![]() The amount of weapons you get with Axel is amazing and it they all fit well with the character. I have five now and I think this is as well done as the Ryu and Scorpion figures. This is another great high-end figure from Storm Collectables. It slices! It dices! Look at this tomato!.The bottle also comes with a broken version like in the game. They all fit in his gripping hands for various poses. You also get a katana, sai, a naginata spears, cleaver and a boomerang. You get the standard knife, bottle and baseball bats that has been in the series since the beginning. This figure packed in a whopping six (technically seven) different weapons. Both clip onto his fists well and you can still balance the figure with them on.Īnother staple of the Streets of Rage series are the various weapons you can use. The other two pieces are from his “Dragon Wing”, with the smaller one being the normal version and the larger version is the super attack. One piece is for his “Grand Upper” attack, a charging flaming uppercut. He also comes with five sets of hands, fist, gripping hands for the weapons, two sets of grappling hands and a set of open hands,Īxel comes with three special effect pieces to reenact some of his special attacks from the game. All three heads have removable hair and the figures comes with a extra scalp for a more wind swept look. Axel comes with three swappable heads a normal angry look, a teeth gritting look and a yelling look. The figure comes with a lot of accessories and extra parts. He can get into some cool poses on his own, and more with a figure stand (not included) The over shirts are rubber overlays that help hide the joints but do not hinder the articulation. He also wears blue jeans, white and red high-tops and his signature blue head band and red fingerless gloves. He even has another shirt tied to his waist (remember kids: dress in layers.). He sports his white t-shirt under a light blue collared short sleeve button up. So let’s take a look at this figure.Īs I said earlier, Axel is depicted in his outfit from the fourth game. This premium figure is made with Storm Collectable’s attention to detail and is packed with extra hands, heads and accessories. Hot of the successful launch of Streets of Rage 4, they announced a figure based of series mainstay Axel Stone, based on his modern look. With this game’s thirty year history, you’d think their be an action figure or two by now.Įnter Storm Collectables. While the third Streets of Rage was good and added more moves and weapons, it was the last in the series for 26 years, until 2020’s Streets of Rage 4. In fact, it remains one of my top 5 Genesis game of all time. Streets of Rage 2 was a marked improvement, with graphics rivaling Final Fight and even better music. The first one was a great brawler with amazing music and action that blew Double Dragon out of the water. My family got a Genesis in 1991 and one of my favourite games was the Streets of Rage series. In the early 90’s video game wars, I was on Team Sega.
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