New Wave Toys Expands RepliCade Collection with Street Fighter II

Consumer enthusiasm for retro gaming continues to grow, and there’s never been a wider selection of arcade cabinets available for purchase in all scales. New Wave Toys‘ RepliCade Amusements collection presents fully-playable arcade cabinets in a 12-inch play scale for collectors. The hand-crafted machines compliment sixth-scale action figures for display and play. Following Centipede and Tempest, the Street Fighter II Championship Edition x RepliCade is available beginning July 1.

Officially licensed by Capcom, the Street Fighter II RepliCade features the original cabinet artwork and arcade ROM from the arcade classic Street Fighter II: Champion Edition upright and ROM from the arcade classic Super Street Fighter II: Turbo upright.

New Wave Toys will show its product line at Toy Fair New York in booth #1D217, taking place Feb. 16 to 19.

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