Aug 27, 2024

It came from tbe Toy Chest: Did somebody say Yoga?


 Now it's the 5th Jada toys figure to be reviewed here at the House of Rants. Yoga Man himself, Dhalsim.

He spits fire is stretchy, teleports, but never asks about your car's extended warranty. 
He's more or less a Mentor character in Street Fighter Lore. Introduced in Street Fighter 2, Dhalsim has become a staple in the series.

Articulation
He sports the standard Jada Articulation. I wish he had the toe hinge in order to have a more accurate standing pose. Due to lack of Fists, some of his poses are undoable. Yes, his stretched out limbs have fists but they are non-removable. He also likes flame effects for the yoga fire and yoga flame moves. If you have a spare Scorpion hellfire from Storm Collectibles, then you can have a Yoga Stream effect. Carefilnwith swapping. There's a possibility of loosening joints, especially the legs 


4.5

Paint and sculpt
I only have Two complaints regarding the figure in the sculpting area: 
Having the metal earrings but plastic bracelets 
The skull necklace being sculpted without entire skulls. I know it's to have game accurate positioning but it looks kind of weird.


Speaking of the skulls my only complaint in the paint area is The skulls are painted in cartoonish white. I had to summon captain pink brush and give him a bit of a brown Wash with beige accents.
5.0

Accessories
Extra head
Extra hands
Extra elongated Bendy arms
Extra elongated Bendy legs
Stand for some moves.


Dhalsim should've been a deluxe release just to get some very needed accessories: Yoga fore/flame head, Fists, yoga fire and flame effects.
4.5

Overall:
Dhalsim gets a 4.67 as his final score. Had he been a Deluxe release?With the additional accessories, he would have scored higher.But what we got is pretty good. I'd dare say better than SOTA.
Bison's review will come in 2025. I kinda want Jada's Guile to be In hand for the review. Even better if Cammy is in-habd by then.



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