1993 Banzai: Rising Sun Ninja (Ninja Force)
Includes: razor-edged Katana sword, long sword, wide butterfly battle knife, dueling knife (2), sickle, axe, figure stand
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1993 introduced the weapons tree, a mostly generic selection of previously released weapons, still on the plastic sprues.
Banzai's pink weapons tree included two swords, two dueling knifes, a sickle, a large knife, an axe and a figure stand.
Banzai's pink weapons tree included two swords, two dueling knifes, a sickle, a large knife, an axe and a figure stand.
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All nine 1993 Ninja Force figures (seven carded and two drivers) featured a spring-action, martial arts move. Banzai's was a suzushi slam!
Filecard information:
Code Name: BANZAI
RISING SUN NINJA
File Name: Travalino, Robert J.
SN: 452-H89-0078
Primary Military Specialty: First-Strike Commando
Secondary Military Specialty: Nunchaku Instructor
Birthplace: Hartsdale, N.Y.
Grade: E-4
"To get in touch with my inner self, I always practice nunchakus with my eyes closed."
BANZAl is the aggressive blood brother of bushido and is considered one of the world's premier nunchaku masters. He is always ready to defend himself should a situation become hostile, and he is proud of the fact he has never been caught off guard (a skill every great ninja must possess). Banzai trained in the hostile mountain climate of Tibet where he perfected his "suzushi slam" and gained discipline and inspiration from a spiritual ninja master living in seclusion. Having mastered the use of nunchakus along with his lethal slam technique, he is surely considered "double the trouble" by Cobra!
1. Four-point shuriken stars
2. Torinoko plastique charges
3. Nage Teppo smoke grenades
4. Three-pronged Sai
5. Rising Sun protection mask
6. Razor-edged Katana sword
7. Lead filled nunchakus
8. High-impact knee brace
9. Standard issue Ninja Force footwear
RISING SUN NINJA
File Name: Travalino, Robert J.
SN: 452-H89-0078
Primary Military Specialty: First-Strike Commando
Secondary Military Specialty: Nunchaku Instructor
Birthplace: Hartsdale, N.Y.
Grade: E-4
"To get in touch with my inner self, I always practice nunchakus with my eyes closed."
BANZAl is the aggressive blood brother of bushido and is considered one of the world's premier nunchaku masters. He is always ready to defend himself should a situation become hostile, and he is proud of the fact he has never been caught off guard (a skill every great ninja must possess). Banzai trained in the hostile mountain climate of Tibet where he perfected his "suzushi slam" and gained discipline and inspiration from a spiritual ninja master living in seclusion. Having mastered the use of nunchakus along with his lethal slam technique, he is surely considered "double the trouble" by Cobra!
1. Four-point shuriken stars
2. Torinoko plastique charges
3. Nage Teppo smoke grenades
4. Three-pronged Sai
5. Rising Sun protection mask
6. Razor-edged Katana sword
7. Lead filled nunchakus
8. High-impact knee brace
9. Standard issue Ninja Force footwear
Banzai and Bushido's moves were accidentally swapped on the early card art. Paper inserts were included with both figures to explain. Insert scans courtesy of Tim Dz. Thanks, Tim, for the heads up on this oddity.
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Ninjas don't like to pose for pictures...
...they like to fight!
