I'm on the fence on Machiko ..... she's not quite a "real" Predator. Although she does have some interesting elements to her.
If she had a more expansive weapons load out, I would have bought her no doubt. ( To be fair, a new female body type requires new and probably expensive tooling, so a lot of her cost was probably in that body)
Sorry, based on a book or not, I can't envision a human taking on Aliens without a more expansive array of stand off weapons. Shoulder cannon is great and all, but I'd rather see Machiko coming heavier to bear.
HT didn't just make a new body for one figure, we'll see more female figures, maybe more female hunters like Machiko. She feels like a pass to me.
GG
I think relatively speaking, she does have a decent array. Shoulder cannon, spear, sword, shuriken (closed, granted), wrist blades, and toe blades.
I guess they just couldn't figure out where to cram the missile racks...