Not that I was a big fan of the original anime, but who could resist a visual pun like this? On the whole, I wish I hadn't attempted as much overlap of the figures, but no-one's perfect.

The weapons are the British LA-85 "bullpup" design infantry arm. The trigger and magazine are placed well forward of the breach, allowing a full length rifle barrel in a short commando length, unlike the American M16, which is considerably longer. The British rifle comes standard with a Tri-lux light amplifying telescopic sight as well. Makes the M16 seem positively primative. The other arm is a Baretta 92, the US military model I think. Both are Airsoft replicas that I own and slaver over like some sort of nut. Beats owning the real things anyway, which would make me a *real* mental case.