The TMNT Thread

kylactus · 02-07-2015, 06:50 PM

are we getting the Napoleon frog, and dream beavers before the baxter fly we saw last year?

Frank Richards · 02-08-2015, 02:33 AM

By any chance, does anyone know if Playmates is carrying the comic-based turtles forward in the upcoming waves ?

I've spotted many of these newly released characters, along with re-releases of a lot of the older figures, ALL on that same new card back.
However, I haven't seen any sign of the comic turtles being restocked. No sign of them on their old unique card or on the new one.

I kept passing on these guys, because finding them without paint issues was nearly impossible. Honestly, if it turns out that I missed out on them, I'm not sure if I'll feel irritated or relieved, lol !

Of all the TMNT comics, I've only read the Image stuff and some of the new IDW stuff, and I've never had much interest in the Mirage era (original or re-launch) or Archie stuff (well, besides a few old dog-eared Archie TMNT comics when I was a kid), so I'm not even sure if I really need figures based on the original designs. But anyways...

Bradsdadg · 02-10-2015, 07:34 AM

Looks like you can get the Mystic turtles on Amazon for $12 each. I'm not in a hurry to get them because of the lack of paint, but for those that need them, that is an option

Ninjinister · 03-05-2015, 03:53 PM

So I finally saw my first Mystic Turtle. Just the one. It's weird how Mikey is supposed to be the most popular but whenever a wave of all of the Turtles comes out he's always the only one left at first around here (LARP Elf Mikey, Battle Shell, Mirage, and Mutations were the other times for me).

But egads! The unpainted apparel on his feet make it worse than I expected! It just looks like someone fell asleep at QC. It physically hurts to think that this is actually the norm for them

stormbearer82 · 03-05-2015, 04:27 PM

I have seen the comic turtles packaged with comics at Toys R Us but beyond that I have no clue if they will be re releasing them.

trebleshot · 03-07-2015, 11:08 AM

I haven't seen the comic-based figures in any of the recent restocks. Just the mutations, re-releases of older figures and the Mystic Turtles.

Ironically, I'm still hunting for Comic-based Raph myself.

decepticon_mark · 03-07-2015, 02:23 PM

Found a lone Turflytle at Walmart last nite but girlfriend beat me to it. Nyah, really not a figure I was after but she loves Turflytle

Ninjinister · 03-08-2015, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by decepticon_mark

Found a lone Turflytle at Walmart last nite but girlfriend beat me to it. Nyah, really not a figure I was after but she loves Turflytle

I had no idea he was supposed to be out yet.

kylactus · 03-08-2015, 08:52 PM

I saw the remains of a case at Target today, shredder, Bebop, robo foot soldier, original Raf and Donnie, and Dog pound. all on the new larger cards. the list on the back has Baxter fly, and turflytle listed. I thought it was a little weird that they re-packed Dog pound since he's kind of gone forever, but what the hell. has anyone seen Baxter yet?

Ninjinister · 03-08-2015, 10:01 PM

Yeah I saw Dogpound, Shredder 2, Casey, and Robotic Foot Soldier on the new cards. I just assumed they came with the Mystics or a relaunch wave.

Bradsdadg · 03-09-2015, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

I had no idea he was supposed to be out yet.

Same here, would have looked for it this weekend if I had known :P

JangonateTK421 · 03-09-2015, 07:13 AM

On Rangerboard.com I saw someone with a Stockman Fly from WalMart. Need to go by there for groceries today and will definitely keep an eye out.

Trivial Psychic · 03-10-2015, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kylactus

Has anyone seen Baxter yet?

Spotted and picked up Baxter today at my local Walmart. No Serpent Karai yet...the only other new figures being Turflytle and a new version of the turtles with an action feature that causes their heads to drop into their shells when you squeeze their legs...

MewlingQuim · 03-10-2015, 10:05 PM

Really can't get my mind off the Revoltech figures. But I can't justify paying $240 for the set. Do Revoltech figures hold their value or do prices drop after awhile. If I can find them somewhere cheaper in a few months I'll wait.

TimothyR · 03-18-2015, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MewlingQuim

Really can't get my mind off the Revoltech figures. But I can't justify paying $240 for the set. Do Revoltech figures hold their value or do prices drop after awhile. If I can find them somewhere cheaper in a few months I'll wait.

yeah, i couldn't bring myself to buy all of them.. so i just picked up my favorite (leo) and man.. i REALLY wish i had the others.

it'd be so nice if these things were released domestically for like a $50 price tag. with how popular TMNT figures are these days, it's a shame that they don't.

trebleshot · 04-05-2015, 11:18 AM

Picked up Mikey Turflytle and Stockman-Fly late last week. Still haven't seen Karai yet, but she's the only one I'm really hunting for at this point. Still have zero interest in the Head-Poppin' or Mutations figures.

On the other hand, those Mystic ones are still on my radar.

Bradsdadg · 04-06-2015, 04:50 AM

Was Karai due out at the same time as Turflytle and Stockman-Fly? I never know when they are coming out until other people start finding them :P I thought it was weird that they put out 2 of the head poppin turtles but not all 4...

TimothyR · 04-16-2015, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Richards

By any chance, does anyone know if Playmates is carrying the comic-based turtles forward in the upcoming waves ?

I've spotted many of these newly released characters, along with re-releases of a lot of the older figures, ALL on that same new card back.
However, I haven't seen any sign of the comic turtles being restocked. No sign of them on their old unique card or on the new one.

I kept passing on these guys, because finding them without paint issues was nearly impossible. Honestly, if it turns out that I missed out on them, I'm not sure if I'll feel irritated or relieved, lol !

Of all the TMNT comics, I've only read the Image stuff and some of the new IDW stuff, and I've never had much interest in the Mirage era (original or re-launch) or Archie stuff (well, besides a few old dog-eared Archie TMNT comics when I was a kid), so I'm not even sure if I really need figures based on the original designs. But anyways...

Skip them. They're meant to be homages to the classic comics, which I would assume means the figures are meant to be for adult collectors.. But the figures are awful and the articulation sucks.

deathofthelines · 04-16-2015, 09:52 PM

I saw a karai a few days ago. Just a single one. Would have bought it but a kid beat me to her and I'm not at the point where I'm gonna die without her. That's the one thing I like about the turtles line no figure has been hard to obtain at retail.

Frank Richards · 04-16-2015, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimothyR

Skip them. They're meant to be homages to the classic comics, which I would assume means the figures are meant to be for adult collectors.. But the figures are awful and the articulation sucks.

Lol, funny you should mention that...
I just happened to pick up comic Raph today

He'll most likely be the sole figure that I pick up from the comic line, because, quite honestly, those figures didn't really impress me either.

darkwinggaryl · 05-07-2015, 05:47 AM

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm surprised that they are releasing more detailed figures considering how much Playmate Toys like to cut costs. But, check out the variations on this Mikey figure. They had new paints of all of the turtles at my local Target.

Still no sign of Karai.. I'm surprised that one person on the board said they saw her.. I have been following her on eBay and she' only been listed in the United Kingdom, Australia and oddly New Jersey. But, Australia is the only listing now. People are asking waaaaay too much for her. And if they're asking for a reasonable price the shipping from Australia pushes it out of reason. I hope she isn't the first hard figure to find in the States. Only time will tell I guess.

But, has anyone else seen or heard of these detailed repaints? Wondering if I should snatch mine up while the getting is good.

zombombie · 05-07-2015, 12:35 PM

Very happy I got to pick up my Karai about 2 weeks ago here in the UK ��

Ravenxl7 · 05-21-2015, 09:03 PM

Does anyone know if the Turtles 3A is doing have elbow joints? All the pictures of Leo and Mikey make it look like the either don't have them at all, or that they have joints underneath a ruber skin.

Ninjinister · 05-21-2015, 09:32 PM

I still haven't seen Stockman-Fly anywhere in stores. Woe!

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkwinggaryl

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm surprised that they are releasing more detailed figures considering how much Playmate Toys like to cut costs. But, check out the variations on this Mikey figure. They had new paints of all of the turtles at my local Target.

-snip-

Still no sign of Karai.. I'm surprised that one person on the board said they saw her.. I have been following her on eBay and she' only been listed in the United Kingdom, Australia and oddly New Jersey. But, Australia is the only listing now. People are asking waaaaay too much for her. And if they're asking for a reasonable price the shipping from Australia pushes it out of reason. I hope she isn't the first hard figure to find in the States. Only time will tell I guess.

But, has anyone else seen or heard of these detailed repaints? Wondering if I should snatch mine up while the getting is good.

Yeah, they previewed them at whatever last big toy show the TMNT were at. I've got a Don I picked up last month with this '80's cartoon inspired scheme.

TimothyR · 05-23-2015, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenxl7

Does anyone know if the Turtles 3A is doing have elbow joints? All the pictures of Leo and Mikey make it look like the either don't have them at all, or that they have joints underneath a ruber skin.

Yes, they have elbow joints under the rubber skin.

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkwinggaryl

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm surprised that they are releasing more detailed figures considering how much Playmate Toys like to cut costs. But, check out the variations on this Mikey figure. They had new paints of all of the turtles at my local Target.

Still no sign of Karai.. I'm surprised that one person on the board said they saw her.. I have been following her on eBay and she' only been listed in the United Kingdom, Australia and oddly New Jersey. But, Australia is the only listing now. People are asking waaaaay too much for her. And if they're asking for a reasonable price the shipping from Australia pushes it out of reason. I hope she isn't the first hard figure to find in the States. Only time will tell I guess.

But, has anyone else seen or heard of these detailed repaints? Wondering if I should snatch mine up while the getting is good.

Yeah I've seen a bunch of those.. At first I thought someone had sloppily customized it then returned it to target then I realized it hadn't been opened yet.

It's nice that they've added more paint, but the eye paint just looks awful.

I would love it if they used the battle shell molds, only, I'd like them to disable the gimmick and just give them a normal shell to improve arm articulation, then paint those figures nicely. That would be ideal. I think the battle shell versions are the most accurate molds we've seen thus far, but the hinge on those shells just disrupts the natural 'arms to the side' pose.

02-08-2015, 02:33 AM	#152
Frank Richards Adventurer, explorer ... Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,004	By any chance, does anyone know if Playmates is carrying the comic-based turtles forward in the upcoming waves ? I've spotted many of these newly released characters, along with re-releases of a lot of the older figures, ALL on that same new card back. However, I haven't seen any sign of the comic turtles being restocked. No sign of them on their old unique card or on the new one. I kept passing on these guys, because finding them without paint issues was nearly impossible. Honestly, if it turns out that I missed out on them, I'm not sure if I'll feel irritated or relieved, lol ! Of all the TMNT comics, I've only read the Image stuff and some of the new IDW stuff, and I've never had much interest in the Mirage era (original or re-launch) or Archie stuff (well, besides a few old dog-eared Archie TMNT comics when I was a kid), so I'm not even sure if I really need figures based on the original designs. But anyways... __________________ I have a Galactus. Like a pet. Last edited by Frank Richards; 02-08-2015 at 02:41 AM..

03-05-2015, 03:53 PM	#154
Ninjinister Reverend Shinobi Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,299	So I finally saw my first Mystic Turtle. Just the one. It's weird how Mikey is supposed to be the most popular but whenever a wave of all of the Turtles comes out he's always the only one left at first around here (LARP Elf Mikey, Battle Shell, Mirage, and Mutations were the other times for me). But egads! The unpainted apparel on his feet make it worse than I expected! It just looks like someone fell asleep at QC. It physically hurts to think that this is actually the norm for them __________________ My Want List (Updated July 17, 2018)

03-07-2015, 11:08 AM	#156
trebleshot Dark Lord of the 'Ark Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,224	I haven't seen the comic-based figures in any of the recent restocks. Just the mutations, re-releases of older figures and the Mystic Turtles. Ironically, I'm still hunting for Comic-based Raph myself. __________________

03-08-2015, 07:21 AM	#158
Ninjinister Reverend Shinobi Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,299	Quote: Originally Posted by decepticon_mark Found a lone Turflytle at Walmart last nite but girlfriend beat me to it. Nyah, really not a figure I was after but she loves Turflytle I had no idea he was supposed to be out yet. __________________ My Want List (Updated July 17, 2018)

03-08-2015, 10:01 PM	#160
Ninjinister Reverend Shinobi Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,299	Yeah I saw Dogpound, Shredder 2, Casey, and Robotic Foot Soldier on the new cards. I just assumed they came with the Mystics or a relaunch wave. __________________ My Want List (Updated July 17, 2018)