![]() The shoulders are ball-hinged and not restricted by the shirt as his arms can come up to a horizontal position and rotate around. There’s a ton of nuance up there though and I think most will be pleased. He’s a little limited looking up and down, but that’s due to his head being a literal box shape. The head is on a double-ball peg and the neck is on a ball peg as well so you get lots of range up there. Thankfully, the articulation here is solid and for this line even good. This guy is a ninja, be it a poorly trained one, but a ninja nonetheless so he needs to move. It feels like the figures we’ve looked at of late haven’t had to do much as far as articulation goes. The paint on all three of my figures is also very well done with the only blemish being a paint chip on the rear of the right elbow pad of one of the figures. Either way, it doesn’t matter as what’s present is appropriate and what’s new looks excellent. The thighs could be the same too, but I’m not positive. He probably shares parts with Vernon, such as the neck and whatever is under the shirt. The belt is sculpted onto that and this guy has his own unique feet as he’s basically wearing turtle slippers. The shirt is in two pieces with the bottom being like a skirt piece. I love the depth it adds and this costume basically looks better than what was worn on the show. His shirt is an overlay and the plastron on the front and shell on the back is sculpted in and it looks so good. The bag is his actual head so there’s no portrait underneath it or anything and I think that’s fine as the proportions look terrific. I love how these two shades of green play off of each other and it makes me wish the turtles followed this scheme. ![]() He has a classic TMNT gritted teeth look painted on and the green is done with a more saturated green on the front and a paler green on the back. ![]() The head is obviously new as he has the sculpted paper bag with the bandana sculpted on as well. The CNT goon, or just goon from here on out, stands at around 5.875″ and is a mix of old and new parts, but appears to largely be new. Since this write-up has been so Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang focused we might as well start there. ![]() Those bag heads are pretty damn amusing to me. They’re ridiculous, so of course I want them on my shelf! Now I look at these guys and they make me laugh. Of course, they were supposed to and the absurdity of the situation should have been read as comedy, but I was a kid and I took my turtles seriously. Season 2 was repeated a lot so I got to see it a lot and to me they just looked like lame villains. As a kid, it was not a favorite episode of mine. The imagery was ridiculous, but it worked, and the citizens of New York City actually confused this gang of ninja thieves with the Ninja Turtles. Smash wore a red bandana mask and positioned himself as the leader, while his various lackeys wore green paper bags over their heads. While doing so, Smash and his goons were to dress-up as the Ninja Turtles which meant green t-shirts and red elbow and knee pads. The Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang debuted in the first episode of the second season, “Return of the Shredder.” In the episode, a gym leader named Smash is hired by Shredder and trained in the ways of the Foot and then sent out in the city to commit crimes. I long ago lost count of how many figures I have in this line and my list of wants is pretty damn small at this point so it’s time for me to tell you all about the Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang. I’m pretty sure I even made an offhand comment regarding the Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang as a jumping off point, because who has been sitting here for the past 30+ years yearning for action figures based on those guys? Well, here we are. When NECA launched its line of action figures based on the 80s-90s cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I had no idea how deep I’d want it to go.
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