McFarlane Toys has released photos and details for two upcoming Mortal Kombat figure variants. The new variants look to be GameStop Exclusives. They include alternate versions Sub-Zero and Scorpion. The Sub-Zero is modeled after his Ice Clone, while Scorpion uses his “Smolder” character skin. The 7″ scale figures each have about 22 points of articulation. They will include a number of character specific accessories.
They are currently not up for pre-order via GameStop, but we’ll update when we see those listings go live. They should retail for about $20 each. The figures are due for release in November. Check out additional info and the new photos after the jump.
Another leader in the iconic faces for the Mortal Kombat franchise, Sub-Zero is a formidable fighter possessing the innate ability to control ice in many forms and whose defining character trait is his fierce rivalry with his nemesis Scorpion. In his first return appearance in Mortal Kombat II, it was revealed that the original Sub-Zero had died during the events of the first game (at the hand of Scorpion) and was replaced by his brother. In the subsequent games, the younger brother of Sub-Zero, remained as Sub-Zero, while the older brother became the wraith Noob Saibot.
Product features:
- Incredibly detailed 7” scale figure of Sub-Zero
- Sub-Zero’s Variant is a figure rendition of his iconic move ICE CLONE
- Figure comes with a base, two Ice Axes, and frozen head with spine
- Designed with Ultra articulation with 22 moving parts
- Figure showcased in Mortal Kombat themed window box packaging
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A leader in the iconic faces for the Mortal Kombat franchise, “Scorpion” is the alias of Hanzo Hasashi, formerly one of the finest warriors of the Shirai Ryu, a Japanese ninja clan. After he was killed by Sub-Zero, a member of a rival clan of Chinese assassins known as the Lin Kuei, Scorpion became a hell–spawned revenant residing in hell (later the Netherrealm) and seeking vengeance against those responsible for the destruction of his clan and the death of his family, including his wife and his son. Although essentially neutral in allegiance, Scorpion will join forces with anyone who can assist his plans of revenge
Product features:
- Incredibly detailed 7” scale figure of Scorpion
- This figure is an alternate Skin option called the “Smolder”
- Figure comes with a base, two Ninja Swords, and a Kunai Spear
- Figure mask will be interchangeable with previous Scorpion figure
- Designed with Ultra articulation with 22 moving parts
- Figure showcased in Mortal Kombat themed window box packaging
Mortal Kombat - Scorpion and Sub-Zero Variants from McFarlane Toys
Scorpions eyes are nuts. Whats going on with that. Looks like he just rolled one up lol.
I guess I blame the game designers, but these are... terrible looking.
These look WORSE than the regular ones. wow. The 90's Hasbro GI Joe/MK cross over figures look epic compared to these. lol
Is Scorpion taking a dump?
I know it's an apples and oranges comparison, but Storm's MK figures takes a "smoldering" dump all over these. The overly busy designs (which are some of MK's worse IMO) aren't helping things either. Sometimes less is more...
I don't really like all the color variations in the game and I definitely don't want figures of them.
I will never get tired of seeing McFarlane's comical misunderstanding of Scorpion's eyebrow anatomy.
Dear lord that scorpion looks utterly turrble. So far mcfartlame isn't cuttin’ the mustard. The cheese certainly.....
So every figure of Scorpion from McFarlane is going to looked stoned then? Seems like a weird artistic choice to me, but hey, at least he's consistent.
All McFarlane needs to do is fix the eyebrow positioning. Wouldnt even need to mess with the sculpt. If they dont fix the paint job and provided the skin tone is molded plastic then it will be a matter of using some nail polish remover to wipe them off and repainting them. Changing the angle and moving them lower makes it looks less surpised/stoned. Other than the costumes which are as designed by Netherrealm they're actually not that bad besides the shitty eyebrows.
These are awful! Especially Scorpion! So glad I collect the Storm line.
Also, this is definitely not the fault of the game designs. The game is way better looking!
Everyone thinking that the comparison between these and the Storm versions seems to be living in a haze.
$20 figure quality does NOT equal $70-$80 figure quality.
$20 figure quality does NOT equal $70-$80 figure quality.
If you'd like to get technical about it though, Mezco's figures for MKX were also in the $20 dollar range, and in terms of looks, those figures take a steamy dump on these as well. While we haven't seen a side by side comparison just yet, the Mezco figures were done so well that there were times I felt like I was holding something of much higher quality than a mere $20 dollar toy. The only gripes I ever had about that line was the extremely thin character selection that was filled mostly with a hundred variants of each figure, and the fact they were not a true 6 inch scale like they claimed to be.
I think a large part of this though is honestly no fault of Todd's, but more to the terrible looking character designs that NRS made for this game. They're some of the worst designs since MK4. It's hard to keep joints and paints looking clean when you have all that mess of a sculpt going on. If McFarlane toys was doing something more classic, (or less busy in design) I really feel like the line could shine.
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