The king of daddy issues.
Kazuya used to be my favorite character in Tekken. Then came Jim, whom I preferred, until he was revamped in 4 and I went right back to Kazuya. In other words, it was only a matter of time before I bought my main
main dude in Tekken. Now, if we could only get Lars....
Bandai's Anime Heroes line is a bit hit or miss, but Jin's figure was incredible, if
only they hadn't used those rubber pants... Well, here's Kazuya, with
proper plastic pants! This figure looks great. His body is very detailed, with all his scars and his pants are
textured as well. As with other figures in this line, the expression on his face is a bit...
empty, but it's serviceable. Sadly, only the scar on his chest was painted, so while he has the rest of his scars throughout his body... they are flesh colored. And painting the rest of his scars would've gone a looooooong way. He comes with an alternate pair of hands, an electric punch effect piece and a ROUND1 sign.
Articulation is pretty good as per usual with the line. Double jointed elbows and knees, swivels on his biceps, a hinged ab crunch and a ball jointed waist. He is also outfitted with those drop-down hips I'm not a big fan of. He is very stable, to pull off kicks, and you can get some pretty great poses out of him. He is a
bit taller than Bucky Cap.
As with the
greatest of Anime Heroes figures... They always fall short of making truly great figures. Almost always, it has to do with the pain apps. Just having every scar painted on Kazuya would've made him a fantastic figure. Everything else on him is just perfect, the sculpt, the details, the articulation, the accessories... just get him better paint apps, including on the face, and you would've gotten a top-notch Tekken figure... and one much sturdier than Figuarts'.
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