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Mego-like red ninja 17 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
A recent score, this 7-inch generic from the 80s is a rare knock-off the famed action figure body from Mego — the company that defined the 8-inch scale in the 70s, giving us The World’s Greatest Super...
DER RODE RIDDER vs. the ninja 4 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am
The Dutch-language comic strip and graphic novel series Der Rode Ridder (The Red Knight) features a King Arthur-like crusading swordsman getting into all sorts of historical trouble, often thanks to t...
Awesome PRAY FOR DEATH custom figure 16 Jul 2013 | 09:10 am
Renowned customizer of Star Wars and G.I.Joe 3.75″ figures “Obi Shinobi“ created this great Sho Kosugi figure from the finale of Pray for Death. Love the dragon helmet’s articulation! Obi Shinobi also...
Happy AMERICAN NINJA Day! 5 Jul 2013 | 01:42 am
There’s no better way to celebrate the birth of the USA than by looking back at a low-budget exploitation flick based on a Japanese martial art, produced by Israelis, shot in the Philippines. READ ON,...
Martial Arts Paperbacks 30 Jun 2013 | 01:39 am
If I had a bigger pad, I’d do nothing but trawl used bookstores and paperback collector shows for vintage martial arts pulps. Fill an entire wall like it was an old Walden Books from Shopper’s World i...
Revenge of THE DOMINATION 22 Jun 2013 | 01:26 pm
Last week a horror movie label called Scream Factory released Ninja III: The Domination on Bluray and DVD. Just going to let that statement slow burn for a second… Not a label with a large martial art...
It’s a sword. Hold it like one, dammit! 15 Jun 2013 | 10:39 am
I just adore this article by my pal Maria Alexander — “Why I Hate (Most) Photos and Drawings of Women with Swords.” Read it. RIGHT NOW. I’ll wait. There are dozens of tumblrs out there dedicated to b...
Happy 4th Anniversay, Darlings… 7 Jun 2013 | 01:13 pm
Every year we celebrate the site’s birthday by reposting the very first thing we ever did — a look at vintage press still from Akai Kageboshi. AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’ (originally publ...
Aint no Ninja in this Dragon’s Den! 31 May 2013 | 01:06 pm
[Sing that title like an old blues number] Back in the craze daze, we were all victims of “Shinobified” movie titles — kung-fu flicks, often from the 70′s, with no ninja content whatsoever shamelessly...
LADY NINJA from ABC Toys 25 May 2013 | 11:16 am
I’ve said repeatedly here that the wild and unknown territory that is generic and bootleg figure collecting affords a lot more joy of discovery and amazing mutated finds than tracking down better know...
