G.I. Joe Classified Series: The Chatty Pointless Thread & Performance Art

I found T'Jbang/Scarlett at EB today. So happy to have this set and continue building the Ninja Force collection. And these are just excellent figures in their own right.

A few quibbles:
I do not understand what they're going for with Scarlett's little sword... holster. It's in a bad spot, and you can't remove it because it's one piece with the ends of her belt, so those end up being removed as well. That's a terrible design choice. T'Jbang I just don't love the Arashikage symbol on him. In fact, I just don't like it being -displayed- like that on any character. Tacky, and not something I feel like these characters would actually do. I also don't love the white added to the mask, which I think Lenny mentioned was mostly to have white somewhere other than the chest - which it shouldn't be on anyway. So, over-correcting for something you shouldn't have even done.
I also wish his bandana ties were on a swivel so they could be flowing in the breeze. That would look cool.

Not really a complaint, but my favorite of the 'ninja swords' growing up was actually the -other- sword that T'JBang's ARAH figure comes with. I would have traded the giant ridiculous claws and the absurd tiger furry mask for him to actually come with his other ARAH weapon. But he looks amazing with his hook swords. At least they didn't just re-use the ones from Slice and Dice, which I would have expected.

But again.... minor stuff. I love this set a lot. T'Jbang was one of my favorite figures in the vintage line and having him in Classified is wonderful beyond explanation. Scarlett's head sculpt is also absolutely gorgeous. Like... no wonder SE and Duke were both all over her. Poor girl probably can't walk into a coffee shop without getting three phone numbers and a marriage proposal.

This set, despite my complaints, is one of my favorite things Classified has done so far.
 
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Damien said:
I found T'Jbang/Scarlett at EB today. So happy to have this set and continue building the Ninja Force collection. And these are just excellent figures in their own right.

A few quibbles:
I do not understand what they're going for with Scarlett's little sword... holster. It's in a bad spot, and you can't remove it because it's one piece with the ends of her belt, so those end up being removed as well. That's a terrible design choice. T'Jbang I just don't love the Arashikage symbol on him. In fact, I just don't like it being -displayed- like that on any character. Tacky, and not something I feel like these characters would actually do. I also don't love the white added to the mask, which I think Lenny mentioned was mostly to have white somewhere other than the chest - which it shouldn't be on anyway. So, over-correcting for something you shouldn't have even done.
I also wish his bandana ties were on a swivel so they could be flowing in the breeze. That would look cool.

Not really a complaint, but my favorite of the 'ninja swords' growing up was actually the -other- sword that T'JBang's ARAH figure comes with. I would have traded the giant ridiculous claws and the absurd tiger furry mask for him to actually come with his other ARAH weapon. But he looks amazing with his hook swords. At least they didn't just re-use the ones from Slice and Dice, which I would have expected.

But again.... minor stuff. I love this set a lot. T'Jbang was one of my favorite figures in the vintage line and having him in Classified is wonderful beyond explanation. Scarlett's head sculpt is also absolutely gorgeous. Like... no wonder SE and Duke were both all over her. Poor girl probably can't walk into a coffee shop without getting three phone numbers and a marriage proposal.

This set, despite my complaints, is one of my favorite things Classified has done so far.
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If u have the retro scarlet, could you snap a pic with the NF head on her body? Thats a change Im thinking of doing.
 
I think the only reason that holster is there is because it's still using the Scarlett body which has a permanent hole there. As such, every other character on that mold also has to do something with it.

Usually it locks in the belt for shifting, but they must have felt compelled to take the easy weapon storage option. I wish they just made a new belt with a small of the back sheathe for a tanto.
 
The Scream Man said:
If u have the retro scarlet, could you snap a pic with the NF head on her body? Thats a change Im thinking of doing.
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Alt said:
I think the only reason that holster is there is because it's still using the Scarlett body which has a permanent hole there. As such, every other character on that mold also has to do something with it.

Usually it locks in the belt for shifting, but they must have felt compelled to take the easy weapon storage option. I wish they just made a new belt with a small of the back sheathe for a tanto.
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I would have preferred they just have the belt tails plug in to that spot and leave the holster completely out of the design. But I'm also not militant about wanting weapon storage on my figures, besides sidearms.
 
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