Storm Collectibles Ultra Street Fighter II Guile review

Guile is one of those Street Fighter characters I like using even though I’ve never really mastered. He’s been a fixture in most games and been one of the more popular characters.

With Storm Collectibles getting away a bit from Street Fighter V, they’re starting to knock out more of the essential classic looks from Ultra Street Fighter II. Guile’s SFV and USFII looks aren’t so drastically different. The important thing is just getting another character besides Ryu and Ken in the line.

Let’s see if I’ll feel the boom with this figure or if it arrives with barely a whimper.

Packaging:  Storm Collectibles has one of my favorite figure presentations with its packaging. The Street Fighter setup makes good use of the logo and provides a nice big portrait of Guile and his impressive hair.

The colors really pop with the purple-tinged blue clashing against the gold and orange lettering. Both sides feature an animated style portrait of Guile although it’s the same image. Some of the other Storm Collectibles lines feature a variant attire, which wasn’t the rage yet in USFII.

I do wish the bio was also in English as Storm Collectibles writes fun character-focused spotlights.

Likeness: Guile was a brawny, fighter with prominent shoulders and thick legs. His most trademark element was his wide, remarkably cylinder style flattop. I love the stern expression as it’s fitting for a military man. In keeping with the character model, he doesn’t have any eyebrows.

He’s got a pretty simple outfit with a tank top and slightly baggy pants with combat boots. It’s definitely not as complex as some other characters, but that’s not a flaw with Storm Collectibles’ execution.

Since he doesn’t take them off during his fights, I won’t consider them an accessory and SC did a good job on his dog tags.

Scale: Guile was taller than Ryu and Ken although the Street Fighter V versions of them are way too puny next to Guile in terms of both height and width. He looks better next to M. Bison and Zangief.

Paint:  You pay more for Storm Collectibles figures, but the paint job is a good example of getting your money’s worth. The yellow used for his hair is bold. It also catches the light in a way that it gives it an illusion of a gradient.

His stars and stripes flag tattoo came out nice. SC managed to get the shade of green for his tank top well although I think his pants could have a slightly lighter green for the camouflage.

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Articulation:  Storm Collectibles figures have amazing poseability.

Guile is a range fighter that keeps opponents at a distance with his sonic booms and knee/kick strikes. You’re not going to have any trouble pulling off Guile’s signature moves.

SC builds their figures in a way that you just need to be a little patient and slowly position the joints.

Once you do that Guile is not restricted in terms of movement.

Guile has:

• • neck
  • shoulders
  • elbows (double-jointed)
  • wrist
  • torso
  • waist
  • shoulders
  • knees (double-jointed)
  • ankles
  • feet

Accessories:  As with many Storm Collectibles figures, Guile has a slew of accessories.

He’s got three alternate head sculpts: a gritted teeth sculpt, a yelling sculpt and the bloody cut screen from the game.

Guile also gets two sonic book arm effect pieces made of a sweeping translucent material with blues, greens and yellows.

Additionally, he’s got the smaller sonic boom slice style effect and a larger swooping piece for the kick boom.

He also has three swappable sets of hands: gripping, clutching and chopping. Unlike a lot of my earlier Storm Collectibles figures, his hands swap on and off with no problem. Hopefully that’s a sign of what’s in store with future releases.

Finally, Guile gets his signature hairbrush after polishing off his opponents.

Worth It?  Like most Storm Collectibles figures, Guile was reasonably priced, but now that he’s sold out at numerous retailers, he’s more expensive. I got him for $85, but the average price now is about $150.

At the higher price, it’s not truly worth it, but the hope is you can get the figure in a re-release. Or a Street Fighter V version.

Rating:  10 out of 10

Guile proved to be a lot of fun with his various accessories and his poseability. I’m definitely looking forward to getting more of the Street Fighter II style figures if Guile is any indication of their quality.

Where to Get It:  Guile has gotten a little harder to track down these days. You might catch a good deal on eBay. Amazon has him in and out of stock.

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