6/7/2007 - Street Fighter II Playsets

Hmmm... here's one way NOT to pay tribute to a classic video game: make incredibly cheap action figures and playsets! There were many things trying to cash in on the success of Street Fighter II, and most of them were bad... really bad. There were some knockoff games like Fighter's History, which actually got sued by Capcom for being too similar. There was the American-produced cartoon with its action figures which were merely G.I. Joe figures that were re-painted. And of course we had the American-produced live-action movie, which may be a guilty pleasure, but there's a reason why you feel guilty watching it: it's bad.

Needless to say, anything that was not directly produced by Capcom or its subsidiaries just plain sucked. And this reviewer presents us with what is perhaps the worst example. These action figures look so bad, I can only conclude that they were made by the blind. These are probably mass-produced for the 99-cent stores. I hope Capcom sues somebody over this. I do enjoy this "angry" review, though... the special move exclamations with a British accent is priceless.