Advent Calendar 17: Sure you can have some Mighty Wings

 

Get it? Shoryuken, Mighty Wings... obviously, I'm referring to Ken Masters, America's former Martial Arts champion circa 1991?

He's one of the OG Steeet Fighters coming from Street Fighter 1... essentially the P2 character, since Ryu was P1.

Millionaire Playboy, former problem child, Ken Masters was sent to Japan to train under Gouken and essentially be Ryu's punching bag. Problem was that Ken WAS good and kept Ryu on his toes. Both of them pushing each other to the limit.

By the time of the Shadaloo sponsored World Warrior Tournament, Ken gets married and becomes a Family man... (his brother in law's theme goes with everything.) Well, this figure is Ken during the twilight of his bachelor days.

Articulation

Since Ken is a "palette swap of Ryu with a new head" it's to be expected that they have similar articulation. Like most Jada figures, he required a bit of heat to get him going. Most SFII poses can be pulled off.

4.5

If you have Ryu you can fix the Shakunetsu Hadoken mistake.

Paint and sculpt

Here Ken is a bit inferior to Ryu. Mainly in the paint/molding department. The gi has molding issues where colors don't  match. Other than that he's pretty good. It's worth noting that his gi, belt and lower pants ARE NOT Ryu's. I'm afraid that the head hair and belt are painted and not molded in the proper colors. In case of paint chipping Captain paintbrush will have to ride again.

4.0

A Z-Putty flaming fist effect is a decent place holder.
Tenga Warrior Lightning effects male an acceptable Denjin Hadoken energy charge up.
SH Figuarts Dictator is a tenporary stand-in until Jada's arrive.

Accessories:

Extra head

2 extra hands

Shakunetsu Hadoken

Stand for Hadoken

I've already mentioned that he should've gotten a flame effect for the Shoryuken.

5.0

Ryu: Miss Chun, your breasts are rubbing against my arm.
Chun Li: What's the matter, never had a woman this close to you...
Ken: You're barking up the wrong tree Miss Li. My boy Ryu isn't into women.
Chun Li: He's Gay!?
Ken: No! I mean he's not into women, sexually. I mean, he's only into fighting. I think he might be a bit autistic. Seriously, I got him a hooker once and by the time the session was up, he was teaching her martial arts to defend herself.
Fei Long: I don't know why I hang out with you guys...
Ken: You're kissing my ass because you want me to invest in your movie.

Overall

Ken masters gets a 4.5 as his final score. It's not bad, but it could've been better. For a figure 1/3 of the cost of a SH Figuarts, Ken did pretty well, even if he should've  gotten 3 more accessories. (Thunbs up hand, Victory sign hand, Flame shoryuken effect.)