There are not a lot of accessories with the Tunnel Rat figure, but the gear he comes with is very nicely designed, very military, and very cool. Not much interaction there, but each grenade and the pistol have cool plugs to hook into the figure or onto the figure's web belt, which also has some of those nice holes in it. That nice strap on the machine gun works well to keep that on the figure, too. Great goggles and such. Again, not much gear, but what he comes with is terrific.

The backpack/sled seems kind of an afterthought, but the sliding platform to turn it from a light up backpack to a "Sledpack" is an interesting little mechanism. It makes sense, too, for what Tunnel Rat does, and this would work great for sliding through narrow cavities on his back.

Tunnel Rat's simply constructed machine gun is very special-forces like, but it's been souped up enough to look like it blends with the rest of the line. The light touches of green on the clip and the gun itself make a big difference. Slight stylistic alterations really bring the weapon to life, and this same feedback can be transferred to the pistol as well.

The pistol is a fantastic tactical weapon with a nice futuristic flair, yet still based enough in reality to appeal to modern military afficianados. The little laser light under the barrel is perfect, and the gun looks great.

Tunnel Rat also comes with a very cool, real-working butterfly knife. The blade flips open just as it does in real life and the effect is quite nice. He also comes with a pair of round grenades (which end up being his trademark in the cartoon) which can plug into whatever spots on the figure you wish. His webgear is nicely adorned with all sorts of recepticles.

Tunnel Rat's motto is keep it simple. He doesn't have stuff that's way too over the top, but everything serves it's purpose and gives him an awesome military feel. I'm not wild about his backpack (and it's pretty tough to work it through the webgear and into the backholes) but besides that, all of this stuff is nicely made and effective. Nothing elaborate, but nothing wasted. Very cool overall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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