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>first Neca vault>charging scalper pricesLMAO seriously? At least last year they kept it to normal retail prices.
Apparently Walmart is selling the NECA Tokka and Rahzar two pack again.
>>11589254yephttps://www.walmart.com/ip/Neca-Tokka-and-Rahzar-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-Movie-8-Inch-Action-Figure-2-Pack/250835632?sid=7668227e-7d9e-4964-af80-0bf1861bbcd1
>>11589245who buys this shit? lmao
>>11589228There is such a thing as over-saturating the market. Star Wars did it, and so did He-Man. I guess ninja turtles will figure that out. Something's only valuable when it's rare and precious. Overproduction cheapens everything.
>>11589263Scalpers thinking it'll be worth a fortune in the future will be the main buyers. What that means in reality is you can expect to see it sitting in comic book shops rotting for the next decade.
>>11589271Good. Better there be lots of TMNT than none.
>>11589263I’m really not sure, especially at $75.>but hurr durr that’s what they go for nowI don’t give a fuck, NECA released figures worth $100+ last year around Christmas and they were charging their roughly $35 retail price. And while that was higher than what they originally were at the time for some of the older figures, it was at least justifiable. NECA should not be charging $75 for these vault releases, plain and simple. The whole point is that these are supposed to better priced than current going rates, but they’re basically the same.
>>11589228>noooooooo stop making toys that make money!!!! Nooooo!!! It's not faaair I don't like that, stooooop!!!!
>>11589280The flood of competitors all doing turtles doesn't make the retail prices any cheaper when it actually should. So where's the benefit?
>>11589245>charging scalper pricesScalping figures for his scalp again?l.
>>11589245>>11589263>>11589307Not to mention they’re dropping them one at a time every hour to get people on shipping fees. Last year they all dropped at the same time each day and you could combine them. Sneaky NECA.
>>11589319Sneaky nothing. They're fighting off scalpers and bots this way.
>>11589298>So where's the benefit?You get any version of TMNT you could ever want. Why are you whining about having so many choices?
>>11589335>fighting off scalpers by charging scalper prices???
>>11589335Scalpers will just sell for even-higher prices. >>11589340>Why are you whining about having so many choices?Because said high prices for everything with too much to choose from all at once.
>>11589335Was that the IT guy's solution to fighting off bots? Charge the same price as scalpers, and only release one figure per hour so customers can't combine shipping? Almost as good as asking random customers to send a selfie of them holding a photo ID?
>>11589353You really are a whiny bitch
>>11589353> Almost as good as asking random customers to send a selfie of them holding a photo ID?Did NECA do this before?
>>11589408Yes. It's one of their recent information technology innovations.https://www.reddit.com/r/NECA/comments/1njco0k/first_time_buying_a_figure_from_neca_is_this/Hatter also reported on it.https://youtu.be/koeS8TIyS4c
New reveals
>>11589424>>11589429>>11589431>>11589434These are based on a short movie where the Turtles find out that their likeness is being exploited by a shady toy company. Where is the toy company located? You'd neva guess.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Chrome_Alone_2_%E2%80%93_Lost_in_New_Jersey
>>11589454Holy shit that can’t be coincidental
>>11589424>>11589429>>11589431>>11589434Goddamn, I want these so bad. kek and oh shit, pants.
>>11589459Holy shit, it is coincidental.
>>11589468Name another toy company in New Jersey that makes TMNT.
>>11589434>>11589431>>11589429>>11589424I miss Rise
>>11589424>>11589429>>11589431>>11589434Why are they milking it?
>>11589459.... I don't get it. Is it because of all the Indians in NJ that are techbro scammers?
>>11589541NECA is based in New Jersey
>>11589541Jersey is considered a shady place, rival to New York most of the time. It's a reference to all the bootleg shit you can get on the boardwalk.
>>11589549Which has nothing to do with that. Use that little brain of yours.
I have never understood the appeal of this.
>>11589580People like Halloween
>>11589580>>11589585Tempted if they do April.
>>11589580People like old off-model kitsch and Ben Cooper was that ratcheted to eleven. I actually like Shredder and B&R more, they have that obscure key art on them.
>>11589580Nostalgia for cheap vinyl smocks.
>>11589580The target audience for these were the ones wearing these along with the entire class during their golden years of pure blissful ignorance. Wish I was old enough to experience that era. By the 90s were alreay headed for the end of the US empire and the time of plenty.
>>11589550Or just that Jersey is a lousy place. They've made that joke before.
>>11588984ooooh hulky proportions.. not sure why the rocket exhaust is so wide, but.. nnneat.>>11588985that doesnt look perfect but it looks okay!>>11588987so bizarre to see this LICENSED now.>>11588988his head is too small and too realistic (and it's also a crocodile and not an alligator) but still!>>11589108haaaa. fanny pack.
>>11589254>>11589262i feel dumb for buying from a scalper, but I'm happy for everyone who missed out.
>>11589424wait what>>11589454so... tmnt did a meta thing about bootleg toys? that's.. kinda brilliant. god, this is like when a simpsons season 30 episode does a clever thing
>>11589580me neither, but if shitty normies can give companies their money, and those companies can then make things we like.. then it's okay I guess?
Is NECA gonna have a panel or anything or have we basically seen everything? Kinda underwhelming if so.
>>11590047NYCC has always been a smaller con, but they always put more stuff out as the days go on.
Mezco teases foot clan soldiers
>>11590206Woopdee doo
>>11590206>no strapso will the strap be softgoods or... hmm..well as long as it's more proportional than the super7 version
>>11589580We know, you tell us every thread.
>>11590384i haven't seen these, or other similarly bizarre 'who would want this' toys, brought up since like, 8 threads ago
>>11589580They scale alright next to some of the horror figures, so they look good around a Michael Myers figure.
>>11589424>>11589429>>11589431>>11589431>>11589434I wonder if the muscular design of the toys are a jab at he-man?
>>11590512It's an homage to the old TMNT knockoff figures. The earliest ones (like SOOOOO many other KO lines) used a 5.5 inch muscular body similar to the sculpt MOTU made famous.
>>11590206>mezcoshit
>>11590679I’m not a huge fan of Mezco’s other stuff, but their turtles are widely considered to be some of the best TMNT figures ever made
>>11590713Nobody actually thinks that, however
>>11590719Do you actually own them? Or are you just speaking for other people?
>>11590723>I'm not a huge fan of mezco I'm just speaking for other people who collect girly dolls
>>11590723I do, actually. They're overpriced $40 figures at best.
>>11590206I will never understand why most of toy companies even bother with Foot Soldiers. Especially those with overpriced toys.Foot Soldier is army builder first and foremost. You need at least two of them but ideally way way more.It's ok when playmates do them. Their toys are garbage but they are relatively cheap. You can easily build army of various foot for pennies.I can get neca's with their discount 2- and 4-packs.Loyal Subjects also made foot 4-pack that one time.But there are Super7, Joy Toy, LingJihun and now Mezco. Who in his right mind gonna buld army from 60-100$ figures.Instead of foot soldiers this companies sholud make Elite Guards. At least you need only four of those guys.
Well, at least shes not hideous fat ugo. I don't get why they go straight to black and not mixed race which would make more sence for diversity. Why not latina asian mix?
>>11591052what the FUCK hasbro
>>11591052Even if they want to ignore the millions of fan tributes to 87 cartoon April and use Eastman's ancient comment as holy text, she should be mulatto then. Whatever, I'm tired, China will give me white Aprils.
>>11591052Why
>>11591167They're based on Rise. Again.
>>11590206L-O-L, here's your foot soldier! Holy fuck, what were they THINKING?
>>11591052seriously, racially ambiguous april is best aprili wanna be fucking confused about her ethnicity>>11591190well. that's,.. underwhelming.
>>11591052>mfw I see a black April
Mikey done gone full chinpokomon.
>>11591190Looks like he's at the barbershop lol
>>11591111>use Eastman's ancient comment as holy textThe funny part about that is that nobody can find the actual texts where he said it. Ironically, going by the official sources, Kevin made it pretty clear that April was just named after April Fisher, and didn't start looking exactly like her until issues later. But, I guess even Eastman's official statements doesn't fit the black April narrative.
>>11591492>>11591495
>>11591464i mean even if that was based on his old gf, that doesn't make her black. just like an octoroon.
>>11591495>hacktivistputting that combination of 10 letters in that order should give you a severe electrical sho- OW! fuckin, NOT ME, you idiot!
>>11591052Is that HBO Max Starfire?
>>11591052Yet Bebop is white in this pic
It's over.
>>11591808MM has been flooding Ollie's and Ross for like a year now. That's nothing new....Though I am tempted to see how much that costume 4-pack is...
Ben Cooper wave 11 is up for order on the neca store
>>11592118Another garbage from neca. Nothing new there. They not even trying anymore. Very sad and pathetic.Anyway, fellow tmnt chads, care to try to replicate this frame from future Battle Nexus comic with your toy collection? You do have all of them, right?
>>11592240Wow, they even have one of the anime versions. Thorough.
>>11592241and I do have that toy!
>>11592240Another garbage post from you. You're not even trying anymore. Very sad and pathetic.
>>11592118Ordered a set, I was really hoping we'd get TMNT ones when the line began, so this is great!
Can someone explain why this is $50?
>>11592269executives can't do math
>>11592269New tooling that can't be reused, paint apps, NYCC exclusive, etc. Are you new to toys or something?
>>11592273No, that would be you
>>11592267>>11592268Nice sameposting necatard. Do you really think some anons here are going to buy this trash if you will shill it.Now do you job and give some "witty" answer to this >>11592269 dude question. Defend your overlords at all cost.
>>11592276well let's see, which version of the business made more money..
>>11592274Don't forget taco's tariffs
>>11592280You're talking to two different people. Crazy how upset you are about people buying toys.
>>11592285Let's say I belive you. My bad.Now tell me please what are you going to do with this oh so cool and inspired action figures? Display them on your desk or shelf? Shove them in your ass? Make some funny photos and videos?Because I literally can't imagine any decent human being who's like or buy this garbage. It's even worse than fukno pops. Necatard I get it. He's just in dire need to shill his product no matter how awfull it's looking. But there literally no reason to buy it.So help me understand why you choose this.
>>11592282moron
>>11592274Why was Kevin Eastman last year $40 then?
>>11592323i like the chompy mouth...>>11592325the underbelly colors kinda go too far out.. but I guess he kinda works.
>>11592336You are aware the world went nuts and costs of producing, shipping, and receiving has gone UP since then right?
>>11592240>no Jim Henson versionWhat?
>>11592474heyyyy.. you're right... we have movie 4 raph, we have comin out of their shells raph, but.. not the same thing as original movie trilogy raph..
>>11592474>>11592621Legal issues?
>>11592681i want someone to correct me if I'm wrong here, because it's kind of important and I'm going to repeat this a lot if I'm wrong, but... Viacom bought -the entire franchise.- they made fucking sure to seek out and purchase the entirety of every adaptation. lock, stock, and barrel. All of Mirage, all of Fred Wolf, all of Archie, the works.
>>11592694The exact visual likeness of the 1990 movie turtles may involve separate rights held by the Henson Company or someone else. That's the only reason I can think of why it's not included.
My movie foot soldier ankle joint is really loose and it can't stand up. How do I fix that? Thanks.
>>11592269I'd only buy this to make a stupid custom.
>>11592269The crossed arms that can be put on the regular Shredder.
>>11592751Then you're buying it for the wrong reasons.
>>11592732well if they were willing to pay whatever extra that might cost for the neca figures, then surely- sorry, what is Future Battle Nexus?
>>11592744water-based polyurethane. It's cheap as hell, though you tend to have to buy more of it than you are likely to ever need in your life. You will also want to buy a cheap set of henna applicator bottles with needle tips (and keep a safety pin around to unclog the nozzles).squirt a drop into the joint, wiggle it, let it sit for a half hour, wiggle it some more, maybe an hour, little more wiggling, then let it sit overnightrepeat as many days as necessary (in my experience, 1-3 depending just how loose the joint was)
>>11592759anon.. he's saying he won't buy it, because that's the only reason he would, and that it's stupid. please try to not have autism.>>11592756can they? do the normal figure's arms pop off? because that is not a universal joint. if something's not meant to come off, it usually can't. that's why we had trouble with some figures who had last-minute alt heads.
>>11592769Does it stay adhered to the inner plastic?
The Mondo 1/6 turtles actually look pretty incredible. I love all the texturing. A lot better than any of the other shit Mondo has done.
God, looking at reviews those new McFarlane figures suck straight ass. And for $25 a pop too. The IDW designs just can't catch a break with decent figures huh?
>>11593242With how terrible IDW is, it seems fitting
>>11593257Post Issue 50 it steadily became steaming garbage, yeah, but before then there was some pretty good stuff. At least in the main book. And Santolouco's designs were really good, I always wanted figures of them too bad the figures we got from AXN suck.
>>11592905if you don't wiggle it, you can glue the joints shut, yes. but that's why you use the water-based shit. a little soak and it's back to normal.
Next Mutation figures when?
>>11593242But anon, they're so...uh. I mean. I mean they're...there! Just doing a bang up job of...being there.
>>11593291McFarlane mastering the art of making bootlegs of your own stuff without having to make the original to copy.
>>11593291i think these look neat but i feel like they'll look like bst axn once you move them
>>11593291This reminds me of a clay ashtray or something your little kids makes and you say how much you loved it and then toss it in a drawer and forget about it.
>>11591052The ride never ends
>>11593365yeahhh they look.. very handmade.
>>11593366At least you could argue this is accurate
>>11593291At least they match the source material. It’s more than I can say for the 2012 NECA figures.
>>11593423It's not accurate. April has never been black.
>>11593426The 2012 NECA figures are like 1:1 to the source material. This is some weak bait.
>>11593433With some heavy modification maybe.
>>11593430Anon... we've been over this sooo many times...
>>11593455No modification at all. They're using the show's files for the figures.
>>11593423it's... a stretch.>>11593430indeed. but if you average this with the other mirage april figure we got, you'd end up with roughly how she looked in the old comics. and of course, she kept changing. in some of them she was visibly white or at least middle eastern, but she was REAL ambiguous at the start.. but she never looked like this XD but it's a fuck of a lot closer than a lot of these recent adaptations.
>>11593488>but she was REAL ambiguous at the start.The problem with this is that it only applies to her after issue #4. Before that, she was very obviously a white girl in issues 2 and 3. It just makes it even more blatant that this bullshit spread around mostly due to people not having read the original comics.
>>11593511er.. yeah. sorry, not the START start.I'm not an expert here. She is indeed clearly white here, though her hairstyle was worn by kinda everybody in the 80s. and it's funny how this is also the origin of her jumpsuit.
Was reminded of this when I was putting this one together.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYf4U7Dnkqs
>>11593519classic. you know, Steven Weber didn't really know how much blood there'd be, so part of his reaction is genuine.
Look all I'm saying is, the Street Sharks and the TMNT are like, cousins. Someone who worked on the original Playmates Turtle series went on to produce the Street Sharks toyline and cartoon when Turtle Mania was dying down. What's so bad about wanting two semi-related series to do a crossover promotion?
>>11593554Oh hey look, you posted it again. Still wrong though.
>>11593562Joe Galliani, worked on the TMNT turtles playmate toys making Chote figure mold. He then went on to be one of the co-creators of Street Sharks for Mattel. How is this wrong?
>>11593562Mark Freedman ring a bell?
>>11593562>IDW is doing a street sharks comicYou're retarded if you think they won't do some sort of crossover. Fuck, GODZILLA'S crossing over with the Ninja Turtles.
>>11593577Nah. This.https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mark_Freedman>producer of the 80's cartoon and Turtles Christmas>also was a producer on Street Sharks and C.O.W.-boys
>>11593576>You're retarded if you think they won't do some sort of crossover.You've been saying this for like three years nowYou were absolutely sure it would happen for the Street Sharks anniversaryYes TMNT has been whoring itself and crossing over with everything but at some point you have to accept that not every crossover is going to happen
>>11593554Street Sharks isn't good though.
>>11593576They won't be, ever.
>>11593583Three years ago the Sharks weren't getting an IDW series.
>>11593423not accurate at all, numbnut
>>11593423>>11593366meanwhile, earlier figure by the same company
>>11593562he's clearly copypaste trolling, but I do agree with him about them being cousins. at least, neighbors.>>11593619yeahhh that is a lot more like she looked in some chapters.. and her face was also a lot like this in her perm era. The same kinda strong square jaw and big thick lips with decently small nose.
>>11593619Meanwhile, based on a different issue entirely...
>>11593648Oh yeah, when I started, I was genuine, but knowing it pisses off the Anti-Neca fag is reason to keep bringing it up.
>>11591495WotC just committed sudoku with this shit.
>>11593663well, it's pissing me off too, anon. I don't like any of the arguments i see on /toy/. none of them are real like, useful and productive arguments. we clearly have some autists here, so if you're pissing them off for fun... that's putting additional strain on a structure that wasn't up to code to begin with.
>>11593663This board is a mess
>>11593668they committed seppuku the moment they hired someone named 'Xabi'
>>11593686Well I got sick of the faggot ruining these and the neca threads.
>>11592240These are all Raph. Why is Mikey there?
>>11593787kek, I didn't even pick up on that.. that was either someone's mistake based on seeing art of a turtle with a sai, or... the sai represents Last Ronin Raph, on account of he dead.
>>11593423She's white but she looks black in certain panels because I think either Laird or Eastman (maybe both lmao) had a black gf, so I think most likely they used her as reference to act out a scene, but accidentally made her black when drawing her expression. Also it was the 80s and looking vaguely black was the thing at the time for women.
>>11593868>Also it was the 80s and looking vaguely black was the thing at the time for women.bingoSeinfeld had a whole riff on that. I'm sure I've mentioned it before.
who here a mona lisa fan?
in the first three issues april looks pretty much white and at least one of the covers backs this upafter she gets the perm there are multiple covers where she looks like a light-skinned mixed race woman which makes it seem plausible that she was thought of as mixed after awhile but it doesnt really seem like she was whitewashed or anything
>>11594159Wasn't she based on one of the creator's black girlfriend or something?
>>11594164that's probably why she starts looking a lot like her but she doesn't really look like that in issue 2 and 3
>>11594166Yeh, and Shredder dies in like the first issue. No one really cares about the first few issues of a thing.
>>11594171I care.......
>>11594196Autism? :)
>>11594022I bought the DLC for Shredder's Revenge just for her. Mondo was just a bonus.
>>11594022i like her but I don't love everything about THIS design. I wish super7 had gotten to do her... from the neck down she's good, but I want the more thorough kerchief with the point, and the cuter face and better hair..I do like these feet better than the random turtle feet in the cartoon though
"You think your so smart for have lived so long of one lifetime rat?"
>>11589228>Still no Gizmo>stil no Cerebus>still no Bloodsucker
>>11594164Half asian gf at the timebut really she's off model in ever issue
>>11589228The heat boys Mechs are a bit much
>>11594476ooh are we doing like the Castlevania engrish dialogue
>>11594499gold version of that just went up for sale or preorder or whatever.makes it a bit less overly much. I like them in theory, buuuut.. they don't fit with anything else I have.
>>11594599Just saw the gold oneI agree it's better than the green ones. They look cool but I don't know if I really want it
>>11594652yeah like, would the turtles really do their entire mechs up in a bunch of shades of green with yellow fronts and all? I feel like each one would have a black/gray understructure and then three shades of their mask colors.
>>11594724>yeah like, would the turtles really do their entire mechs up in a bunch of shades of green with yellow fronts and all?Because it makes them look like turtles. Mechs have always had goofy aesthetic designs that defy logic, it's part of what makes them appealing.
Holy fucking milk job.
>>11594496>none of which are owned by Viacom
>>11594724You're already building a 500 million dollar giant war robot with dubious utility. No point in cheaping out on a cool paint job at that point.
>>11594762Why are you talking about your mom?
>>11595270but i meanif you're a human, you don't paint your robot brown or beige, right?
>>11595439
>>11595154Well, maybe Bloodsucker. Possibly.
>>11594724Are the mechs even based on anything from the comics / cartoons ? They could have just made one cool silver mech and call it Metalhead
>>11595154If we can get a Panda Khan and Yojimbo figure I bet we could get a Gizmo figure (no one wants to deal with Dave Sim or Rick Veitch though)
>>11595526No, all original.
>>11595526No, they seem to be original designs from the Heat Boys team. They have a Krandroid as a WIP that I'm heavily interested in, that thing will be huge if it happens.
>>11595528Veitch is "in discussions" with Paramount and IDW, apparently.https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rick-veitch-idw-tmnt-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
>>11595445touche, amigo.But even so, it's not the color pattern of a human.. it isn't mostly beige and then a little brown on the head, crotch, and maybe chest. So for a turtle mech to have the yellow in front and then.. yknow.. it just seems like Leo would want his all blue, Raph's all red, etc.
>>11595154who owns Gizmo?
>>11595540Oh, Sim and Veitch, gotcha. i'm on the trolley now.Yknow I bet Donatello built these mechs and Mike painted em.
>>11595540Michael Dooney. As far as we know, he kept the rights when Mirage sold everything else to Viacom.
>>11595532NiceRick made up with DC comics for the Swamp Thing "Jesus story" too.Maybe Dave Sim and Matt Howarth can make up with the Turtles so their comics can get reprinted
>>11595543oh weird. so they didn't quite get everything
>>11595531The drawing of April O'Neil Robot looks okay
>>11595550She reminds me of the coomer Arcees that have been around, but I wasn't as keen on dropping several hundred Canadian dollars on her.
>>11595543Dooley was doing Gizmo for another comic company before coming over to Mirage so it wasn't a work for hire thing.Dooley seems to be on pretty good terms with the TMNT guys since he still does art for them.Wish Dooley would bring back Gizmo comics anyways .
>>11595550>>11595552pics?>>11595554What's Gizmo's deal? He looks like trucker Pepsiman.
>>11595560
>>11595563see now it looks like a hair helmet.. this is just.. not how it works. meh. i like the micsaber and cameragun at least.
>>11595565For me, it's the slight tummy and bellybutton
>>11595566that tummy is indeed hot and WEIRD painted yellowsee mechs should just be like, abstract mech colors. an April mech should be all white and gray with yellow accents.
>>11595568That is such a boring-ass mindset. Straight up devoid of love and flavour.
>>11593649April changed races between issues?
>>11595570well then 99% of mecha franchises are devoid of flavor.
>>11595582The fuck are you on about? Mecha is drowning in brightly coloured toyetic paintjobs and designs.
>>11593602>>11593583>>11593562>It's OK when they crossover with Spongebob, Jackass, Shrek, He-Man, Trolls, ALF, Ghost Busters, The Chipmunks, Garfield, Wild Thornberries, Rugrats, Power Rangers, DC comics, Batman, Naruto, MooMesa, Battletoads, Joust, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Universal Monsters, One Piece, Tokyo Mew Mew, Winx Club, Sonic the Hedgehog, Garfield, Looney Tunes, Smurfs, Muppet Babies, and Winnie the Pooh>BUT SO FUCKING HELP ME IF THEY CROSSOVER WITH STREET SHARKS, IT'D END THE ENTIRE SERIES
>>11595591Transformers are not mecha. anon.
>>11595591yesbut Heero Yuy's gundam is not Heero-colored. it's heroic white with red and blue accents.The power rangers are wearing costumes that match their mecha, sure, but that's a COSTUME. it's not colored like their skin and hair and normal clothes. The turtles are wearing belts and pads and masks as their costume, so to me, the mechs should follow that. Presumably, those are their favorite colors.Gene Starwind had the Outlaw Star painted red like his hair, but he didn't have his skin and clothes colors worked into it..
>>11595563needs a longer neck
>>11595597Actually, they're transformers.
>>11595598nta but don't the turtles sometimes refer to themselves as "lean, green, fightin' machines" or something like that in the cartoons?
>>11595598I'm still craving a revoltech or an sh figuarts Aisha Clan Clan...
>>11595604>DONATELO DOES MACHINES>cut to him humping Arcee.
>>11595600I though mecha were piloted by humans? :/
>>11595560A robot and his furry alien pal travel the galaxy looking to get rich and end up in crazy adventures.https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Gizmo_(comic)
>>11595607Well, they CAN be piloted. It's just REALLY squishy when they transform and forget they have humans in their driver seats.
>>11595607It's a running joke in the mecha community that nobody agrees on what a mecha is
>>11595599full of MISSILES!
>>11595604yeah mikey says shit like that sometimes. I suppose his mech might be green, but i still feel like he would not be trying to make his mech look like HIM.to me, that's something that screams "this is a licensed product and we weren't going to waste the licensing fee"
>>11595605i'd buy that for sure.do they have any idea how much untapped market there is for high quality 70s-90s anime merch? there's fuckin diddly squat to buy and what there is is way too expensive anyway.
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>>11595610ah thanks, neato.man what a weird design, like, he has joints, but his metal just flexes like skin anyway.
Just found ONE of the new Godzilla mashup Turtles at Target. Thankfully it was the one I wanted the most, Mikey/Ghidorah. Holy Shit, ONLY $16! ($12+ with the current 25% off one toy sale)After getting sticker shock on everything else at Target (MOTU/Transformer figures at $32.99 No Fucking Thanks!) and the Hasbro jackassery., $16 fuckin' bucks! Thanks Playmates! Hope I can eventually get the rest of the wave. I'd love to go back to buying Playmates Turtles if they just moved away from the Seth Rogen crap.
>>11595635Wonder why they made Mikey into the known destroyer of worlds, a literal void demon, and a living war machine.
>>11595629It looks... less than good.
>>11595639When Anguirus was RIGHT FUCKING THERE
>>11595639Don't know, Don't care, fuckin' stoked to have him open with his massive wings, tail, and his neon nunchuks sitting on my shelf. He's fun!
>>11595643>AnguirusWave 2???? PLEASE DEAR GOD!
>>11595639Yeh, Raph would have been a better choice. I brieflty googled but didn't see Don. Who is he, Mechagodzilla?
>>11595646Maybe. Wave 2 has Don as Jet Jaguar. Thats literally all we know so far.
>>11595647ghidorah should have been shredder. his helmet crest is already dragonlike. and cmon, 'Shreddorah.'that way the turtles would all be 'hero' kaiju.
>>11595648>Wave 2 has Don as Jet Jaguar.>not MechagodzillaCome on...
>>11595648I thought Don was already part of wave 1? He's drawn on the cardback, but I guess that's why we haven't seen his figure yet?>>11595650>MechagodzillaMETALHEAD!!!!
>>11595650mechagodzilla should be Metalhead!come on guys, this isn't hard!
>>11595649Good point, that's a better idea. Gamera isn't Toho, right?
>>11595650>>11595651I know, its dumb. He really should be Metalhead. And Slash as SpaceGodzilla.But who knows what else they have planned. Could be the four turtles again as different kaiju for all we know.
>>11595653sadly no. He's always been lumped in by kaiju fans, but for legal purposes, he can't be part of this. which is a real shame.
>>11595654>who knows what else they have planned.Whatever it is, I'm down for the ride. I just hope they're all easy to obtain.
>>11595654That's boring. Let's see some bad guys. Or Casey Jones as Anguirus. April as Mothra. Bebop as Gabara. Rocksteady as Titanosaurus.
>>11595663Nah man, Bebop and Rocksteady need to be Megalon and Gigan.
>>11595663>let's see some bad guysslash as spacegodzilla wasn't good enough for you?>>11595665Total agreement there. Gigan is Rocksteady of course, because of the visor and tusks. Baragon might work for Rocksteady.. then you could save Megalon for Baxter.
>>11595598>but Heero Yuy's gundam is not Heero-coloredBest Gundam guy's Zaku is though.
>>11595667No, Gigan is Bebop. Buzzsaw mohawk.
Have the TMNT x Godzilla figures even been officially released yet? The ebay prices on these things look absurd
>>11595708Yeah they’re at target right now. They won’t be hard to find.
>>11595669yeah it's red, and he wears red. but it doesn't have a flesh tone face or a silver helmet, you get what I'm saying? It doesn't have black epaulets or a white belt or boots. It's just a solid red zaku with a darker red 'tunic' and black chest, knees, hands, and soles.
>>11595697fuck me, I meant Bebop. That's why i pointed out the visor.I am very tired lately.
>>11595708They're out now and put on the Fall Collector Con endcap with the Neca 2packs.
>>11595732And Megalon's drills go with Rocksteady's horn.
>>11595737yeah they do, but Baragon has a more rhino-ish horn. I think either of those works.
You guys are going off visual design more than actual character. Bebop as Gabara works because both are physically strong bullies but not clever, prone to blunders and failure and muscle for hire types with limited effectiveness. Rocksteady as Titanosaurus works because both are kinda tragic and misunderstood. Powerful but not inherently evil, manipulated into violence. Rocksteady isn't really malicious. He follows orders but isn’t cruel by nature. Often used as muscle for smarter villains.Bebop as Gabara and Rocksteady as Titanosaurus works even better as a contrast. The cowardly bully, gets beat easily, comic foil and the strong but misled, actual threat with a tragic undertone.
>>11595748what makes you think that about rocksteady?
>>11595763The not really malicious part? He's just not smart enough for that. His lack of understanding makes him easily manipulated. He doesn’t scheme or harm others out of hate, he follows orders without really questioning them. He has a strong friendship with Bebop in pretty much every version. The Rise, 2012 and IDW versions (I know, I know) show flashes of regret and hesitation. I sincerely think Rocksteady as a character could be a redeemable character. He's not evil by choice. He's just lost and looking for belonging.It's Bebop that is the truly bad one. Pretty much every version is sadistic, self centered and crueler than Rocksteady. He enjoys the chaos and violence.Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
>>11595777I mean, I don't think Bebop would hesitate to double cross Rocksteady if it suited his interests. Rocksteady's not smart enough and too loyal to think about doing that.
>>11595708>TMNT x Godzilla figures>>11595713>at target right now.Won't these be getting a wide release later? I thought I saw that Target only had early access, not full exclusive.
>>11595777oh okay, i'm only familiar with '87
>>11592694Fred wolf was like the one thing Laird didn't properly require wholesale when selling to Viacom. They're within their rights to basically imitate the show, but they didn't have the rights to the exact same show which is why new model sheets were commissioned for modern merch of them. Viacom has since effectively bought the rights, it seems.
JoyToy Clown Car, er, Turtle Van.I tease. It is very, very, small though.
>>11596003It is going to look comical when you have some taller characters like Casey next to it. And the bigger mutants? Yeesh.
JoyToy Roadkill Rodney set, this is the bee's knees. Good army builder pack of robots, love it.
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>>11596003Why is the logo on the spoiler?
>>11596010Those are cool. Reminds me of Portal. Have they done Mousers?
>>11596062Two came with April, was hoping we'd have gotten more.
>>11596061>Why is the logo on the spoiler?
>>11596071Why is THAT logo on the spoiler, though?
Is NECA done with The Universal Monsters x TMNT?I was kinda hoping we might get more and I'm honestly hoping the Dracula Shredder isn't going to be the end of the line, since he is by far the worst figure of the line. He's not different enough from just looking like a normal Shredder to really evoke the image of Dracula.
>>11596083There's still the Krang and 2 headed turtle that haven't been released yet, but this was the last thing revealed for the line as far as I know.
>>11589580I don't get these either.I MIGHT get it for the figures that were actually based on classic costumes that Ben Cooper made back in the 70s. But now they're just doing all these licenses that never had costumes . They are selling nostalgia for something you technically can't have nostaliga for.
>>11596075Because it's a kid's toy from the 80s. Remeber the character costumes with the mask and the logo on the shirt? It's how 80's just does it. Joy Toy is nostalgia baiting with modern updates for their TMNT line.
>>11596089>They are selling nostalgia for something you technically can't have nostaliga for.It's a truly bizzare thing to think about.
>>11596003Good good. However...I will gladly buy all of this Joy Toy shit but only when they do Karai, Ninjara, Alopex, Venus and Mona. This line in dire needs of cute females but they continue to print out boring cartoonish mutants instead.Nobody gives any shits about Grounchuck, Dirtbag, Rahzar and Tokka. Literally nobody.Also there's still no Baxter yet, be it human/cyborg of fly form, but now they make Roadkill Rodneys. Seems weird priorities to me.
>>11596100Speak for yourself, I’ll gladly take more mutants. You sound like you’re uneducated when making your opinion seem like an irrefutable fact. Saying “no one wants these” is absolutely wrong. That said, i doubt they’ll do characters from the IDW series any time soon, but we’ll see.
>>11596094This isn't as weird as it sounds. A lot of fans inherit nostalgia through parents, older siblings or just pop culture in general. Stranger Things and Skeleton Crew and stuff like that. People romanticize eras they missed. It's not about personal memory, it’s about shared identity. It’s nostalgia as a product, not a memory. You're not buying a memory, you're buying a feeling that mimics a memory. And in capitalism that’s just good business.
>>11596110>It’s nostalgia as a product, not a memory.Yeah that's the part that is bizarre to me. That we've come so far into turning anything and everything into a commodity that we now sell the CONCEPT of nostalgia. It's a weird thing to think about.
>>11596089>They are selling nostalgia for something you technically can't have nostaliga for.>>11596110>You're not buying a memory, you're buying a feeling that mimics a memoryNostalgia for an age that never existed. Jello was right, even if I think he's an establishment shill these days.https://youtu.be/wx5XS6uXP-g
>>11596112It works because nostalgia as a concept taps into comfort and safety. Like, people who never owned an NES still feel something when they see pixel art. Why? Because it’s been framed culturally as meaningful. Passed down as if it’s something we should care about. The “vibe” of the past becomes more important than the truth of it. Late stage capitalism doesn't stop at material goods. It monetizes feelings and identities. Companies once sold you toys to make new memories. Now they sell you new versions of old toys to make fake old memories. We’re not remembering. We’re being taught what to miss.
>>11596140Thanks anon, that's exactly what I needed from a ninja turtle toy thread: existential dread before work
>>11596143Cowabummer dude
But when pokemon does it its fine.
>>11596159No it isn't lol.
>>11596143Glad to help! :)
Sarcasm is dead to the tone-deaf.
>>11596140Lol, reminds me of a Mad Max movie when you put it like that.>We’re not remembering. We’re being taught what to miss.This is creepy. Shades of 1984 where the truth is constantly rewritten.
>>11596214"Meaning" itself is dying. It's fragile and constructed. You think you're asking "what does this mean?" but you're really asking "why does this hurt? Why do I care? Am I alone in feeling this way?" Meaning is manufactured.
Thoughts on this guy? Tbh probably the worst version of the character in terms of personality with wasted potential, the design is sick though.
>>11596008Casey is like a head taller than the turtles in this line, the scale seems perfectly fine? The interior looks snug but the detailing looks so nice I'd probably display the van with open doors anyway.
Can you imagine the audacity of trying to charge $28 for pinned 5" figures?
>>11596334McFarty probably thinks that IDW turtles are more popular ones around here and will sell regardless of quality. Ironically even LoyalSubjects are better than his toys.
>>11595808okay so there was a period where they didn't own all the fred wolf stuff, but now they either do or they practically dobut in this case, it's a promo image that is missing MOVIE raph, so
>>11596008these turtles are proportioned like they're 7 feet tall. If they are actually usual turtle height, they will look microcephalic next to casey and shredder, so>>11596010shit, those aren't bad. not quite the same feel as the originals, but...
>>11596112Anemoia is powerful stuff. we're beginning to realize the modern day genuinely does objectively suck and the past was better. so you look up older shit, and you instantly feel good even if it's something you didnt grow up with.
>>11596221fuckin women, man>>11596222better than how he looked previously on that show, good lord.
>>11596088I was wondering if I had imagined that weird Krang. I think he's cool, but I have no idea how he fits into the universal monsters series of turtles. Whatever.
>>11596334The general public doesn't give a crap about whether it's pinned or not.
>>11596393He's a mishmash of the Ro-Man in Robot Monster and the Metaluna from This Island Earth
>>11596372The Joytoy Shredder is a shrimp anyway
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/196828Neca Slash is $9.50 today. Good deal. Super 7 Triceratron and Gorilla are also half off.
>>11596488Damn son I ain't even touching the mirage line but I'll pull the trigger on that. Flat shipping to Canada right now, too.
>>11596393especially since, last time i checked, this was specifically the henson movie designs crossed over with universal.>>11596405isnt everything pinned?
>>11596488Jesus, that's such a good figure. I'm really surprised it's shelfwarming.
>>11596514Could just be they overstocked it. BBTS jumped on a lot of turtle stuff HARD around that time.
>>11596518yeah that's true.i really kinda want it, but i have no other toon figures. and also no money.
>>11596100Imagine being a gooner for Ninja turtle characters lol, bring on the mutants baby
>>11596625i want cute girl characters too, but I have zero shits to give for venus, ninjara, or alopex. I mean alopex would be welcome in another franchise, if they fixed her leg anatomy, but not TMNT.then again I am very much a Lairdian and prefer fewer mutants overall. Not... not just six, that's insane, but ideally not more than ten. and maybe have excuses for other characters who really need to appear, like Al'Falqa
>>11596003Excited for this, price seems reasonable too.
Is the Super 7 Ultimates line for the vintage figures done? I keep hearing mixed things and the company doesn't seem to have made a statement either way.
>>11596720i'm sure they're holding out for that last-minute hail-mary "you know what, we miss getting the profits from you, go ahead" call from viacombut it's probably fucked. I was all set to start making my own customs, but then I got sleepy and poor, so I don't see that happening
>>11596722I guess I don't understand the politics of it. What is stopping Viacom from just letting Super7 print them money? Is it Playmates? And, if so, why did Viacom give them so much power?
>>11596723Basically yeah, Playmates thinks the Super7 deal to use their old designs wasn't paying enough vs what Playmates perceives as cutting into their own sales, so they refused to let Super7 continue to use the designs. As far as I know those designs are Playmates IP instead of Viacom directly since Playmates created them long before the general franchise IP got shopped around, so they're stuck defending their decision even if it's stupid.
>>11596720Vintage is dead, yes. And honestly so is 2k3. For various reasons, but the biggest hint is how little they're even advertising TMNT now.
So Neca's finally doing 2012 Nick Turtles. No word on Next Mutation or Turtles III or any cool ones like Tortugas?
>>11596730i have heard, without any proof obviously because how the fuck would you, that Viacom owns the designsbut that Playmates can still force their hand because they have the master license, so they can like.... refuse... to work for Viacom? I guess? now that I say that out loud, that doesn't make sense. They have zero bargaining power.
>>11596732what does Tortugas Ninjas have specific to it? like, spanish coloring books?
>>11596730>As far as I know those designs are Playmates IP instead of Viacom directlyI don't think so, or we would have seen the Super7 line killed a lot earlier rather than it continuing but with a bunch of concessions such as "as long as the character appeared on other merch" or "must include different accessories". The fact that Super7 were allowed those loopholes tells me that Playmates don't actually own the designs. It never sounded like a legal cease and desist, but rather Playmates complaining to Paramount about Super7, and since Playmates is the master license holder, they held a lot of sway and Paramount had to keep them happy or Playmates could have sued for breach of contract for allowing a product that they perceived as directly competing with their toyline. It's also why they started pumping out vintage reissues, and when Super7 switched to 2k3 figures they reissued the 2k3 figures as well so they could argue Super7 were competing with them with those.The fact is we will probably never know the full truth because of NDAs.
>>11596735Comics.
>>11596751could playmates really have sued successfully?they're not even american. we don't really recognize or give two shits about other countries' legal claims.>>11596752no way, seriously? were those licensed?
>>11596753Yep. From my understanding, they directly translated archie comics, but then started their own stuff.
>>11596753>could playmates really have sued successfullyThe contracts are American contacts, so they definitely could have sued. Successfully? Doubtful, but even if they weren't going to be successful, it would have created a lot of headaches within Paramount and probably would have cost more in legal fees tham what Super7 was giving them. No matter what, it would have looked bad for Paramount that they weren't keeping their master license holder happy. It could have potentially devalued any future master licenses up for grabs.
>>11596755i think they should have cut them free. playmates fucking sucks donkey ass.
>>11596757Playmates probably makes them a shitload of money considering how many manufacturing corners they cut. Playmates shits out endless $2 efforts for $20 a pop and Viacom gets a nice slice of each one, and they're both happy with their lot.
>>11596763yeah.. yeah I guessbut viacom should have been able to point this out to them. just fuckin get a translator to get the following into chinese: We appreciate the cheap garbage you make. You are not in any way in competition with people trying to sell 30 dollar figures for 55 dollars. Nobody in America is that fucking stupid to confuse the two. Also their stuff isn't even on store shelves. Now get back to work and dont whine at us again.
Working on another universal monster tmnt pic too, should have it done by tomorrow.
>>11596892Still can't believe we got Big Bertha before Tempestra. Does Randy hate the character or something. He literally make new unique sculpted character of 5-sec screentime side characters, but won't make one of the main villainess.
>>11596941Jersey Red and Tempestra are in the same number of episodes.
>>11596892Rocksteady going to have to count on both hands to find out what child support is going to cost
>>11596405The general public aren't buying 28 dollar ninja turtle toys
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>>11596892wait is that rocksteady hiding in there? i don't remember the episode but _how?_
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What do you guys think of Body Count Casey Jones by Mezco?I like the accesories which it has more of, and prefer many of them, the beat up casey head, the hoodie over the stupid jean jacket they gave the original figure. As much as I love the figure and the new accesories, their figures are just way too expensive to doubledip which sucks ass.>>11591190Why are they doing a 1987 cartoon foot soldier? You'd think they'd do one Mirage style to go with their Mirage Shredder. I know they released some bad looking 1987 turtles but kinda weird they're not doing a 1987 Shredder first.>>11590713>I’m not a huge fan of Mezco’s other stuff, but their turtles are widely considered to be some of the best TMNT figures ever madeI love Mezco's TMNT I do think they're the best turtles ever made., Casey I had issues with the lack of accesories and some of the clothing they chose which Bodycount Casey fixes but I'm not buying him again. Shredder looks lacking so far. But yeah as much as I like their turtles I don't know what the fuck they're doing.I just want an April and a Splinter but knowing them it seems the licensor is forcing any April not based on the original cartoon to be Black >>11591052 going forward. so that'll ruin April for me and I don't want a 1987 cartoon Mezco April either.
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