Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting! In fact they were fast as lightening! I love that song. I could listen to it all the time. In fact, I'm listening to it as I write this.
I have to come clean. Major Bludd does NOT have Kung Fu Grip. But he is the Chinese carded version. That counts as something toward Kung Fu grippy-ness, right?
Anyway, the Chinese carded GI Joes are pretty cool. Most of the figures were made in the early 90's under license from Hasbro. Some, like Major Bludd, were Frankensteined into new figures (Major Bludd v2 head, Gen. Flagg chest, Lamprey legs). But most were the same as their US counterparts.
The plastic and the cardstock are comparable to the US versions (unlike Funskool who skimped on quality).
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| Chinese Major Bludd vs US Barricade |
My only real complaint is that the Chinese cards are taller than the US ones (see above). This means that they do not fit in a Protech Star Case. Which forces me to rig some kind of protective setup using comic bags and the cardboard from old pizza boxes. (Kidding about the pizza boxes...the old cheese gets rank after awhile. Now I'm classy and use Amazon Prime boxes.) But rigging up protective crap is one of the reasons I quit the hobby in the first place.
Okay, pity party is over. This is foreign week, not crybaby week.
In honor of Carl Douglas's great song, Kung Fu Fighting, let's end this post with the final scene from Bowfinger, the underrated 1999 comedy classic starring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. Kung Fu Fighting plays around the 1:27 mark.
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