Sota's SF Round 3 Update...

Sota's SF Round 3 now hitting the Online Stores, and even Suncoast.

SOTA Street Fighter ToyLine Update# 4

Source: Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Jerry Macaluso, President/founder Of SOTA Toys wrote:


- Certain NPC characters might show up in the line...such as Gouken..but dont count on seeing Zeku

- As for making 3rd Strike character variants ala Twelves attack.. interesting idea..hadnt thought of that.

- Round 4 was scheduled for this month before everything got pushed back - Its now February 06

- We didnt take an ad out because we dont need it... ads cost money and truthfully the SF line is so well known now it seemed like a waste

- SF 4 variants will be shown ( actual product) in late Nov

- Theres always problems with the factories... they dont run in a very professional manner.. I dont think things are worse or better..they just always are the same.

- We havent gotten very far on accessory packs. Sorry.

- Ive been told all Street Fighter 3 figures should be out before end of the month. There is no official date

- Kotobukiya demanded the black Gen figure..we have a great relationship with them and I wasnt about to ruin it.

- Im not tired of video game figures at all...and not even so much tired of fighting games as long as the character designs are significantly different than Street Fighter. I just dont want to do another line thats so close to SF..thats why no SNK or FFight,etc..

- Most places have ordered Round 4 now ,yes.

- There is another 2-pack scheduled for end of the year.. cant say what it is yet. I like 2 packs when they make sense..

- As for who is in future rounds.. I really dont think about it until the time comes.

- Shipping to Canada..well we just moved warehouses yet again ( eveery time we get a new warehouse they change the rules on us ) so I believe we are shipping to Canada again... email Jed@sotatoys.com to confirm

- Round 4 is at the old factory still..we will probably keep SF there as they do them well

- Gamestop wont get their SF figures until the very very end of the month. Also.. this just in... Musicland AND Gamestop will now have the Gamestop exclusives !

- Skullomania is owned by Arika. At least thats what Capcom tells me

- When the time is right to announce the new licenses I will.. I seem to put my foot in my mouth a lot so Im going to stop saying we're going to announce something and then not do it.

- Cornerstore has all the Akuma variants listed on their site.

- The reason you havent seen Dan yet is because hes mostly a repaint of Ken/Ryu and I didnt want to put him too close to them.

- whew...that seems to be all of them!

October is Street Fighter Month!!!

From: A-F.com


Our friends at Udon send us this press relase to tell us it's Street Fighter month. We never knew, must have missed the memo. Oh wait, this IS the memo...Capcom and all of its Street Fighter licensees are proud to announce that October 2005 is Street Fighter Month! Fans of Capcom's legendary franchise will have much to cheer about as a vast array of exciting new Street Fighter products will be hitting store shelves like a multi-hit combo. With everything ranging from comics and action figures, to anime and trading card games, there will be something new for Street Fighter fans of all tastes.

"Street Fighter remains an 'evergreen' property for Capcom with the support of enthusiastic licensees and loyal fans, and right now is a great time to be a Street Fighter fan as the latest wave of licensed products may be some of the best Street Fighter items ever released," stated Shu Tanaka, Capcom licensing manager.

Organized by Shu Tanaka, Most Management's Marc Mostman and UDON's Erik Ko at E3 and the San Diego Comic-Con International, Street Fighter Month will be the largest multi-pronged cross-promotion of Street Fighter in recent memory.

"Street Fighter is a property that really has such a passionate fan-base. Capcom has been very fortunate to have found licensees just as passionate who are willing and able to coordinate their product releases this October for a coordinated Street Fighter assault," stated Marc Mostman, president of Most Management, Capcom's licensing agency.

"This incredible promotion has only been made possible through the support of CAPCOM and the passion that all the SF licensees have for this classic franchise," adds UDON's Erik Ko.

Companies participating in this SF Month cross promotion include UDON Entertainment, Diamond Select Toys, Sota Toys, Score Entertainment, Blockbuster, Manga Entertainment, Nubytech, Ripple Junction and Ultracade.

The following is a list of products that will be offered in SF Month:

STREET FIGHTER II #0 COMIC(Diamond Order Code: AUG053241):The fan-favourite comic series returns with a splash in this special all-newRyu origin issue that is a perfect introductory jumping-on point for newreaders and sets the stage for the full re-launch of the monthly series nextmonth! This introductory 32-page, full-color issue will be specially pricedat $1.99 and will also include behind-the-scenes articles, a sneak peek atUDON's upcoming RIVAL SCHOOLS series and a brand-new, exclusive interviewwith the CAPCOM Design Team!

AKUMA Collectors Bust - limited to 2500 copies!(Diamond Order Code: AUG053242)UDON's brand new addition to its line of collector's busts features the mostpopular villain in the Street Fighter universe: AKUMA! With every ounce ofhis dark power captured in this expertly sculpted and ultra-detailed bust,Ryu's arch-nemesis never looked so intimidating! Standing at approximately 8inches tall, each piece is individually hand cast and painted, and islimited to 2500 numbered copies.www.capcomcomics.com

STREET FIGHTER MINI-MATES WAVE 1(Diamond Order Code: AUG053788):The first set of Diamond Select's CAPCOM mini-mates includes diminutiverenditions of Street Fighters, Ryu, Akuma, Chun-Li and M. Bison, andpocket-sized versions of the supernatural Darkstalkers, Morrigan andDemitri!www.diamondselecttoys.com

STREET FIGHTER ACTION FIGURES SERIES 4(Diamond Order Code: AUG053789):Sota's popular line of Street Fighter action figures launches its latestseries featuring fan favourite characters Birdie, Fei Long, Akuma, Ibuki andRemy.www.sotatoys.com

STREET FIGHTER EPIC BATTLES TRADING CARD GAME:Score Entertainment launches its Epic Battles TCG featuring Street Fighterexclusively at Blockbuster. Now fans can experience all the strategy andaction that has been faithfully transferred from videogame screens to acollectible trading card game! Also on sale in October is the November issueof GamePro that will have an exclusive Street Fighter promo card from theEpic Battles TCG (Made possible by Capcom and Score Entertainment).www.epicbattlestcg.com

SF ALPHA GENERATIONS ANIME DVD (Diamond Order Code: AUG054434):In this thrilling prequel to Street Fighter Alpha DVD, Ryu returns to payhomage to his deceased mentor, but is tormented by disturbing memories ofhis master's killer. In a quest to become a true martial arts master, Ryusets out to hone his street fighting skills and to deliver himself from thehaunting legacy of the Dark Hadou. But the ultimate test of his new powercan only be accomplished through one last fateful confrontation with hisarch-nemesis, Gouki.www.manga.com

STREET FIGHTER CONTROLLERS Nubytech is offering again their infamous Street Fighter Controllers, thatfeatures exclusive Linticular Animation art done by the artists at UDON.PS2 compatible controllers includes -RYU (Diamond Order Code: AUG054220),KEN (Diamond Order Code: AUG054219),CHUN LI (Diamond Order Code: AUG054218),and AKUMA (Diamond Order Code: AUG054217),while X-Box controllers featureGUILE (Diamond Order Code: AUG054227),BISON (Diamond Order Code: AUG054226,and AKUMA (Diamond Order Code: AUG054225.)Look out for the limited numbered edition wireless controllers coming out bythe end of the year!www.streetfightercontroller.com

STREET FIGHTER II KO T-SHIRTS (Diamond Order Code: Size M-AUG053772 / Size L - AUG053773 / Size XL -AUG053774)www.ripplejunction.com

STREET FIGHTER ANNIVERSARY EDITION ARCADEUltraCade Technologies is offering an arcade product called Street FighterAnniversary Edition, featuring 8 classic Street Fighter games in onecabinet!http://www.ultracade.com/

SOTA Street Fighter ToyLine Update# 3

Source: Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Jerry Macaluso, President/founder Of SOTA Toys wrote:

- Guys legs will move as much as we can get them to without changing the established style

- Im not going to comment on what accessories,etc round 4, etc comes with yet.

- Im still considering resculpts as long as I can do something new and fun with them

- ive been told SF 3 variants will ship third week october

- the round 4 variant sprites are accurate. BUT they are open to interpretation. Capcom is the final say on what the color woould look like in real life.. remember they werent working with the unlimited color palletes we have now

- I might lock ORO in.. might not

- Im not going to answer any mroe q's on NPC or characters that havent been voted on yet..its all speculation.
- Someday SF might go online only...so far sales are great so I dont think about it much

- birdies chain isnt painted..

- I doubt we'll vary skin tones on variants..its too confusing for the factory and too likely there will be mistakes

- Third Strike and Alpha Akuma has different belts and sandals

- if I didnt answer your question its not personal.. I either dont have an answer or its something that I answer every single time. There is nothing wrong with Street fighter that every other toy company deals with on their lines. We're at round 5 right now... and I remember everyone doubting we could even make it past round 3...
Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Street Fighter 4: New Title/Details/Lies?

Source: SPOnG News

According to the Internet in all its various forms, Street Fighter 4 does exist. And it’s called Street Fighter: Battle for the Past. And it features characters from past iterations of the franchise – 24 of them, apparently. Oh, and it’s coming out on Sammy’s AtomisWave arcade board.
According to Capcom, nothing is actually happening, though any announcement is expected to hit the Japanese press, most likely Famitsu, when the time comes.
So you have a title, and some vague idea of platform and characters to be getting on with. For the record, SPOnG believes that the title might be correct, though the use of the AtomisWave board makes little sense, given the profile of the series.
We will, of course, keep you updated.

SOTA Street Fighter Toy Line Update# 2

Source: Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Jerry Macaluso, President/founder Of SOTA Toys wrote:

- Things are going so much smoother in china right now..I should be able to give a date when Street fighter 3 will hit shelves soon. And it should be pretty accurate.

- Round 4 variants.. I believe theres a thread started by Corner Store Comics giving the variants. There are still 2 variants not yet announced but they will be SOTA webstore exclusives. Corner Store is not joking when they say we are only making between 500-1000 of each variant so they are going to go real quick. Also as they said SHIN AKUMA will be a one per case chase figure.

- Everyone here at SOTA plus Capcom has a say in what the variant colors will be.. we do look at this forum a lot to decide.

- Trans Birdie is red

- There has been work done to Remy. Probably wont show him again until November sometime

- Round 6 voting is pushed until Nov 1st - Green Balrog.. I cant figure this one out. I dont believe we made a green balrog..I believe hes yellow. - Not sure if we will offer a vote on thin Bison/Alpha chunner on round 6 or not....

- Black Gen will only be available through the SOTA website and I believe theres less than 500 of them coming.

- As for doing SF animated/ova figures.. we try to blend all the different SF styles into this one line. I dont think the market could handle a purely Anime style right now

- Capcom merging or being bought out has no affect on us.

- ... do i think we will see every single SF and DS character... its tough. Oil prices are through the roof..plastic and shipping costs are way too high. If it continiues Im not 100% sure anymore...I think if it contonues you will see a lot less toys made in general. Having said that Im certainly going to try and amke them all. Im positive you will at the very least see a round 7. Hopefully by then everything has stablizied.

- Darkstalkers will always be 4 fig per wave

- I havent thought about round 6 voting yet (which is why its not happening Oct 1)..but you might see Urien in there. Other q's about him will have to wait until hes selected.

- no plans for any more Blankas

- The plan for SF and DS has always been every 4 months. I just cant seem to keep to it

- I appreciate all the fans who come here to talk about the figures. Its fun. I dont mind the criticisms when they come. SOTA is a fan built company...its amazing we came this far so fast. Its because of the fans..it would be extremely arrogant of me to think that not that we have some success i can ignore them. I get busy at times but Im always looking through here

- My fav character thus far changes all the time but right now it is.....Sagat. I just have too much fun posing him.

- Oro is my most wanted..but he never seems to win

- Theres no science behind how we choose characters for voting...its me and the art dept in a room throwing ideas around.. seeing which ones match and which ones we need to leave for later lines. And of course we look at the threads here at Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Sota Round 4 SF variants announced...

Source: CornerStoreComics

Variants are a plenty for Sota's Street Fighter Round 4


*Variants in red...

ROUND 4
__Akuma - (Blue)
__Akuma - (White Alpha style)
__Akuma - (Black Alpha style)
__Akuma - (Red 3rd Strike style)
__Akuma - (Blue 3rd Strike style)
__Shin Akuma
__Fei Long - (Black)
__Fei Long - (Yellow)
__Fei Long - (Blue)
__Fei Long - (Red)
__Fei Long - (Grey)
__Ibuki - (Tan)
__Ibuki - (Yellow)
__Ibuki - (White)
__Ibuki - (Black)
__Ibuki - (Red)
__Birdie - (Blue)
__Birdie - (Black)
__Birdie - (Translucent)
__Birdie - (Purple)
__Birdie - (Silver)
__Remy - (Black and Red)
__Remy - (Black and Navy)
__Remy - (Brown and Tan)
__Remy - (Red and Green)
__Remy - (Silver and White)

*Japanese Variants still not know.










I can't wait for Shin-Gouki!!!
Also we are getting a Alpha style and a Thrid Strike Gouki!! :)
That is unbelievable, I will be broke after Round 4 is said and done.

SOTA Street Fighter Toy Line Update# 1

Source: Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Jerry Macaluso, President/founder Of SOTA Toys wrote:

- I am still up for doing some resculpts...thin Bison being the main one - SF round 6 will probably be voted on before end of the year - both capcom us and japan have a say..moreso japan though

- SF round 4 is jan/feb 06 - umm Remy does not get special treatment on accessories.. he gets..well.. not time yet

- Birdie doesnt come with a middle finger hand.. come on guys.. kids buy these toys too - He might come with a licking head...we'll see

- Lord Raptor is a fun figure to play with. Posing him is a blast..so yeah Im looking forwrd to him

- every color variant will be available through our website

- Black gen will be available through our website.. its going to be EXTREMELY limited...less than 500 I think

- There is no Orange Adon.. its red and white.. im not sure but I think the colors are just not adjusted correctly in that add everyones looking at.

- If you want the variants in the cool japanese packaging then yeah you have to buy them from japan. We'll have all the colors on our website in US packaging in about a month.

- Black Gen will not be available in the UK..only through the SOTA website...not sure if its set up for international orders again or not..

- No plans for DOA or CvSNK or Final Fight

- the Dolls will be online only..no stores want to carry super obscure non playable characters.. We're only going to make maybe 1000 of each doll.

- Once Hugo wins a round and is in a lineup then we'll think about what to do with him. I really dont think about characters until we're makign them.

- We actually can make newer characters such as Ingrid - Havent really figured out the whole 'online only' character thing... so no plans for any online only characters yet..Im sure it will happen at some point. Well other than the dolls.
Action-Figure SOTA Forum.

Alpha3 Upper screen shots+Videos...

Vid's here.

More on Street Fighter Alpha 3 Double Upper...

From: IGN.com

September 16, 2005 - At last year's Tokyo Game Show, Capcom showed the PSP to be a swell home for traditional 2D graphic techniques with its Darkstalkers Chronicle revival. This year, most of Capcom's games have abandoned sprites (although not the flat-plane viewpoint that is one of the classic aspects of 2D techniques), but the PSP version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 is still exact to the arcade games that it originated in.
The PSP's SF gets a spiffy new title: Street Fighter Alpha 3 Double Upper (not written on the game necessarily, but described with two arrows in the logo.) The change is due mostly to the character changes. Added to the already-impressive roster are a number of characters from SF3 and other Street Fighter games, including Eagle, Maki and Yun. Also brand new to PSP edition is Ingrid from the ill-fated Capcom Fighting Jam. Ingrid is all a'flutter with dancing moves as she fights, with spins and twirls in her kicks. Her silly style might have seemed a little out of place in earlier Street Fighters, but she melds into SFA's colorful character set just fine. Eagle also has a cool bat-swing that knocks fireballs back at you, which was cool to see.
SFA3 Double Upper earns its new title in other ways as well. There is the ability to choose a tag partner for special bout types and swap out as in the VS. games from Capcom. There's also a new 2D opening sequence that uses a simple cartoon style that may be less flashy than what Capcom does these days but feels fitting for the Alpha series.
Translating the game to PSP might seem to be easy -- it's 2D, and the PSP has tons of horsepower -- but Darkstalkers struggled some on the system. Street Fighter Alpha 3 fares better. The game is in true widescreen now instead of the stretch mode used for Darkstalkers, and the loadtimes are faster and more regularly tied with the flashy Street Fighter effects screens than the blank "Now Loading" page. The 2D animation looks smooth and fast on the PSP, although the game does show its age -- around the corner is Guilty Gears XX, and it is sugar-sweet. Street Fighter Alpha 3 also has a few of the control hang-ups that Darkstalkers suffered with the PSP's stiff D-Pad. Fireballs came off more regularly than Darkstalkers, but we still missed a few of them, and SFA3 is so manic that you need the control at your fingertips ever time. There were a few options on the front end for controls, and while we didn't find anything to soften up responsiveness completely, we'll play with some of the toggles another time and see what the difference is and how dependable the controls are when the game is released in Japan later this year.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 PSP site opens...

From: Gamespot

Capcom Fighting Evolution's Ingrid joins the roster for handheld version of much-ported fighter.
The official Japanese Web site for Capcom's upcoming PSP edition of Street Fighter Zero 3 (Street Fighter Alpha 3 to North American audiences) is live, and it gives fans a peek at one new addition to the series. The site is pretty bare bones at the moment, offering little more than a handful of screenshots on a splash page, but one of those screenshots reveals the inclusion of Capcom Fighting Evolution's Ingrid in the game. The game also includes Yun, Maki, and Eagle, characters that were added for the GameBoy Advance version. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (working title) is slated for a November release in North America.