Show and Tell: The Cammy collection

2:00 PM on 05.29.2009   |   Brian Szabelski

Everyone's got a favorite character, and for those of you who have known me for any extended period of time, you know Street Fighter's Cammy is definitely one of mine. Not surprisingly, I have an appetite for almost all things Cammy, and that includes the figure market. Hey, I need something to put in my shrine to decorate it, don't I? I've amassed a small and pretty diverse collection of Cammy figures, and this week on Show and Tell, I'm going to tell you all about them, whether you like it or not.

Hit the jump to take a look at my ever-growing collection of Cammy figures!

My collection has been slowly growing for about 10 years now, and by slowly, I really mean I had one Cammy figure up until about three years ago. Now I have nine of them and no plans to stop soon. They range from small trading figures to slighty bigger PVC pieces, but they are all pretty cool in their own special way.

Say hello to the twins. Yes, I have two versions of this figure; one of them was bought by me, and the other one was gifted to me by a friend a few months back. That gift just happened to be the other version of the figure I was missing. Produced by Organic and EnSky, these two are part of the Capcom Companion Girls collection. That's a really odd name for a figure series, but it could always be something worse, I guess. What's weirder is that I have actually seen someone cosplay this exact Cammy costume before, and it was almost surreal seeing a figure come to life like that.

It's a very interesting take on Cammy, seeing her in something besides her usual ass-revealing uniform. Speaking of ass-revealing, though...

Behold, the Capcom Girls Summer Collection Cammy from Yujin! To my knowledge, this in fact the only non-custom Cammy figure out there to feature her in a swimsuit, and quite a revealing one at that. But even though she's dressed for the beach, she's still ready to deal with any perverts who might try and touch her, because she's got a knife holstered to the side of her hip.

Oddly enough, of the four figures in the collection who are standing, Cammy is the only one that doesn't seem to suffer from any leaning problems (Sakura, on the other hand, is a whole other story). Maybe it's just luck, or maybe it's because Cammy is just stronger than all those other girls? Since this is a pretty inexpensive trading figure (they retailed in Japan for 200 yen), the quality is not too bad, though the face could use a little work.

Gimme a F! Gimme an A! Gimme a N-B-O-Y! What does that spell? Apparently, me, because I happen to have this cheerleader Cammy figure from Yamato as part of my collection. One of the first trading figures I ever picked up and the second Cammy figure I added to my collection, it's a nice break from the barrage of figures featuring Cammy in her Street Fighter uniforms. She comes with a base that is made to hook up with the other three characters in this series to you could have a huge diorama of figures, which leads to my biggest problem with this figure: she's cute, but she has to be attached to her base at all times because of her pose. Well, that and because she has giant pegs at the bottom of her feet to slot her into the base.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, look at how cute she is. The smallest Cammy figure I own and the only Cammy figure I have of her in her Shadowloo uniform to date, the Capcom Gals Collection Series 1 Cammy by Bandai is a pretty good quality trading figure, especially since they have been able to cram some of Cammy's smaller details into this piece. The second I saw her on eBay one morning many months ago, I knew I had to have her. Not only are her big eyes and little pout of a mouth adorable, but she's got a cute little battle pose going on, too. How can you resist?

Since she doesn't have a base, she is prone to falling over quite easily. In fact, I had to try about four or five times to get her to stay standing when I took the header image for this Show and Tell. The good news is that she's pretty easy to find if you want to add her to your collection.

Next up is another Yamato figure, one of six in the Capcom Fighting Collection of Cammy and Chun-Li to feature the Killer Bee. There were only three different poses, but two different colors for each pose. This post features Cammy, in, not surprisingly, her fighting pose, albeit in a black version of her Delta Red uniform instead of her normal dark green one. The design of the figure is pretty good, but the camoflauge on her legs looks really airbrushed on there and detracts from the figure a bit overall.

And so brings us to the oldest figure of the group and the only one not made by Yamato, ReSaurus' Cammy figure. Yeah, they look pretty hideous, but they are from the late 1990s and were designed by a Western company, so they could always be worse. There were several different colorways of this figure made, with the EB Games metallic blue and pink PLayer 3 versions being the hardest to find. Now a days, a ReSaurus figure still in the package (and not loose like my figure) is worth a nice chunk of change, upwards of $50 depending on the condition.

In truth, I own two of these figures. The other one, the first Cammy figure I ever owned, is actually getting a touch-up job by yours truly. ReSaurus did not do a very good paint job when they produced these figures, with the black molded plastic visible on some parts of the figure. It's still a work in progress because I can't figure out how to paint her hair, as it's made of a different type of plastic and acrylics don't set properly on it.

Last, but certainly not least, comes my favorite Cammy figure that I own, Yamato's Capcom Girls Collection Fighting Cammy. She's also the figure that, to date, I have spent the most on, dumping $25 in an anime club raffle to end up with her and another $70 worth of prizes. As you can she, Cammy is posed in a defensive position, ready to strike at the first sign of trouble. She's attached to the rock/steel base by her hand and the actual point of attachment is hidden very well by her pose.

The detail on Yamato's figure is extraordinary and lacks any noticeable flaws. In fact, even close-up like this, when I feared it would have some noticeable flaws on the eye paint job, it still looks really, really good. It also helps that she doesn't suffer from the same problems that plague the ReSaurus figure, like the plastic being visible under the paint. Or looking ugly.

The face isn't the only part of the figure with detail, as Yamato went the extra step of making Cammy's hands and boots just as detailed, as evidenced by the fingernails you can see in the above picture. The base she's on isn't quite as detailed as the figure itself, with the steel beam's rust looking a little out of place, but overall, it's a gorgeous and rather inexpensive figure.

And of course, it wouldn't be a post about Cammy without a gratuitous ass shot somewhere in here, would it?

While the Capcom Girls Collection figure rounds out the last of my Cammy figures, it's certainly not going to be the last one I'll be adding to my collection. I would love to have a complete set of the ugly ReSaurus figures, just for the collection's sake, and Yamato's new Cammy figure is high on my list of DO WANTs. So does that mean there will be a part 2 to my Cammy collection to show you all? Maybe so. Or maybe I've had my fill and this will be it.

... yeah, you're right, there probably will be.