After being mesmerised by the Doktor A Spit & Polish Soopa Coin-Up I got a bit excited by the possibility of seeing even more awesome Soopa Coin-Up customs at the upcoming Soopa Show in New York. The best thing is there is a small chance I may actually be able to attend the show. Make sure you check out the Soopa Coin-Up website and a great interview with the creator Erick Scarecrow.

With the tons of video game figures around its always exciting to hear or toys for your favourite vintage games and the latest is news of Sonic the Hedgehog figures. The most exciting thing about this bit of news is that they are being created by First 4 Figures, who produce some absolutely stunning figures, and they will be based on the classic versions of the characters. I have full confidence that the initial line up of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles is going to be nothing short of amazing when they arrive around July 2008. [via Action Figure]

Street Fighter 2 is still my favourite beat-em-up of all time and I am hoping that Street Fighter 4 can take beat-em-ups to the next level. Not sure if this is in games graphics but a 2D game along with this style will surely make it a game that is on the borders of animation and that suits me just fine. Are you as excited as I am and what do you think of the trailer?

I love mash up of videos games and this is one of the best animations I have seen using video game characters. The battle goes on for a while and the whole time I was sucked in by the action, it actually feels like a movie battle scene. The animation features characters from Metroid and Halo and has Matrix written all over it… Superb!!!

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