Hot Ryu was a no brainer tough, since hes much more sexy, he is also a design we never seen before. Ryu has looked the same in the last 30 years, soo a figure with a new design is a very welcome addition to the collection. Also, for the quality he have, hes not very expensive yet even tough this figures have a sticker on the box that reads “EXCLUSIVE FOR COMIC CON 2017″.
Hot Ryu is a little bit - almost hard t notice - shorter than Heihachi Mishima but both sports the same scale: much bigger than Figma of Figuarts but smaller than Play Arts Kai, and he can stand perfectly on his own with those giant feet of him.
The sculpt is fantastic, sharp and perfectly defined, with a clean look on his beard and eyes and the perfect anatomy to boast, the eyes looks weet and perfectly defined while his teeth and tongue are sculpted and painted independently, with no mistake of the paint to be seen.
His skin tone is ligter than Heihachi´s and dosnt have too much texture, soo his flesh dosnt looks realistic but instead looks clean and cartoony, wich i guess is good since this is not a Tekken character. This dosnt mean he is not detailed, since all the scars on his chest and back are both sculpted and softly painted as well as other small details, like the bandages on his arm and the fat toe on one of his feet.
His pants looks extremelly dirty and ancient and pretty small on the hips area, soo they start to cover just above his bulgue should be. I didnt notice about this untill i got this figure but this design is extremelly generous on his much flesh it shows.
Tough i find his body shape a little to squareish. In the game he have an incrediblly exuberant and curvy body with a tiny waist and huge shoulders and pecs, but in here he is more realistic looking. Maybe they could not achive his fantastic shape due to the intrusive articulations?
Also, i find his legs a little short…. comparing him with Heihachi, he looks short mostly because of th size of his legs. I find strange they sculpted him this way specially noticing how perfectly esthetic looks Heihachi and i am sure Chn Li dosnt have this issue.
He is extremelly articulated: the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, chest, hips, legs, knees, anklees and half of the feet, even the bandages on his wrists and arm are both articulated. And while Heihachi´s shoulder articulations were pretty stiff, Ryu´s movement is fantastic. Tough somehow, his legs cannot move too much. Maybe they are too thick, but the range of movement is pretty short wich is a shame, since he cant achive the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku pose.
His accesoryes consist on two extra expresion plates, once growling and another screaming and both looks fantastic and can me exchanged in a pretty easy way. He also have a full collection of extra hands that represent him opening his hands step by step. I didnt take picture of the hands since they are extremelly similar to each other and didnt find a good pose to display them. They are all made in softish plastic that makes them feel like real flesh but the green bandages on them looks as dirty and real as it should.
He also have a pair of “electric” rechargue special effects for his arms. This two electric nets are cats in transparent yellow plastic and put them in place is really tricky, since thebandages of the wrists should be removed and placed inside the electric barriers before placing the hands, but once installed they looks pretty cool.
His other accesory is a special effect emulating the birth of the Hadouken: a transparent blue sphere with blue flames around that can be placed between his hands. This is the charging fire ball but…. he cant short it!!! Theres no “complete” Hadouken in the box!!! That one comes with the normal Ryu… soo this Hot Ryu is condemned to always be charguing his special power and never release it, a sad example of blue balls…
Since he is Street Fighter and Storm loves it much more than Tekken, he also hace with an extra item that Heihachi dosnt have: a pretty spectacular stand base. This base is thick and heavy with a “V” shape and the Street Fighter V logo impresed in front and a tall transluscent rod with a clamp.
I always tough the Figma base was the best base for any kind of action figure but now its on second place since this base takes the lead. The rod can be extended up and down to adjust a spectacular fliying pose and the clamp can move 360° on all sides and since its made with one single piece, no aticulations or asembly, this thing is EXTREMELLY strong and can support Ryus weight perfectly. Also, unlike those shitty Figuarts bases, this one have the clamp joined with the rest of the base with springs, soo the clamp close on Ryu´s waist with full power.
And all this without making a hole on the back of the figure like Figma, soo the figure can be displayed with or without base. This is much much better than even the Hot Toys stand, looks fantastic and save a lot of space too, the Play Arts Kai bases looks riddiculous cmpared to this.
The final accesory is a background print like wallpaper showing the mountain landscape by night. I wish they give him something more colorfull, but since this is Ryu training on the mountain i guess it makes sence, also the starry night sky with the moon is beautyfull.
I admit i find his legs strangellly short but aside of that small detail, i cant think of anything to complaing about this figure, this guy is as solid and looks soo good in person as Heihachi and i cant stop pose him since he have an unlimited replayability thanks to the fantastic articulations. Now i see why theres soo many Figuarts on stores rigth now, they looks soo cheap and unnecesary with this figures in the market.
I am tempted to get the rest of the series but theres too many characters by now. Chun Li looks amazing tough i may wait for her sexy hot version with the black dress. I really really hope they release Cody, Blanka or Rashid, those would be perfect to pair Hot Ryu with.
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