However, the Italian production company decided to test his resolve. In 1966, following the success of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More, Clint was begged to appear in the final part of the Dollars trilogy, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. Don’t panic… that is not a racist insult aimed at Ferrari. Having decided to paint his wagon, Clint went for British Racing Green. Originally the Cooper S Travellers were all offered in Old English White, but customers were offered a respray in any colour of their choosing. It's a cool car, because there aren’t many like it.” From Clint’s lips to God’s ears. It came from England and has all the Mini Cooper S racing gear, but in a mini station wagon. “I have got a Morris Mini Countryman,” Eastwood happily admitted. This diminutive two-door estate car with its rear barn doors was a tiny cult classic and of the six Cooper S Travellers ever made, two were rumoured to have been owned by Steve McQueen and one was snapped up by Clint Eastwood. 7 out of 10.In 1966, John Cooper applied the same motorsport magic and mischief that had made the Mini Cooper S a Group 2 rally-winning supercar (who can forget Paddy Hopkirk storming to victory in the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally?) to the Mini Traveller. Overall I think this is a cool new look for a cool character who I’m glad did not get forgotten just because he was created during the oft ignored new sculpt era. Kamakura was the real draw to this set for me. Nothing about those 2 figures stood out to me and I would’ve passed on them had they been sold separately.
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The other two figures included were another version of Roadblock and a movie version of Beachhead (who is also most likely not in the film). This figure was packed as part of another ninja themed 3-pack though he was the only ninja in the set. I find the hood is reminiscent of a Cobra Night Creeper and I’m kind of surprised they didn’t paint him purple and go that route instead. Without he looks a lot less like an individual and more like a standard trooper. The removable hood that he comes with also helps to separate him from the crowd. The blue uniform differentiates him from the rest of the ninja gang and it’s consistent with the blue figure released as part of the Rise of Cobra series. They opted to make this guy Kamakura though and I’m fine with it. This version is not recognizable as Kamakura, they could’ve just as easily called him Ninja-Viper or Blue Ninja and nobody would be up in arms about Hasbro changing Kamakura’s name. Previously released figures of the character nailed that look pretty well. In the comics he appeared in a simple black mask and a green uniform. Kamakura by the brilliant Stefano Caselliīoth the Rise of Cobra and now Retaliation versions of this character have strayed somewhat from Kamakura’s original design. These additional characters expand the scope of the movie in your mind and you can imagine that maybe Kamakura was there, just off screen. After all, it is a movie based on a toy line. Some people may think it’s dumb to include characters in a movie based toy line who don’t appear in the movie but I like it. I don’t know for certain but I’m guessing that the first figure I reviewed this week, Swamp-Viper will also not make an appearance in the film. The Rise of Cobra line from the last movie for example featured Shipwreck, Torpedo and even Kamakura, all characters who didn’t appear in the film. A movie only has room for so many characters but toy companies want to milk successful movie properties for all that they’re worth so they start padding movie-based toy lines with ancillary characters like Kamakura. Ninja heavy as it may be I find it very unlikely that Kamakura will be appearing in the movie. This has been a ninja heavy week and I’m anticipating a ninja heavy film. So today I have another ninja for you, Snake-Eyes’ apprentice Kamakura. I could review older versions of those characters but seeing as I’ve only been reviewing the new Retaliation toys thus far this week I figure I may as well just stick with that theme. Many characters such as Flint, Lady Jaye, Jinx, and Joe Colton who will be appearing in the film have yet to receive Retaliation toys and won’t for many months to come now that Hasbro has officially delayed shipping on all future waves of Retaliation figures. Now that the film has been delayed I feel that I may do another Retaliation week next March for that purpose. I originally planned Retaliation week as a way for you guys to familiarize yourselves with the characters who would be appearing in the very soon to be released film.
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