HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Collegeville Ninja Costume – 1986
Felt obligated to get a quick Halloween post in this year in the midst of all the book stuff going down at FPU. This Collegeville kids vinyl costume is from 1986, with art based on the classic ninja dart board. … Continued
What I’ve been up to outside of shinobi-dom…
Not to drag the scene down with off-topic plugs, but I’ve finally gone public with the big project that kept me largely away from here all summer. ZOMBI MEXICANO is a new book published through my From Parts Unknown imprint, … Continued
Random acts of hooded heroism
None of the below are really ninja, but we’ve always made room for the shadowy masked vigilante swordsmen here, so following is just a crap load of hooded hero awesomeness. And some related merchandise: …and a few hoodies nasties, too. … Continued
Things I did not buy on eBay this Summer
For the past few months, I’ve been saving the pennies for a new book project coming in late October over in From Parts Unknown land, so of course a ton of ultra rare and cool shit shows up on eBay. … Continued
MASTER OF NINJA shinobi ‘army guys’
Little toy soldiers. 54mm-scale figurines. Plastic army men. Whatever the formal term of the ubiquitous two-inch-high static soldiers that companies like Marx belched out by the millions, we always called them “army guys” (Actually, being in central Massachusetts as a … Continued
SHINSO: SHINOBI NO MONO Thai press stills
More of the amazing hand-tinted, one-of-a-kind press photos from Thai cinemas, this time to the franchise prequel/reboot Shinso Shinobi no mono, sadly Raizo Ichikawa‘s last time under the hood. These individually colored photos are on a different paper stock than … Continued
Back-to-school shinobi
More vintage 80s toy crap! These were 5″ solid plastic pencil toppers, made of some truly toxic low-grade junk with paint jobs to match. Awesome! Best/worst thing about these are they’re SOLID and heavy, and there’s no way in hell … Continued
And now, some plugs…
• If you’re a stinky old fart with bad eyes like me then you hate watching stuff on portable devices and tiny screens. Fortunately for us luddites, Ninja: The Mission Force is now available on DVD. • I’m not sure … Continued
More shadowy marketing
Here’s a vintage theater flyer sport an ad on the back for the 1979/1980 Eichi Kudo strangeness Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo. I’d have been more convinced to see this film by this flyer image than I would have been by … Continued