Axel Stone [Streets of Rage]

Regardless if you know him as Axel Stone from Streets of Rage or Akuseru Sutōn in Bare Knuckle, there's no doubt he's one of gaming's biggest badasses. One of the main protagonists from the prior mentioned game series... Axel doesn't get a lot of merchandise. So imagine my surprise when he gets a figure in the excellent Jakks Pacific video game based toy series. I've been a fan of these toys, often buying their Super Mario or Sonic offerings. They're great looking, high quality, and reasonably priced. Axel is 4" with 24 points of articulation. He's also pleasantly solid and feels like a higher priced toy. Included is a flame effect to recreate Axel's various Dragon attacks. It fits snugly over either hand and thanks to the articulation, practically any special move can be recreated. This is a cool figure of an awesome character from a classic game. I was really happy to see it announced and even happier to get one.