TMNT Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier

Foot soldiers are never the stars of the show. While everyone wants to collect action figures of the dashing hero and the scurrilous villain, the hard-working foot soldier languishes on the shelf. And that would be a shame in this case, because this character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle series is a pretty impressive-looking baddy. He is dressed mostly in black and also wears a silvery smock. A black hood with piercing gold eyes completes the outfit. He’s well armed too, toting two swords, two throwing stars, and a nifty crossbow that shoots a little plastic arrow. And if his fashion sense and weaponry don’t lure you, consider this: While the Ninja Turtles are doomed to a lifetime of typecasting, this foot soldier can easily transfer to a GI Joe set, a Star Wars diorama, or just about anywhere a supervillain needs a hired thug. –Charlie Williams