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Great points Snowflakian! Totally agree! So much unwarranted bitterness. The new tmnt doesn't impress us. oh well, It's not our thing. IIRC, the original TMNT toys really weren't that well articulated and looked bad compared to the cartoon. No pupils, anorexic Shredder, ape-proportioned Foot ninja, etc. Looked nothing like the cartoon. That's why the 2017 Neca set was so coveted. It's something we never got as kids.

These toys, for all their "faults," I would have killed for as a kid. Toys that look like they are right out of the cartoon! A kid gets a set of these, he/she won't be thinking 30 years later, "Gee, I wish they would make articulated figures of my childhood"


All that being said, another great point about OOTS too. I remember so many classmates pissed off that Bebop and Rocksteady weren't in Secret of the Ooze. I remember when the TMNT reboot movie came out, fans were pissed that the designs were wrong, April was wrong, background was wrong, and... no Bebop and Rocksteady.

So the studio gives us a movie that could EASILY be animated with the original cartoon style and fit in PERFECTLY with the 80's cartoon, aaaaaannnnd ... it flopped.

I loved it, personally. I bought it on Bluray, and have watched it at least 6 times. It's easily my 2nd favorite TMNT movie after the 1990 one.
When it was announced it wouldn't get another sequel, I was depressed. I really liked the personalities they gave the TMNT, as well as the fact the TMNT were acting like teens. It really had teen drama feel, rather than just another superhero flick. Similar to Spider-Man Homecoming. I thought it was very well done, and I really think that in 10 or 20 years, it will have a cult following like Army of Darkness or Transformers 1986.

Anyway, back to work I go... again, great points Snowflakian! you really articulated a great post. You get a ribbon!