Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 5, 2006 4:03:05 GMT -5
I decided to look up SOTA Toys and found a posting from one of the new higher ups (in case you didn't know there was a huge "regime change" at SOTA resulting in a new CEO from another Japanese toymaker). In this posting he tries to answer questions about upcoming SOTA lines and writes a couple of paragraphs explaining the future of the Stree Fighter line:
"There are a lot of questions about Street Fighter Series Five that bacically restate the same thing over and over so I'll just write a paragraph and answer as much as I can.
You will be seeing pics of series 5 around mid 2007. We plan on having proto-types for 2007 SDCC so pics may or may not leak out before then. SF5 is slated for release in late 2007. The line up will have Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Zangief. This line up may change, as we may add a fourth figure, or change who’s in it, but as it stands right now Capcom and we feel this is pretty solid. We plan on making Street Fighter figures as long as we can! The new management loves Street Fighter and plan on trying to keep it going as long as possible! SOTA’s goal has always been to give the fans high quality, super articulated, Street Fighter figures. The new management wants to do the same thing! There are many more figures to go, we know, and we're missing a few figures that simply must be made. We will keep Street Fighter going. As for Cody, we'll just have to see. We know you all want him, but aren't there other characters that need to come out first? The Dolls as a two pack? Maybe. We want to make everything!
Street Fighter Previews will be hitting shelves in early 2007. This line will be one of the first lines that new management got to have a say in. They took this opportunity to showcase the direction they want to take Street Fighter. NM (new management) had a chance to oversee sculpting on these and decided that they would use this line that was initiated by OM (old management) to show case the direction that they planned on taking Street Fighter. In addition to the Ken, Ryu, and Akuma, there will be an Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma variant available through SOTA Toys. The new management doesn’t want to remake anything that has already been done so well so they are sticking to figures that don’t exist yet. However this been such a demand for a remake of Chun-Li that NM has considered it. But no promises yet!"
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I am really happy to hear Dhalsim and E Honda have joined Zangief in finally getting new figures! Those three are basically my top 3 for Street Fighter wishlist figures.
We will see on what stores carry their products, but most likely buying from their website will be the best bet for now.
"There are a lot of questions about Street Fighter Series Five that bacically restate the same thing over and over so I'll just write a paragraph and answer as much as I can.
You will be seeing pics of series 5 around mid 2007. We plan on having proto-types for 2007 SDCC so pics may or may not leak out before then. SF5 is slated for release in late 2007. The line up will have Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Zangief. This line up may change, as we may add a fourth figure, or change who’s in it, but as it stands right now Capcom and we feel this is pretty solid. We plan on making Street Fighter figures as long as we can! The new management loves Street Fighter and plan on trying to keep it going as long as possible! SOTA’s goal has always been to give the fans high quality, super articulated, Street Fighter figures. The new management wants to do the same thing! There are many more figures to go, we know, and we're missing a few figures that simply must be made. We will keep Street Fighter going. As for Cody, we'll just have to see. We know you all want him, but aren't there other characters that need to come out first? The Dolls as a two pack? Maybe. We want to make everything!
Street Fighter Previews will be hitting shelves in early 2007. This line will be one of the first lines that new management got to have a say in. They took this opportunity to showcase the direction they want to take Street Fighter. NM (new management) had a chance to oversee sculpting on these and decided that they would use this line that was initiated by OM (old management) to show case the direction that they planned on taking Street Fighter. In addition to the Ken, Ryu, and Akuma, there will be an Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma variant available through SOTA Toys. The new management doesn’t want to remake anything that has already been done so well so they are sticking to figures that don’t exist yet. However this been such a demand for a remake of Chun-Li that NM has considered it. But no promises yet!"
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I am really happy to hear Dhalsim and E Honda have joined Zangief in finally getting new figures! Those three are basically my top 3 for Street Fighter wishlist figures.
We will see on what stores carry their products, but most likely buying from their website will be the best bet for now.
