Mike: He's getting away, dudes! April: Let me... Don't let me go! Shredder: You'll never catch me, Turtles! |
I have a "cartoon"-ish version of Shredder. Well, technically a videogame version, but that's a modern "Military camo" version of the "Cartoon Shredder". Finally a non-Mirage Shredder to display with Rocksteady and Bebop. My SH FIGUARTS TMNT are getting some figures to display with.
Articulation
If you have a Mirage Shredder, or a Toon Shredder, then you know what to expect here. Since all three figures are virtually the same, aside one or two sculpt details, but these don't hinder the articulation in any visible way.
4.0
Shredder: Turtles! Welcome to die!! *sword turns on* Mike: Wait was that an X-Men arcade reference? Raph: Forget the arcade game, now he's gonna have Mickey riding our asses... Don: I don't know about Mickeyhimself, Raph, but his army of lawyers totally will! Leo: BROTHERS!! Turtles fight with Honor and we will defend Mickey from Shredder's copyright infringement! April: Seriously? |
Paint and sculpt
The figure is a based on the cartoon Shredder figure which is a modified version of The Mirage Shredder. There are some slight scope differences on this version like less spikes on his armor, bigger shoulders spikes. Despite this the figure still reads as Shredder.
The paint job is the full pixel art look that is reminiscent of modern army camouflage. The colors are very bright and have rather sharp contrast to mimic video game Pixel Art.
5.0
Accessories
4 extra hands. Mine has a slight defect in one left hand, which is probably why it was sold so cheap...
Shredder: No manko gurabu! Leo: Aargh! Mike: My face!! Don: Dammit! I Hit his armor! |
2 video game based energy effects.
1 laser sword it's not a lightsaber even if it looks like one.
4.5
Shredder: 3 down, only the nerd kneels... Don: I'm not kneeling. I'm dodging... *BLAM! BLAM!* Shredder: Nani!? ???: Omae wa mou shindairu.. |
Overall
TiT Shredder gets a 4.5 as his final score... uh-huh-huh! Tit Shredder... heheh! Sadly, this is not a perfect substitute for the toon Shredder. I mean if I had the patience to properly disassemble and repaint him he'd be perfect. I don't have the patience and I don't have the fancy paints to replicate the cartoon look. I also lack the skills to properly make him a cartoon accurate cape.
Don: Let me help you, Leo... Raph: It's not like I didn't need any help or anything... Splinter: Raphael! Stop whining like a little bitch! Mike: (whispering) Do I have to untie you? April: (whispering) if you want that handy, you better. Mikey: (whispering) Come on! I even got kicked in face by Shredder! Let me touch something! April: OK... Mikey: Will you call me Don Francisco? April: Don't push it Cory Matthews! Mikey:She got the reference!! |
Splinter: For your actions, you don't deserve a proper burial... |
I COULD end the review here, but since it's the end of a special day, let's keep going!
Roadkill Rodney
They weren't videogame exclusive characters!!Leo: Oh no! ROADKILL RODNEYS! Don: We have to be careful... Raph: I wanna smash them... Mike: I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going!! |
The Roadkill Rodneys are annoying little turd robots that dig their way into trouble. Think a Unicycle with tentacles and a cute little laser gun.
Normally, these come with a Triceraton, but I managed to snag a pair on ebay sans the Triceraton.
Articulation
Due to their unique shape their articulation is not similar to any other figures.
They can rotate at the wheel and the tentacles also rotate at the shoulder there is a hinge in the Torso that opens up to unleash their cute laser. The wheel rotates but not freely since it's not exactly an "action feature". The rotation is to hide the peg hole for their stand.
Normally a humanoid figure would get a really really low rating here but since they are uniquely shaped set of characters, based on their body articulation is plentiful.
4.5
Paint and sculpt
They are mostly Gray in different shades more than one but less than 50... Berry color scheme almost matches the Mirage monsters from past San Diego Comic-Con exclusives...
This is totally a non subtle reference for NECA making a bucket of mousers and roadkill Rodney's available to the public.
The score matches the visual representation of the roadkill Rodney mostly going by the video games since that's where I've seen him used more often.
5.0
Accessories
Drillbit top
Battle damaged top. While it's made perfectly for the NECA Raphael Sai the SH FIGUARTS sai kind of fits in there while the Super 7 sai is too big.
Skidding dirt stand. This one attaches to the wheel so the figure can actually stand without falling.
Digging dirt stand. You remove the head from the body and attach it to this mall send it to simulate Rodney digging out of the ground.
Long arm to capture Turtles and in the case of the video game zap them as well.
5.0
Overall:
Roadkill Rodney gets a 4.83 as his final score.
NECA really did a great job with the little buggers. Mecca should consider reducing more roadkill Rodney's in a pack with multiple mousers.
M.Shredder:... Shredder: Wait, if You're Shredder and I'm Shredder does this mean that you could have intervened when the Turtles kicked my ass? M. Shredder: Why do you smell like rat piss? |
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