Hello friends, as long as we're talking about gaming toys I wanted to share a few more of my favorite figures. These come from the Resident Evil series.
I was always a fan of the boss designs in the first two games, the Tyrant and William Birkin's G-Virus mutation. The figures Capcom released were pretty big. They towered over the hero figures just as they did in the videogame. The cool thing for the Tyrant was a clear plastic heart filled with red dye. Pressing a plastic pump on his back caused the "blood" to pump through his heart.
As for the G-3 version of William, it could stand like the Tyrant, or when placed on the ground with a head swap could fully evolve into the G-4 version of the monster. It was a gruesome figure but not the most gruesome figure they had ever released.
A few years prior I had gotten a boxed set from Japan of the G-2 version of William. The figure was heavy and highly detailed. What made the set unique was a 45 minute video that came with it. It included the commercials directed by George Romero for Biohazard 2 (Resident Evil in Japan), as well as the making of the commercials. George as many of you know was in the running to direct the Resident Evil movie and had even written a script. His was far closer to the game than the action film series which was released later.
This figure is possibly the rarest Capcom figure I have and certainly the rarest Resident Evil item I own. Do you have any rare gaming collectables? I'd like to hear about them in the comments. As always if you would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!
Great action figures in post
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