Post by kareem on Nov 28, 2005 0:41:10 GMT -5
My fists have your blood on them...
I picked this guy up recently at Hot Topic, for a hefty sum of $14.99.
This will be our rating system:
A scale of 1 to 5 Balrog combos.
Articulation: Being a fan of Marvel Legends, this is something I look for. Balrog has it, and does something that Toybiz should take note of. Here's a large figure, with a fair amount of joints, that doesn't topple over every 3 seconds.
Score: 5 combos
Paint: Another thing that comes with collecting ML, an attention to paint apps. I'm pleased to say, that Balrog had no sloppiness, and a tiny brown fleck on his tanktop, that you have to look for to find.
Score: 5combos
Sculpt: This is something that got my interest. Balrog is a pug prize fighter, and a fairly ugly sumbitch. SOTA captured that perfectly, with his ripped shirt, missing tooth, and muscular torso. Balrog was modeled after Mike Tyson, and every bit of Iron Mike shows through.
Score: 5 combos
Accessories: Balrog is one of the few characters from Street Fighter, that didn't have some sort of fireball attack, so unlike most of the figures, he has no fireball clip ons. But like most of the other figures, he has an alternate set of hands, and an extra head. The taped hands are a nice touch. He never wore them in the game, but they don't seem out of place. The alternate dumbfounded head is great, and a nice addition. I wish SOTA had packed in another head, to kind of pad out the accessories though.
Score: 4 combos.
Overall: 4 1/2 combos
Balrog is a well done figure, with a nice bulky feel to him. It certainly has peaked my interest in collecting more of the figures.
I picked this guy up recently at Hot Topic, for a hefty sum of $14.99.
This will be our rating system:
A scale of 1 to 5 Balrog combos. Articulation: Being a fan of Marvel Legends, this is something I look for. Balrog has it, and does something that Toybiz should take note of. Here's a large figure, with a fair amount of joints, that doesn't topple over every 3 seconds.
Score: 5
combosPaint: Another thing that comes with collecting ML, an attention to paint apps. I'm pleased to say, that Balrog had no sloppiness, and a tiny brown fleck on his tanktop, that you have to look for to find.
Score: 5
combosSculpt: This is something that got my interest. Balrog is a pug prize fighter, and a fairly ugly sumbitch. SOTA captured that perfectly, with his ripped shirt, missing tooth, and muscular torso. Balrog was modeled after Mike Tyson, and every bit of Iron Mike shows through.
Score: 5
combosAccessories: Balrog is one of the few characters from Street Fighter, that didn't have some sort of fireball attack, so unlike most of the figures, he has no fireball clip ons. But like most of the other figures, he has an alternate set of hands, and an extra head. The taped hands are a nice touch. He never wore them in the game, but they don't seem out of place. The alternate dumbfounded head is great, and a nice addition. I wish SOTA had packed in another head, to kind of pad out the accessories though.
Score: 4
combos.Overall: 4 1/2
combosBalrog is a well done figure, with a nice bulky feel to him. It certainly has peaked my interest in collecting more of the figures.
ing massive.
