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View Poll Results: How do you rate T'Gin Zu on a scale of 1 to 5; 5 being highest. | |||
5 - well-developed character (if you read between the lines) | 3 | 12.00% | |
4 - I like his colors but not his ugly face | 1 | 4.00% | |
3 - he's just an over-the-top guy | 5 | 20.00% | |
2 - poorly-developed character lacking personality | 7 | 28.00% | |
1 - I didn't read the filecard | 9 | 36.00% | |
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-18-2023, 05:49 PM | #1 |
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How do you see T'Gin Zu? Is he a venerated combat veteran who has been brought in to assist the Ninja Force? Is he an old apprentice who is a dangerous loose canon trying to do too much on his own? A focused professional? An angry vengeful manic case? Did he build the vehicle he drives all by himself, a gearhead and engineer hobbyist? Does his vehicle actually work or is it just an extension of his overreach, trying to do everything himself and getting carried away?
Here he is as a refresher: https://www.yojoe.com/action/93/tginzu.shtml How do you rate T'Gin Zu on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being interesting or solid concept and 1 being just a cheap driver without purpose.
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12-18-2023, 06:30 PM | #2 |
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I'm sorry, but I can't read that pink file card without going blind.
His vehicle is amazing and hilarious though.
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12-18-2023, 07:24 PM | #3 |
Green Shirt
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Canada
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I voted for him on vehicle drivers thread because I like ninjas and doubt we would get his vehicle. Honestly do not know a lot about him and cannot make out file card either.
What I can read about him on yojoe is interesting; especially being a Storm Shadow fan. An updated Classified version could work; however I would prefer him in tabi boots! Edit, as is, a 3 but Classified could be a 4 |
12-18-2023, 07:51 PM | #4 |
Just a fan
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Location: NY
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It becomes immediately apparent that his filecard wasn't written by Hama, given how uninspired it is.
This awful repaint of Storm Shadow v3, masquerading as a new character, is emblematic of how G.I. Joe was long past it's prime, even by that point. |
12-18-2023, 08:16 PM | #5 |
Green Shirt
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Quote:
Edit: I have seen/own v3 in Classified version |
12-18-2023, 09:02 PM | #6 |
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I paint Tgin Zu as an adept, but also prone to brutality and violence. Lucky Slice and Dice didn't get to him first.
Also why he elected to drive the vehicle and avoid direct combat
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12-18-2023, 09:22 PM | #7 |
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It never made sense to me to have ninja / martial artists as "dedicated" vehicle drivers. Like, WTF?
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12-18-2023, 09:24 PM | #8 |
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Location: Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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I see T'Gin Zu as an under-used character filled with potential, and not an advertisement for Ginsu steak knives.
When reading his file card bio, I immediately notice that this Italian has the name Joseph Rainone. (Note: He was a Senior Director and Team Leader with Hasbro from 1986-1996.) Ninja Force had an eccentric collection of martial artist/soldiers, and yet he was the only team member who was an Arashikage Ninja Master (other than Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow) having over 20 years of training and said to be the best martial arts student Storm Shadow ever taught. (step aside, Billy Kessler) He had good reason to pursue Cobra's Red Ninjas across the globe, because for him it was personal... he probably knew these warriors by name. I tossed aside that Ninja Raider Pile Driver Tornado Attack vehicle, and never wanted it for anything. I couldn't even convince my children to play with it! The 1993 figure was okay I guess, but the color scheme didn't appeal to me. The box art illustrations had a much more interesting deco. Too bad they didn't paint him that way. Well, twenty years later the 2013 Basic Assortment produced him in exactly the colors I wanted, and with a modern-era build using decently sculpted parts. Awesome!
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12-18-2023, 09:40 PM | #9 |
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He's just a guy, to me. He reminds of the other ninjas in Mortal Kombat like Reptile, Smoke, and Ermac before they were ever developed into something beyond palette swaps of Scorpion or Sub-Zero. I just can't see past him being a straight repaint of Storm Shadow v3 with less interesting colors.
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12-18-2023, 09:55 PM | #10 |
Green Shirt
Join Date: Nov 2023
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I see T'Gin Zu as an under-used character filled with potential, and not an advertisement for Ginsu steak knives.
When reading his file card bio, I immediately notice that this Italian has the name Joseph Rainone. (Note: He was a Senior Director and Team Leader with Hasbro from 1986-1996.) Ninja Force had an eccentric collection of martial artist/soldiers, and yet he was the only team member who was an Arashikage Ninja Master (other than Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow) having over 20 years of training and said to be the best martial arts student Storm Shadow ever taught. (step aside, Billy Kessler) He had good reason to pursue Cobra's Red Ninjas across the globe, because for him it was personal... he probably knew these warriors by name. I tossed aside that Ninja Raider Pile Driver Tornado Attack vehicle, and never wanted it for anything. I couldn't even convince my children to play with it! The 1993 figure was okay I guess, but the color scheme didn't appeal to me. The box art illustrations had a much more interesting deco. Too bad they didn't paint him that way. Well, twenty years later the 2013 Basic Assortment produced him in exactly the colors I wanted, and with a modern-era build using decently sculpted parts. Awesome! |
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