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02-04-2011, 03:45 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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The purpose of the "Many Faces of..." series is actually multi-fold (yes I realize that is not a word). First, it is a review of many of the versions of characters over the years. Second, and somewhat more importantly, it is housecleaning for me. A chance to look over my collection and evaluate why certain figures are within it. Lastly, there is somewhat a catharsis here. Some of these figures are not going to be in my collection after I write this up. I am evaluating why I purchased them, why I kept them, and why I now don't want them or want them. I am re-evaluating my action figures because, well it's time to do it. For the first in this series, I look at one of the figures who has had a metric ton of editions, Snake Eyes and while there is no way I could cover them all, I think I have a strong representation of the character here. Enjoy. http://www.zedsjoesite.com/review/mfse/mfse.html |
02-04-2011, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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great photography in your reviews! what kind of camera do you use?
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02-04-2011, 01:40 PM | #3 |
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Nice overview. Didn't know people complained so much about people's negative opinions on a figure lol.
And I never really thought of Snake Eyes as an unbeatable guy. I guess in my verse he's flawed. Well they all are, but I think SE is very aware of his flaws. I mean he doesn't talk and keeps his face covered all the time. A lot about him his unknown. In fact he's even like that in Renegades. It shows he's human and humans can be beaten. But still he's always been one of my favorite characters. but if a character is overplayed then they could get tiresome.
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02-04-2011, 01:52 PM | #4 |
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Nice set of reviews. Any chance you might consider doing an addendum review of the 'NEW.... ULTIMATE SNAKE-EYES!!!!' ? After reading your criticisms of the City Strike one, it'd be interesting to see what you think of the SE that dethroned him.
I can easily see Beachhead defeating Snake-eyes 1v1. All you need to do is throw a baby seal into the circle. Ol' S.E. would do everything possible to avoid hurting the cute and cuddly lil' critter. Meanwhile, B.H. would probably just grab the poor thing and use it to club S.E. :-P
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02-04-2011, 02:02 PM | #5 |
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Cool! SE is my 2nd fav character, andbi have quite a few versions myself. I know a lot of people complain that there are so many versions, but he really is a great character. Thanks for the pics an review.
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02-04-2011, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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Good stuff as always Zed..and entertaining as well
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02-04-2011, 05:36 PM | #7 |
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@Rainbow Viper, right now I am using a Kodac Easyshare C183 (14 MPX), Howver this year I have gone though about 3 cameras, but this was shot from the Kodac. I would have to dig to be able to tell you the exact others. If anyone has been paying attention to my Webcomic/diostory, you might have noticed some funky things with the font during the transition due to resolution increases.
@ctr_z-I wholeheartedly agree on SE's unbeatablity, but I firmly believe everyone is beatable no matter what. Chuck Norris got beat by Bruce Lee after all LOL. But seriously SE is good, but not ungodly, and his "god mode" did make the character wear on me at one time, but I got over it. @Southpaw-I assume you mean the POC wave 3 (Although I never felt CS was dethroned, he was never throned to me, beside the point). Anyway I reviewed that in December but here is the link: http://www.zedsjoesite.com/review/sef/sef.html Fair warning though, I tear POC wave 3 Duke a new one in there. @firefly guy, one thing I just realized I have never made clear, I don't nessessarly fault SE for haveing more versions than anyone else, I actually think it is a good idea. My one major issue is so many (something like 45 of the 54) have come out in the past 8 years (and there was a year off on top of that). I just think that is overkill. I do think he is a good character and I do like him, actually it is a testement to how good a character I think he is after so many figs of him and I don't hate him after all that over exposure. @steel, thanks |
02-04-2011, 06:19 PM | #8 |
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@Southpaw-I assume you mean the POC wave 3 (Although I never felt CS was dethroned, he was never throned to me, beside the point). Anyway I reviewed that in December but here is the link:
http://www.zedsjoesite.com/review/sef/sef.html Fair warning though, I tear POC wave 3 Duke a new one in there. A big part of the let down for me is his glossy paint job and the fact that mine has loose hip joints. I actually like the 1st PoC SE best. On the flip side, that Duke is now my goto Duke lol.
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02-04-2011, 08:22 PM | #9 |
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Growing up, my default Snake Eyes was version 4. I love that version (probably because that's the one I had). But the version 3 was one of the best figures of the 82-94 run. I had never seen a SE v.2 until i was about 12 and my friend and I thought it was a version 1 (because we had never actually seen a version 1.)
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02-04-2011, 08:33 PM | #10 |
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i only continued reading to see just how much i disagree with your opinions.
quite alot. |
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