I bought one Ujindou Vietnam War figure, UD9021, and regretted it. Not because it's a bad figure but because I realised I had no interest collecting that period.
I tried to make myself feel better yesterday for having dared to venture into the Vietnam War - I must've been high on Ujindou at the time - and went through every part of the figure to see what I could harvest.
I'd already found a use for the body, sculpt, T-shirt and the M3A1Grease gun. Actually, I think I can blame the Grease gun for luring me into the pre-order as I hadn't one since Dragon Model's Cyber-Hobby Exclusive
Dirty Dozen Lee Marvin over twenty years ago, Which I sold some years ago.
The only other parts that would work for WWII are the M2 jungle first aid kit pouch and the M1956 belt, which is similar to a later war M1936 as long as you conceal the extra size adjustment keepers and lack of stud that fastened the left side of the belt to itself. I put it to use on the Marine I was putting together from spares, and the belt is almost completely hidden under his mortar vest, but serves the purpose of holding the M2 jungle first aid kit at his side.
I thought I was going to get lucky with the M18 smoke grenades, until I read that they were grey with a yellow stripe during WWII.
I was thinking of using the jungle boots on on my '78 Michael Myers.
The CISO backpack, uniform, bolo knife and water bottles may find their way onto post apocalyptic figures one day.
In future I've got to be better at staying in my lane, and not slipping into post-WWII. But then photos like DrWeaponX's are always dangerous, threatening to trigger interest in a war that I know deep down I won't be able to consistently maintain:
I’m really happy to see this. I love Vietnam era figures and I’m pleased that Ujindou is moving towards offering seamless options. I generally agree with the above that their tailoring is good and with some tweaking and weathering, they come out nice.
I did this with the first MACV release and I think it makes for a nice set.