For some reason, I can find absolutely no information about Cyborg Kuro-Chan on the web. But what Little I know is this.

Cyborg Kuro-Chan is a series of 3" bendable action figures. They are usually cats, and they usually come with some incredible dangerous weapon. Oh, and they shoot BB's.

You can interchange heads, hands, feet and weapons with other figures. You can also buy a toolbox full of insane power-ups for these guys.

The original figures are really really nice. They are well sculped, and just plain crazy looking.

The bootlegs, named Super Small Dark are another story. First off - The paint. It's horrible. The detail on the face looks like it was done buy an epileptic child laborer after 12 hours on the job.

Also, the molds are pretty crappy. You can see a lot of seams and residue left over on the edges, especially the feet.

And forget the Lion figure. Crappy paint, he wont stand up, and there's a peg where a mini Kuro-Chan should sit, but on the figure there is no hole for the peg.

The lions head comes off easily as well.

BUT, for $5, they're not too bad.

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