Before NECA introduced the Street Fighter 4 collection, Street Fighter action figures were run from the manufacturer Sota. Most of the figures were released in 2006 and were pretty decent and some are just plain worthless. Birdie unfortunately belongs to the latter.
For those of you who don't know, Birdie actually made his debut on the first Street Fighter game in 1987 and he was surprisingly Caucasian. According to sources, the first Birdie was the mock-up for today's Zangief.
Towering at 7 inches, he looks Shaq-esque if you will. He is big, bulky and very much similar to the SF Alpha series. But SOTA's attempt to keep the likeness alive has one engineering problem. If a toy manufacturer would like to create a figure as much as possible like what you see in the game, they must consider all factors - poseability, accuracy and precise engineering.
In the game, Birdie has huge upper body yet sporting lean, long and slender legs. With that in mind, a manufacturer must to consider this fact before proceeding to build a figure that is both accurate and working. In this case, Sota didn't had a good thought about it. My figure has a major problem in standing up which irritates me a lot because it took dozens of trial and error before I figured it out how he would stand up straight (by leaning against the wall). The knees cannot bend straight and those are left on a certain angle.
He has an extra tongue-wagging head, a flimsy knife-like hair brush (which I accidentally broke), a necklace, two replaceable hands and a thumbs up hand or thumbs down. The denim variant looks better but still an unposeable figure. Oh, he also has a chain that is latched on the left wrist and the other end can wrap around anything, I suggest around his neck.
With all the bad notes I had with this figure, at least he looks pretty accurate. However, having this figure on this engineering problem makes it all a worthless buy.
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