[evilekim]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

If you would have read my post properly, I didn't say toon turtles, I said 80's styled turtles. There are a TON of 80's styled turtles out there, in both the Mirage and 80's animated style. I enjoyed the original 80's toys myself personally, many of which I still have, and can be found at flea markets everywhere for a fraction of the price, as well as at TRU still. I didn't really care for the Figurearts versions (I like the Revoltech "modern" turtles better,) but I enjoyed the original run of TMNT Classics for what it was, and still think they hold up fairly decently, derpy eyes and all.

I would have much rather seen a scaled down version of the excellent movie figures NECA just put out over another animated set, and would have been quick to plunk my cash if they would have added on the film's version of Shredder, Tatsu and two Foot Soldiers on the villain side. Price point has never been an issue with me. I'd drop 250 easy, maybe even 300 for that set.

On the subject of the box art, I used to read the old TMNT Adventures put out by Archie Comics whenever I could get my hands on them (I grew up on a literal island, so usually 7-11 and KTA's were the only place I could find them,) and if this is what the artwork has degraded to these days, even for the cartoony ones, then sorry, I can't help you and we agree to disagree. It looks like **** compared to what they used to put out back in day.





Comic book art in general hasn't been all that great as of late though across all companies, but it's more of a sign of the time and styles more than anything else. It also depends on what era you started reading. Some people think Todd McFarlane is the greatest Spidey artist ever. Others, Steve Ditko. Art like everything else is subjective though, and is in the eye of the beholder.

I just expected something far better coming from NECA. The turtles drawn on that box look like they wandered off of a knockoff's packaging being sold in the toy aisle at a Mexican pharmacy.

I can't say if Ken did all the covers, but most of the interior pages. The same guy who's been doing the comics (since the 80s) drew the box art. If you don't like it, whatever. Open one of the comics and look at the drawing style, you should see the similarities. I like the idea, it makes sense to me.

"80s styled turtles" ??? Well, not many of those were made either. The only things out there are some Playmates Classis, Mondo Leo and Mousers, SH Figuarts, and the stuff from the 80s. That's it....everything else is NECA. That's not a "ton" of stuff. If that's a ton, what word do you use for a license like Star Wars, Batman, or Spiderman?
I think you're being way too harsh. This set probably has been years in the making. Don't appreciate it too late, you won't want to pay secondary market price.