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Introducing Master Shredder

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

All you shred-happy office assistants out there, try to contain yourselves before you break into an active sweat. Perhaps the title should’ve been a little more descriptive “Master Shredder” isn’t a new, heavy duty paper-shredding machine capable of making Optimus Prime look like an Easy-Bake Oven. In fact, Master Shredder isn’t even here to help. He is a villain, a cold, hardened killer hell-bent on finally enjoying a hard-fought bowl of turtle soup.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fans will remember Master Shredder as the primary nemesis of Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Rafael, controlling the Foot Clan (his army of misguided wrong-doers) towards one evil ploy after another. Born as Oruku Saki, Shredder takes his nickname from the sharp edged armor he wears at all times, capable of mincing even the thickest encyclopedia to mere scraps. Shredder is a “master” as the result of years of ninjutsu training, a title given to those who have reached the highest level of the Japanese art of fighting. (more…)

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