"Official Mortal Kombat Figures Thread"

I've always loved Spawn. This figure is a must have

ordered Spawn forever ago from my local comic store, it still has not come in, but I finally got it from Amazon, really like it!

Storm Collectibles tweeted a pic teasing their MK3 Unmasked Sub-Zero.

This was one of several figures (along with MK1 Johnny Cage, MK2 Kitana, MK2 Liu Kang, MK2 Mileena) that were previously shown in prototype form, then strangely not seen for a while. So great to see Kuai Liang's face return to the schedule, hopefully the others aren't far behind.

Personally I wondered if their disappearances from the schedule might be related to likeness rights, since none of the (human) figures previously released actually showcased full faces (so wouldn't reasonably have required licensing of likenesses). Obviously Johnny Cage and Liu Kang don't wear masks, and while the Kitana and Mileena prototypes were masked and didn't show unmasked face options, considering the infamous limited market appeal of female action figures, it's not much of a leap to think that Storm would probably have had alternate unmasked heads in development for those to increase market appeal. So I think it's quite possible the delays were/are related to likeness rights. Hopefully the conclusion will be that the figures eventually appear with successfully licensed actor likeness, rather than arriving with more generic, cartoony looking headsculpts to avoid licensing fees, or worse still never appearing period.

At this point it's not really clear what approach Storm is taking in regard to licensing of likenesses, since MK3 Unmasked Sub-Zero looks quite like John Turk, whereas unfortunately MK2 Raiden looks nothing like Carlos Pesina. Personally I really want all the figures to feature the original actor likeness and was really disappointed with the MK2 Raiden reveal for that reason, but we'll just have to wait and see I guess.

EDIT: Looks like the upcoming Raiden has an MK1-ish look hidden under his blue shirt, so the figure could vaguely be considered an MK1/MK2 2-in-1 figure, similar to how the original ninjas vaguely covered both MK1 and MK2 with the interchangeable masks. Though unfortunately there are a few inaccuracies that prevent either being completely true to both games. For example MK1 Raiden didn't have the upper arm plates (which it seems are not removeable) and his top was not the form fitting robe fastened high up that is represented on this figure, it was a loose fitting shirt with a large low plunging neckhole at the front, as can be more clearly seen in MK1 behind the scenes set photos. Still it's a cool little extra option for those that want it, and personally I will be displaying him MK2 style anyway.

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EDIT2: Storm have announced their SDCC exclusives - MK11 Klassic Scorpion and a red version of MK2 Raiden

Full galleries of 4 upcoming Storm figures:

MK11 Klassic Scorpion & MK2 Red Costume Raiden - news.toyark.com/2020/07/15/mortal-kombat-sdcc-2020-exclusive-scorpion-and-raiden-by-storm-collectibles-393949

MK3 Motaro - news.toyark.com/2020/07/22/mortal-kombat-motaro-figure-by-storm-collectibles-395576

MK3 Unmasked Sub-Zero - news.toyark.com/2020/07/24/preview-of-the-mortal-kombat-3-sub-zero-figure-by-storm-collectibles-396499

I notice the MK3 Unmasked Sub-Zero head is different to the one previously shown. Previously it had a likeness to the original actor John Turk. Now it's been changed to be more generic. With this and Raiden looking nothing like Carlos Pesina, it seems pretty obvious Storm doesn't want to pay licensing fees to use the original actor likenesses. Which is really disappointing for fans of the classic MK games, particularly considering these are premium-priced figures.

I am also disappointed that logically with the reveal of the MK11 Klassic Scorpion, this probably means we won't be getting any more ninjas using their original MK1/MK2 style ninja mold. I was hoping we might eventually get a Tremor, Chameleon, an "invisible" Reptile variant in transparent plastic, or maybe even Oniro (white ninja from the cartoon). But now, even if Storm did those characters, my guess is they would just use the newer MK3 ninja mold or this new MK11 Klassic mold, which would mean they won't match the existing MK1/MK2 style ninja figures.

Still on the plus side, I can't wait to get Motaro which looks amazing.

...and still no new news on kitana and mileena? May as well assume they are no longer coming at this point.

Most popular characters by far. Equivalent of dc doing batman all the time and wwe doing reigns.

Plus they've done ermac, rain, smoke, reptile, Kahn, goro, sektor, cyrax, raiden, baraka and motaro.

I feel you. I've always liked them, but Kitana and mileena have been my favorites forever and we rarely get any mileena. I'd also like to get some new characters like cassie cage and d'vorah

Question about the Storm MK Raiden figure, is this figure already released in the US? its sold out on that BB Toy Store, and all the bay listings are $100+

It was up for preorder on amazon due in June so I'd assume yes