[RamenRider]

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Originally Posted by JerpJerp

The pre-order pics are the same as on BBTS. So, are the BBTS photos still "prototypes"? In none of those pics does Raphs elbow move, or looks like it moves, up and down, or side to side.

Yup, still the same prototypes we've seen since the first display at PowerCon.

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Originally Posted by webz

The sai won’t be on the sprue.

The promotion pictures suggest otherwise.

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Originally Posted by webz

They’ve said the main tmnt weapons won’t be on the sprue. Just the extra weapons.

Source please? Haven’t seen this confirmed yet.

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Originally Posted by webz

Extra hands and weapons are gonna go straight into a ziplock. All splinter needs is his cane and I’m good to go.

For Splinter that may work, although even here it sucks to not use the many options one could have IMO, but for the Turtles? The fun in action figures for me is being able to change poses, to mix up my displays, to try something different to keep it interesting. Having extra stuff included I need to perform maintenance on for it to be usable sucks. Especially for the price they’re asking.

I’m not a NECA fan, but for the price of one single Super7-Turtle I can almost get all four movie Turtles combined.

But you do you, if you're happy with the way you're displaying your figures I won't judge you, enjoying your hobby and having fun is the most important part.

Also, bottom note: You’re a monster if you’re not using that awesome tea cup accessory

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Originally Posted by metalalchemist

Wow, thinking about it, thundercats could end up in the same situation then.
There is something really suspicious with all this, TBH.

Not really. Playmates has no problem with Super7 since Super7 makes figures for audiences they don’t care about and they are online made-to-order only, meaning they will never be anywhere close to the retail spaces Playmates fills with their products.

It's similar with NECA: Conventions first, then Gamestop (a store in which Playmates has no presence in) then Target, where their products are in their own sections.

What Playmates wants to avoid is having "competition" in their core audience, that being children, and they don’t want to risk it by putting similar figures from other companies near that space.

As evilekim noted though, Playmates might someday realize they can take that market themselves. Personally, I don’t see it though, their products for the adult collector never caught on, they canceled their own attempt at a "Classics"-line very quickly and haven’t really tried anything similar since IIRC.