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Retroist's avatar

Glad to have you here and looking forward to seeing what you share. These photos are great, that last photo with the sword is really cool. When my friends and I got into martial arts films and eventually ninjas, we all dreamed of getting a sword like that in some form. We couldn't get real ones and the toy ones looked too much like toys.

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Rob "Flack" O'Hara's avatar

I got my sword before I got my ninja outfit, which explains the cool "camo shirt with blue jeans" outfit I'm wearing. The sword I owned had a dull blade, but the tip was plenty sharp and was occasionally used to stab stuffed animals. I once dressed as a ninja for Halloween and walked into McDonalds wearing my full ninja suit (including the hood and mask) with that sword strapped to my back and nobody said a thing. The 80s were a different time!

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Retroist's avatar

The outfit makes it look more like a low-budget 80s film. You are a former ninja just trying to live a normal life when suddenly the man who killed your teacher sends his students to try to kill you.

You hadn't touched your sword in years, but you grab it from its hidden spot in the woodpile, where you had been chopping wood, and get to work.

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