I was going to get the Storm Collectibles figures but since they didnt release my SFV husbando, i ended getting the S.H. Figuarts. This figures are actually very cheap and really easy to find since they appeare all the time on different stores, soo i got Rashid while Storm decides to give him some love.
I have to admit, the figure looked really cheap on its small and simplsitic box…. but somehow that feeling got lost once i opened him. Rashid is very small, the same size a Figma (wich anoys me a lot) and can stand on his own perfectly thanks to his huge feet.
He is EXTREMELLY well articulated and everything works great in this departmen, Bandai did an awesome job giving him simplistic articulations with a big range of movemebt n his neck, head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, chest, legs, knees, ankles and feet, even his back pack is articulated and can be moved by the sides or up and down. Why is his back pack movable? I really dont know…
The elbows are deffinetly my favorite part since they are sculpted independently on the joint between the arms, soo the elbow bone dont get in the way and looks really good and terriblly cute. All the clothing is made with soft plastic and his skirt thing comes in 3 different layers, soo nothing gets on the way of the articulations at all.
Rashid face is brillantly sculpted and painted, his eyes are perfect and even you can see every single one of his teeth, wich is amazing given how small is this guy. I also read in some reviews his eye scaner dosnt get in his line of vision, but mine works great and the eye always is on the rigth place towards the green transluscent scaner.
The sun tanning on his arms looks pretty sexy and with different tones, tough his entire clothing is just plain white and his sandals are just grey. Maybe is because of the soft material used, maybe the color dont hold on it, but his clothing is actually extremelly simplistic.
Thats not neccesary a bad thing tough, he looks very anime/cartoony but this is a Street Fighter character, soo i guess he is supposed to look like that at certain point.
He have two gace expresions that are actually two extra heads: one smilling and another one shouting. Both looks great but the screaming one is my favorite since it have a lot pf personality, not only each teeth is sculpted and painted, but it looks like Rashid is having a great time.
He also have some extra open hands and a pair in an aerodynamic pose and each one of them is easy to exchange (like his head) but given the small size of his wrist articulation, i am actually afraid to broke them.
His other accesory is a “wind” special effect….two wind special effects that can be sticked together around his arm of legs like a clamp. This effects while fun in theory, they snap pretty tigthly and Rashid arms and legs are very thick, soo place them is a huge challengue and not as fun as it should. Also, the plastic is not very transluscent, soo it dosnt looks too much like wind.
He also have with, for my surprise, two printed backgrounds specially for him, his scenario on the game, the Skys of Honor; the wing of a plane with the skys and city of Dubai. The printing is very high quality and this give him a HUGE bost of good looks.
I am ashamed to say that i now want the other SFV characters just to get theyr backgrounds.
The most strange thing about this figure is the fact he have no base. He can stand on his own perfectly but he cant be displayed jumping or kicking since he have no base. I find it hard to belive that Bandai is doing this fighters figures with no base, yet theyr Ranma ½ figures have base…
Gladlly, i got some small bases to spare for him soo i was able to take good fighitng photos for him, but for those with no bases, be aware of it.
This figure is actually petty small and simplistic too look, but the convination of his background and articulations gives him a huge bost of fun. Really, i never ran out of poses for him…i just had to stop taking photos because this guy have such amazing potential for soo many poses is ridiculous.
Its odd how cheap looking this guys looks on theyr boxes but once outside, they are really nice looking figures that matches Figma. I am deffinetly gonna get Ryu just soo i can pose him in indescent scenes with Rashid and got his background but i am not sure if i should get the rest…
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