I completely agree. The only line I’ve ever been interested in of NECA’s was the RE4 line and even that had some quality control issues. NECA’s has a good habit of grabbing all the licenses that fans want (usually for McF to do but NECA always grabs them first) but afterwards, most of the sculpts come out looking terrible.
I’m happy with SOTA doing SF. I think they doa great job (although I was a bit disappointed with Akuma), and I don’t mind if they’re on-time or late - just as long as they still get them out and they still look and operate like they should.
And I wouldn’t be all that surprised to hear of a March '07 release, their dates are always off by 6 months or so.
I agree Akuma was very dissappointing and fei long was okay. I have the Resarsus Akuma, it totally smokes the SOTA Akuma. Just curious, what happened to resarsus?
Resaurus bellied up years ago. Some rumors say it was because of poor distribution, some say it was poor quality. I have to agree on both though, it as hard as hell to find the figures at retail, and these figures did break pretty easily.
I have both P1 & P2 Akuma’s and yeah, they did a great job. I just regret outting down that P1 Sagat a long, long time ago.
I picked up a Resarus Evil Ryu in Germany a few years back. It was pretty badass. I would have loved to have picked up some of the SF3 characters in the Resarus
I’m not into the SOTA line much at all. Too many moving parts I reckon. The figures I buy are for display and some times for reference. Each to their own I guess.
But if SOTA release some more SF3 Characters (Gill, Urien, Dudley, Yun, Makato) I’ll most likely pick them up. Since no one else looks like they’d make these characters 3D anytime soon
Have you guys seen the Jazware Figures? What was the story there? They look terrible! How did the get license get split in two or something? I thought they were illegal knockoffs when I saw them (Especially with the Joe Mad art on the backing card!)
I heard Jerry from SOTA said himself Round 5 won’t be out this year for sure.
I might be wrong on that MARCH date though, because since I live in Canada, I usually have to wait 3-4 months for SOTA products to reach here. You know, Canada is very, very far in regards to the US.
The reason why I prefer NECA, is because I like action statue poses, alot more then bad-looking articulation. While it works for some characters in SOTA’S SF line, when they DON’T work, it’s pretty horrible. Ibuki/Sakura are great examples.
The other reason I like NECA, is because they’r products come out in a timely fashion.
Along with RE, and their upcoming gaming line, Lara Croft, Agent 47, Kain…etc, I love their horror lines, Friday the 13th, Kill Bill, etc.
And I haven’t had one NECA product break on me once. McFarlane? I think ALL my McFarlane’s have some defect or very easily breakable feature.
Those Jazzwares figures look absolutately horrible. I just saw them in a Kaybee last week. I was wondering too, how they got the license. Anybody know how?
I’m happy with SOTA doing SF. I think they doa great job (although I was a bit disappointed with Akuma),
WTF??
now, before you start going crazy, I agree the resaurus ones have owned all others for some time (and wish they would be re-issued) but i think sota did a good job with akuma/shin akuma, the latter being my fave thus far. in regards to u guys being dissapointed, I think you might as well may have bought the CVS 2 version @ SDCC which TRULLY is work of SHIT.
Basically, JW purchased a special agreement license from SOTA to distribute cheap, mass-retail versions of SOTA’s SF figures. SOTA’s SRP on their figures were too high, and they don’t have the capability to produce the numbers that mass-retail (like KB or TRU) would ask for, so JW jumped in with this offer. These figures do have an almost identical sculpt but lack the articulation and use a much lesser quality of plastic. I think they look like shit as well.
Switcher: I hear you, but I just like McF’s quality, sculpts and paints more. I’ve heard numerous fans bitch about how easy McF’s stuff breaks but you know, I’ve covered their stuff for review for nearly three years and not a damn thing has broken on me (except for one Predator and that was after he took a dive).
CptMunta: I’ve heard that SOTA is already getting started on SF3 figures. Gill, Alex and Urien were all part of the voting cast so the thought is there.
[quote= I’ve heard that SOTA is already getting started on SF3 figures. Gill, Alex and Urien were all part of the voting cast so the thought is there.[/quote]
Thats good. They definately need more balance b/w the different series. The only 2 SF2 characters left are honda and sim. Most of the alpha characters are done. But there are no SF1 only characters and only 2 SF3 characters. And yes I was very happy to see Maki and Geki in the last voting.
So wait…my reserve for series 5 is now belly up? One figure a month is great and all, but I’d really prefer to pay shipping once for a bulk set than pile up the fees for every single figure. That said, I won’t throw my support behind this approach until the figures actually start shipping on time. If that happens and production actually speeds up enough to round out the SF3 cast as well, I’ll be a pig in shit, regardless of the extra shipping I’ll get stuck with.
Fair enough. So do I cancel my order w/Corner Store then? I’m actually a little strapped for cash right now so the revamp was well-timed if nothing else.
