Blanka
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.95 stars by Toasted Brains
Street Fighter's cast of characters can get pretty weird; just look at Blanka. Lost in the Brazilian forest as a child, the surroundings led to him developing the ability to generate electricity and his skin turning green. If you thought Dhalsim was the strangest character Jada's put out in their SFII line, the addition of this weirdo shows just how diverse (and odd) the roster can get. Early on, Blanka acted more beast than human, and the portrait reflects that. He has a very fierce grimace, looking ready to bite, and the resemblance to the in-game portrait (which also appears on the box) is there. His hair is long, spiny, and orange, and it's crafted out of two pieces of very flexible rubber, so you won't have to worry about it getting in the way of any head movement. The alternate...[See More]

Cammy
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.70 stars by Toasted Brains
While Street Fighter has plenty of memorable (and more often than not sexy) female combatants, the earlier days of the series had it primarily be a man’s competition. SFII introduced Chun-Li, the first and for a time only female fighter in the franchise, but "The New Challengers" made sure she wasn’t alone and added another girl: Cammy. Much like Chun-Li, she’s an undercover agent who stepped into the ring to seek the truth, and now she’s got a Jada figure as well. As the case is with most figures in the line, Cammy’s default expression is a serious one, with an angrier, shouting head as an alternative, but the main head has the mouth open as well, albeit slightly. This gives off the impression she’s working up a sweat mid-battle, and both heads have a great likeness. The paint is very...[See More]

Guile (Green)
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.85 stars by Toasted Brains
Given how Street Fighter's cast spans the globe, it's no surprise more than a couple of fighters come from the U.S. of A. Ken is one of those American fighters, but the earlier games established him as being born and raised in Japan (with a Japanese-American mother) before moving to the States. Thus, that makes Guile the first actually American SF figure by Jada. I wish I knew who was sculpting these figures, because everything we've seen from this line looks great and stays true to the SFII-era designs. Guile has a good likeness, with a large brow and serious expression, and as always with this line, there are two heads to make use of, so you also have an exposed teeth head with an angrier expression. I can't forget his crazy flattop hair, and it looks nice, albeit a bit flatter than it...[See More]

M. Bison
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.60 stars by Toasted Brains
Street Fighter isn't just about people duking it out all over the world; the fight between good and evil is also a prevalent factor. Most of the characters we've gotten in Jada's SFII line are good or at least neutral, but there are some villains as well. There's the Evil Ryu and Violent Ken exclusives (who didn't appear in the original SFII and its updates), as well as Sagat and more recently Vega. But the true big bad of the game and series is M. Bison (called Vega in Japan, while Vega is called Balrog, and Balrog is called Bison. Not sure why that is). Bison embraces his role as II's main villain with his design, dressed in a military uniform with a peaked cap bearing a winged skull pin. His face alone is intimidating, with an unamused expression on a head with a prominent chin and...[See More]

Dhalsim
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.90 stars by Toasted Brains
When Street Fighter comes to mind, you don't think about two aggressive drunks going at it in the middle of the road; you think about heroes and villains duking it out with super strength, energy blasts, fire, electricity, and other abilities that no real-life person can do. The second game brought one of the series' most outlandish characters in Dhalsim, an Indian yoga master… who has elastic limbs. And breathes fire. And is the first Jada figure I'm reviewing in a long while. Being from India, Dhalsim has a darker complexion than the figures before him, as well as face and head paint that fits his culture. He's also outfitted with large earrings (actual metal, mind you, since that's what Jada likes most) and what seems to be a bead in his forearm, but more unusual than that are his...[See More]

Fei Long
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.70 stars by Toasted Brains
I may be sounding like a broken record, but Jada's Street Fighter figures are great, thanks to top-notch quality and articulation for a price not too far off from the work of big wigs like Hasbro and McFarlane. I was able to acquire two more through Target recently, and they’re the last ones for now until Jada gets to work on putting more up for pre-order. I'll start with Fei Long, since he came first alongside Ryu. He's basically the Bruce Lee of the SF universe, most notably in the face. He bears an intense glare similar to the late martial arts legend, and a somewhat similar hairstyle as well. It looks like face printing was done for the head, as the eyes are rather clean, but the eyebrows could be a little nicer. As with the others, he gets an alternate head, with teeth showing a bit...[See More]

Ryu
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.70 stars by Toasted Brains
Although they've been putting figures out at a slow rate, Jada's Street Fighter line has proven promising, showing off fully-posable and well-made characters for good prices, and I await the next couple of pre-orders. I covered Chun-Li a while ago, and now it's time to look at the major player of the franchise. Ryu is designed not just after how he appears in SFII, but much of the franchise in general. He has his typical stoic expression by default, but it can be swapped out for an alternate head with a fiercer look. Most of the hair and the headband tie are a separate bit of softer material on top of the heads, with the tie flowing differently on both portraits. Both heads look nice, and the paint is pretty good, aside from some slop and bleed, including some white marks on the back of...[See More]

Chun-Li
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.60 stars by Toasted Brains
Befitting a popular fighting game, Street Fighter has received plenty of action figure lines. The first one (related to the games, not the movie) was by ReSaurus, and it was succeeded years later by the much better and longer-lasted SOTA line. Storm Collectibles' line serves as the most recent major one, with plenty of figures, but being produced overseas means they're sorta pricey. Thankfully, Jada Toys is giving us a cheaper option, and they're going through it slowly, but with promising-looking figures. It took me until their third release to actually get something from their line, but said figure is Chun-Li, one of my favorite characters from the series. These figures come in window boxes shaped like an arcade cabinet, complete with printed-on buttons and lifebars, and it definitely...[See More]