[Trivial Psychic]

Was browsing around other sites over the weekend, when I noticed that the folks over at Articulated Icons (AKA: TheFwoosh) were running a sale on several of their Feudal Series figures on the site. Seeing some of them deeply discounted to around Legends pricing, I decided to take a chance and pick up two of their basic ninjas in black.



They arrived today, and they're pretty good for Kickstarter campaign figures by a company not named Hasbro or Four Horsemen. They scale pretty well with most Legends (in particular, the Bucky Cap mold, the buck on which many street level characters are on) and they feature some really solid accessories that offer a variety of options to make them unique, with a good range of motion. I also love the wrist articulation, as they use a joint not all that different from what you would see on a Mafex or Revoltech figure. I wish Legends would move to this system, as it not only makes the hand much more useful because of the motion this system allows, but it also makes hand swapping a breeze.

They weren't perfect by any means...I had to give both of them a hot bath to free up the joints, the alternate heads had some paint splotching and were tough to fit onto the bodies, and I had to disassemble the arm of one of my ninjas at the lower elbow joint as it was completely stuck, but once these issues were fixed, I'm pretty happy with my purchase. While I don't plan on army building past these two, I do recommend picking some up if you're curious. They'll make good placeholders until Hasbro gives us the updated Hand Ninjas they hinted at last year.