Ninjas make everything better.
As much as I want to like G I Joe, at the end of the day, I only like it for the ninjas, so I've been eyeing
Ralph 'Nunchuck' Baducci for a while now. Finally, the timed seemed right, so I finally got him!
Absolute banger of a design. He mixed Ninja with military green camo, making him, quite probably, the most G.I. Joe Ninja ever. While I tend not to like the Ninja designs with towels on their heads, I think it works for Ralph. He comes with a
tiny knife, be careful as I almost threw away the plastic bag with it on it, two Kukri-looking swords, two nunchucks and two claws for his hands. Around his body he has
holsters for everything but the claws. That said, getting the 'chucks into the holsters is a bit of a nightmare.
He has double jointed elbows and knees, with swivels on his boots, thighs, waist and biceps. He has butterfly joints and a hinged ab-crunch. Sadly, he also has drop-down hips, and one of them is much stiffer than the other. The armguards on his shoulders do sometimes get in the way of his shoulder movement, and
I'd be careful, because I'm already seeing some stressing on the shoulder pegs because of it. It's a shame that the Marvel Legends plastic is getting to the Joes. He is pretty much as tall as Bucky Cap.
Ralph is a fantastic figure, I love all his weapons, I love his looks and the articulation is great. I'm just a bit scared about the shoulder pegs, and I'm not much of a fan of all the loose holsters over his body, like, does he
really need a belt over a sculpted belt?
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