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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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09-03-2009, 12:47 AM
oliverbox
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What I'd like to know is, who was the idiot in the packaging or in the art department that signed off on the black text on hot pink background for the filecard. The damn thing's virtually unreadable.
I like the idea of him being a lifelong Arashikage student (20 years!), but I've never really liked any of the Ninja Force characters (design-wise or based on how they're characterized in the filecards) outside of Snake-Eyes, Storm-Shadow, and Scarlett. I think I should feel at least some very very minor offense at yet another pop culture appropriation and misrepresentation of Asian martial culture (the non-sensical codenames, the poorly researched weapons), although I don't really. I just think they look and sound stupid. I wouldn't mind any of those if the toys actually looked good or "played" well but they do neither. The costumes are too over the top, and the "action features" got in the way of posing.
But filecard-wise, I think he's decent... better than most of the other cringe-worthy Ninja Force filecards (Dojo's was the worst... reading it again, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that he was the inspiration for Chris Farley's
Beverly Hills Ninja
).
Yeah, Ninja Force was terrible. I had never heard of this character but when another Tanker did a custom, I was intrigued. This character (with his qualifications) is a diamond in the rough. He's legitimately worth consideration for updating. I've been a fan of Kamakura for a long time, but T'Gin-Zu may have him beat. The custom figure was AMAZING. Check it out...
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...1-tgin-zu.html
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