Action Figure Friday - T. Hawk

I could pretty much see this one coming.
Even though I would consider myself a "cool" wife, I have one big Achilles Heel when it comes to "guy" culture - I don't like Street Fighter. Ryan knows this quite well. I don't particularly like video games that are solely about fighting one-on-one with an opponent (I'm also talking to you, Mike Tyson's Punchout). I'm more of an adventure game type. Why don't I get to review the Zelda action figure? Or how about a nice Tron figure? I *love* Tron figures!

No? Okay, so this week's action figure review is T. Hawk from Street Fighter. I can very safely say that I've never seen this gentleman before in my life. I don't really pay a lot of attention to Ryan's Street Fighter shelf. You'd think that a larger-than-average muscle man in a white tassled vest with war paint on his face might have caught my attention, though...strange.

I have been informed this is his "variant white costume". I say "kudos" to any fighter type who is confident enough to wear his whites out to the battle arena! He must be pretty good at what he does. The tassels move too, so I suppose bonus points for that. I can only wonder if he cut off his sleeves and cropped his vest for fashion or if they were somehow destroyed during the roughhousing. Either way, I like the way he decided to rock the cuffs as wristbands.

For the record, this dude is heavy. I could probably start using him for the upper body work-out part of my aerobics DVD. Typically I don't prefer a lot of muscle definition but for some reason I'm not as annoyed at T. Hawk as I am at some of his cohorts. Maybe it's because his muscles seem proportional for a man of his size. Maybe it's because his hawk friend is staring at me and controlling my mind.

This T. Hawk figure has also been given the option of interchangeable hands. I can only assume that one set is for punching and the other set gives mean high-fives. His nails are very well manicured (and they have a serious leg up on those of yours truly).

In all, I'd give T. Hawk three tentacles (out of the five in my tentacle rating system). He's actually very lucky as I thought any Street Fighter member would automatically bottom out in my scale. Thanks for proving me wrong, T. Hawk. Now can you kindly tell your bird to stop staring at me?

Comments

[DaveM]

I'm a guy and yet I've never been able to get into fighting games. Even the "fun" one, that new Super Smash Bros. It's so quick and pointless, right?

Zelda! Metroid! Yes!

[l'elk!]

thunder hawk kicks arse! my girlfriend is the same way. she wont ever play me in street fighter. :( i like to tell myself its because i always beat her up. makes me feel better about it.

[torie]

I'm surprised your not constantly distracted by that hot white outfit. Maybe you could make the same for Ryan.

[torie]

oops...I meant "you're". I promise I know the difference between your and you're.

[Japan]

i think that second set of hands is for bitch slappin' fools