SOTA Toys is proud to announce Dagon! A true Horror from the Deep.
SOTA Toys introduces the latest addition to the "SOTA Nightmares" product line, H. P. Lovecraft's Dagon. This 12-inch tall statue features incredible detail in its horrific presentation of nameless things that crawl on the ocean's slimy bed; Dagon. Made of high quality resin and special "flex-resin" in key parts, this limited edition collectible will be a prized addition to any collection highlighting H. P. Lovecraft, monsters, and, as Lovecraft stated, "gigantic, tenebrous, ultimate gods."
Bullet Points!
• Dagon is the latest addition to the SOTA Nightmares line of Horror statues.
• The Dagon Statue is the third statue in the SOTA Nightmares H.P. Lovecraft line of Cthulhu Collectibles
• Dagon stands in the same 12” scale as the Cthulhu and the Nyarlathotep statues.
• Dagon Pre-Orders are available here.
• Many more images of Dagon are available here and here.
• Dagon will ship to retail customers in late May, 2010 (Though pre-orders are available now.)
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Leading the line up in the 3rd Wave [Round 3] of SOTA Toys 15th Anniversary Street fighter action figures was Guile. And he proved to be a fan favourite not just in the game, but in the toy form too. And here’s why.
Guile features a variety of accessories, which consists of an alternate head, 2 sonic boom effects, and 3 extra interchangeable hands. He has 5 hands in total and this provides a lot of options for interesting and dynamic posing. Although not really an accessory as such, Guile also comes with a really cool chain around his neck, which holds the 2 Dog tags, as were seen when the character was first introduced in Street Fighter 2 The World Warrior.
The sculpting of the Guile figure is fantastic, he looks and feels very solid and durable and is a very accurate rendition of the World Warrior to Super Turbo artwork era. He does not have so many Anime Alpha inspired influences as some of the other characters in the SOTA Line, and personally I think that it actually works to this particular figures benefit.
After seeing the recent Street Figure IV inspired action figure offerings from NECA, I came to the conclusion that while those figures are really well made and very faithful renditions of the Street Fighter 4 art style, they can also have a tendency to alienate some of the fans who may prefer something a little bit more traditional and perhaps not such heavily stylized depictions of the characters. And this is where the SOTA Guile figure shines.
He stands at around 6” tall, and it is an ideal height for those who may also collect 6” Marvel toys, and makes recreating scenes from cross over games like marvel VS Capcom possible.
The paint job is great. There are a lot of subtle gradations in the skin tone, and there were no areas of sloppy paint work. Since its initial release I was fortunate to purchase 2 of these figures and they were both painted to a very high standard.
Guile also features around 33 points of articulation. But all of the cuts and joints are well hidden, and the articulation does not in the slightest way detract from the overall cohesiveness of the figure.
It is very difficult to fault this figure, but if there was one thing I would say it is that the alternate open mouth head does not really convey the right emotions. While his mouth is open his eyes do not seem to reflect the expression of his mouth, making the overall head look a bit lifeless, when viewed from the front. However, that is a very minor issue, and the head does look great when viewed from diagonal and side views.
All in all this really is a testament to the effort that was invested into the initial 4 waves of SOTA's 15th Anniversary Street Fighter Figures. And I would certainly recommend this to any Street fighter or general action figure fan.
Review and photographs by Dean René Middleton
Staff Reviewer
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Back in 2005 SOTA toys released a critically acclaimed line of action figures to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Street fighter fighting game series. The second wave of these figures consisted of a strong selection of characters, from a variety of the games. There was Cammy and T.Hawk from the Super Street Fighter Series, and classic world Warriors Ken, Blanka and Vega. There is no doubt that the classic World Warrior characters are the most iconic and recognisable from all the Street Fighter games, so this was a particularly strong line up.
The Vega figure was probably the stand out figure in this line up for me. And that was remarkable since the entire wave was very strong. Each character had a different body and unique parts. There was also a great deal of variety between the figures scale wise which was very consistent with the games.
The Vega figure seems to have been sculpted more in line with his Alpha/Zero 3 appearance, but this is very subtle and does not in anyway alienate fans who perhaps may not have been so fond of that particular art style, and may have preferred his World Warrior look.
The figure stands at about 6 ½ inches tall, which is great and it feels perfectly scaled in comparison with the other figures. He also has a selection of accessories including a removable claw, an alternate head, 3 alternate hands, and his signature rose from the Alpha series.
The alternate head is unmasked, which is a welcome addition. Unfortunately the mask is not removable on the regular head, but this is a certainly a worthy substitute. And it also helps to reduce the chances of the mask accidentally falling off all the time, or getting lost.
The Rose is a very delicate accessory and could easily be lost. However one of his hands is sculpted in such a way where it fits inside the hand. It fits very well, but I would still suggest that anyone who chooses to display the figure with the rose to exercise caution because it is very easy to loose.
The SOTA Street Fighter figures featured an excellent level of articulation. And Vega was no exception. He features 31 points of articulation, which includes double jointed elbows and knees, an ab crunch and waist rotation. This is fantastic, because he has all the points he needs to create some of his more athletic and dynamic poses.
The paint application in this figure is also fantastic. To be honest, there really is very little fault on this figure.
Vega was easily one of the best toys that was released in SOTA's ill fated Street Fighter line and I would highly recommend this to any fan of the video games, or action figure collectors in general. It really is a spectacular action figure.
Review and photographs by: Dean René Middleton
Staff Reviewer
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SOTA Toys introduces the latest addition to the “SOTA Nightmares” product line, H. P. Lovecraft’s Nyarlathotep.
This 12-inch tall statue features incredible detail in its horrific presentation of the messenger of the Great Old Ones, Nyarlathotep. Made of high quality resin and special “flex-resin” in key parts, this limited edition collectible will be a prized addition to any collection highlighting H. P. Lovecraft, monsters, and, as Lovecraft stated, “gigantic, tenebrous, ultimate gods.”
Buy Nyarlathotep Resin Statue from SOTA Toys
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