the E3 1998 trade show. In 2011, British model Carly Baker dressed up as Sonya for both a live-action trailer titled "Sonya Blade Kasting" and an official photoshoot, alongside two other women costumed as Mileena and Kitana; all three also made appearances at The Gadget Show: World Tour that year. Action figures of Sonya were released by Hasbro (1994), Toy Island (1996), Infinite Concepts (1999), and Palisades Toys (2000). A 1/6 scale limited-edition statue of Sonya in her primary outfit from MK2011 was released in the Mortal Kombat Enchanted Warriors line by Syco Collectibles in 2012; another, larger statue in her alternate costume was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sycocollectibles.com/content/sonya-blade-18-statue |title=Sonya Blade 18 Statue |publisher=Syco Collectibles |access-date=2013-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213202546/http://sycocollectibles.com/content/sonya-blade-18-statue |archive-date=2014-02-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> To promoted MK11, Ronda Rousey shows up in her Sonya Blade gear against Ruby Riot at WWE Elimination Chamber. Reception Critical reaction to Sonya Blade has been positive, with commentators noting the character's sex appeal and toughness. Brazilian magazine SuperGamePower featured her in the article about the "muses" of video games, stating that "more realistic than Chun-Li and Cammy, Sonya has reigned" between 1993 and the introduction of Lara Croft in 1996. Marcin "Gulash" Górecki of Secret Service ranked her as the second-best female fighter in the genre's history in 1996 while a 1997 article in Ação Games ranked her as the 12th overall best female video game character yet. A 1998 article in Saturn Power mentioned among the female fight game characters that can be more deadly than their male counterparts. In 1999, actress Tamala Jones chose Sonya and Soulcalibur's Ivy Valentine as the game characters she most identified with. GamesRadar later chose Sonya as one of the iconic video game "babes" of the early 1990s era and Retro Gamer included her among the classic "strong lead female characters". In 2016, Game Revolution included her among ten best female characters in video games, stating she had "stood the test of time." However, Sonya and Kano were the least popular characters among the players of the original Mortal Kombat, with Sonya herself soon surpassed in popularity by Kitana and Mileena. Hyper also reported a minor "controversy over the character Sonya Blade in the first Mortal Kombat. Some men complained they didn't want to kill her, and not just because they were fond of her big breasts and long legs - they just didn't feel they could hit a girl." Fan