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Revision as of 23:22, 4 January 2010
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| Founded | March 2000 |
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| Headquarters | Chatsworth, California |
Key people | Guang Yang, CEO Jackson Pornpitayalert Chris Hollosy Alan Ning |
| Products | action figures, collectible statues, plush dolls, props, busts |
| Website | SOTA Toys Jump |
SOTA Toys, or State of the Art Toys, is is a developer, manufacturer, and wholesaler of collectibles based on licensed properties from companies such as Universal and Capcom. Since the year 2000, they have created and manufactured numerous licensed products based on the characters from popular movies, TV shows, hit video games, and literary works, as well as legendary musicians and pop stars. Aside from being a developer and manufacturer, SOTA Toys also serves as fabricator and prototyper for the motion picture, toys/collectibles, and video game industry.
Current Product Lines
In 2007, SOTA Toys started a new line of 1/10-scale resin statues depicting characters from Capcom's popular fighting game series: Street Fighter. These high-quality figures are non-poseable, but feature much more detail and superior paint than previous works. Having already produced Ryu, Blanka, Sagat, Ken, Akuma and Cammy, SOTA is continuing this line with Juri, a new character from the upcoming Super Street Fighter 4 game, and has plans to produce other popular characters from previous games.
A resin Chun-Li statue was created for Capcom exclusively for use in the promotion of the then upcoming Street Fighter 4, but it does not fit in with any of SOTA's current lineup.
The Fall Out Boy talking plush dolls became available in early 2009. During the recording of their album, Folie à Deux, each band member made special recordings for the production of these plush dolls.
SOTA Nightmares
Returning to their horror background, SOTA has produced several high-quality resin statues of H.P. Lovecraft's creatures, Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, and Dagon. SOTA also has an original 'Four Horsemen' line, based on the characters from the Book of Revelation. The first horseman, Death, is scheduled for release in early 2010.
Past Products
Street Fighter Action Figures
The SOTA Toys Street Fighter line is unique in that the line-ups for each round were voted on by fans. SOTA had set up the voting so that popular characters are evenly distributed between the rounds of action figures. By delaying the release of the most popular characters, SOTA had produced more figures over a longer period of time, allowing obscure characters that would never sell on their own to be produced.
However, because of difficulties, SOTA Toys will no longer use the voting system for their Street Fighter line. However, a new line known as 'Street Fighter Revolution' has been released in late 2007. This line is different from the previous one, as the joints are character specific, the sculpts differently styled, and the packaging is a highly detailed box rather than a blister pack. This line is still available for purchase from SOTA Toys.
Preceding the 'Revolution' line was 'Street Fighter Preview,' a sort of teaser line featuring Ryu, Ken, Akuma, and Dan Hibiki. Differently-colored variants were available, in limited quantity.
In mid-2009, a 12" resin sculpt of the main character from Capcom's upcoming game Dark Void was produced exclusively for promotional sales. Set in the iconic position seen in the game, the figure's jetpack flame and visor are illuminated with LEDs. A 3-inch tall miniature version of this figure was mass produced, along with life-sized props that were worn by a model dressed as the character for E3 2009.
The characters Dee and Demetri from Capcom's fighting game Darkstalkers were produced as mini-busts for the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con. SOTA Toys also produced a 1/10 scale resin statue of Felicia in 2007. Earlier plans for Demetri and Lord Raptor action figures had been canceled due to low pre-order sales.
Miscellaneous works
Other former projects include characters and creatures from Pumpkinhead, Legend, Transformers, Aliens, and Robot Chicken.
Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, punk band Fall Out Boy, and rapper Snoop Dogg have also been depicted as collectible figures.
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