Ninja Force figures weren't all that much fun to play with. Their action features limited their posability and made them less than ideal toys. But, they are a lot of fun to photograph today. Their bright colors and striking features make photos of them pop. While there's lots of collectors who still insist they hate neon, the reality is that photos of these day-glow guys always attract attention...even if it's getting the haters to comment on how terrible the "bright" G.I. Joes are.
So, that leaves more content on a figure like Banzai than their really ought to be. His colors, though, make for good photographs. And, the Hasbro team still managed to make a subset of all the figure mesh together from a color palette perspective. So, you'll find some cool stuff in the links below.
1993 Ninja Force Banzai Profile
1993 Ninja Force Banzai by thedustinmccoy
1993 Ninja Force Banzai at JoeADay.com
1993 Ninja Force Banzai by ptytoys
1993 Ninja Force Banzai by fosilru
1993 Ninja Force Banzai by viper_space
1993 Ninja Force Banzai at JoePedia
1993 Ninja Force Banzai by gen_liederkranz
1993 Ninja Force Banzai at Half the Battle
As usual, it wasn't the lack of military realism, the overuse of ninjas, or even bright colors. It was the action feature interfering in articulation and inability to repair/customized due to no backscrew that hurt Ninja Force figures.
ReplyDeleteThis figure immediately led to Lord Humongous jokes. 1993 had the biggest Road Warrior bunch in years with Banzai, NC Leader, Zartan, Gristle and some SF characters.
There was the weird thing where Banzai was supposed to be a nunchaku ninja master and didn't come with any other than what's sculpted on his person.
I usually don’t have any issue with the later oddball figures, but this one just does nothing for me. I wouldn’t mind if one came in a lot, but not one Id seek out on its own.
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