1993 Street Fighter II Toy Fair Catalog Spread
Yesterday’s post sparked quite a bit of convo, so here’s another page from the same year’s catalog. It’s the Street Fighter II assortment. While not as crazy a dio as the Mega Marines, there’s still some interesting things going on–such as pre-production differences from the final toys. Can you spot ’em all?
I can indeed:
-Guile is built from Bullet-proof’s head atop Sgt. Slaughter’s body.
-Chun-Li and Blanka are straight repaints of Scarlett and Road Pig, with minor additions to their heads.
-Ken has Downtown’s head atop Ninja Force Storm Shadow’s body.
-Ryu has Quick Kick’s head atop Slice’s body.
-M. Bison has the head and hat of Red Star.
I was wondering about Guile’s head here, speculated it was just a prototype, but now I see it. Nice!
Also; Blanka is trying to shoot himself
No, he’s trying to shoot the imposter / his doppleganger.
This is so awesome. WTH is on Roadpig’s head trying to pass for hair?! lol
I love that the SF2 characters, all expert martial artists, come to Joeville and instantly disregard all their training in favor of giant rocket launchers. YO JOE!!
The Blanka hair would almost have made him worth getting. The Bulletproof head Guile is interesting. I actually like that look more than I do the actual figure. This is more great stuff. Keep ’em coming!
Wow! That is like an alternate reality battle!
I’ve always wondered what the ID’s on the original figures were.
Now to make customs of them all!
That Beast Blaster is great. The Thunder Machine was always one of my favorites. I had to overpay to buy one of these because of seeing this. Keep ’em coming man.
Yeah, I never knew it was a slightly reworked Thunder Machine as a kid. I loved that thing growing up. I think I got it for Christmas one year from my grandparents. It was a great vehicle and I’m sure had I known it was originally a Dreadnok vehicle, it would have gotten even more use than it did. I can just see my Ninja Force Zartan riding around in that thing like it was his own ride.
I think it was and is alright here, I would have lowered the camera angle for this scene though.
Toy ads always had the best backgrounds. That warehouse/garage with included ladder and crate would’ve been a fun playset.