Tekken fan outraged by $220 statue that bears little resemblance to promo images
Facepalm: There are plenty of very impressive, and very expensive, statues based on video game characters available to buy. One such figurine that falls into the latter category but not the former is the Tekken 8 ‘Fist Meets Fate’ figurine, which doesn’t look much like the rendered images shown on the website.
A Tekken 8 fan going by the handle Chaolan_Enjoyer posted photos of the statue (as highlighted by PC Gamer) on Reddit, asking if it constitutes false advertising. The $220 figure depicts Jin Kazama facing off against Kazuya Mishima on a rubble-strewn street.
Comparing the statue to the images on the box and the website, there is quite a discrepancy between them.
The store page boasts of the figurine being “highly detailed,” and it does look that way, especially Kazuya’s face. It certainly looks like the kind of merchandise any Tekken fan would appreciate.
Sadly, the actual product looks more like one of those ‘When you order from Wish’ memes. Poor Jin looks as if he’s overdone it with an Instagram smoothing/de-aging filter. There’s also an apparent lack of eyebrows, giving him an eerily similar appearance to King of the Hill’s Boomhauer.
Kazuya isn’t much better, sporting a complexion that looks like he’s been sandblasted. The fact they actually painted his widow’s peak onto his brow like some kind of weird tattoo is another highlight.
The finer details of the clothes are also absent. It’s all certainly a disappointment, especially at this price.
A commenter confirmed that this isn’t some kind of one-off manufacturing defect, either. They posted a photo of the same statue in all its shoddiness. Somewhat cheekily, the Bandai Namco store warns that this is a limited run of only 888 units, so best move fast if you want to secure one.
The Japanese gaming giant will likely point to a disclaimer on the store page that confirms what’s shown are 3D renders of the statue and not contractual images. Most people would likely consider that warning pretty vague, or at least assume that the render is a fair representation of the final product. Caveat emptor, it seems.
