Sunday, June 12, 2016

004 Sumo San

Sumo San is the sumo wrestler.

His G1 figure is super boring.  It's just a fat dude wearing a mawashi (belt).  However, the design of the protective belt looks more like thong underwear.  Overall, Sumo San looks especially odd because he is just a nearly naked finger-figure with no arms and no charm. 

His G2 figure is a bit better.  It is the G1 figure with static arms.  He is holding a chicken leg in his right hand and rubbing his belly with his left hand.  It seems to suggest a stereotype that fat people can never stop eating, even while they are skateboarding.

Sumo San has a second G2 figure.  This one is not eating, plus he is wearing a safety helmet and safety goggles. It is exclusive to the Downhill Dude playset.

Sumo San does not have a standard-issue G3 figure.  His most common G3 figure is part of the Scuba Squad series.  This figure has a magnetic hand, a magnetic back, and a bunch of silly accessories.  A slight variant of this sculpt was re-released in the Magnetic Action 3-Pack along with Lenny and Whiplash.

Finally, Sumo San has a very rare G3 figure known as Sumo Santa.  This was a promotional figure given out in December of 2007.  It is a limited run of 500 and was not sold to the public.

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