| Apr
14, 2003 |
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Cheerleader Cammy!
Yeah! 3 Cheers for Cammy!! Hoorah! Hoorah!! Hoorah!!!
I've not no real info, but my friend Lowena did send me this picture of a new Cammy arcade
prize from Japan. It's Cammy the cheerleader! Cool, huh? Click on the
link to the right to see a bigger picture of Cammy, Chun Li, Sakura, and Hinata. |
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Street Fighter 2 movie in the works!
Remember back on Dec 16, 2002 when I first announced this rumor? Well, it's pretty
much true now. Here's some news from www.ComingSoon.net.
Kylie Minogue won't play Cammy this time around, so another Australian (Cammy's
English!!) named Holly Valance will supposedly take over. I've never heard of her,
but here's her official website... www.HollyValanceMusic.com.
It's not the perfect look for Cammy, but I guarantee that she'll be VERY popular! |
The new Cammy? |
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PSM 2003 Swimsuit issue
Cammy!
Every year PSM (PlayStation Magazine) has a swimsuit issue... well, just a swimsuit
section in an issue... and Cammy's gonna be in it this year! Sorry, I can't show you
the picture, but I can tell you that Cammy's with Chun Li & Sakura, and she's wearing
a nice little camouflage bikini! Check that out in a few weeks... |
| Mar
11, 2003 |
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Cammy is Capcom.com's
front page girl!
It's been a long time since I've bothered visiting Capcom.com. For years, it was the
same old crap, so I stopped wasting my time. But I just check back and saw that
Cammy's picture in on the front page of Capcom.com! She's the Capcom Asia
girl. Cool!! It's nice to know she's not totally snubbed by the folks a
Capcom. |
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Also, I notice that Capcom has
started a monthly fanart contest. Why don't you enter your Cammy picture?
Let's show Capcom how much Cammy's fans love her. For more details, click
here. |
| Mar
7, 2003 |
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Cammy made a Capcom
All-Star!!!
If you remember a few months back, in my Oct 21, 2002 rant, I absolutely ripped
Capcom's Fighting All-Stars game up, down, left, and right for hardly having any all-star
characters. Then all of a sudden, news on the game disappeared, and it was even
rumored to be cancelled. But I just found something that might explain the delay...
the addition of new characters, including Cammy, Morrigan, and Rebecca Chambers! |
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Rebecca isn't a star by any means, but Cammy
& Morrigan sure are! There's a new set of gashapon due out in June called
"Capcom Gals All-Stars". Cammy is one of 'em! And so are a bunch of
the other so-called all-star characters that are supposed to be in the up-coming
game. So does that mean that Cammy's gonna be in the game too? Is that what's
caused the delay? I hope so!! |
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Maybe somebody at Capcom read my
rant and realized how dumb they were! (yeah right) Anyhow, if my theory is
true, they've done exactly what they needed to do in order for this game to be something
that fans will enjoy. Let's keep our fingers crossed... |
| Feb
26, 2003 |
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Cammy shows up at the
Wonder Festival in Tokyo!
Cammy seems to take a long vacation every year right after her birthday. But it
looks like she's finally back! At the Wonder Festival in Tokyo last weekend, there
were a whole bunch of new Cammy models, and two in particular are probably the best I've
ever seen! There were also quite a few Cammy models that were re-introduced at the
show. Oh, in case you're wondering, the Wonder Fest is a HUGE model show with some
of the most amazing and rare things you'll ever see. I was lucky enough to attend
the Won Fest in 2000, and here's my report. |
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Anyhow, the first new model is
from Mr. Kondo who I met at the first Wonder Fest. He was nice enough to custom
build me a Shadowloo Cammy he had at the show (front, back). I had lunch with
him, and he told me he wanted to make another Cammy model, and he finally has! Here
are a few pictures of the awesome new Delta Red Cammy... one, two.
Also, be sure to check out his other works at his homepage: G-Dome |
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The other REALLY cool new model is
Shadowloo Cammy, and here are some pictures... one, two. Amazing,
isn't it?! The sculpting couldn't be better, and neither could the paint job (I love
the shiny outfit). Apparently the maker's name is REFLECT, but I haven't been able
to find any other info. |
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The 3rd new Cammy is from Mr.
Fujisaki from HB Company. I actually got him to
send me 2 of these models a few weeks before the Won Fest! ^_^ It's only a few
inches tall, but it's still a great-looking Cammy. BTW, Mr. Fujisaki has also
sculpted some gashapon for Yuujin, and I wonder if he may have done the SNK vs Capcom 2
Cammy? His model looks a lot like it. |
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Aside from these 3 new models that
I know of, a lot of the old Cammy models were also re-released at the show. Cammy's
got next to no support from Capcom, but it's nice to see that the fans are still loving
her and keeping her alive! |
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6, 2003
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Cammy's Year In Review -
2002
January 6th is Cammy's birthday, so the "Cammy Year" begins and ends on that
day. This last year has been a pretty good one for Cammy. Even without much
new from Capcom, Cammy managed to make a lotta news in 2002 |
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The first Cammy news in 2002 came
in the form of a special edition Cammy sweatshirt from Capcom. It was a blue shirt
with a picture of both Shadowloo and Delta Red Cammys on the front. It cost 6800 yen
(about US$ 60) and it didn't come in 'foreigner' sizes, but it was very cool nonetheless. |
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Cammy made the most news in 2002
when it came to figures. The first figure was Capcom Queen Cammy. Along with Lei
Lei, Morrigan, and Chun Li, Delta Red Cammy was one of the 4 Capcom Queens figures from
Japanese toy maker Moby Dick. The figures were really special because the bodies
were made from some kinda rubber-like material with a bendable 'skeleton' underneath,
allowing you to pose your figure in almost any position you wanted. Even Cammy's
pigtails were bendy. On top of that, figures came with interchangeable heads and
hands, and cloth outfits. It looked great (especially the Cammy!), and it was a
very unique idea. |
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By the way, a special Shadowloo
version of this doll is planned for releases sometime in 2003. I guess the first
Cammy did so well that they decided to make another. And maybe it helped that I
wrote into the company and suggested that they do just that! ^_^ |
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The next Cammy figure from 2002
was the Super Excellent Series Delta Red Cammy from Marmitt. In total, there were 5
versions of this 11 inch tall doll. The first was only available in limited supply
at the Tokyo Game Show in September, and it was a Black version of Delta Red Cammy (not
racially black... I mean her outfit!). Then in late November, the 4 general release
Cammys were released... Green, Lime, Blue, and Pink. Originally, there was supposed
to be an Orange Delta Red Cammy, but that got switched to Pink at the last minute. |
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There's no news yet, but I'm
hoping that Marmitt will also create a special Shadowloo Cammy doll. It would be
extremely easy to do. |
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And towards the end of the 2002,
Banpresto released a repaint of the very popular Christmas Cammy arcade prize from 2 years
ago. Whereas the other characters in the set got some pretty outlandish new colors,
Cammy's colors were just reversed... what was red is now green, and what was green is now
red. She looked great! |
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An amazing book called
"Inside Delta Force" by Eric Haney was published in 2002. It has nothing
to do with Cammy, but if you read it, you'll really understand how realistic Delta Red
Cammy's character is as a member of an elite special forces team. |
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In 2002, Cammy was also rumored to
be a part of a new live-action Street Fighter movie. I don't know if the movie rumor
is really true (I can't imagine why it would be), but I'll be happy to support it if
Cammy's a part of it. |
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Cammy made a whole lotta
miscellaneous news in 2002 as well...
She was named one of the 100 sexiest anime characters by Animerica.
She was the answer to a crossword puzzle in some magazine. (Q: "Saucy Brit from
Street Fighter II").
She seems to have had a big influence on two other game characters... Florina from the
Secret Garden in Wild Arms 3, and Stacey from Hot Shots Golf 3.
She remained one of the most popular cosplay characters in Japan and even in the USA.
She appeared in various fanart sections in magazines all around the world.
She was featured on many websites beside CammyFan.com.
She was prominently featured in print & TV commercials for SF Alpha 3 for the GameBoy
Advance.
She appeared in a buncha games, but nothing new (just a whole lotta Capcom
re-re-re-re-releases) |
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Overall, I'd say that Cammy had a
good year in 2002. Even though there were no real new games for Cammy, fans were
able to buys lots of new toys and other things. As always, Cammy has found a way to
keep popular by not only giving reasons for long-time fans to be happy, but by attracting
all-new fans as well. |
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I'm happy to say that CammyFan.com
continues to attract an incredible number of fans every day. Unfortunately, my new
business has kept me EXTREMELY busy this whole year, so the site has been forced to
suffer. I've updated every week, but I haven't been able to have any contests,
accept any fanart or e-mail, etc. For that I'm very very sorry! I hope someday
I'll be able to get back to the way things used to be because I really miss talking with
all you fans. But in the meantime, I will definitely do everything I can to keep
CammyFan.com updated every week with something new and interesting! |
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2003 is the 10 year anniversary of
Cammy's first appearance in Super Street Fighter II, but I don't really know what her 10th
year will bring. Besides a rumored movie and a Shadowloo Cammy Capcom Queens
figure, there's not a whole lot on the horizon yet. She's apparently been left out
of an up-coming Capcom Fighting All-Stars game, but then again, so have all of Capcom's
other stars! Maybe we'll see her in a Capcom vs SNK 3 or a Marvel vs Capcom 3.
But no matter what, I'm sure Cammy will manage to make news in 2003. Even if Capcom
doesn't use her, and other companies don't use her, I'm sure her fans will continue to
support her like they've always done (I know I will!), and that alone should keep her at
the top. |
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PS - for pictures and more details
on any of the subjects I've just mentioned, please check out the "Cammy New Archive -
2002" below... |
