Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto (Kidrobot)

Don't worry, Music Aficionados.  I don't really like that Mister Roboto song.  No music links will be posted here.  Your ears are safe!  But this IS a post about Kidrobot's mini figures.  And that's why I used the title.  Anyway, let's get on with it. 

With all the blathering I've been doing about Funko, Kidrobot fans had to wonder when I was going to mention their favorite mini figures.  Well, let the wonderment begin end!

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I was blindly wandering the streets of ebay when I found this!  It's Ryu from Street Fighter as a Kidrobot mini figure.  That's when I realized that I had stumbled onto something cool and different.  (The Michelle Trachtenberg autographed trading cards would just have to wait.)  Street Fighter had blind box mini figures.  Street Fighter was back! 

As a kid growing up in the age of NES/SNES, I played the hell out of Street Fighter.  Many of my dad's hard earned quarters got lost in arcades to fuel another turn as my favorite player, Ryu.  Memories, man.  Sweet memories.  I suppose Street Fighter was never gone in the first place.  But it was for me.  Until I realized they were making cute mini figures of them.

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Like Ryu, Dhalsim looks pretty cool too.  And so does Zangief (not pictured).  But I feel a lot of the other figures aren't as cute as they could be, particularly the girl figures (Cammy and Chun Li).  I didn't take a screenshot of them, but trust me, they look clunky.

That's my one complaint about Kidrobot.  Their figures don't look as cute as the competition.

Left: Funko Bebop.  Right: Kidrobot Bebop

Will it stop me from buying their stuff?  No.  In addition to Street Fighter, I've already added some Kidrobot Futurama mini figures to my watch list.  But if Funko started making Street Fighter or Futurama figures, that would be a game changer. 

What do you think?  Funko or Kidrobot?  Who's your favorite?