![]() We also have a second portrait that features some teeth and ears draped along the skull. ![]() And if you’re looking for an IPA recommendation, Sip of Sunshine is my go-to. NECA didn’t provide much room to work with, but with a little hot water and some persistence, you can fix this if it happens to you. ![]() It’s a fun little thing to have, plus who doesn’t want a tiny dinosaur? We also get a little dinosaur, the Tokage, which is from the Usagi Yojimbo comic. Usagi also has two additional weapons: a kunai and a katar, which is that fist-dagger that came with all of the Playmates turtles and fit into the rear holster on Raphael’s belt. Mine did start to fall out after a day or so though either due to the elastic stretching or part of it getting hung-up on the ball joint at the waist. It will mostly disappear in the waist joint, but it can hold the scabbards just fine. Just slip it over the figure and stick it on his waist. The scabbard can be affixed to the figure via a black, elastic, sash that’s very similar to what we’ve seen in the movie line with Shredder and the Foot. Basically, you have one long sword and one short one and there’s a set of scabbards for each to go into that’s molded together. One is a katana while the other is listed as a wakizashi. I already mentioned the hands, but Usagi also has a pair of swords at his disposal. He looks like a little kid being forced to dress-up against his will.Īs far as accessories go, Usagi comes packing quite a bit. The rocker is okay, but the forward and back is negligible. The ankles are seated deep in the cuff of the pants so they too don’t have much range. That seems due to the baggy pants which also only let the single knee bend go about 45 degrees. At the hips he can pretty much do a full split, but he really doesn’t kick forward very far nor does his leg go back much at all. ![]() The hands swivel and are hinged horizontally, also known as the “wrong way,” and at the waist there’s a ball joint that basically just allows for a twist. The elbows are just single-hinged and feature a swivel, but the cut of the joint is at an angle and you’ll need to be mindful about paint rub. The shoulders are ball hinged and he can get to about horizontal when lifting them out to the sides. He can look all over the place and there’s no complaints there. The head is on a double-ball-peg and is articulated at the base of the neck as well. His articulation is a bit impacted as a result. Usagi looks terrific, though some sacrifices were meant to get there. He may not be particularly dynamic, but he does make up for that in stability. Target has a collector event planned for September so that’s a safe bet for when this figure (and others) may appear. This should be followed by a general release at Target stores across the US and other online outlets in international territories, but that could be a few months off given how long it took some past preorders to do the same. Usagi was put up for order on NECA’s website back in March as an open preorder and he’s just now making his way into the hands of eager collectors even faster than Storm, which I noted was the shortest wait between preorder and release I’ve had since 2019. It looks terrific and it’s loaded with product shots of the figure in action which is easily displayed by opening the front, fifth panel which is seated by a piece of Velcro. Usagi, as stated, is the latest deluxe release in NECA’s toyline which means he comes in that VHS style packaging with artwork by Dan Elson and Aaron Hazouri that is just so hard to throw away. Whatever you refer to him as, know that I’m just going to call him Usagi for the duration of this post. Usagi seems to pondering if we may have some turtle variants in our future. I’m sure he was compensated for that, but he seems totally willing to let this association continue and that’s why I’m here talking about NECA Toys’ latest deluxe release in its line of action figures based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Usagi Yojimbo. To his credit, Sakai doesn’t seem bothered by this as he has let Usagi be utilized for pretty much every iteration of the turtles that followed. I don’t know if it was deliberate or a mistranslation, but because of that a whole generation of kids grew up referring to the samurai rabbit character created by Stan Sakai as Usagi Yojimbo. For some reason, the character Miyamoto Usagi was named Usagi Yojimbo in the show. The pairing of samurai rabbit and ninja turtles was a big enough success that it migrated to television during the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One of them comes from the pages of Usagi Yojimbo, the samurai rabbit by the name of Miyamoto Usagi. The early issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles released by Mirage Studios include a few guest stars here and there. The samurai rabbit joins NECA’s toon line!
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