I don't know very much about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. When I was a kid I was very turned off by cartoon properties that overused stereotypical "hip" language like "radical" and "cowabunga." I was in elementary school but a little beyond my years and I felt that shows like TMNT and The Simpsons were made by adults who were pandering to kids in a cheap way. I may have disapproved, but I was pretty much the only one because shows like this were always wildly popular and impossible to ignore. I knew there was a rich history from the early Mirage Comics, but I never explored that history. The Karai I know from later animated iterations of the TMNT franchise is sometimes the daughter of Shredder and sometimes just raised by him. I was unaware that she actually ever became The Shredder until leaked images of this toy hit the internet last Summer. I love female versions of existing iconic male characters, so this was a figure I was instantly obsessed with. Let's check out Karai below!
Karai comes with two heads (one helmeted and one unhelmeted), an empty helmet (for holding, she can't wear it), three pairs of hands, two shorts swords, one long sword, and one bladed staff.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here are three recent Mirage Comics TMNT ladies: Karai as the Shredder, April O'Neil v2, and Renet.
Cheers!
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