1995 GI JOE MORTAL KOMBAT SHANG TSUNG BUDO 100% COMPLETE + ARMOR

DON'T BE FOOLED BY SELLERS WHO HIDE THEIR FEEDBACK or MAKE THEIR AUCTION LISTINGS PRIVATE IN FEEDBACK! WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID YOU'LL FIND OUT? GREPDOGG - OFTEN IMITATED NEVER REPLICATED! I ship internationally by numerous options including Europe, Canada, United Kingdom, UK, England, France, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Asia, South America, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, Hong Kong and China to name a few! 1995 G.I. JOE MORTAL KOMBAT MOVIE EDITION SHANG TSUNG This is the same mold as the unreleased Budo Ninja Force set that was never released and was used for Mortal Kombat, so this could be considered Budo V3. He is in excellent condition, leg screws are silver and his joints are very tight, very little paint or playwear.  I have included 4 pieces of what looks like Shao Kahn armor, I have added a slit in the back of his helmet and cut the waist armor so it can sit on the waist . The figure stand pictured is included. The two gray Black Major aftermarket claw weapons look great and fit well. Shang Tsung includes three accessories: a large bladed weapon that was included with many other figures, He is missing the hooked, double bladed sword,  and includes the original unique helmet.  It's likely that the Ninja Commando Budo would have included a dark green weapon tree full of various martial arts weapons that were common with Ninja Force figures along with some newly sculpted parts.  The weapons included with Shang Tsung were not part of that tree and were chosen specifically for this release. It is likely that the helmet, though, was designed to be included with Ninja Commando Budo.  It is unique to this Shang Tsung figure and is a fun addition that gives the figure more life.  It is well designed and fits the head very nicely. Please look at the multiple pictures of every angle I have provided, in high resolution, to make your own decision on the grade of the item - good luck finding another sale where this much detail is disclosed! Mortal Kombat action figures, based on the hit video game by Midway Entertainment, were released as a new toy line in 1994 by Hasbro. Many of the old G.I.Joe molds were used to bring the characters of Mortal Kombat into action figure form - thus they look extremely similar to the G.I.Joe action figures. However, the Mortal Kombat figures and vehicles have no reference to G.I.Joe anywhere on the cards, packaging, or in their promotion. In the summer of 1995, New Line Cinema released a movie version of Mortal Kombat. As a tie-in with this film, Hasbro did some re-working of a few figures and rereleased a new set of Mortal Kombat figures. The packaging was nearly the same, except for a sticker that read "Special Movie Edition." However, the figures were not all the same. These figures are not considered part of the G.I.Joe line and probably should be thought of as close cousins to the G.I.Joe line. However, the movie edition of Shang-Tsung is a figure that no G.I.Joe collector should be without. Budo's father was an orthodontist in Oakland, his grandfather was a farmer in Fresno, his great-grandfather was a track-worker on the Rocky Mountain Line, and his great-great-grandfather was a fencing master in one of the last great samurai warrior families of Japan. On his eighteenth birthday he was given the family swords and a haiku written by his ancestor: 'The great sword unsheathed / Glitters brightly in the dark / Unseen and at rest.' "The man has a fifth-degree black belt in Iaido (the art of the live blade), and similar rank in three other martial arts. He could have even higher rankings if he didn't spend so much time working on his chopped, pan-headed Harley and listening to heavy metal." The Ninja Commandos are one of the more famous groups of unproduced Joes.  Historically, the rank just behind the Manimals in terms of notoriety.  This is mostly due to the fact that they were very close to production.  And, like the Manimals, exist in full production versions: just very few of them.  The set was designed as a 5 figure group featuring Road Pig, Knockout, Stormshadow, Flint and Budo.  Of the group, Budo made a lot of sense.  He had a martial arts background (though as a Samurai) and was in need of an update.  Of the figures in the set, Budo is also the most famous, but for different reasons. If you look at the figure below, he may look familiar.  The reason is that the entire figure figures was used to make the Mortal Combat Movie Edition Shang Tsung.  Unlike Flint and Road Pig (whose parts were used elsewhere, but not as entire figures) Budo's full mold was resused.  Shang Tsung is nothing more than a Budo repaint.  And, as a result, has become a rather sought after among G.I. Joe Collectors. For those familiar with Shang Tsung's appearance, though, the Budo figure is a bit of a contrast.  The figure actually bears some resemblance to the 1993 Mail away Budo figure.  The teal, black and red isn't as good of a color combo as the maroon and brown of the Shang Tsung figure.  Neither figure fully paints the details on the mold. The black body of this unreleased Joe, though, obscures much of the work that went into sculpting the pieces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LISTING DETAILS: I Combine Shipping by starting with the HIGHEST SH QUOTE; it is then an additional $1.00 Per Figure. *Two or more vehicles are based on actual shipping weight PLEASE DO NOT PAY IMMEDIATELY AND LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER SO THAT I CAN CONTINUOUSLY SEND UPDATED INVOICES SHIPPING & HANDLING FOR THIS LISTING IS free FOR USA – ITEM WILL BE PROTECTED!

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