worst paint app would probably be the paint work on Widows silver belt, which is very crude and thickly laid on. Otherwise, detailing on both are not bad, with the blue lines being surprisingly crisp on Widow. There isn't much actual detailing on Ryu other than the decals on his belt and wrists, though it should be noted there are some brown paint apps here and there to simulate dust. There is quite a bit of moulded detailing on Widow that is not painted, whether that be due to adherence to source materials or cost cutting is unknown to me.
Build quality is the usual level of Hasbro. Soft knee joints that can be warped if improperly handled and soft plastics overall. Detailing on the figures isn't bad and the assembly joints and overall finish of the sections isn't bad, though the use of softer plastics does result in a sloppier looking figure overall. The Widow pistols and general detailing on the hair of the two figures did turnout half decently despite their small size, even if the holster itself is all sorts of pain due to the warped nature of the piece and general inability to sit flush to her hips. Joints do their job and holding limbs in their desired positions. Also, crude as the set may be, at least there is no issue with limbs being the wrong size.
So, if you're able to find them at discount, these aren't terrible figures and are great for some LOLs as opposed to doing anything intricate with them. At full price though, there is pretty much nothing that could justify that price point other than either a lack of understanding their market, or Hasbro just plain got greedy. As mediocre as this set is, it still look LIGHT YEARS better than the other set, especially the X figures that I've seen. In a way, it's too bad they didn't continue the line as it would have meant maybe Chun Li or Morrigan could have made their way into this size and I could have had another figure for my travels
Q-Bee (Darkstalkers) - me. Costume, wig styling, etc. - me too. Thanks for the fork with the knife to Alukard - I only painted it)))
MUA - Alisa Loseva.
Photo by Kseniya Luchkova.
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X-Men VS Street Fighter: "Video Game Super Stars" Sabretooth & Ken Action Figure 2-Pack (Toy Biz/Capcom) 1998
The second of two pieces I got on clearance from Bandai Namco during Black Friday 2022 was this Storm Collectibles Zangief, based on his Ultra Street Fighter 2 appearance.
Funny thing is that it is the Event Exclusive colour, which technically should be harder to get and cost more aftermarket, but here we are - I think it was like $50 USD?
My best guess? People really, really love their P1 colours and refuse anything else.
I actually own a SFV Zangief and generally wouldn't have bitten even at this price, but the Zangief I have cam with a really bad waist joint, to the point where it doesn't actually hold together properly.
I also just realized I was too lazy to fish it out of a cabinet to do some comparison photos.
The two are the same height and are actually much different aesthetically than you would think - they're actually two very different figures, though as youc an imagine the base body engineering is the same... which means that Zangief still has a functional neck joint.
Yes, that sound stupid, but keep in mind that I've not opened a male Storm collectibles figure for quite a while now, and they actually stopped putting working neck joints in their female figures as early on as SFV Cammy.
This is also the company that ditched their stands, so really such a cost cutting step shouldn't surprise any one.
Several head sculpts are included with the figure, including an Ultra SF2 line exclusive "You Lose" head sculpt. They look appropriately ugly because well quite frankly SF2 Zangief wasn't as pretty as he is now.
In addition to the heads, the figure has several hands, two dedicated Banishing Fist palms and one actual effect. There is one stand which I think is to support the effect, but I can't find a hole anywhere to mount it.
Zangief's articulation remains good, though the actual range of motion is limited, particularly in the legs, due to the sheer bulk of them. Also, as one would expect some poses don't quite look natural.
Flight Director Tony Ceccacci (foreground) and Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) Dan Burbank work at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, Servicing Mission 4 (SM4). The flight controllers trained extensively to be able to respond to different scenarios during the mission.
Credit: NASA / Michael Soluri