email thomas                  By Thomas Wheeler  Certainly one
of the most popular series of fighting-style video games of all
time has to be Capcom's STREET FIGHTER. It has been the basis
for numerous games practically since they evolved past "Pong", a
generous assortment of animated series both in its home country
of Japan and in the United States, a somewhat debatable live-
action movie , and several series of action figures of varying
degrees of success.  The first action figure line for Street
Fighter was produced by Hasbro, and was tied into (and used the
same molds as) G.I. Joe. The second line was from ReSaurus, and
lasted about as long as it took that company to go belly-up. The
most recent line of Street Fighter action figures, already the
most extensive, has been produced by SOTA (State of the Art)
Toys, and has turned out some impressive product, unfortunately
hindered by some quality control problems in one assortment and
other delays.  With the most recent assortment, SOTA has changed
the name of