Storm Collectibles and Mortal Kombat: all 55 figures and special editions of the tournament, 2015 to 2024

01Klassic Scorpion, round one of the VS Series

It all starts here. In the first Mortal Kombat, in 1992, Scorpion is just a yellow ninja cut from the same sprite as Sub-Zero, but his spear harpoons the opponent and drags them back within punching range. Under the hood: Hanzo Hasashi, an undead warrior who lives only to avenge his clan and his family. Storm makes him the very first fighter of its VS Series at 1/12: a new hand-painted body, over 30 points of articulation and 7 inches (about 18 cm) of pure vengeance.

In the box: a skull head, two masks, six pairs of hands, a fire effect and the spear.

02Klassic Sub-Zero, the ice rival

Against fire, ice. Sub-Zero, the blue ninja of the Lin Kuei clan, has been Scorpion's natural rival since 1992, and behind his mask hides Bi-Han, the elder of two brothers. His most famous Fatality, the “Spine Rip”, tears out the opponent's skull and spine: it's Ed Boon's favourite, and the most controversial of the first game. Storm releases the fighter the same day as Scorpion, on the same base: new body, over 30 points of articulation, 7 inches.

In the box: two masks, a skull with its spine, nine hands and ice effects for the ice blast and the slide.

03Reptile, the hidden fighter steps out of the shadows

In August 1992, the very month the game came out, Ed Boon and John Tobias slipped a secret into the cabinet, wrapped up in a single evening: Reptile, “a cooler version of Scorpion”. This green ninja borrows Scorpion's spear and Sub-Zero's freeze, strikes faster than both, and fuels the rumours of the arcades. Storm finally gives him what the 1992 game denied him, a real arsenal, under the name “Mortal Kombat Klassic - Reptile”.

In the box: two masks, eight hands, an interchangeable reptile head, two acid effects, the force ball and his tongue.

04Shao Kahn, the emperor of Outworld on his throne

“Bow to me!” The emperor of Outworld isn't content to beat you: he taunts you before, during and after every round. Final boss of Mortal Kombat II, played by bodybuilder Brian Glynn and scaled up on screen to tower over every fighter, Shao Kahn crushes his opponents with his Wrath Hammer. Storm gives him what no figure in the line had yet: a set piece, his throne. Announced for late 2017, he finally slips to the first quarter of 2018.

In the box: two heads, the warlord helmet, the Wrath Hammer, the throne and eight hands.

05Noob Saibot, the SDCC 2017 exclusive

To unveil him, Storm chose a staging with no ambiguity: on 20 June 2017, an animated image shows Noob Saibot performing a Fatality on Scorpion. A wraith of the Netherrealm and member of the Brotherhood of Shadow, the black ninja hides an identity that Mortal Kombat: Deception eventually reveals: he is Bi-Han, the first Sub-Zero, killed by Scorpion. The figure is sold at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, at 49.99 dollars: about 7 inches and over 30 points of articulation.

In the box: two decapitation blood effects, a skull, two masks, nine pairs of hands, two hellfire effects and a spear.

06Goro, the four-armed Shokan prince

Four arms, a giant's build and five centuries of reign: Goro, prince of the Shokan and sub-boss of the first tournament, snatched the title of Grand Champion from the Great Kung Lao and held it for 500 years, until Liu Kang brought him down. A colossus like that couldn't settle for a standard body: Storm sculpts him an entirely new, articulated four-armed body. Shown as early as July 2015 alongside the Klassics, he only arrives in October 2018, and will step back into the ring in 2023.

In the box: two heads, six pairs of hands and two green fireballs.

07Ermac, the SDCC 2018 exclusive

Ermac is the only fighter born from a rumour. His name came from a counter in the diagnostic menu of the 1992 cabinet, “ERMACS”, for “error macro”; players saw a hidden red ninja in it, a magazine even published a fake photo, and Midway ended up making him real in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3: an amalgam of the souls of fallen warriors, master of telekinesis. Storm reserved him for San Diego Comic-Con 2018, sold only on site, in limited quantity, with a “Tele-Hang” effect that lifts the opponent.

In the box: two masks, two soul balls, the “Tele-Hang” effect, two torn-off arms and nine hands.

08Smoke, the NYCC 2018 exclusive

In Mortal Kombat II, you had to earn him. Smoke, a grey ninja whose body gives off smoke, would pop up at the start of a fight to drop vague hints, and only players who met precise conditions could face him. Storm gives him a fate to match: a figure sold only at New York Comic Con 2018, never on the online store.

09Rain, the other NYCC 2018 fighter

He owes his name to Prince; his title, to Edenia. Rain is an Edenian prince, orphaned by Shao Kahn's invasion, raised by the resistance before betraying it when he was denied its command, and a master of water as well as lightning. He joins Smoke at New York Comic Con 2018, with the same convention-exclusive status.

10Baraka, the blades of Outworld

Razor teeth, blades shooting out of his forearms: Baraka, nomad leader of the Tarkatans of Outworld, bursts into Mortal Kombat II. Back then, his face was a Nosferatu-style mask cobbled together by the team, with fake nails for teeth and shiny cardboard for blades. He is also the one who sparked the idea of Friendships, finishing moves as unexpected as they are comical. Storm gives him back his signature: two pairs of interchangeable blades.

In the box: two pairs of blades, two heads, four pairs of hands, a spark effect and two pairs of injury effects.

11Scorpion, the revenant returns on a new body

Hanzo Hasashi came back from hell for revenge, and his spear made the rounds of every arcade: “Get over here!”. Three years after the Klassic, Storm sends him back into battle on a fully reworked, more flexible body, in its Mortal Kombat 3 series, with the look of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3: absent from the 1995 game, Scorpion only returned to the arena in that enhanced version, released the same year. His skull mask is a reminder of what hides under the hood. He makes his first appearance at SDCC 2019, and two special editions will follow.

In the box: two masks, four hands, axe, spear, three blood effects.

12Cyrax, the Lin Kuei's first cyborg

A member of the Lin Kuei clan, Cyrax agreed to become a cyborg. In Mortal Kombat 3, he and Sektor are given a mission: hunt down and eliminate Kuai Liang, the Sub-Zero who deserted the clan. Yet it is Sub-Zero who captures him and reprograms him to help defeat Shao Kahn. Storm gives him a new body with redesigned joints, and his two signature weapons: the green net and the bomb.

In the box: four pairs of hands, his green net and his bomb.

13Smoke, the NYCC 2019 cyborg version

In Mortal Kombat 3, Smoke has changed his nature: captured by his clan as he tried to flee with Sub-Zero, he was converted into a cyborg and sent after his friend. It is in this robotic form that you unlock him, and it's this form Storm reserves for New York Comic Con 2019, from 3 to 6 October: nicknamed “Cyber Ninja Smoke”, he sells for 75 dollars.

In the box: four pairs of hands, two smoke effects, four bombs, a spear and a bomb-dropping rig.

14Sektor, the Grand Master's son

Unit LK-9T9, son of the Lin Kuei Grand Master: Sektor is the other half of the cyborg duo sent after Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 3. He too accepted the conversion, and he makes his opponents pay dearly for it: his missile, and the “Compactor” crusher of his Fatality.

In the box: four hands, his missile with smoke effect and the “Compactor” from his Fatality.

15Sub-Zero, the younger brother takes the mask

This Sub-Zero isn't the one from 1992. It's Kuai Liang, the younger brother, who takes up the mask after Bi-Han's death and remains the series' main Sub-Zero for thirty years. Storm captures him in his Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 version, ice at his fingertips.

In the box: four pairs of hands, ice blast, ground ice, blood and Fatality effects.

16Raiden, the thunder god guards Earthrealm

He isn't here to win the tournament, but to protect Earth. Raiden, god of thunder inspired by the Japanese Raijin and by a warrior from the film “Big Trouble in Little China”, chooses and trains the champions of Earthrealm. In the game, you recognise him by his conical hat and his “Torpedo”, the horizontal charge he performs with a now-famous shout. Storm gives him three faces and the effect of his Fatality: the head electrocution.

In the box: three heads, six pairs of hands including one holding a lightning bolt, a lightning effect and the electrocution effect from his Fatality.

17Motaro, the centaur sub-boss

Half man, half horse: Motaro, a Centaurian of Outworld and sub-boss of Mortal Kombat 3, leads Shao Kahn's extermination squads during the invasion of Earth. He teleports, fires energy blasts from his tail and reflects projectiles. John Tobias based him on a Micronauts toy, Baron Karza, who became a centaur once combined with his horse. Storm makes him a big figure, a 240 mm articulated body; the Scorpion in the photos is not included.

In the box: two heads, three pairs of hands, a fireball and a bloody skeleton, articulated too.

18Sub-Zero Unmasked, face revealed

For the first time, Sub-Zero shows his face. In Mortal Kombat 3, Kuai Liang has fled the Lin Kuei clan, which turns its best warriors into cyborgs, and his former brothers-in-arms are hunting him. John Tobias unmasked him to get fans talking about his story; it's also since this game that he has worn a scar from his forehead down to his right eye. Storm picks up this headlong flight with a whole arsenal of combat… and damage.

In the box: two heads, four pairs of hands, two ice shower effects, an ice clone, broken arms and legs, five broken bones and a blood effect.

19Kung Lao, the razor hat

A Shaolin monk, friend of Liu Kang, and a hat with a razor-sharp brim: Kung Lao debuts in Mortal Kombat II, a descendant of the Great Kung Lao defeated by Goro five centuries earlier. His most famous attack, the hat throw, could even be steered in mid-flight. Storm takes him in his Mortal Kombat II look, with the rabbit from his Friendship, the peaceful finishing move introduced by the same game.

In the box: two heads, five pairs of hands, his hat, a second one with a slash effect, a blood effect and the rabbit from his Friendship.

20Kintaro, Shao Kahn's bodyguard

Goro gone? Another Shokan takes his place. Kintaro, Shao Kahn's bodyguard and sub-boss of Mortal Kombat II, stands out from his predecessor with his tiger stripes. Like Goro, he started out as a stop-motion clay figure, inspired by the legendary Japanese hero Kintarō. Announced in July 2021 at 120 dollars, he arrives a year later, with a trophy that says it all: Sub-Zero's frozen arms.

In the box: three heads, four pairs of hands, a fireball, two frozen Sub-Zero arms and seven damage effects.

21Reptile, the last of his race returns

Four years after the first, the last of the Saurians returns. Reptile serves the masters of Outworld in the hope of one day seeing his race reborn, and he fights with what nature gave him: an endless tongue, acid spat in your face, and the gift of turning invisible. Storm files him in its Mortal Kombat 3 series, with the look of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, the game that brought him back to the arena after his absence from Mortal Kombat 3, black hood on his head.

In the box: a reptile head, a black hood, four pairs of hands, his tongue, an acid spit and a force ball.

22Scorpion in 1/6, moving up a weight class

Moving up a weight class: with Scorpion, Storm goes 1/6 for the first time in Mortal Kombat. The ninja wears his Klassic skin from Mortal Kombat 11, with a fabric outfit that changes everything at this size. Release announced for the third quarter of 2022.

In the box: four pairs of hands, two swords and their sheaths, a spear and a hellfire effect.

23Sub-Zero in 1/6

The rival couldn't stay at 1/12. Sub-Zero joins Scorpion at 1/6, also in his Klassic skin from Mortal Kombat 11, fabric outfit included. At this scale, about 12 inches (around thirty centimetres), the ice ninja takes on a whole new presence on the shelf.

In the box: four pairs of hands, a frost axe, two ice blasts, an ice skull and four spears.

24Liu Kang, the Shaolin champion and his dragon

Champion of Earthrealm and winner of the first two tournaments, Liu Kang has a signature Fatality: the “Dragon”, designed to finish the opponent off cleanly and avenge the Shaolin monks killed by Shang Tsung. Storm took him at his word with a fully articulated dragon form, about 12 inches tall. The rest of the legend fits in two names: a first name that nods to actor Gordon Liu, a style and battle cries inspired by Bruce Lee. Released in March 2023.

In the box: the articulated dragon, three heads, five pairs of hands and a fireball.

25Noob Saibot in 1/6, the shadow ninja

The third fighter at 1/6, and the darkest. A hidden opponent in Mortal Kombat II, unlocked only after a long winning streak, Noob Saibot returns here in his Mortal Kombat 11 look, where he serves Kronika.

In the box: a sickle, three attack effects and four pairs of hands.

26Kano, the laser-eyed mercenary

Playable since 1992, Kano runs the Black Dragon crime syndicate and remains the sworn enemy of Sonya Blade. Half his face disappears under a metal plate inspired by the Terminator, with a cybernetic eye that fires lasers. His Fatality from the first game, ripping out a still-beating heart, was suggested by his actor Richard Divizio himself. Storm gives him back his laser eye, and the tools to settle his scores.

In the box: three heads, five pairs of hands, four weapons and the eye laser effect.

27Shao Kahn, the emperor returns, standard version

“Feel the power of Shao Kahn!” Six years after his first figure, the emperor of Outworld returns in two versions announced the same day, in late November 2022. The standard, at 100 dollars, gives him back his spear and his hammer; all he's missing is his throne. It arrives in spring 2024.

In the box: two heads, a spear, his hammer and five pairs of hands.

28Nightwolf, Earthrealm's shaman

Shaman and historian, guardian of a land protected by magic, Nightwolf enters the tournament in Mortal Kombat 3 to defend Earthrealm against Shao Kahn's invasion. His trump card in 1995: he can send any projectile back to its sender. His weapons are mystical, a tomahawk and a bow, and it was a Midway artist, Sal DiVita, who lent him his features.

In the box: three heads, an axe, his spirit arrow, a lightning effect and five pairs of hands.

29Goro, the Shokan prince returns

Five years after the first, the Shokan prince puts his four fists back on the table. This new Goro displays the Mortal Kombat X logo on his official visual: the colossus has crossed the eras without losing an arm. Announced in April 2023, he comes out in March 2024.

In the box: three heads and four pairs of hands.

30Sheeva, the line's final fight

Fans were begging for a playable Goro; Mortal Kombat 3 gave them Sheeva, the only female of the Shokan race, also brought to life in stop-motion clay. Her name comes from Shiva, the Hindu deity of destruction, and her role is clear: bodyguard to Queen Sindel, sworn enemy of centaurs like Motaro. With her, the circle is complete: Goro, Kintaro and Sheeva, the three Shokan, are all at Storm. The last fighter in the line, she arrives in May 2024.

In the box: two heads, ten pairs of hands and a fireball.