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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

As much as I dislike NECA for their fragile ego and Pacific Rim line, this is totally not their fault. It is absolutely Playmates restricting things, not NECA. Hell, the pixel deco is probably the only way they could get these figures released at all. And despite looking far below the typical quality of NECA's sculpts due to the simple cartoony look, they still look a million times better than anything Playmates is doing. I wish they could do more, like the 2003 designs. Hell, they'd probably nail the new movie designs to a T if given the opportunity, that's right up their alley.

A damn shame Playmates couldn't work something out.

I doubt Playmates wants to work anything out. I checked their site and Ninja Turtles is the only brand they currently have product for on store shelves. They have a couple more licenses but there's no product for those two at the moment. Since they've been losing licenses for several years now, I'd guess that they're nearing the end and death gripping the TMNT license for as long as they can to keep the doors open. The arcade turtles may be Neca's way of showing that they have awesome product ready but they are just waiting for something to change in the near future that would allow a retail release to happen. I'm not suggesting that Neca will take Playmates' place in the toy aisle but if things were to change then they could work something out like DST did for Marvel Select.