It came from the Toy Chest: This isn't M.Tyson.

 It's a Boxer played by 50 cent. I forgot to tale the boxed pic long ago...

So, Balrog, the last Shadaloo King.

He's the Disgraced Boxer who joined Bison to beat people up for fun... 

Articulation:

We know what to expect from Jada... he's well articulated. Waist twist scares me a little, though.

4.5

Paint and sculpt:

He looks the part and most of him is molded in the proper color.
His missing tooth is a void innthe sculpt and not paint.

5.0

Accessories:

Alternate head

Alternate hands

Punch effects

5.0

Overall:

Boxer gets a 4.83 as his final score. If his waist twist didn't give me a scare that it's so tight it might break he'd be perfect.

Bonus review:

Logan Paul basic figure. Yeah, I bought a $20 basic figure... curse mom and pop pharmacy prices. Some insufferable little shit YouTuber turned wrestler.

Articulation:

He's basically the equivalent to Rey Mysterio from the Lucha Lowrider... but with a different body. Same articulation as the Kid Core MOTU.

4.0

Paint and sculpt:

Looks like Logan Paul but with less paint detail.

4.5

Accessories:

N/A

OVERALL:

Logan Paul gets a 4.25 as his final score. I disagree with the math, but the math don't lie.

Jada's final Alpha figure is a woman in his 50s...

She was 16-17 in 1990. So doing the math, she's in her early 50s...

Yup! We are getting Miss Kasugano... watch how some of her parts will be reused for Miss Kanzuki on wave 3. I'm surprised that Ken, Akuma, or Dan weren't on wave 2. But in a way, I'm glad that they're not rehashing the same characters as Storm Arena. Personally, I hope they stick to the new characters or the classic characters that look very different from their street fighter II counterparts. Gimme the Roses, Rolentos, Gens, Karins, over Blanka, Guile, Fei Long, etc. Of course, I wouldn't say no to an extra large Bison.

More SDCC Updates: 94CotA Sentinel crowdfunding and Jaguar Kicks

 Hasbro is making a crowdfinding for the X-men children of the atom Sentinel and wants $100 for it.

I'm not Gonna lie it looks really good. But at the same time, it doesn't scream $100 Good. 

Jada dropped a reveal of the second Alpha figure for wave 2.

I mentioned the Jagiar Kick so you know it's Adon... I hope figure 3 is Rose...or Sakura/Karin. Also the second round of SDCC stuff from jada sold out in a flash.

Street Fighter Stuff: Hasbro vs Jada:

Jada showed some Street Fighter Alpha Love...

Guy is coming... but Guy isn't the only Capcom thing they showed. They showed closer to production Mega Man stuff... No Roll, or the Doctors.

Check out that Strider Hiryu... waitaminute?

Jada better give Astro Boy the butt guns...

 

This is so much a Mega Man Rip-off... and yes, I'm well aware Astroboy came much earlier, but this intro is the most Mega Man thing ever.

Jada is making both Mega Man and Astro Boy... I can hear my mom yelling: Abre el culo que aquí voy.

Now I'll need to get an Astolfo figure.

Yikes... I will be getting these regardless how bad they look.

Mainly for this joke.

Update: I most likely won't be getting the  ovie figures, for they're walmart exclusive and Location Surcharges make them not worth it. And in store they will be nearly $40.

Soem SDCC news: MotU, GI Joe, Street Fighter

 Jada made me think of Mattycollector. The headpack sold out in less than 5 minutes... couldn't even try to order as it was sold out once I got to the SDCC page.

BigBadToyStore and Entertainment Earth have the GI Joe Classified Lara Croft. $45... yikes! One must be an idiot to pay that... I will be an idiot then. Managed to preorder her.

Mattel is rebooting Origins and now they will integrate Build a Figure to the line... if only they fixed distribution issues as the last Origins I saw were the TMNT crossover and those were at a mom and pop pharmacy, not a big retailer like say Walmart.

Shadow Beast and Mask of Power monster (green) are the BAFs. 

Jada is doung now Two Packs for SF...

 Of course thw first one is Bison vs Guile.

The palette for Guile should've been Brown, but whatever. No new items here.

Look at the Endings:

Cammy vs Bison 2 pack with new alternate head (Bison without hat). Add for cammy the Tongue head from SSFIIT opening.

Ken and Eliza Wedding 2 pack. Jada can be lazy and just make a new Eliza and rerelease Ken or make Ken in a tux and a soft goods wedding dress Eliza.

Interpol Uniform Chun Li from her ending and toss Civilian clothes Ken from the Violent Ken ending.

Sally and Dhalsim 2 pack 

Guile and Julia 2 pack from Ken's Ending

Blanka and his Mom...

While technically not Ultra SFII, Scott and Max.

Jada I love you and I hate you:

 We got the second SDCC Exclusive... it's Street Fighter related.

Problem is that it'll be a Jada exclusive and they kinda are a pain to ahip outside US. IIRC, they classified Puerto Rico as international and unable to ship.

This is something that shouldn't be placed behind a SDCC paywall. Let's see the third SDCC item tomorrow...

Odds and emds June 17: Todd, Jada, He-Man

 Jada revealed their SDCC USFIIT exclusive.

A recolor of Akuma with extras. MEH! I just wish these were accessory packs.

Saw He-Man again. Liked it a bit better this time. I still have a few gripes but, this time there were more kids and for the most part they enjoyed it. That's a good thing. Macy's had a few Chronicles... Tri-Klops and Duncan, but those are a tad too expensive... also notoced how shittily stocked was that Macy's TRU... No Marvel, No Star Wars, No Transformers, No TMNT, no Mario... loads of Barbie and crappy dolls.

Todd is at it again... first Naruto, then My Hero Macadamia... Now...

Look at how they massacred my ballless boy... though Turbo Okarun isn't that bad.

Will we get Shiratori or the Kaiju girl? Hell will Todd give us Granny Seiko. Since Todd hates female figures.

Diecast pocket fighters... yay?

 Jada is making Diecast figures of Pocket Fighter...

It's cool but no... we need actual Mega Man sized figures... now if they nade individual releases

OK I'll shut up now... Jada, Daphne when?

Entertainment Earf has a cool Blanka

 That if the shipping was not outrageous, I would totally buy...

Same old Blanka, but GITD

Also, Hasbro is making 2 packs of the Future Foundation f4

These will be Pulse exclusives...

But seriously Jada, show us a surprise after Zangief...

By the way, where the fuck is Daphne?

Advent Calendar 19: a Super Street Fighter Combo

 I got these for Epiphany (Día de Los Reyes Magos for the 2 Latin American readers). 

Fei Long: Bison! You are dishonorable.
Chun Li: Monster! You killed My father!
Guile: Watch me from the heavens, Charlie as I avenge you!
Ryu: I remember the time you tried to Isekai me aboard Truck-kun!
Dee Jay: Mi hear seh yuh a bumbaclot, Bison!
Cammy: English, Dee Jay! We don't understand your... WHY IS YOUR HAND ON MY BUM, MASTERS!?
Ken: I was swatting a mosquito, Cammy! Honest! Also, Ryu is the Lolifucker.
Ryu: For the last time, Ken, I was asleep and Sakura RAPED ME! I have no sexual interests AT ALL!
Chun Li: Fuckdammit!
Bison: Are you sure, you eight are enough to take on me? Why don't you guys wait for the Indian...
Dhalsim: I'm right here, Bison. Can't you see me levitating?
Bison: Not Convenience Store Indian... Indian as in Cowboys and Indians.
Cammy: They Prefer Native Americans! I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD TAKE YOUR HAND OFF MY BUM, MASTERS!
Bison: As I was saying, the Fake Mexican, the Sumo, Gay Ivan Drago, and the Green Beast... Why not wait for them?
Guile: You're biding time for your Generals to Arrive...
Fei Long: His Generals?
Chun Li: Yes. Vega, The Narcissistic Ninja Matador. He fancies Cammy.
Cammy: He's creepier than Bison and he wants to be inside me... and I don't mean putting his bloody sausage in me. Bison wants to put his brain in my head in order to be me.
Ken: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!
Bison: You're touching my future ass.
Guile: Balrog. Basically Mike Tyson without the lisp and actually evil.
Fei Long: Hory Shet...
Chun Li: And the Emperor of Muay Thai
Ryu: SAGAT!!
Akuma VO: You're forgetting someone Bison...
Bison: Kay, fight me now, that way we can forget about Akuma.

So, now I've completed both Waves 2 and 3 of Street Fighter. So let's tackle them:

Guile:

Articulation:

He has the Standard Jada Articulation and can pull off most Guile Poses. Some require stands, which these figures don't have and I'm too lazy to buy stands on eBay.

I have to be honest. It's a shame he doesn't have the toe hinges, otherwise, we could land more Guile Poses.

His Articulation is on par with Marvel Legends or GI Joe Classified.

4.5

Paint and sculpt:

Here Guile has a few advantages... and some disadvantages... His sculpt is pretty good and his shirt has sculpted details. The legs on the other hand seem a bit shorter than they should. But he's more accurate than SH Figuarts.

4.5

Bison: "You still refuse to accept my-"
Guile: "SONIC BOOM!"
Bison: "But I had a speech!"
Guile: "SONIC BOOM! Bison You're off da air!"

Accessories:

Alternate head

Alternate hands

Sonic Boom effect

Stand

Removable dog tags

Comb

This barely qualifies for a 5.0 but at a third of the price of the SH Figuarts who has 3 faceplates, 4 extra Hands, sonic boom effect, comb, and stand is a steal.

Guile: "Go home and be a Family Man!!"
Chun Li: "I am a Woman."
Guile: "Are you sure about that, Jackie Chan?"

Overall:

Guile gets a 4.67 as his final score. It's good but a couple of accessories could have improved it. 

Hand effects for firing the sonic boom, 2 extra Hands. Don't get me Wrong: For the price point of the figure it's a steal... unlike Bandai's rip-off.

Cammy:

Articulation:

She feels slightly better than Chun Li as her outfit doesn't have any interference due to her outfit. Even her braids have an Articulation point. Mine are super loose and it's scary.

4.0

Cammy: Cannon Drill!
Bison: Ain't that cute. It's like a girly Psycho Crusher!

Paint and sculpt:

She looks a lot better in person. I really like how vibrant she looks. Kinda wish she had butterfly shoulders though. She is a very fin figure to play with.

5.0

Bison: One way or another, I WILL BE INSIDE YOU!?
Cammy: Ew, you perv!
Bison: Not like that! I mean I'm going to put my soul inside your body and take over it!
Cammy: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Accessories:

Alt head

Alt Hands

Cannon Drill effect

Guess I better start. Looking for generic action figurestands, preferably those with a C-clip for the figure to stand in airborne Poses. I wish she had gotten a third head with removable hat to mimic her win pose.

4.5

Guile: Bison! Your ass is mine!
Cammy: Colonel, stop! You have my vibe on too strong! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Guile: Bison's tuna needs some pounding...
Cammy: Yes! Yes!
Guile: You're ass is mine!

Overall:

Cammy gets a 4.83 as her final score. There is very little that could have been done to improve this figure...

Dee Jay:

We are in uncharted territory as Jada did what SOTA Couldn't.

Dee Jay: Max Out!
Bison: That's it? You're almost as bad as
the Pink clad Karateka.
Dee Jay: Yuh just call mi Dan Hibiki? Yuh cya guh fuck yourself, bumbaclot!

Articulation:

Dee Jay is like Ryu on steroids. Same articulation, slightly better range... his braids MAY have articulation but mine were a little stiff so I didn't push it.

4.5

Bison: Like I said, Donna Joe, You are almost as bad as What's-his-name?
Dee Jay: Yuh nuh scare me bumbaclot!
Cammy: YOU MONSTER! LEAVE MY COOL RUNNINGS ALONE!
Ryu (VO): But You said I was your modern Samurai...

Paint and sculpt:

His likeness is pretty good. Some people have had issues that the torso skintone doesn't match the rest of his body. I was lucky. Sadly, there were a few paint issues.

Dee Jay: Hey Ryu! Cammy fi mi now!
Ryu (VO): Nani?
Dee Jay: Mi nuh undastan yuh ching chong, shi fi mi now!
Ken (VO): He's calling you a loser and wait, since when you've shown interest in Cammy?  You too have white fever.

Those were easily fixed with a touch of paint. 

4.5

Accessories:

Alt head

Real chain

Air slasher (MAX OUT!)

Stand

Alt hands

Cammy: Eee? O ah eehleh!
Dee Jay: Mi needa tuh si eff mi cock will fit eena.  Yu needa tuh open wider Fi eh de thicker dan mi fingga.
Ryu: You said we were special... I am your Japanese Boy... You, you... I will KILL HIM AND PROVE I'M SUPERIOR!
Incel Ryu: I WILL RELEASE YOU FROM HIS DISGUSTINGLY LARGE DICK SPELL!!

I'm going to call it now. A Deluxe Variant is most likely to get c-grips and maracas... or a Machine gun fist effect.

5.0

Ken (VO): Dooodge!!! Ryu has succumbed to the power of the  Satsujin-tekina kyōsei-tekina dokushin seikatsu no hadou!!
Cammy: Wot?
Dee Jay: Him a screw incel!!
Incel Ryu: MESSATSU!!

Overall:

Dee Jay gets a 4.67 as his final score. Thus we have reached the halfway point of the line... I guess that by 2026 we will have the whole line.

Advent Calendar 02: The Day Bison got Reviewed

 Was the greatest day of Nefty's Life... but for Bison, it was Tuesday... Three Bison Figures, all reviewed on a Tuesday. I postponed the Jada Bison to the 2025 Advent Calendar because I was finished with 2024 by the time he arrived to my doorstep. 

So, who is Bison? Evil Dictator and leader of the criminal empire known as Shadaloo. He is able to use the negative energy and amplify his strength. He calls it Psycho Power. Like a roach, he is hard to kill.

Chun Li: Why are we referencing the Shitty Street Fighter movie?
Bison: Wait we're doing The Legend of Chun Li? I WAS PREPARED TO DO 1994!

Articulation 

M. Bison has standard Jada Articulation plus partially Articulated Shoulderpads. There is some Nifty engineering on the shoulder pads in order to make them swappable... They can be a bit tricky though. A part of me is considering buying a second M Bison and glue the shoulder pads to each figure. One figure would have the cake permanently appached. The other would be with the Bear shoulder pads... He can do many of the game poses but but he cannot cross his arms and Jada didn't give him alternate crossed arms like other more expensive fogures have.

4.5

Bison: Are we referencing the Anime movie or SFII V?
Ken: Yes...
Ryu: Maybe?

Paint and sculpt

For the most part he's based on SF2... He's.

 Not as bulky as the street fighter alpha version, but he is bulkier than the street fighter 2 version. I kind of wish we could get the emaciated capcom vs SNK version of Bison.

5.0

Nefty VO: It was at this moment Fei Long Realized he fucked up!

Accessories

Extra hands

Extra head

Alternate Shoulder pads 

Psycho Power effect

I need To get some Marvel Legends Magneto energy hands because they are purple and they match the psycho power effect... 

4.5

Ryu: OK, we're doing The Anime movie and I'm without a duffelbag.

Overall:

Bison gets a 4.67 as his final score. I've been having way too much fun with this figure. This is a pretty decent figure for its price poand I'd dare say that it's as image better than some of the imports...

It came from the Toy Chest: Now I'm going to need Meddling kids

 

I got a Scooby Doo Villain Specifically the Mummy of Ankha... Ankha? Why does that name sound so familiar?

*Camel by Camel intensifies*

No... The cat was not dancing... The Cat was not dancing... No, Mom's ghost, I did NOT buy this dude for an Ankha not dancing reference. Though I DID take a pic based on the "dance"

I got him to have a generic mummy that could slip in between TMNT, ML, and others... but after seeing the Ahegao face Daphne... I want the full gang. I WAS gonna get Daphne and Velma... Fred for other reasons. So now I'm going to get the whole gang minus Crappy Doo. HOPING for A Mystery Machine.

Articulation:

Dude has an excellent range of articulation. The double ball joint on the waist and torso give him a great range to do a decent Naruto Run pose. 

While not perfect, since it would require Interchangeable arms (See Bison, M.) He can do a decent arms crossed pose.

5.0

He's a bit taller than Nefty... who is 6.5 inches.

Paint and sculpt:

The Mummy is mostly white body with black holes. There's a VERY SUBTLE Grey wash. 

5.0

This was obviously a clever move by Jada Toys.

Accessories:

Alternate hands

Unmasked face

Partially unwrapped wrap.

I wish it had the Egyptian Coin from the episode... 

5.0

Nefty: You aren't my Mommy!
Dr.Najib: Mummy! Not Mommy!
This joke would make sense if you were British and not a spic...
Nefty: Aspic? Ew! Also, fuck you racist bastard!

Overall:

I didn't expect to like this figure so much. 5.0 is the final score... due to my limitations in the rating system. We wouldn't want to get π levels of anally retentive in my ratings system.