Action Figure #375: Jada Toys Ken Masters

 The original Shoto-Clone!

 And now, it's time to talk about my boy, Ken Masters! Did you know? He was given the Masters last name due to Barbie's Ken! Regardless, Ken has always been my go-to character in Street Fighter, from his blonde hair, his red clothes or the fiery Shoryuken, this guy is my guy.

 While it looks like the figure is a clone of Ryu's, much like in the games themselves, not everything is as it seems! Look at his belt! Look at his gi! THEY ARE DIFFERENT! That's right, what could've been a very simple reuse was actually given love and care, who'd have known? As for the figure itself, both headsculpts look a bit off from certain angles, I think it's the nose looking a bit too pointy, but he looks much better in person. My only big complaint would be the accessory, Jada Toys has done SO well with the accessories, but instead of a fiery punch effect, which could've worked like Fei Long's effect, he was given an orange Hadoken for some reason. As per usual, besides the Hadoken Effect, he also comes with a pair of alternate hands and an alternate angry head.

 The articulation is excellent, as with all the other Jada figures. Swivels on his biceps, thighs and feet, double jointed elbows and knees, ball jointed waist and ab crunch and even butterfly joints. You can easily take the top of his clothes too if you wish. He is slightly shorter than the Bucky Cap Mold.

 As mentioned before, the belt is different, because Ryu had some Kanji on one of the ends of his belt, as for the Gi, Ken's looks new, while Ryu has tattered edges on the shoulders and on the ends of his pant legs. While this difference in Gis actually started around Street Fighter III, it's still a really neat way to make the figures look different.

 What can I say? Another Jada Toys banger. While the Street Fighter II designs aren't my favorites, I just can't help but to want to collect them all because Jada are just SO good at what they are doing.

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