[TimothyR]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

I honestly wonder how you can look at Leo and Mikey's faces and say they don't look bad.

These are honestly kind of embarassing to look at. Even ignoring the fact that they don't look a damn thing like the 1990 turtle's face designs, they look almost disfigured.

lol.. you're so right.

you know.. when they original released the classic turtles, i'll admit, i was excited. but after having them, they're just not good. i mean, they have some good articulation.. but the molds just don't look good to me anymore, the eyes are horrible, and the expressions just don't work. i look at them now and wonder why i was even excited for them in the first place.

i'm just glad i found them at toys r us and didn't resort to paying eBay or local comic book shop prices for them. and i certainly didn't buy the later movie versions.

they should also be embarrassed after looking at what neca has done. the bright colors, the nice proportions, the great looking sculpts..

the turtles are enormously popular these days.. you'd think playmates would've had a couple extra dollars to spare for some really nice looking turtles for collectors. but no.. we get reused molds with terrible new head sculpts and some accessories to make it feel like you're not totally getting ripped off. and that's not to mention how much money they must be saving by not fully articulating their 4" figures or adding the proper paint apps.

i know on the packaging of most toys it says something like "final product may be different" or something similar.. but i've never seen the amount of missing paint between production figure and official photos that playmates has. it's truly unbelievable.

ah well.. like i said at TFW.. at least the figuarts turtles will be out soon enough. and hopefully we'll see some villains from them. what they've done looks fantastic. i hope it really takes off for them. i'd love to have the cartoon turtles that we're getting, the cartoon villains (and other various good guys), then movie 90's movie versions of the turtles with shredder, super shredder, tokka and rahzar.. and hell, i'd even like out of the shadows turtles, shredder, bebop, rocksteady, and krang.

the only thing i'm worried about with figuarts is the scale. i just have a feeling that if they do villains they won't be properly scaled with the turtles. but i guess with those, the figures will be so nice that it'll be a little more forgivable than it was with playmates.