Storm Collectibles Tekken 7 Jin Kazama figure review
Storm Collectibles has been painfully slow in cranking out new Tekken figures. So far, they’ve kept it in the family with Heihachi Mishima his son, Kazuya Mishima, and his grandson, Jin Kazama.
Jin has been one of my favorite characters to play since his debut in Tekken 3 so he was a must get figure for me.
Packaging: Storm Collectibles does such a stellar job with the packaging. The game logo is prominent with a nice portrait of Jin.
The right side portrait features Jin in one of his main Tekken 7 attires with the suit while the left side has him in his Tekken 3 attire that’s reused in Tekken 7.
Along the back there’s several pictures of Jin being posed in his signature moves along with his accessories. I do wish the text also had English text like the Mortal Kombat line.
Likeness: While Jin has the Tekken 7 packaging treatment, this is mainly his Tekken 3 attire, which was used as one of the numerous alternate attires. I’m a fan of this look so I was thrilled SC went this route.
I like the head sculpt as it captures Jin’s youth and doesn’t make him look too old. The hair strands falling over his face reflect the game design well without obscuring his eyes.
Jin is a young guy and clearly his father’s son, fighting shirtless while rocking some killer gauntlets. Those are one of my favorite elements of this design with the black inner portion and the red armored section with studs at the wrist pad.
His pants are baggy without being too exaggerated and the foot pads have a good amount of detail and texture as well.
You can see his father’s influence with his outfit from the studded gauntlet to the sculpted flames on his pants.
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Scale: Jin should be shorter than Kazuya, but he is taller than Heihachi, which seems right. All three should be looking up at the soon to arrive King.
Paint: There’s no scarring on Jin yet so there’s no extra paint detail, but Storm Collectibles does a solid job of giving a real skin-like appearance with the paintwork.
There are no issues with overflow or sloppiness on the silver studs and the gold belt trim is immaculate. The pant flame trail also turned out sharply.
It’s nice to know that paint won’t ever be an issue with this or any other Storm Collectibles line.
Articulation: Jin can pull off all of his signature moves whether on his own or with the use of the flight stands for jump kicks and punches.
This articulation scheme is really fun to put in motion and it’s a nice challenge to actually pull off the proper stances from the game.
Jin Kazama has:
- neck
- shoulders
- elbows (double-jointed)
- wrist
- torso
- waist
- shoulders
- knees (double-jointed)
- ankles
- feet
Accessories: Jin has a good amount of accessories.
There’s the typical plethora of swappable hands — gripping, sprawled, fists and fighting stance.
For some reason, my Jin has two of the fighting stance right hands.
Hopefully I can get that replaced somehow.
Additionally, he’s got two extra head sculpts — one a fierce, gritted teeth expression and the second one features Jin yelling.
Finally, he’s got the big energy effect from channeling all of his power.
Worth It? Thanks to a GameStop sale, I got Jin for $67, which is an ideal price point for this line.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Jin is another home run from Storm Collectibles and only makes me look forward to more Tekken figures.
Where to Get It: You can grab Jin from Amazon for $85. Jin is also still available at the cheaper price from GameStop.