Character Product Great Muta & Keiji Mutoh BIG HEAD KING FIGHTERS figure review

Your source for the best Japanese Pro-Wrestling figure coverage continues

with blog #75 which features two stellar additions direct from Japanese
toymaker Character Product.

Starting in 2007, Character Product would create yet another spin-off line
based on the company's popular Pro-kaku Heroes Mini Big Head figures
which was titled the "BIG HEAD KING FIGHTERS" line.

Without further adieu, let's jump right in!

The first figure is of Keiji Mutoh in his signature "Pro-Wrestling
LOVE" pose.

From the greying of Mutoh's beard to his famous "Muta Scale" forehead
scars, the face sculpt for the Keiji Mutoh KING FIGHTER figures is
simply amazing and hyper-realistic!

Mutoh comes dressed in his mid 2000's All Japan Pro-Wrestling attire
complete with "HOLD OUT" (Mutoh's classic NJPW theme) decals
along Mutoh's ring tights.

Each BIG HEAD KING FIGHTERS figure comes with a generic
turnbuckle base and features minimal articulation at the neck.

                            

Next up is another figure favorite of mine, Keiji Mutoh's evil alter
-ego: The Great Muta!

Great Muta's design is based on mid 2000's Star Wars-inspired "Darth
Muta" attire and comes sculpted performing Muta's signature "Poison
Mist" attack in a kneeling pose!

                              

Once again, the amount of detail put into the Big Head King
Fighters Great Muta figure is outstanding. The horns and Kanji
across Muta's mask are 3-dimensional and textured.

The Poison Mist can also be tilted to the left or right while
inside Muta's mouth!

Another reason why the Great Muta Big Head King Fighters figure
is one of my absolute favorite puroresu collectibles is the ability to
remove the Poison Mist from Muta's mouth!

Speaking of realistic detail, the Muta Big Head King Fighters figure
contains green ink staining the right corner of Muta's mouth and
tongue. There's even red paint smearing down Muta's beard!

                             

The intricate decals of Muta's Darth Maul-inspired attire are on full
display from the back of the Muta King Fighters figure.

                  

                            

Each figure from the line contains a copyright on the back of the
turnbuckle base.

                           

Character Product must have been really proud of their Big Head King
Fighters line as the company's logo is prominently (and unusually)
displayed on the bottom of each base.


                            

The King Fighters figures stands roughly 4 inches in height and tower
over their Mini Big Head counterparts.



2007 would also mark the final volume of Character Product's Mini Big
Head series (Vol. 9.) before the company would fold back into New
Japan Pro-Wrestling's Toukon Shop as early as 2008.

While the Character Product namesake is no longer active, the Big Head
King Fighters figures live on as a testament to the incredible amount of
detail and passion Character Product put into their Pro-Wrestling likenesses.
Many of which remain the most realistic representations of the legends
they are based off of to date.