When you guys get your grey Ryu's could you post some comparison pics with the standard release? I want to see if the skin tones match.
Evil Ryu available again on Jada’s site for those who missed out.
Hoping Ken shows up early. Completing the SF Trinity would be nice to happen this month or next.
Thank you!
I was getting ready to buy one on Aliexpress or ebay.
I checked Jada's site the other day out of curiosity and it was sold out. Really happy he went back up!
Looks like Evil Ryu sold out again. Hopefully everyone who frequents here was able to snag one. Maybe Jada will put out more at some later time.
Just got a shipping email from Paulmartstore for CE Ryu! Can't promise but I'll try to snap pics of him and standard Ryu.
When you guys get your grey Ryu's could you post some comparison pics with the standard release? I want to see if the skin tones match.
They do not, it's much lighter and less orange
If i missed anyone mentioning this, sorry. I had an idea that turned out to look pretty good. I took the gi off of Ryu and replaced it with the GameStop Exclusive Matt Jackson as Ryu gi. The only problem is that it has the Young Bucks logo on the back. After i tied the belt on Ryu, i inserted as small piece of wire in the belt so I can pose it instead of it having a mind of it's own. I'm gonna do this with Ken once I get him.
I REALLY hope they do another P1 Ryu with this lighter skin-tone. Looks much better. Throwing in brown gloves and brown hair would definitely make it worth a rebuy.
https://twitter.com/ActionActionFig/status/1736574047054446749?s=20
Bison looks awesome.
What are those silver bands to the left of his legs in the packaging?
Not positive, but I think shoulder pads if you display him without a cape.
Not positive, but I think shoulder pads if you display him without a cape.
Yeah, they're alternate shoulder pad caps without the cape.
@misplacedprojectile Yeah, I'd be happy with just the brown gloves. Capcom is pretty specific with sticking to their style guides though so it was probably a design choice Capcom pushed. Also he doesn't need the kanji on the belt. That and the red gloves seems to be more a SFIV thing. What about pixelated re-releases? Like NECA's TMNT arcade figures.
I guess Paul was just printing labels out over the weekend. No movement on my stuff. He did say he expected them this week. Probably won't start showing up until after Christmas or later. I paid with Paypal so I wonder if he just marked everything as fulfilled and shipped with tracking because PP will require another authorization after 30-days if items are not shipped by then. Kind of shady but I have no doubts I won't see my product eventually. I'm friends with Ryan of Ryan's Toy Connection, another Frank and Sons seller. He said he's been offered exclusives like this from companies like Jakks in the past. You pay for a large enough production run and your store can get their own exclusive. I know some people were confused how this small shop got an exclusive.
I guess Paul was just printing labels out over the weekend. No movement on my stuff. He did say he expected them this week. Probably won't start showing up until after Christmas or later. I paid with Paypal so I wonder if he just marked everything as fulfilled and shipped with tracking because PP will require another authorization after 30-days if items are not shipped by then. Kind of shady but I have no doubts I won't see my product eventually. I'm friends with Ryan of Ryan's Toy Connection, another Frank and Sons seller. He said he's been offered exclusives like this from companies like Jakks in the past. You pay for a large enough production run and your store can get their own exclusive. I know some people were confused how this small shop got an exclusive.
Paulmart's exclusive reminds me of some of the exclusives Sota released. There were a handful of smaller online stores with exclusives. I think all are now defunct. Surprisingly, nothing from BBTS or EE according to this list I found on TNI.
From the super fly guy's post on tni
ROUND 1
__Ryu (white)
__Ryu (grey - 1 per case)
__Evil Ryu (black - internet exclusive)
__Chun Li (blue)
__Chun Li (turquoise - 1 per case)
__Chun Li (pink - SOTA exclusive)
__Bison (red)
__Bison (white/gray - SOTA exclusive)
__Sagat (blue)
__Sagat (orange - SOTA exclusive)
__Sodom (red)
__Sodom (grey - SOTA exclusive)
__Evil Ryu (SDCC 2004 exclusive 2-pack)
__Psycho Bison (purple - SDCC 2004 exclusive 2-pack)
Japanese variants
Round 1 packaging is blue and all the variants comes with a silver circular foil sticker on the front, bearing the name of the company and limited production number.
__Evil Ryu - (Kotobukiya exclusive, with blue transculent fists, regular hadoken hands and comes with a 3rd grinning head, limited to 1000)
__Chun Li - (turquoise - Toys 'R Us exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 1000 - this figure was mistakenly shown as green in the ad)
__Chun Li - (pink - Chara-Net exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 1000)
ROUND 2
__Ken (red)
__Ken (white, 1 per case)
__Ken (purple - SOTA website exclusive)
__Ken (yellow - internet exclusive)
__Ken (yellow - no belt straps error; unreleased at retail)
__Ken (brown - Gamestop exclusive)
__Cammy (green)
__Cammy (blue - SOTA website exclusive)
__Cammy (pink - internet exclusive)
__Cammy (grey - Gamestop exclusive)
__Cammy (Cannon Spike - SDCC 2005 Exclusive)
__T. Hawk (blue)
__T. Hawk (green - SOTA website exclusive)
__T. Hawk (white - internet exclusive)
__T. Hawk (grey - Gamestop exclusive)
__Vega (purple)
__Vega (green w/ extra variant head - SOTA website exclusive)
__Vega (black - internet exclusive)
__Vega (red - Gamestop exclusive)
__Blanka (green)
__Blanka (translucent green - internet exclusive)
__Blanka (yellow - SOTA website exclusive)
__Blanka (glow-in-the-dark - AFX exclusive)
__Blanka (olive green - Gamestop exclusive)
__Blanka (blue - omgcnfo.com exclusive)
Japanese variants
Round 2 packaging is yellow/orange and 2 of the variants (except Ken, which is gold foil) comes with a silver circular foil sticker on the front, bearing the name of the company and limited production number. Blanka's exclusive comes with an orange circular sticker with black outline bearing the date of the new store's street address and date of release.
__Ken - (White - Heart Bit Hobby exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 500)
__Vega - (Green - Kotobukiya exclusive, comes with "licking" head, limited to 500. Originally to be released in Japan only, SOTA added this variant exclusive in their website due to many requests from USA fans.
__Cammy - (Pink - Sofmap.com exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 500)
__Blanka (translucent green - Blister Direct exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 500)
ROUND 3
__Guile (green)
__Guile (blue variant - internet exclusive)
__Guile (tan variant - internet exclusive)
__Guile (dark brown variant - ePlanet Toys/Toyrocket exclusive)
__Guile (All American - SDCC 2005 Exclusive)
__Sakura (blue)
__Sakura (orange variant - internet exclusive)
__Sakura (green variant - internet exclusive)
__Sakura (red variant - internet exclusive)
__Sakura (black variant - Gamestop & SOTA website exclusive)
__Dark Sakura (SOTA website exclusive)
__Adon (blue/gold)
__Adon (red variant - internet exclusive)
__Adon (black variant - internet exclusive)
__Adon (blue/red - internet exclusive)
__Adon (purple variant - Gamestop & SOTA website exclusive)
__Balrog (blue)
__Balrog (yellow variant - internet exclusive)
__Balrog (black variant - internet exclusive)
__Balrog (red variant - internet exclusive)
__Gen (purple)
__Gen (blue variant - internet exclusive)
__Gen (red variant - internet exclusive)
__Gen (tan variant - internet exclusive)
Japanese releases (all limited to 350 pieces)
__Balrog (yellow - Kotobukiya, Chara-Net & Blister Direct exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 350)
__Guile (blue - Kotobukiya, Chara-Net & Blister Direct exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 350)
__Adon (red - Kotobukiya, Chara-Net & Blister Direct exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 350)
__Sakura (orange - Kotobukiya, Chara-Net & Blister Direct exclusive, same as USA version, limited to 350)
__Gen (black - Kotobukiya, Chara-Net & Blister Direct exclusive figure, limited to 350)
Round 3 Translucent
SOTA made extremely limited translucent versions of this round in standard packaging as gifts for associates; they are not officially part of the line. These were also bootlegged and sold on eBay and other retail outlets.
__Balrog (translucent)
__Guile (translucent)
__Adon (translucent)
__Sakura (translucent)
__Gen (translucent)
Scarring Blow "clean" 2-Pack - online exclusive
__Ryu (same figure as Round 1)
__Sagat (same figure as Round 1)
Scarring Blow "dirty/bloody" 2-Pack - Super Hero Toys exclusive
__Ryu (same figure as Round 1, with dirty/bloody paint wash)
__Sagat (same figure as Round 1, with dirty/bloody paint wash)
ROUND 4
__Akuma (blue)
__Akuma (white/Beige, Alpha)
__Akuma (black, Alpha)
__Akuma (red, 3rd Strike)
__Akuma (blue, 3rd Strike)
__Shin Akuma (1 per case)
__Shin Akuma (purple - SOTA website exclusive)
__Fei Long (black)
__Fei Long (yellow variant, Alpha)
__Fei Long (blue variant, Alpha)
__Fei Long (red variant, Alpha)
__Fei Long (gray variant, Alpha)
__Ibuki (tan)
__Ibuki (orange variant, 3rd Strike)
__Ibuki (white variant, 3rd Strike)
__Ibuki (black variant, 3rd Strike)
__Ibuki (red variant, 3rd Strike)
__Birdie (blue)
__Birdie (black variant, Alpha)
__Birdie (translucent red variant)
__Birdie - (purple variant, Alpha)
__Birdie - (silver variant)
__Remy - (black/red)
__Remy - (black/navy variant, 3rd Strike)
__Remy - (brown/tan variant, 3rd Strike)
__Remy - (red/green variant, 3rd Strike)
__Remy - (silver/white variant, 3rd Strike)
Japanese releases
__Akuma (blue)
__Akuma (red variant, 3rd Strike)
__Akuma (blue variant, 3rd Strike)
__Shin Akuma (1 per case)
__Birdie (blue)
__Birdie (purple)
__Birdie (grey)
__Birdie (red translucent, 1 per box)
__Fei Long (black)
__Fei Long (red)
__Fei Long (gray)
__Fei Long (yellow, 1 per box)
__Ibuki (tan)
__Ibuki (red)
__Ibuki (black)
__Ibuki (white, 1 per box)
__Remy (black/red)
__Remy (black/navy)
__Remy (silver/white)
__Remy (brown/tan, 1 per box)
__Master Gouken (standard head - Toyrocket.com SDCC 2006 Exclusive, limited to 2000 pieces)
__Master Gouken Battle Cry gray (open mouth - SOTA SDCC 2006 Exclusive, limited to 2000 pieces)
__Master Gouken Battle Cry gold (open mouth - SOTA website Exclusive, limited to 300 pieces)
__Master Gouken Final Battle (Toyrocket.com Exclusive, limited to 500 pieces)
__Master Gouken Spirit (translucent, Toyrocket.com Exclusive, limited to 300 pieces)
Revolution Preview
__Ryu
__Evil Ryu
__Ken
__Akuma
__Shin Akuma
__Shin Akuma & Evil Ryu set (same figures as US-release, Blister Direct exclusives, limited to 200)
__Dan (Wizard exclusive mail-away)
__Dan (turquoise, SDCC SOTA/CornerStoreComics exclusive)
Revolution Round 1
__Zangief (red trunks)
__Zangief (green trunks)
__Mech Zangief
__Dhalsim (P1)
__Dhalsim (blue)
__Dhalsim (grey)
__E Honda (blue)
__E Honda (red Turbo)
__E Honda (grey)
__R. Mika (blue)
__R. Mika (pink)
Revolution Round 2
__Alex
__DeeJay
__Guy
__Alpha Chun Li
Black Market/Bootleg Figures
Evil Ryu
The easiest way to detect a bootleg is basically looking at the package. The original figure packaging text says "Evil Ryu". The bootleg text says just “Ryu” with the Evil Ryu inside the package.
The SDCC-exclusive “grinning” Evil Ryu figure in Japanese packaging (without the exclusive sticker) is also a fake, along with the “grinning” Evil Ryu packaged into yellow “White Ryu” package.
On the bootleg figure the skin tone is much lighter. The chi fist color is darker and purple tint compared to the original figure’s blue tint. The gloves are a different shade of red.
M. Bison, White Ryu or Sagat
These figures were made using the same molds and packaging (without authorization from SOTA); however these are not exactly like the originals, with paint applications and accessory quality being noticeably lower. Most of these originate from Hong Kong or China.
These bootleg figures have a cheaply scanned paper insert, with the barcode for Ryu by default. They've applied a sticker with the appropriate character's SKU in the case of Bison and Sagat.
M. Bison has a totally different skin tone with little or no airbrushed detail, a cheap cape made of totally different fabric and a poor-quality psycho energy attachment.
Ryu's hair seems to be shinier than the original P1 release, but the white paint seems to be more consistent.
Black Gen
The Black Gen in the English green packaging is fake.
(Credit and Thanks go to siburke939, spy0070 & KameN for the above info)
9" Rotocast Series
__Ryu
__Sagat
__Sagat (orange)
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