I never thought I would get my hands on one of my mini-playset holy grails, let alone ALL OF THEM +1!
These things are beautiful labors of love courtesy of a naughty team of toymakers who spent way too many hours playing Street Fighter II in the 90s. Three levels from the game (and six of the original fighters) are lovingly recreated Polly Pocket style, with SNES controller compacts as a cute final touch — all absolutely without Capcom’s blessing, I gather. They’re actually called World Fighter, according to the awesome carded versions I was sent pics of (thanks, Karl!).
The figures are very cool knock-off reproductions of the characters, made from a tough rubbery plastic and articulated at the waist.
Match 1: E. Honda vs M. Bison!
A very cool bar scene with stereo speaker and barbell props. I have two of these after buying one from an ebay seller for an exorbitant amount, and then getting another for free when I bought the other two. I’m glad I shelled out the dough, ‘cos posting about the original purchase led to my getting the entire toy line. And who says social media is useless? Honda steals the show here: he’s well-sculpted and has an amazing paint job.
Match 2: Ryu vs Blanka!
Set in Blanka’s beloved Brazilian fishing village, we are treated to a cool alligator pit arena battle, with extra seats in case the other fighters come to watch. Ryu’s colorscheme is less Ryu and more Bolo Yeung I guess, but Blanka’s pretty much spot-on, if a bit yellow. I like how the people in the backgrounds of these sets are to scale with the fighters, too.
Match 3: Chun Li vs Guile!
Our final event takes place at the air base of Guile, which even reproduces the ace and his girlfriend cheering in the background. This set comes with the most stuff: a couple pipes, a set of guardrails, and a crate. Chun Li and Guile have the most accurate paint jobs, and the derpiest faces, but I love them anyhow.
Oh man, I’ve still yet to manage to find the Blanka/Ryu and Honda/Bison sets but covered the Guile/Chun-Li one on my site a little while back.
I absolutely love these sets and wish I had known about them as a kid. With my massive love of Mighty Max playsets and Street Fighter II, this would have been a dream come true for me!
Awesome, I’ll definitely browse your site to see what cool stuff you’ve posted about!
I happen to have an extra Honda/Bison set if you wanna buy it. Send me an email!
These are incredible! I really, really wish micro playsets like this would make a comeback in the boys toys aisles. There are a few things for the girls (my daughter has some of the new Polly Pocket stuff) but nothing with monsters or fighters or anything like that. These are great. Wish they’d made six sets to get all of the world Warriors from SFII.
There’s a series of Spanish Mighty Max style toys called Monster Mayhem or something like that, but the ones I got were so cheap and shoddy I shipped them back. Shame, ‘cos they look really cool.