Nov 9, 2024

Shredder Variants: The Rant

 Just as I did April, I'm doing Shredder... not in that way, you sickos.

First let's tackle the existing S7 variants for the TMNT Characters
Disguised
Sports
Music
Undercover
Martial Arts Movies
GITD
Mirage 

This one is tough...

Disguised:
Executive Shredder
It's Shredder in a business suit in Shredder colors: black suit, purple tie and blue shirt.
Heads:
-Unmasked Oroku Saki head
-Unmasked but Wearing face mask like sick Japanese folks usually do.
-Shredder head

Specialized arms and hands:
Alternate arms without the blazer. These bare shirt arms sport the forearm blades
Bladed Fists and c-grips

Accessories:
Alternate business suit in "cape mode" (see yami yugi as reference)
Removable spiked shinguards.
Ninjato

This is a nod to Oroku Saki's "day job" where he's the leader of a criminal organization.

Sports:
I've already mentioned as Kendo Shredder, which is the most logical option.
Hockey Shredder:
Shredder dressed as a goalie with spiked hockey pads and a Shredder themed full head goalie mask.
No alt heads

Special hands
Goalie mitt
Accessories:
Hockey stick
Pucks
Disc shaped mines

There a non Kendo Shredder.

Music:
I so want to do a Coming out of their Shells Shredder here.

Metal Shredder:
Essentially a KISS-ified version of Shredder's outfit and adding Elements from the Coming out of their Shells suit.
Heads:
Normal Shredder
Coming out of their Shells inspired.
Special hands:
Guitar playing hands
Accessories: 
Soft goods cape similar to Mumm-Ra 
Flying V guitar sword (similar to classic rocker Leo)
Ooze blasting keytar
Escrima Drumsticks

Undercover:
This one is a bit of a toughie, since it feels too similar to Disguised Shredder...

Undercover Shredder:
Taking the Premise of Undercover Turtles and applying it to Shredder is a bit harder. I cannot just put a trenchcoat over a vanilla Shredder body.

Buuut something "inspired" by Wacky Action Shredder is doable. The inspiration lies on the removable shoulderpads. The figure will have interchangeable shoulderpads and wristguards.
Heads:
Fedora Shredder head 
New Shredder head 

Accessories 
Wakizashi
Soft goods trenchcoat with loop inside it for wakizashi
Soft goods tunic
Soft goods Shredder belt
Bladed shoulderpads
Non bladed shoulderpads
Bladed wristbands
Non bladed wristguards

Martial arts movie:
This one is the toughest so far, because I'm trying to avoid Ninjas. So...

Rogue Environmentalist Shredder:
A Steven Seagal outfit from On Deadly Ground would be a nice flip on the switch. 
Heads: 
Oroku Saki with a Seagal wig
Shredder head.

He would need no Accessories because Seagal uses his body to fight... but I wouldn't say no to the claymores and the Soda bottle Silenced pistol.

GITD  redeco:
Super easy to do:
Shredder clone:
Main Shredder body in GITD Blue including torso, arms, and hands. Only the belts and wraps are painted black. The rest of his body is GITD Blue.
His bladed armor and Helmet are GITD white. That includes his head being GITD white with the flesh painted black. His eyes and facemask would be GITD White. 

Accessories:
Rack weapons in GITD White
Handful of worm colony  in GITD blue.
GITD Blue plastic cape

This figure would act as a Mirage inspired variant AND GTID redeco.

Mirage Redeco:
Rooftop Battle Shredder.
Essentially W10 Shredder with Mirage Maroon pants with interchangeable soft goods maroon tunics. One new, one battle damaged. The torso would be painted with battle damage.
Heads:
Shredder head
Oroku Saki head
Battle damaged Saki head (repaint of normal Saki head
Gold and silver Shredder head

Accessories:
Soft goods grey cape
Rack weapons

This figure is a nod to OG Movie Shredder as well as Mirage, in order to differentiate it from NECA.

Yeah, we CAN do ONE MORE Shredder Variant:

Toon Shredder:
Character will NOT be Toon Accurate, nor Playmates Accurate: it also won't be a redeco.
We start with the Shredder body painted I. Toon colors from the waist down and the wraps on his arms. We add a Grey soft goods tunic, purple soft goods cape, and black belt. We also add an extra Magenta soft goods tunic
Heads:
Normal Shredder
Toon Oroku Saki head
Eye of Sarnath head

Special hands:
One firing electricity
One firing blue flames
Accessories:
Katana
Ooze canister from w10
Ooze canister from Mousers pack with purple Ooze

This Toon Shredder also has nods to the Arcade game.

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