Jada Toys Street Fighter II Chun-Li review

Chun-Li has two kinds of fans in the Street Fighter franchise: those who have mained her for years due to her fighting style as well as her versatility compared to her other competitors, or those who claim "lol I play Street Fighter for the plot but I wack it off to Chun-Li showering in the animated movie". Step forward if this is you so you can get grass to touch. Anyways, Chun-Li's definitely got strengths of her own when selected as the character of choice in the game, and it also helps that, like a lot of the female in Street Fighter, what she lacks in the strength of her male counterparts she makes up for with the agility of her athleticism combined with the thunder thighs making for life-ending kicks. And after reviewing her in the Lightning Collection from the time she was a Power Ranger, let's see how this figure turned out not by Hasbro, but instead by Jada Toys, similar to Ryu.

Here we have Chun-Li in-hand, perfectly capturing her appearance from the classic Street Fighter series. The signature blue and brown Chinese outfit with gold and white accents is already iconic, but the rest of the figure gets the details right for this character. The wrists' bulldog-collar-esque spikes are included for this figure and are painted nicely, while the skirt flap contains the gold trim. And of course, she has her thunder thighs that make her a powerhouse from the waist-down. These proportions were somewhat present on the /Hasbro Lightning Collection figure, but toned down in comparison. I'm happy to have this figure with me regardless, even if the materials used on the figure do feel a bit off like on Ryu.

Her head sculpt is mostly good, but it just comes down to how well the paint apps for the eyes and lips are aligned. Mine seem to be a bit higher than where they should be, but it is otherwise nothing too noticeable from a distance. Still looks better than her initial face design from MvC Infinite. Chun-Li's articulation consists of a double-ball neck with worse range than on Ryu, shoulder rotation, bicep swivels, double-jointed elbows, wrist swivels and hinges, a double-ball diaphragm joint, ball-jointed hip movement, thigh swivels, double-jointed knees, boot swivels, ankle hinges, and pivot rockers.

Het alternate accessories include two karate chop hands as well as a yelling head, with paint apps that, much like on Ryu, will vary on proper alignment. Also because of how slightly rubbery the figure feels, with the weight of her thicc thigh legs, balancing Chun-Li will vary on how you adjust her. At the very least, she won't have an issue with her effect piece representing her signature Hyakuretsukyaku move.

For a size comparison, here she is with her fellow Street Fighter, Ryu. In-universe, Chun-Li is two inches shorter than Ryu, so this makes sense. Her height will vary depending on the Spider-Man figures you own, so if you want to make an MvC display, using RYV Spider-Man will make the two out of scale in vanilla poses. Otherwise, this Chun-Li figure is just as good as Ryu, and while many would be happy that her feminine proportions are faithful (I mean look at her chest and thighs), she is at least a great $20 figure without relying too much on import prices or shortcomings you'd expect from Hasbro like with their MvC Infinite toys.

Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐