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[Ridureyu]

THis is the repaint version of Spade from the Fist of the North Star toyline. It has more vibrant colors than the original, and matches the anime's purple hair. He's also extraordinarily ugly in either form. Basically, Spade is an ugly one-eyed bully who carries a ton of weapons and dies in a very gory fashion early in the series. You cheer when he does- it's really one of the greatest death scenes EVAR!!!111


Sculpt: Very good- in fact, nicely ugly. McFarlane-esquely ugly! He even comes with an :injured head," which looks like its about to explode. His facial expression is perfect, and frankly I can't complain about the guy's ugliness.

Articulation: pretty danged good, as with all Fist of the North Star figures. Making him stand isn't the easiest thing in the world, though.

Paint Job: very good, actually. The repaint uses vibrant colors, and they work (believe it or not). He appears to be sunburned, AND has purple hair! And the bloody head looks nasty, too.

Accessories: Here's where the fun is. Spade comes with two axes, a spear, a combat knife, a wrist-mounted crossbow, an arrow, a smashes-up mask, AND the bloody head! And best of all, he can carry EVERYTHING AT ONCE! Weapons connect to his hands via a peg-hole deal, so they don't have to be in that awkward "holding something" post so common in action figures. He looks GREAT when completely geared up (with the blood head mounted on the spear tip, of course).


Overall: 4.5 out of 5. He's so danged ugly that you've got to love him- the repaint version is kind of rare, though, and I didn't even know that it existed until I saw it! I'm sorry that the pic is so grainy, it really hides the detail on this guy!

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Edited by Ridureyu, 16 July 2003 - 09:27 PM.

[Ridureyu]

Here's a pic of the original version.

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[Rokk]

Nice review. That is definately one sick figure! I dig it.

[arforbes]

The repaint version is very detailed, even more so thatn the original. I like the severed head on the floor next to it. Haha!

[Ridureyu]

Here's the deal with the head- it's HIS head! You replace his regular head with that one!!!!!!!

Spade died a gory death in the series.

[JuggaloSavage]

Is there a website with all the fist of the north star figures? I love the movie.

[Ridureyu]

I couldn't really find any...


If you find a pic of the 199X Jagi, TELL ME! (A face w/o helmet closeup is important, too). I want to review him next.

Edited by Ridureyu, 16 July 2003 - 09:25 PM.