Both Shredder and Splinter from the 2019 SDCC Exclusive Capture of Splinter pack have appeared in other posts. I never got around doing the full review, because life and other things got in da wae. With the arrival of the Foot Ninja 2 pack, it meant that I had a chance to do a stealth review of the SDCC box set with this two pack.
Let's get cracking:
Articulation
Both Shredder and Foot Ninja share bodies. With same bodies both have the same Articulation. They have the "ugly" double jointed elbows and knees...
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| It's Not me-soggy-knee! It's a reference to the first movie... |
NECA Warning:
Treat all the articulation points with extra care because this is a NECA toy and they tend to be unintentionally fragile at times especially at the joints.
This Warning should apply doubly in cold climate. I was fortunate enough none of the figures had any breakage issues. As you can see, I can get them not quite in Seiza, but they can be posed in a kneeling pose in front of Shredder. I also didn't go too wild and crazy with the posing due to the possible fragility and hard to find nature of these.
4.5
Splinter has unique articulation due to his rat body. He IS SUPER FRAGILE, so handle with care. He's surprisingly very articulated, even including a bendy tail.
5.0
Paint and sculpt
While both Shredder and the Foot Ninja have shared bodies, it's the additional details that differentiated them that make them pop. The foot Ninja have an alternate bandana knot to help differentiate the ninja. You can also use hands and weapons to is which ninja is which. There are minute paint imperfections in some of the Ninja but are barely noticeable from a standing in front of a shelf distance.
4.5
Shredder, on the other hand pops and it's not because of the glittery maroon outfit and metallic Zebra cape. The details on his helmet, mask and bladed armor parts are incredible. The removable mask hides Oroku Saki's scarred visage. Despite of having multiple NECA figures, they still surprise me with the level of detail.
5.0
Splinter is the strongest and weakest of all figures. I mean he looks exactly like the 1990 movie Splinter. And that includes details like to cut ear, the face, the hands, even the cloth kimono. But your mileage may vary on the cloth kimono. I don't recommend taking it off because it's a pain in the neck to put back on and have it fit properly. Don't get me started on the Belt.
5.0
Accessories
Now I have to differentiate between SDCC 2019 item and Foot 2pack.
SDCC 4 pack:
Extra bandana knot
Extra hands for Shredder
Extra hands for the foot Ninja
Shackles
Small knife and sheath
Cardboard crate
Weapon rack
Bo
Katana
Nunchuck (chained)
Nunchuck (bendy wire pretending to be rope)
2 sai
Tonfa
Ax
5.0
The 2 pack:
Same weapon rack as SDCC 4 pack
Bo
Katana
Nunchuck (chained)
Nunchuck (bendy wire pretending to be rope)
2 sai
Tonfa
Ax
2 sets of extra Foot Ninja hands
2 alternate bandana knot
The real difference is that the San Diego Comic-Con set only had one set of hands for two ninja while the 2 pack has a set of extra hands for each ninja.
Sadly the chained Nunchuck broke on my 2 pack set after a ninja fell on the review tray. I mean the figure was literally standing it fell forward and the nunchuck broke.
4.5 (due to breakage issues)
Overall:
SDCC 2019 Capture of Splinter gets a: 4.86 as its final score. Mainly to blame for the less than perfect score is articulation nitpicks on the non-Splinter figures.
Foot Ninja 2 pack gets a: 4.5 as its final score. Accessory breakage was the biggest culprit. In second place I'll blame articulation nitpicks and if the 2 didn't have these "issues" it would be close to perfect.
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| Splinter: I was going to make a Tickle me Elmo reference, but Nefty-sama said no. |
That concludes the Advent Calendar for 2021 I have no idea if I'll be able to keep up with the Advent calendar the next year, because of the greater responsibilities and most of the things I'm collecting, either I got priced out *cough* storm collectibles*cough*, I'm reaching a reasonable quitting point *cough* Thundercats, Silverhawks, Power Rangers Lightning Collection, Jurassic Park, NECA TMNT *cough*, the lines are becoming too much of a pain in the ass to obtain *cough* NECA TMNT, BTTF, GARGOYLES, Lightning Collection, GI Joe Classified *cough*, or simply they're dropping far too much product vs what I can comfortably purchase *cough* Hasbro, McFarlane, Super7 * cough* and I have a massive backlog of Marvel Legends
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