 Hello everybody hooded cobra commander 788 here and welcome back to class of Friday where we review a gi Joe classified series figure Every Friday this time we are looking at the gi Joe classified series red ninja This figure was part of the second wave of gi Joe classified figures And it was unique at the time because it was the first army builder in the classified series That's a surprising choice. Their first army builder was a red ninja not a cobra viper or anything like that Let's take a look at the packaging. We have the window that shows the figure and the accessories We have the logo gi Joe classified series red ninja We have some artwork of the red ninja here on the front and I think this artwork is too dark and too low Contrast it's hard to see anything same on the side This is number eight in the series and on the back of the box. We have the generic poster artwork We've seen on other gi Joe classified series figures on the other side of the box We have these symbols that represent his specialty. This boot was made for walk-in This is an air freshener because he took his boots off So he needs an air freshener these air fresheners are our odorators This symbol means smell my foot and this symbol is the feeling he gets when stepping on a Lego with bare feet Because he took his boots off. This guy must be from the foot clan Let's go ahead and open the box and take the figure out and take a look at the red ninja Immediately notice there is one accessory you cannot see from the front of the box this backpack thing Here is the red ninja out of the packaging with all of his accessories. I am guessing this is how the accessories are supposed to go on I'm not a hundred percent certain I know we're not going to get instructions with these classified series figures, but a diagram would really help There was no vintage figure that directly inspired this red ninja There were later red ninjas that looked totally different from this There was a vintage figure called a red ninja, but that red ninja did not look like a red ninja That was one of the weirdest figures in the entire run the hood on this red ninja may have been inspired by the night creeper He looks a little bit like the night creeper leader from one of the animated series episodes, but it's different enough I can't say it was directly inspired by that either. Let's take a look at those accessories He has these two black hatchets and they will fit in the figures hands all of these accessories will fit in the figures hands I have the hatchets in his hands because I do not see anywhere else on this figure to store them All of the other accessories have sheaths. He has this black short sword. It's a relatively short sword It's actually kind of long, but he has a longer one It can fit in this sheath on the belt It may be that this short sword is meant to fit on this red backpack where I have the long sword But I have a problem with that you can remove that long sword from the backpack And you could put the short sword in there that does fit But that leaves this sheath on the belt for the long sword You can place that in there and that will fit But I think that looks totally wrong that handle is way too long sticks up to his head That just doesn't look right I just think it works better the other way around that long sword is in black plastic like the short sword No hilt on that and a very long handle. Next we turn to his sickle weapons They also fit in the backpack and this does look like the only logical place to put these weapons They don't really fit anywhere else. They are in black plastic They have minimal detail but adequate detail and they will easily fit in the figures hand Next we have the backpack itself. It can be removed It pegs through a hole in the back of the vest and into the back of the figure itself It has very minimal detail. It is purely functional His final accessories are these sigh weapons. They fit in these rings on the back of the belt They can be removed. They are both the same. They are both in black plastic And they will fit in the figures hand a little bit more effort there because the handle is a bit thicker than the sickle weapons But they do fit and he can wield those sigh if you feel like you've seen these accessories before you probably have All of the black weapons were issued with the deluxe snake eyes figure. They were even in the same black plastic This is a straight reissue. Only the red backpack is unique. Let's take a look at the articulation on the red ninja He has the standard gi joe classified series articulation, which is always good They really take advantage of this six inch scale to provide excellent articulation He has an excellent range of motion on the head The head could be hindered a little bit by this ring collar, but it's not too bad Good range of motion there. He has butterfly joints at the shoulders That is hindered a bit by this shoulder pad piece He has a swivel at the shoulder that is also hindered by the shoulder pad piece He can move his arm up at the shoulder not too bad there. He has a twist at the bicep He has double jointed elbows. He has a twist at the wrist and on both wrists He has up and down hinges. So he has double articulation on both wrists He has a hinge at the rib cage for an ab crunch. He has a twist at the waist He has a good leg split unencumbered by this belt. It does not get in the way at all Got to pop the legs back in their sockets when you move them back His legs can move forward pretty well also unencumbered. He doesn't move his legs back very well But that's pretty standard on these figures. He has a twist at the thigh cut He has double jointed knees. He has a twist at the boot cut He has hinged and rocker ankle. Let's look at the figure itself on his head He has a hood that is not straight red. It's more of a burgundy There's a little bit of a purple tint to it. He has a black band around his head And he has a red cobra emblem on his forehead. This designates. He is working for cobra He's wearing a black and red skull like mask. It looks very fierce looks pretty cool Looks like he's been infected with young bloods disease on his torso So he has this shoulder pad piece. It does interfere with articulation of it as we saw But it has some good details on it. It has some straps It has quite a few colors. It has red and black and this kind of muted tan color He has some throwing stars attached to it under that shoulder pad piece He has a purpley kind of maroon color uniform It has some armor plate on it His arms are mostly in that same color But he also has red armor plate on the shoulder on the upper arm on the elbows and on the forearms Around the waist he has that belt. He has some flaps that I guess are supposed to be cloth or armor or something He has one in the front and a couple in the back He also has the storage for the weapons on the side and the back He has some pouches and on one side he has a do not enter sign Lots of good colors on this belt. It has three colors. It has black It has red and it has that muted tan color. His legs are pretty generic in that maroon color He has red knee pads He has black boots with tan bands around the top of the boots and red armor On the shins and the top of the feet. Most of this red ninja figure is not red Really the highlights are red and I like that They put a little bit more effort in this figure than just making a ninja figure and coloring it red He's still more red than the vintage red ninja figure that weirdo. Do I like the figure? Man, I just don't know. It's a good looking figure taken on its own. He's just such an oddity He doesn't seem to fit anywhere Maybe this design was supposed to evolve out of the snake eyes movie But the ninjas in that movie didn't really look like this guy So yes, I do like the look of this figure if this figure was just standing alone on the shelf I would say that's a good looking figure. I just don't know what to do with them That was my review of the gijo classified series red ninja I hope you enjoyed it. 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