Mattel Masters Of The Universe Turtles of Grayskull Splinter-Skull Figure
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00:00A broken truce with the Hamada on foot plans results in the safety of their
00:04sensei here's a look at the neck of toys the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the
00:07last Ronin master splinter
00:30from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series the last Ronin in a
00:38future New York City far different from the one we know today alone surviving
00:42turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his
00:46fallen family and friends based on issue number four of the comic the splinter
00:50figure stands in 7 inch scale with over 20 points of articulation and includes
00:54staff katana and sheath interchangeable hands and interchangeable forearms so
00:58splinter can be displayed with clean or ripped sleeves comes in a collector
01:02friendly window box packaging with open front flap featuring custom
01:06illustration by the last Ronin artist Ben Bishop in the hopes of finding peace
01:11one must sometimes prepare for war just before we get a closer look at the
01:14Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the last Ronin master splinter I'd like to thank
01:18the folks over at NECA yeah that did provide the sample we could have a look
01:21at if you're a new viewer here welcome if you're a longtime viewer welcome back
01:25the tape measure according to this is going to tell us that master splinter
01:29stands at about five and a quarter inches in height or the sensei stands at
01:33about 13 and a half centimeters tall well I don't have a Donnie but I do at
01:38least have a Mikey here's what the figure looks like with both Michelangelo
01:41and Leonardo two of the least the four turtles that we've looked at so far
01:44there are pre-orders right now for Donatello there's a pre-order as well
01:48for Raphael and when eventually I get my hands on both those turtles at least
01:51we'll have the quartet complete we'll also as well free up a little bit of
01:54space between splinter and Michelangelo to bring in the last figure we've had a
01:57look at here's what he also looks like with Casey Jones splinter has an oddity
02:01of accessories going for him not that I would consider a sheath a sword or a
02:04cane for that matter to be oddities nor these seven or nine interchangeable
02:08hands if you count the ones on the ends of his forms but the thing that's odd
02:11about the figure is that he comes with interchangeable forms that have
02:14specifically designated conditions of sleeves what the figure already has
02:19built onto his body rolled up sleeves but if you'd rather instead the figure
02:23to have ripped the sleeves neck has got you covered with the ones that they have
02:26over here just before though we look at the sleeve edge let's look at the
02:30sheath edge the figure comes first of all included with a sword and a sheath
02:33as one usually goes with the other this sword can be sheathed inside the sheath
02:38although there is no place that I can see that can attach on to the figures
02:41body I thought that this may have been a peg inside the package when I took it
02:45out of the package though I realized there's no peg to be found so it
02:49doesn't actually clip necessarily onto his belt it's one of the few times in
02:52fact we've gotten ourselves a sheath that doesn't actually belong to anything
02:54but he does have at least the gripping hand to hold the sheath and then you can
02:57have the other hand looking as if he's drawing the sword out that's a horrible
03:02sound for a sword the sheath itself has been cast here in gold there's a few
03:06little panel lines they've afforded the end of it you can see as well it's got
03:09the rope tied off in the end and again when it comes to the sword the sword
03:12matches somewhat the same similar colors you've got first of all the guard that
03:16matches the sheath you got the end of the the hilt that also as well matches
03:20that matte gold but then you've got the coloring though of the wrapped up
03:23bandages for the actual hilt itself matching very close to the colors that
03:27they've used for the rope so they kept the colors pretty close the actual blade
03:31though of the sword it's not the most softest of plastics it's got a little
03:34bit of bend to it but you don't want to keep doing that of course stop that
03:37stop that stop that because that's gonna of course break the plastic now he of
03:41course does have hands for holding the sword he does also have the hands for
03:44holding the sheath he does also have the hands for holding the next included
03:48that being his cane the cane has some additional as you can see grain added in
03:52there as well so it looks like it's actually made of wood now of course this
03:55whole time talking about this the figure is not gonna be doing much of anything
03:58because he does have closed fist right now we're gonna fix that shortly because
04:02the figure comes included as well with seven interchangeable hands the hands
04:05that he has right now some of them are a little bit better suited for certain
04:08weapons like this one here is definitely not gonna be good for holding the cane
04:11but it's gonna be just right just perfect for holding the sword he does
04:15also come included with a pair of relaxed hands we'll pick those up right
04:17now and any one of these hands by the way can be swapped out with those forms
04:21so don't feel like you have to necessarily commit to the idea of using
04:23those hands no no you know you don't have to do that I guess really if you
04:26really count the hands on the ends of those arms then you would have a total
04:29of 11 hands not just the nine each one of the hands as you can see have been
04:32taped up nice paneling added to each one of them they've even taken the time to
04:36actually paint the separation of the nail from the rest of the fingers
04:39attention to detail neck has got you covered the figure as well comes
04:43included with again some gripping hands better for holding really the sword and
04:46then he as well comes included with a hand that's better for really holding
04:49the cane because this specific hand has a wider grip so it's really good for
04:53holding the cane and in fact you can tip it upside down that cane ain't going
04:56anywhere as mentioned though what's odd about this figure is the fact he does
04:59actually come included now again this is the attention to detail that most
05:02companies would have just simply overlooked master splinter does actually
05:05have specific hands that have ripped sleeves in case you're wondering though
05:10what the hands look like on the figured stock out of the packaging you can see
05:13that the sleeves on this time around on the forearms are actually rolled up so
05:16you can see that there's a slight difference I mean it's so slight unless
05:20you were really looking closely at it you can see like the bottom of it is a
05:22little bit more torn a little bit more tattered versus the cleaner sleeve here
05:26to change out the hands it's simply just a case of finding first of all the hand
05:29that belongs on what side of his body so seeing as I was already looking at this
05:32forum again showing you guys the difference between the two see rolled up
05:35sleeve see ripped sleeve get it got it good we're gonna go ahead and just like
05:41remove the form and this was one of my biggest worries I was really thinking
05:44like I've never really had a good experience with any figure company
05:47having removable arms because generally the peg is really narrow generally it's
05:51always a case where you have to kind of heat it up in advance I didn't have to
05:54do either the peg already was done by the factory but I didn't have to do any
05:57little bit of heating to remove the form it was easy to do just to replace it
06:01with a hand that we have want to make sure I've got of course that the right
06:03hand just gonna plug it in place and this might be the point where you
06:07actually have to work a little harder exert a little bit more pressure to get
06:10that actually on there so now we've got ripped sleeve on one side we've got
06:14rolled up sleeve on the other obviously for the purpose of putting this on my
06:18shelf I'm gonna decide which way I'd like to go I mean you don't have to
06:21necessarily commit to the idea that one is have to be ripped one has to be
06:24rolled up if you would like to have you know you could have one or the other you
06:27could have both you can have you know again you can do whatever you want I
06:29basically I'm just telling you guys you can do whatever you want and again like
06:33you don't have to as well use these specific hands which by the way these
06:36hands for these arms are kind of more of a relaxed variety these by the way can
06:40as well be removed and just find a hand that you want to use and that's just
06:43plugs in place I still though if you've watched my other earlier reviews the
06:47last Ronin figures these hands are always known for like flaking off paint
06:51I've changed off probably like three or four of these hands already in
06:54preparation for this review and like each one of them seem to end up flaking
06:57off paint so it's not a big thing you're not even really gonna see the pegs
07:00anyways but it's probably just the way that they painted the hands they put the
07:03paint probably on the peg and yeah just moving things around the paint just ends
07:06up coming off it's naturally gonna happen but again like just swapping out
07:10the hands we'll do it on this side also as well just show you guys that doesn't
07:13matter which forms you want to use let's just replace it let's use it with a hand
07:17at least that we know we're gonna be able to use it for pop that in place
07:20there we go now we've got a gripping hands we'll take this sore that comes
07:24included with master splinter will slide in place in one side I guess really if
07:27we wanted to as well let's just take this hand off find the hand that's gonna
07:31be better for holding this sheath we'll slide that in place the figure doesn't
07:35come with any other included accessories I kind of wish in a way that you could
07:38have come in clue with something else but I'm trying to think to my myself
07:41other than just maybe a few damaged bots maybe like severed parts for foot
07:45soldier I don't I don't really know I don't really know what else they could
07:47have necessarily include with splinter the fact that at the very least he comes
07:50up with a sheath and a sword I suppose is more than enough but again if you
07:54want to display the figure with it obviously there's no place to attach
07:56this on to his body so he's gonna have to hold the sheath in one hand hold the
08:00sword in the other and then you're good to go just remove that right now put it
08:03off to the side getting a closer look at master splinter you know I kind of feel
08:07the same way that I felt with Casey Jones I just happen again have Casey
08:10Jones off to the side here just bring him in as a comparison these two figures
08:13happen to represent my biggest feelings when I when it comes to these specific
08:17to that I feel like these are the best examples of these of these characters
08:20best Casey Jones we've gotten from an ECA best I would say even splinter and
08:24that also includes as well like splinter we've gotten from the cartoon that
08:27includes the splinter that we've gotten right like the Van Helsing splinter and
08:30that as well includes the movie splinter I feel like honestly just the details on
08:34this figure and the way they've done his gi I feel honestly it's the best figure
08:38we've gotten from splinter not that necessarily we want to be displaying
08:41this guy along with your cartoon turtles nor even would you rather really want to
08:44display this guy with your 1990s turtles but like it's just such a good-looking
08:48splinter the thing I like about it is it doesn't deviate too far away from what
08:52makes splinter splinter it's not too far the extreme as what we got with the
08:56the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon splinter which for me doesn't
09:00look at all like master splinter I like the idea that they've added the little
09:04mustache whiskers there on the front that just drooped down he's got the
09:07buck teeth obviously on the front it just is a very regal looking splinter
09:11very nicely painted as well the eyes as well as a little reflection that they've
09:15added there's no paint problems there's no paint mishaps it's just such a
09:18cleanly painted figure and the panel lining still is there obviously you can
09:23see there with his fur that they've added all these little black markings in
09:26there as well just to drive home again the idea that this guy is pulled from
09:29the comic pages the gi itself is done well I mean it's kind of more of a it's
09:33very similar to the colors that master splinter would have in the cartoon you
09:36know it's kind of more like that raspberry crimson color but he's now got
09:40yellow there on the shoulders some additional details are done there on the
09:44front of course he's got the belt on the front this can't also be removed although
09:47they've used a softer plastic to accommodate the gi if we flip around to
09:51the back there are a few little areas where I feel like maybe the yellow could
09:53have delivered a little bit more a second coat maybe a second coat probably
09:56because you can see a little bit of the bleed I feel just kind of peering its
10:00way at the top there other than that though like the paint is really done
10:02well you've got some panel lines where they would be around the wrinkles
10:05obviously the gi the jacket is gonna fit over top of his tail this tail by the
10:09way is also as well a wireframe so if you don't like the way it is configured
10:13right now you simply just bend the tail to the point where you get it one thing
10:16that's good at least about splinter is they've got tiny tiny little feet with
10:22the V being so small like this obviously he's gonna have a whole lot less of a
10:25footprint to keep him balanced splinter always is the case where if he has a
10:29long enough tail the tail also really helps to balance the figure basically
10:32just resting the weight on the back of the tail and preventing the figure from
10:36falling over now for the figures articulation going back to his head
10:40sculpt here even though he's a smaller figure than both the brothers of what so
10:43far of what we've looked at Michelangelo and Leonardo and certainly a
10:46lot smaller than Casey Jones he still manages to pack a wall up when it comes
10:50to the pose ability so the head first of all is gonna be on a ball joint it
10:53allows the head to rotate all the way around that can look up that high and it
10:57can also look down while you are though moving it you'll notice that he's got a
11:01few little hairs that stick out the top of his head when you are moving it you
11:05kind of kind of feel that that pricks against your skin but it just moves up
11:08and down like I said and you can also rock it back and forth as well splinter
11:11does also have movements in his shoulders the thing I've noticed though
11:14about the shoulders on mine is that they're very tight it also maybe has
11:18something to do with the fact that his gi is just covering over top of that as
11:21well but it's just a really tight tight movement to get his shoulders all the
11:25way around they do move but they move very tightly he does have a swivel there
11:30at well he has two joints so he's got a joint there closer to his bicep there is
11:34no by the way bicep swivel the bicep is actually part of the shoulder but he has
11:37those swivel here where his elbow would be and then there's a hinge here and
11:41there's a hinge here and that allows the figure to double bend at the elbow
11:46hands as well rotate all the way around I actually thought that the figure would
11:49swivel here where his sleeve would be but this sleeve and actually his form
11:53are all one piece so you can't rotate them separately this is a softer piece
11:57of plastic by the way it doesn't allow the figure to have an upper torso ball
12:01joint which I really didn't really wasn't expecting the figure to actually
12:03have the legs do split out about that far they're actually working with ball
12:08joints behind the scenes you can take the legs move forward you can take the
12:11legs moving back the figure does have also a swivel in his knee that also
12:15serves as well as a hinge you can see the hinge actually at the back and that
12:18allows the legs to move forward and back he has no articulation here where like
12:23this section attaches to his pants again I thought that would be posable but it's
12:26not he has ankle articulation as well the feet rock back and forth and the
12:31figure does also have toe articulation I suppose you as well could count the fact
12:35that his his tail is also posable the tail does rotate back and forth and
12:38there is also a hinge there too so not only does it rotate this way it also
12:42hinges up and down as well and there's also a wire built into the frame so you
12:46can also bend the tail to get it to desired look that you want excellent
12:50excellent looking splinter I could have asked for really a better splinter and
12:53again like I feel like this is the same feelings I had when we looked at Casey
12:57Jones if I just get the figure stand here for a second yeah I feel like this
13:00is the exact same feelings that I had for Casey Jones you may not necessarily
13:03like the last Ronin you may not even read the last Ronin if you haven't I
13:07definitely would recommend that you do but I would say though that Casey Jones
13:11and splinter are probably the best examples of these characters whether you
13:15are one that collects solely just the cartoon Turtles whether you are maybe
13:18one that's collect solely just the 1990s movie Turtles I feel personally at least
13:23from what I've collected I collected everything across the board of
13:25everything that's TMNT related from NECA I think honestly this is the best
13:29splinter that we've gotten and again we'll bring back in Michelangelo we'll
13:33bring back in Leonardo I didn't really bring in the original last Ronin figures
13:37because I know I just have brought them in every single time we've looked at
13:40these new figures I was bringing the original ones but yeah I'm loving the
13:43line so far now already advertised on the back of splinter there is also the
13:47mentioned or imaged at least of Donatello I think Donatello is already
13:50on a pre-order on many online sites Raphael is already on a pre-order too so
13:55we're really kind of covering off quite a lot of territory for the last Ronin I
13:58don't think it's yet been announced that we were getting ourselves April we all
14:02also are getting ourselves as well these Sinjor and he's also getting
14:06packed as well with a standalone Sinjor patrol bot definitely looking forward to
14:10get my hands on that you know I would love to see as well and I know I think
14:12they've got planned an accessory pack that's gonna come include with some
14:16necessary accessories I would love to see them as well create that giant robot
14:20that's got the Mouser hands the heads for the hands I think that would be also
14:23a nice release but you know what like I would say like even though more of my I
14:28would say like more of my heart is kind of into collecting the cartoon turtles
14:31just because I grew up with cartoon turtles the most I think I would say
14:34honestly like the last Ronin stuff has been some of my favorite releases so far
14:38from NECA and the TMNT franchise the turtles even though we're not really
14:42wrapping up things I kind of makes it sound like by the way I'm talking right
14:45now that we're gonna be wrapping up the reviews far from it there's still gonna
14:47be a lot more last Ronin reviews coming your way but you know from what we've
14:51seen so far I think it's the best of the batch it's the best turtle stuff that
14:54we've covered in a long time on this channel and I would say like honestly
14:58master splinter is the best master splinter figure we've ever gotten rather
15:02bold statements you made in that review humbled reviewer saying that this is the
15:06best splinter we've gotten from NECA toys yeah yeah I still stand by that
15:11feelings you know some of my favorites is always still kind of going back I
15:14love the cartoon splinter the fact that he also had himself the fabric gi was
15:18also a nice touch but there's something to be said about not only the color
15:21scheme on this one but the sculpting it still is classic enough looking splinter
15:26but they've modernized it to to fit the panel pages of course the last Ronin
15:30comic splinter doesn't come with really much in the way of accessories and I
15:33guess really to be fair he doesn't really need a whole lot either he comes
15:37with a cane which would be more than enough for a display but he also as well
15:40comes include a sword and a sheath sad though that there's no place to put the
15:43sheath on the figures body but that probably would have also involved
15:46having to put a hole on his belt and if you ever wanted to display the figure
15:50with that sheath you would just only have unfortunately an unsightly hole
15:53left behind the figures painted well there are a few little areas like in the
15:57yellow on the top where I feel like maybe there's a little bit of bleed they
16:00probably could have gone in there and maybe given a second coat but yeah all
16:04the rest of the figure it's top-notch the articulation is there where it
16:07counts always nice to see as well when it comes to anything like as a tail
16:11whether it's a xenomorph or it's a master splinter glad that they always
16:14take the time to include a wire so the wire does also allow you not only to
16:19pose the tail in any way that you want but the tail as always the case serves
16:23as well to be a third leg so to speak to allow master splinter to balance if
16:27you don't want to use a display stand even though the figure doesn't come
16:30included one at least it does use universally sized holes so even though
16:35the figure doesn't come include technically with a display stand you
16:37could use one from another figure company but at least the benefit of
16:40splinter is that he does have a tail something that the other turtles well
16:43depending on what what origins you like to think of for the turtles generally
16:47for the most part we don't really have a whole lot of tails on the turtles to
16:50help balance them at least splinter at least has that available option nice
16:54looking splinter molded well painted well perfect looking splinter big thank
16:59you once again to the folks over at NECA toys that did provide the sample of the
17:02brand new last Ronin master splinter that we can have a look at in this
17:04review what do you guys think of the figure let me know down below in the
17:06comment section do you guys also like the touches that they added by having
17:09the removable forearms something to that I wanted to add in final looks here was
17:14that the simplicity the ease it was to remove those forms because I was
17:18thinking I was dreading oh my I feel like I'm gonna be wiggling that forum
17:22and eventually breaking off the peg but as you saw in this review by the way
17:25though full disclosure I didn't keep those forums at all I wanted to test the
17:29waters first to see how easy the forums were to remove and then based on that
17:33based on my results I would then go back and probably heat them up didn't have to
17:37heat them up at all the first time and only time I removed the forums just
17:40before hitting of course the record the forums popped off very easily and for
17:44the most part were pretty easy to swap out but again I love the idea that they
17:47included removable sleeves with two different sleeve configurations who's
17:52really doing that neck is really doing that if you guys did enjoy this video
17:56want to throw it a like if you guys are loving the content you guys are seeing
17:58and would like to stick around for more we're not wrapping things up yet Oh No
18:01for last Ronin be fair though we are wrapping up things for for the review at
18:05least of splinter but there will be more last Ronin reviews coming your way so
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