King Of Fighters Action Figures?

[insaneben]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOKRbSGkug&feature=player_embedded

The above video is from "Tamashii Nation 2011", which highlights Bandai's upcoming action figures.

Egads! KOF merchandise that isn't a body pillow, gashapon or Queen's Gate book?! I'm all in favor of that. It's too soon to tell whether they'll be figures for Kyo, Iori and Mai (although I bet it'll happen inevitably), but that Terry figure looks sharp enough to erase the bad memories associated from previous attempts at KOF action figures (now all it needs is a sound chip and a spring-loaded Power Wave).

 

[Lee Gray]

They look decent.

 

[SouthtownKid]

I don't see how it looks better than past KOF action figure attempts. I think it looks worse. A lot worse.

It depends what size it is, I guess. If it's 3 3/4" like the size of a Star Wars or GI Joe figure or something, I guess it's okay. But if it's larger like the previous attempts, this one looks pretty pathetic. The joints look awful. And I hate the weird looking crater where the neck fits into the shoulders. I don't think it captures the character. Even the Burn Knuckle pose seems off. The clear effect parts are cool, I guess.

 

[SNKorSWM]

Does any of those two even have a face?

 

[Wachenroder]

Fuck the KoF figures! Did you guys see those Baki figures @1:20?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9KOKRbSGkug#t=81s

Goddamn look at those faces!

 

[SouthtownKid]

Does any of those two even have a face?

I'm glad I'm not going crazy and am the only one to see that. It looks like he may have a tiny slit for a mouth, but how that is supposed to capture the personality of the character, I have no idea. Looking at the video again, he's awful.

 

[Renmauzo]

I was always hoping to see more of those CvSNK2 figures. There were eight if I remember correctly and I they were going to make Guile and Rugal (???) I think but the line got canned. I got them all and made my own Kim, Chang, Yamazaki, King, Terry, and Benimaru. I really liked those High Dreams figures; well articulated and very accurate.

 

[Darklighterx]

I was always hoping to see more of those CvSNK2 figures. There were eight if I remember correctly and I they were going to make Guile and Rugal (???) I think but the line got canned. I got them all and made my own Kim, Chang, Yamazaki, King, Terry, and Benimaru. I really liked those High Dreams figures; well articulated and very accurate.

Can you show us a pic of your collection?
Would really like to see these custom ones you did.

 

[SPINMASTER X]

They look like Street Fighter IV character models.

 

[Renmauzo]

Can you show us a pic of your collection?
Would really like to see these custom ones you did.

Sure thing! I never went back to re-do some of the older ones like Terry and King, but here are some of the ones that came a few months after I started making them. My Darkstalkers figs are probably my best, and I'm on hiatus indefinitely, but I had fun making them even if they aren't the greatest. I was thinking about doing a Samurai Showdown set someday, but I want to do them justice, so I want to get better before i tackle a set like that.

 

[rarehero]

Your chang is mighty.

 

[Karou]

Cool wheres the others you made?

 

[Renmauzo]

Cool wheres the others you made?

I didn't bother re-touching ones like King and Terry since they were some of the first ones I did and not very good, so I also didn't bother making up finalized pics for them either, unlike the ones I posted. At some point, I'll go back to doing customs, and then I'll redo some of those old KOF characters.

 

[Renmauzo]

Your chang is mighty.

Thanks rarehero!

 

[SNKorSWM]

Nice work. Yamazaki looked like he got older and started construction work wearing a hard hat. XD

 

[Darklighterx]

Damn!
Chang and Joe are very nice! I think Yamazaki would benefit from his coat. He looks kind of thin.

 

[-ori-]

Does any of those two even have a face?

because it's a prototype

 

[-ori-]

http://youbentmywookie.com/news/tam...rts-terry-bogard-kof-collectible-figure-14626

 

[SouthtownKid]

because it's a prototype

Uh, no. That's not why.

http://youbentmywookie.com/news/tam...rts-terry-bogard-kof-collectible-figure-14626

Looks just as bad as before, imo.

 

[Fett]

Terry is like one of the characters I'd want an action figure of least.

 

[Michael Yagami]

That Terry figure does look pretty bland. I still have the CvsSNK2 Iori and Kyo and those look tons better than that figure.

On a side note: does anyone know what series those last figures are from? They look hilariously awesome. Like Cho Aniki hilariously awesome.

 

[Sixth]

I wouldn’t mind having an Andy figure to add to the gameroom. Too bad I’m limited to gashapon and plushes at the moment. Ryo as Mr. Karate would be pretty nice, too. Thing is, I know there’ll be twenty more K’, Kyo, and Iori figures made before anyone cranks out a Duck King, Takuma, Krauser, or some other cool idea for a figure.

On the topic of Baki, I actually looked up the manga and anime after hearing about it…..only to find out that, apparently, everyone is getting their ass kicked into their throat by a thawed out cave man named “Pickle”. Jesus……

 

[LoneSage]

I don't like a brown-haired Baki. Kid why is Baki a brown hair now. why

 

[Joneo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOKRbSGkug&feature=player_embedded

The above video is from "Tamashii Nation 2011", which highlights Bandai's upcoming action figures.
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I'm pretty sure I saw a Cho Aniki action figure in there... and I'm not really sure how to finish this sentence.

 

[Sixth]

I'm pretty sure I saw a Cho Aniki action figure in there... and I'm not really sure how to finish this sentence.

You know, I think that everything – no matter how strange – has a collectors’ following somewhere, somehow. By that logic, there is someone out there with the biggest Cho Aniki collection in the world; like, a room just full of the shit. Think about that.