SDCC 16 Exclusive Street Fighter Shin Akuma 7” Vinyl Figure by Kidrobot

Kidrobot is releasing six officially licensed limited edition San Diego Comic-Con 2016 exclusives this summer, and all of them look fantastic! Every day we’ll be highlighting a different exclusive here at TheBlotSays.com. Today’s SDCC 2016 exclusive is the Street Fighter Shin Akuma vinyl figure. This awesome new medium sized figure stands 7” tall and is limited to 500 pieces.

The San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Exclusive Street Fighter Shin Akuma 7” Vinyl Figure will be available for pre-order for $50 on Kidrobot.com starting Monday, June 13th, for pick up at Comic-Con only, with a limited number of pieces also available for purchase at KR’s SDCC booth.

NYCC 13 Exclusive Gold Ryu Street Fighter Mini Figure by Kidrobot

Commemorating his victory in the World Warrior tournament, eternal wanderer Ryu is enshrined in this New York Comic Con 2013 Exclusive Gold Variant 3” Street Fighter vinyl figure by Kidrobot. Has the Capcom video game character ever looked so good? Fans of Kidrobot’s Street Fighter Mini Series will not want to miss out on this awesome limited edition NYCC colorway! Pick one up at the Kidrobot NYCC booth #607 for $14.99 each.

Street Fighter x Ron English T-Shirt Collection by Kidrobot

There is nothing that gets The Blot more excited than cool collaborations like this! Kidrobot has given the lethal warriors of Capcom’s Street Fighter video game series to pop artist Ron English and let him work his magic! Giving Ryu, Blanka and Guile a POPaganda makeover, English incorporates pinks, greens and blues (and a few Grins!) into each of his Street Fighter x Ron English t-shirt designs for a truly unique look. All four t-shirt designs seen here go on sale Thursday, October 10th, at all Kidrobot retail stores and Kidrobot.com for $30 each.

SDCC 13 Exclusive Mecha Zangief Street Fighter Mini Figure by Kidrobot

Kidrobot and Capcom took you back to the arcade with the Street Fighter Mini Series, which featured all 12 of Street Fighter II’s original cast of characters stylized in 3 inch vinyl figures. Now complete your collection with this San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive Mecha Zangief (Thanks to Spanky Stokes for the photo!). Is this colorway actually based on a version of the character from the video game?

With this SDCC 2013 Exclusive the Red Cyclone goes heavy metal! Zangief has transformed into a 3” cyber colored vinyl figure. Even super powers can’t knock down this Russian wrestler.

SDCC 13 Exclusive Shin Akuma Street Fighter Mini Figure by Kidrobot

Kidrobot and Capcom took you back to the arcade with the Street Fighter Mini Series, which featured all 12 of Street Fighter II’s original cast of characters stylized in 3 inch vinyl figures. Now, with Series 2 on its way comes this awesome San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive Shin Akuma mini figure! Shin Akuma which means “True Demon” or “True Devil”, was a secret fighter and a boss in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. This 3” Street Fighter x Kidrobot vinyl figure can be purchased exclusively at Bait’s SDCC booth #4632 for $15 each.

Kidrobot x Street Fighter “Vs” Mini Figure 2 Packs

Kidrobot and Capcom’s Street Fighter have teamed up once again to release a new series of SF Mini Figures, but this time there’s a blind box twist! Kidrobot will be releasing a new line of Street Fighter 3” Mini Figures as 2 packs where an unknown opponent waits behind a cardboard wall, blind packed and ready to fight. Which boss and challenger will you get? This is actually a very innovative and interesting take on the tried and true blind box series, and The Blot is very impressed Kidrobot came up with it.

These Kidrobot x Street Fighter “Vs” Mini Figure 2 Packs will retail for $17.95 each, and are scheduled to go on sale Thursday, March 28th, at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers worldwide.

NYCC 2011 Exclusive GID Blanka Street Fighter Mini Figure by Kidrobot

Kidrobot and Capcom took you back to the arcade with the Street Fighter Mini Series, which featured all 12 of Street Fighter II’s original cast of characters stylized in 3 inch vinyl figures. Now, exclusive to New York Comic-Con 2011, a limited edition glow in the dark chase figure is revealed – the feral and electric-powered Blanka! Resembling more monster than human, Blanka has an in-the-dark glow to navigate his way through the Brazilian jungle. Only 1,000 of these chloro-filled chases made it out of the wild (and to NYCC) for $11.95 each.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Evil Ryu Street Fighter Mini Figure by Kidrobot

Competitive to the core, Ryu has been overcome by evil and transformed into Satsui no Hadou ni Mezameta Ryū! Awakened by an undeniable surge of killing intent, Evil Ryu has embraced his diabolical power and plans on wreaking havoc at San Diego Comic-Con 2011! Dealing serious damage as one of Street Fighter’s favorite villains, Evil Ryu features glowing eyes and a dark attitude. An elite army of 2000 have broken free of the joystick and are available for $10.95 only at Kidrobot’s SDCC Booth #4529 and at Capcom’s SDCC Booth #4844. Remember Street Fighter fans, the Fight is Everything!

Street Fighter Mini Figure Series by Kidrobot Official Release Info

One of Kidrobot’s worst kept secrets was made official this week, the Kidrobot x Street Fighter Mini Figure Series is coming to a store near you soon! Capcom’s Street Fighter, now in its umpteenth iteration with over 29 million copies sold worldwide, teams up with Kidrobot to take you back to the arcade with the ones who kick-started it all: Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, and the wild man Blanka.

I know I said it before, but The Blot is so not excited about this release. It could have been really awesome, but these figures just look like every other 3” licensed blind box series KR has released the past 2 years. I may be a little too harsh on this release, but to be honest I’ve come to expect more from Kidrobot and these just didn’t deliver. I guess we’ll never know the reason these figures were produced, but they will make great fodder for customizers!

All 12 of the original World Warriors, including the Psycho-Powered chase, are blind boxed and stylized in 3” vinyl. Gaming’s best known fighters, each with their own unique fighting style, feature articulated arms just itching to deliver that final sonic boom. The Kidrobot x Street Fighter Mini Figure Series will go on sale beginning Thursday, July 7th, and will retail for $9.95 per blind box.

Street Fighter Mini Figure Series by Kidrobot

It looks like Previews let the cat out of the bag on this one! Capcom's Street Fighter, now in its umpteenth iteration with over 29 million copies sold worldwide, teams up with Kidrobot to take you back to the arcade with the characters who started it all, including Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Zangief, Blanka, Guile and E. Honda! This is one licensed series The Blot definitely did not see coming, and I don’t know how I feel about it.

On the one hand, I think stylized vinyl figures of these iconic "street fighters" could be really cool. I grew up with these characters, and Street Fighter 2 might be my favorite arcade game of all time! But the truth is these blind box figures look uninspired and bland. Kidrobot’s first couple of licensed mini-series (Simpsons, Futurama) were exciting and unique, but now with Street Fighter and South Park coming up it just feels like more of the same…almost as if the designer toy company is just moving through the motions. While the heads of these figures are ok, the bodies are totally bland. People love Kidrobot because of the art and the way the company used to think outside of the box. Where is the creativity in this series?

Street Fighter x Kidrobot Mini Figure Series 1 includes all 12 of the video game’s original characters, including a psycho-powered chase. Expect this mini figure series to drop on July 27, 2001 and retail for $9.95 per blind box.