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At this point, I’ve got more Ryu figures than Ryu has moves..." What a great time to be a
Marvel vs Capcom fan...
or is it? Local collector Jeffrey, who proudly calls
Marvel vs Capcom 2 "
his entire personality for a full year in 2000", is starting to feel the déjà vu as yet another company has entered the fray with their take on 1:12 scale figures from the iconic crossover fighting game.
ToyFarce investigated...
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It all started off so innocently..." Jeffrey recounted. "
I had the Toy Biz figures from 25 years ago, and for the longest time, they were my favorite. The Street Fighter figures from SOTA Toys back then were great too. More recently, Jada Toys gave us those amazing Street Fighter figures. I thought I'd get some X-Men figures from MAFEX to go with them. Then, Hasbro announced the Marvel Legends Gamerverse versions. I was like 'Cool! I’ll build my perfect MVC roster!' After that, Storm Collectibles came in with their 1:12 Street Fighter Storm Arena versions, so I figured 'Why not a third set?' And now, S.H. Figuarts, who also did Street Fighter figures before, announced X-Men characters from the game..."
Jeffrey has been through this fight before.
Literally. "
You try to resist, but then you see that Ryu looks slightly more angry, or Magneto has extra hands, and suddenly you’re justifying a fourth version of the same character because this one looks the most like the arcade sprites."
Adding to the stress is the fact that no one company seems to be releasing the full
Marvel vs Capcom roster. "
You end up kitbashing a playable team across four to five lines. My Wolverine is a Marvel Legend, my Captain America is a MAFEX, Ken is Storm Arena and my Chun-Li is Jada. I’m basically doing toy alchemy at this point!"
Despite the annoyance, Jeffrey has confirmed he will be pre-ordering the
S.H. Figuarts Gamerverse Cyclops: "
He’s got that optic blast effect... I mean, come on. What am I supposed to do - not buy it!?"
More news at 11:00... "
If Toy Biz had just done this properly in 1999, we wouldn’t be in this mess..."
*ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!
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