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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Nice shot! I have a little more faith in my Blade and Jason Mezco pre-orders now after seeing that. I still worry that Blade's coat will deteriorate over a few years, due to how that type of vinyl/pleather tends to flake and fall apart.

I wouldn't bother with the Legends Hand Ninjas at this point if I were you. They're awful and way outdated, and the secondary market's prices don't do them any favors either. I'm hoping that Hasbro will pull out a new set of Hand army builders similar to the Hydra 2 pack soon, since they were the focus of the Defenders series. I kinda expect it as well, as at some point, they will have to undermine the success and popularity of Fwoosh's Articulated Icons line...

In the meantime, if you need Hand Ninja stand ins, I've seen some pretty neat customs with people using a MCU Mordo body painted entirely in either solid black or red, with a head of their choice (usually a repainted Iron Fist).

So far, no problems with the leather. Yeah, the leather on my TB Blade has deteriorated pretty badly, which is why I'm glad I now have the Noir body for a new Blade figure.

The great thing about this Red Skull is that it still has a great cloth costume under it, so even if/when the coat deteriorates (which, admittedly, you don't want to happen on an $80 action figure) the figure still looks really damn good. I don't know if any toy company can top this Red Skull, if you're looking for a more modern look.

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Red Skull head (Iron Skull) + Hydra Goon body = Classic Red Skull.

Yup! That's why I bought the Winter Soldier wave HYDRA body, and the result wasn't half bad, so I'd definitely recommend that for your Classic Red Skull fix, DTL. I might even recommend adding a chest harness from another figure just so he doesn't look so plain. Although, I can totally see Hasbro reusing the Ghost Rider/Noir/Star Lord buck and giving it the classic Hydra colors for a classic Red Skull. You can get so much use out of that body that I'm surprised Hasbro doesn't use it more.