Nicely said Andy. That's one of the positive things about the "shrinking global village," or at least I hope there's more opportunity for improved understanding these days.

I wish the figure was larger. Just seems to get lost at the current size.

Real quote from a gradeschool friends mom about our 8th grade South Korean teacher (she was kinda nuts overall, not an excuse, just adding a layer to her before one reads this):

"When Tom told me that he doesn't know karate I was shocked! That's like a religion to them!"

I still make jokes about that quote to this day it was so ridiculous.

I want this toy! I will put it right next to my hitler doll!
FUCK YEAH!

Sweet I'm putting mine next to my Jesus doll!!

I've actually seen a Hitler doll for sale in Japan.

Of course Frank produced a Hitler toy back in 2004 I believe...

http://flickriver.com/photos/lord-jim/155125818

Well, Hitler dolls aren't new. This was for sale at a local Toy Fare I was at a few weeks back.

http://www.amazon.com/Adolf-Hitler-Chancellor-Action-Figure/dp/B000NX7BBU

would have bought it but he wanted £80 for it. Came with a podium too.

Oh crap they will look so good together in the open top mercedez.

Some people seriously need to get outta the house more often !

Oh man, I'm soooo glad this thread is back!

+1, And these are made by Japanese (non-white ) so yeah, very doubtful.

Fuck yeah me too! Someone post a photo of the glow one next to the starfish asap!

http://www.lulubelltoys.com/cord-viper- ... rsion.html

I still prefer mine glowing with white pride </sarcasm>

I totally dig the form factor. Great size.

my gawd! that figure is so tiny.

Are all of the Viper Cords the same size as the vinyl Acroyear henchmen?

No, this guy is a smaller figure...kinda like a mini, but a bit bigger.

The other cord viper characters are about 8 inches tall

This thread is very interesting.

Here, we take a toy made in Japan by a Japanese guy as homage to his childhood TV shows and spin it so, by the end of thread, the toy is almost reviled.

I love Kamen Rider villians and the whole Shocker empire. Yes, some of the costumes are based on heinous groups/individuals from world history.
But they're really demented and cool. Even the toy in this thread.

I might be going out on a limb here but a bunch of Japanese dudes created these characters to be the embodiment of evil incarnate, not real world racists. Nor to espouse or endorse racialist views.

EXACTLY

yeah, I see that. totally.
still, it hits a nerve. for a dude in japan, maybe the KKK doesn't really mean shit so the toy is a good idea for a bad guy-- but for a minority living in the US, it might be hard to think of it as "just fun". I don't take it to heart or anything, but I still don't feel really stoked about the character design.

so don't buy it...yeah yeah, I know.

I think the purple and yellow colorways are pretty cool. If it was 7-8" I would probably have one for the ghost sider to fight, but whatevers.

I can't be the racial debate is still going on haha, I started the thread in complete in complete sarcasm. This toy is ridiculously awesome.

I really want that ninja dude. so cool.

Awesome set !