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Previous thread: >>11651389Big news that's currently rippling through the toy world...Playmates will no longer have the TMNT license starting in 2027.Lots of speculation right now, but supposedly the license already has a new home. We just won't know with who, publicly, for a bit yet.
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One:12 Shredder
>>11664399Rumors going on that paramount may be drastically increasing licensing costs across the board and this has something to do with it. The golden age of turtles toys may soon be giving way to the dark ages.
Chrome Dome from the Chrome Alone short
>>11664407That's still a wild thing to do though. They'd be making much money money collecting royalties from a TON of companies, rather than one or two for a tighter master license. TMNT isn't the level of Marvel, DC, or Star Wars in its hey day. Could they be that foolish?If the licensing cost is what did this, that pretty much guarantees only Hasbro or Mattel could afford it. Spinmaster, Jazwares and Jakks are about the same level as Playmates I think. McFarlane, Jada and Neca are too small and don't have the capability to produce all the volume of kid product that's needed.
>>11664412>Could they be that foolish?We all know that's a big yes.
>>11664399holy shit. I’d say it’s the end of an era, but TMNT built that company. wow
New NECA TMNT is out on shelves, and shipping out from the online store as well.
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>>11664412I really wouldn't put it past them. There are a lot of tmnt toys available right now and despite how many choices there are most of them are selling really well; they probably decided the license is worth much more than what they were charging. At least neca has more or less finished the cartoon line, S7 pretty much hung their hat up, and joytoy sped through the important characters and is about to get a van out. If it all gets reduced to hasbro or mattel being the only ones making them I'm just done buying, I'm happy enough with what I have to not buy their shitty toys.
>>11664407Cheap licensing for the endless crossovers and cameos in anything that will have them is the only thing actually keeping TMNT afloat. They're gonna break the streak of TMNT being a Billion a year IP with one stupid trick.
>>11664412>If the licensing cost is what did this, that pretty much guarantees only Hasbro or Mattel could afford it. Spinmaster, Jazwares and Jakks are about the same level as Playmates I think. McFarlane, Jada and Neca are too small and don't have the capability to produce all the volume of kid product that's needed.DC was supposedly too expensive for small companies like McFarlane to get the license, yet they managed to get the license anyway.McFarlane Toys was able to afford the DC license thanks to the massive success of their Five Nights at Freddys legos and the DC line was an even bigger seller than FNaF for McFarlane. So it's possible McFarlane can get TMNT now, because they made a shit ton of money from DC and now they're left without anything after Mattel managed to get the license back. McFarlane Toys right now has the money to buy any license it wants because they have a ton of money that's burning up in their wallet that needs to get spent.... but is the TMNT children's toys/mass market license worth it right now? McFarlane got the comic license and they're now able to make TMNT figures. No one talks about any of the cartoons. The last movie bombed. .. the previous movie before that bombed. the next movie is a fuckup that got canceled without getting released and will now be something else. So for the next 3-4 years, TMNT's future is pretty shit and that's how long a license generally lasts. It might be better to wait it out and let some other company put up with the shit sandwich.This may be why Playmates didn't renew its license, especially with Paramount increasing the cost. Their current stuff sold like shit because the current TMNT is shit, so they're better off without the TMNT license. Maybe they hope that the next company who licenses it will find out it's a costly shit sandwich and ditch it... hopefully once the economy starts to recover and Paramount finaly decides to make something good.
>>11664466Movies and TV got destroyed. And sports. And videogames. Even wrestling. If I had to guess what they have in store for toys, I'd bet on destruction.
>>11664395I want them to lose the license. No company does TMNT any better, but im so sick of Playmates for cancelling things we want
>>11664395...but who is going to re-re-re-rerelease the original 1987 TMNT figures if Playmates loses the license?
>>11664412>They'd be making much money money collecting royalties from a TON of companies, rather than one or two for a tighter master licenseThis isn't about immediate money. It's more likely that Ellison has shares in the companies that he would prefer to handle the license, or has friends that do. Like how Cheney and Rumsfeld profited from the invasion of Iraq because of their ties to Halliburton.
tmnttoys.com seems to have died (or someone forgot to pay the server bill).
>>11664517Hasbro will buy it and lease it out to Mattel or Jakks.
Say what you will about Mutant Mayhem/Tales but it did lead to Playmates finally losing the license.
>>11664486I felt the same way honestly when i heard they were loosing the license. Ive never had a company show off as many things i wanted then needlessly cancel them the way playmates toys has done. I dont know why they do that so much its not even just a TMNT thing they do it with other licenses too. Theyre such cheap bastards that refuse to put out all the figures they solicit for no good fucking reason at all. Theirs a catharsis to seeing them lose TMNT so they cant needlessly cancel anymore figures they show off anymore because they wont be allowed to make anymore TMNT figures lmfao
>>11664753You really think that media was solely responsible?
>>11664628Won't Mattel be pretty busy with DC?
Shit's pretty tight.
>>11664887The drill is nigh impossible to open back up when closed fully though, but still, fun toy.
>>11664786Anecdotal but I saw those sit while the classic rereleases, 2003 and 2012 fly off the shelves
>>11664887He looks really cool. Making up for how underwhelming leatherhead was.
Hasbro gets the license:>Run the Fred Wolf Nostalgia into the groundMattel gets the license:>Crossovers with DC, He-Man, Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, HotwheelsBoth are gonna suck.
>>11664429>>11664430These things happened in the terrible Image comics. Why are they packaged and branded like they're Mirage era?
>>11665151Because they're still technically Mirage. They're also not going to make new packaging for them. Just makes more sense to fold them into the Mirage line.
>>11665151Wasn't Karai's weird sister in the Image comic too?
>>11665157I miss edgy slutwear from 90s comics
>>11665063How does the latter suck?At the very least we get a non-shitty TMNT version of MOTU Origins (Possibly with SS and ED guest stars a la Sun-Man in Origins and the Usagi appearances) and a "Turtleverse" line IE fully-articulated 7 inch figures with new designs but pieces to make "default" versions of the characters a la New Eternia.Maybe even new micro playsets as well given the JW ones.
>>11664517Varner Studios. And they'll include all the stuff Playmates cut from the figures.
>>11664466McFarlane could only afford the DC license because it was split with kids stuff to Spinmaster and collector stuff to McFarlane. Also you are making a big assumption that DC made a huge amount of money for McFarlane despite all that issues they had like having to overpay for shipping containers in 2020-2021 and their frequent new, highly specific mold philosophy at the start of the line which didn't leave them with a lot of reusable molds. You're also assuming what they did earn has not already been spent getting the licenses like Avatar, Marvel statues, Fallout, sports statues again, etc.Since their books aren't public, none of us know what kind of shape they are in but given they had to raise prices on DCMV multiple times and have gone to 35 bucks for CEs and created 60 dollar elite editions to exploit their customer base to the fullest, I am not so sure they are doing well.
>>11665270If a tiny company like McFarlane Toy, who previously sold their stuff only in the collectors section, is allowed to sell toys in the children's toy aisle, their income quickly balloons 10-1000x in a very short period of time. The amount of toys sold in the cildren's toy aisle is many times more than collector shit.They made a shit load of money no matter how you look at it.And yeah, they had their FNAF line in the children's toy aisle before, but do you even remember it there? It had like 3 spaces given to it max.Whereas the DC line had twice that space in pegs AND shelf space for the larger figures and vehicles. So that's at least 3x the sales from FNAF... nevermind action figures are higher priced than those FNAF setsAnd the collector license is seperate from the children's toy license. McFarlane acquired DC Direct so that they could make collector toys. So McFarlane made both childrens and collector lines. This is why they're currently lawyering up about the Mattel/DC deal, because they want to at least keep on making collector figures through DC Direct, because Mattel took the childrens toy license away from them.And just to state the obvious: the collector license is obvoiusly way cheap. They're not spendinga lot of money to acquire the license to make statueshit or even collector figures. This is why you hear literal-who companies with no money making DC and Marvel figures, which constantly make appearances in the DC and Marvel General.
>>11665282>Mattel took the childrens toy license away from them.I can tell you are mistaken by this. Mattel's press release makes it clear they got the master license, not just the kids license. >If a tiny company like McFarlane Toy, who previously sold their stuff only in the collectors section, is allowed to sell toys in the children's toy aisle, their income quickly balloons 10-1000x in a very short period of time.They sold Spawn figures in the toy aisle in the 90s. Source: I was there.
What's this for?
>>11665361Master license just means they have a huge hunk rights to make shit from that property, not just action figures but dollies, cars, dildos, etc.Mattel had the master license for DC toys in the 2000s and 2010s, yet Funko, Mezco and DC Direct were making DC collector figures back then too.>They sold Spawn figures in the toy aisle in the 90s. And? They also sold Halo and Persia of Persia toys in the chidlren's toy aisle too. But in the 10s, they lost their market and became niche. Walking Dead, Destiny, Call of Duty, etc, they were all niche collector lnies.Also, FNAF was the biggest seller ever up until that point. They made more money from FNAF than any other toyline up to that point. Halo, Spawn, Minions, Raving Rabids, etc were nothing compared to FNAF.DC has since taken over as their biggest money maker and they're going to use that money to buy another big license, just like they did with their FNAF money.
>>11664395TMNT is dead bros. Paramount is going full pedo MAGA and taking the turtles with them. Here's Mikey partying it up with all the pedos at Margalago on NYE.
>>11665380#drainthesewer
>>11664628>Hasbro makes the Shell Shock collection.>Releases one Turtle, April, and like two bady guys, like one Bebop. No Rocksteady. >Next wave>Releases one Turtle FROM A DIFFERENT SERIES, couple more baddies, Still no Rocksteady.>Finally release another Turtle from the first wave.>But the paint deco is worse.>Still no rocksteady.
>>11665380You already posted this, go away
>>11664395my guess is that the primary TMNT Toy license will end up going to Mattel, the MOTU crossover toys show they've got a good grasp on what makes TMNT tick
>>11665373the vintage extra weaponsi don't think any of the ones that come with the remasters can fit in it
>>11665488Make me. :^)
>>11665694I see, thanks Anon. Im tempted to get the regular reissues just for the classic weapons. They don't feel right with the ones they come with.
I don't know if it's depressing or satisfying given PM is losing the license.On one hand they were one of the main reasons people gave a shit about TMNT. Without them it would just remained some weird underground comic that might've also gotten some weird cartoon.On the other hand they did pretty much dig their own grave given how out-of-touch and arrogant they've been for decades.
>>11666013It's depressing, because TMNT is in one of its lows and the license holder is asking for even more money from its licensees.Paramount is basically acting like TMNT's current media isn't shit, and won't continue being shit for the foreseeable future, and it's worth even more money than at one of their greatest all time highs from like a decade ago.Also, it kinda strips away any potential Playmates has, because they are capable of producing some good shit, but it's hard for them to do that if the current media is shit and they can't give their toys the budgets they deserve. Improvements couldn't be made, but this is just speculation and hopefullness.And now hope is gone, which is also depressing.
I opened up my capture of Spliter 4 pack and Tatsu tonight.
>>11666013>On one hand they were one of the main reasons people gave a shit about TMNT. Without them it would just remained some weird underground comic that might've also gotten some weird cartoon.Everyone involved in the company from this time is long gone, the current Playmates teams should never share in the glory of their predecessors.
Am I too late to hop on the Joytoys train? Are their other figures readily available?
>>11666355They’ve been rereleasing them. Should be fine.
>>11666258How did live action Shredder ever get away with such an embarrassingly 80s design?
>>11666428Because it was 1990, which absorbs embarrassing 1980s designs like some sort of overflow tank. Like MC Hammer. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em was released in 1990, but it was recorded in 1989. The 80s might have been finished, but the 80s style cringe kept going well into the next decade. ALF anf Full House are examples of 80s cringe that spilled over into the next decade.>inb4 someone tried to defend ALF
>>11666428What's embarrassing about it? It looks great, and looks like what you'd want out of a comic inspired look.>>11666451ALF and Full House are not cringe. You have no sense of style or humor.
>>11666428you forgetting this is the same movie with muppet turtles?
>>11666451To be more exact; the 1980s lasted until late 1991/early 1992. It took the one-two punch of Nirvana's Nevermind and Beverly Hills 90210, for the 80s to become uncool as the former launched Grunge and it's fashion while 90210 brought back a more classic/timeless look to teen fashion that was akin to preppy/James Dean esque clothing for teens being cool as a foil for the grunge fashion look.
>>11666453I have an issue with the patterned cape mostly to be honest. The rest of it is pretty ok,
>>11666428The earlier 90s anyways was a weird transition period that still had a lot of 80s to it.
>>11666453I'll give you ALF but Full House is pretty 80s.
>>11666490That cape is cool as hell
>>11665425Hasbro getting the TMNT license wouldn't really make sense anyway>Disney has Hasbro by the balls and if they find out they're working with a corporation like Viacom they's likely sperg out.>What would a Shellshock collection even be based around? Fred Wolf? Psuedo-comics? A mishmash of random shit? At least with their Ghostbusters series they were based mostly on the first movie and Afterlife.>Do they even do traditional vehicles and playsets? In all continuities post-comics the Turtles are obligated to at least have some sort of van and sewer playset.If anything it may end up being Mattel or even Spinmasters given tney're the only three companies that haven't made anything TMNT-related at the moment along with Jakks and Jazwares. Not to mention are going to lose the toyetic DC license.
>>11666526Here we go boyos.
>>11666526>>Disney has Hasbro by the balls and if they find out they're working with a corporation like Viacom they's likely sperg out.They already have. Several times now...
>>11666526Not really how that works no, Hasbro is not under any obligation to not do contract work with multiple rival companies. Since that is pretty much what they always have done.The bigger issue is that Hasbro would just sit on the license and not make anything after having too much to produce in a year and spreading themselves too thin.
>>11666541>>11666542>>11666543Hasbro is brand partners with Playmates, so this makes sense.
>>11666526>>11666549the only company I know that gets uppity about rival contracting is WB, usually with their DC stuff when Marvel's involved.
>>11666487The current era of media stagnation and flashback/nostalgia has a lot of people today not really understanding how things worked back then.Anything from a previous decade was uncool and old, no one wanted to touch it. But also pop culture had to shift to new things every 3 or so years. Any song or show more than 3ish years ago was really old and not as cool any longer.
>>11666541>>11666542>>11666543Nice try with this prank but the scales are off, anyone familiar with either brand can catch what this is.
>>11666541Destro Krang is rad
>>11666544Those were just quick collabs>>11666549I could imagine Hasbro doing with the TMNT license like what they did with GB; Make a collector's series based on one or two series, some toyetic stuff, then do absolutely nothing with the license for the next few years except maybe Haslab stuff.
>>11666453>You have no sense of style or humor.You got it, dude! No problem!
>>11666518This. I'd wear that cape in public.
>>11666541>>11666542>>11666543Are these real???
>>11666616No.https://www.instagram.com/p/DTIr4uNESxn/?igsh=N2c3ZTVnMnh6bWs4&img_index=1
>>11666617How does that go against these being real?
>>11666541Are they implying Mikey is gay?
>>11666628Mike was in the navy over 30 years ago, we’ve always known he’s gay
>>11666628He's a party dude, of course he's gay.
>>11666541Give me an April O'Neil as Scarlett and a Foot Soldier as a Cobra Trooper.
>>11666844Oh, shit, I just saw her as a pack in figure! >>11666542 Aboslute solid turn around for Playmates. These would look sick next to the MOTU crossover.
>>11666617>>11666622A confirmed leaker Msmithtmnt who has a solid track record is in the comments credited as the source. Apparently either Playmates or Hasbro is contacting people to take down the leaked images. These are legit leaks. Get hype!
I'm hoping for some Joe and Cobra mutations.
So I guess Playmates is going to spend their last year with the TMNT license on pushing as many crossovers as possible.Sucks no way in hell would Disney allow PM or Viacom to go near Marvel or Star Wars. Or Alien and Predator.
>>11666541>>11666542>>11666543Mutant Military bros, weve never been more back!
Destro Krang has me on board. Why not.
>>11666886>resculpted them to remove the weapons on themWoke
>>11666873What is there to be hype about? They're garbage looking. Makes me even more glad Playmates is going under.
>>11666541>Nick wouldn't let Mattel make He-man Turtles unless you could make them look like regular Turtles by removing the armor >Same with the Naruto cross over>Even the Transfomers one they insisted the robot turtle had to look like the iconic appearance with little deviation >But they give GIJoe a pass to go village people and more I have my doubts this is real.
>>11666926?? the turtles have a long history of wearing costumes, this is more on brand than any other crossover since star trek
>>11666926Not to mention entire vehicles for a collab is another telltale sign it's fake.
>>11666991Too much new, that's not Playmate's style.
>>11666926>>11666991>>11666994Another thing not passing the smell test is this is between three companies: Hasbro, Playmates, and Nickelodeon. Why would Hasbo just not make the figures? As seen in >>11666544 they have no reason to outsource this. Why would Playmates want to do a crossover when they happily passed Turtles of GreySkull over to Matty? None of this adds up. >>11666939Yes but Nickelodeon has been very prudish with most collab, everything anon mentioned was shared in the past. The short of it is these IP holders get uppity of their characters not being instantly recognizable so it can lead to some of the most banal crossover offerings.While not impossible it raises questions why Nick grief Hasbro over the Party Wagon having to look like the iconic 4 while with GIJoe they don't give a shit.
>>11666926>>11667048Hasbro is also very restrictive with sharing IPs, Brian Flynn said he was in talks with Hasbro for nine years before they gave him the OK to do GIJoe figures of any kind. Flame Toys took over five years for the right to make the Model kits. Mattel was in the works to do a Transforming Hot Wheels figure since 2018. If what we are seeing is "real" it has to be a pitch to try and convince Hasbro to allow the usage. Actually that's something that would put this to rest: Has anything about a TMNT/GIJoe trademark pop up in the last year? If no, this isn't anything to get excited about.
>>11667048>Another thing not passing the smell test is this is between three companies: Hasbro, Playmates, and Nickelodeon. Why would Hasbo just not make the figures?Because Playmates is brand partners with Hasbro and has the MMPR license from them.Also all the new reissue vehicles are brand new molds. So anybody citing vehicles as being fake is a giant retard.
>>11667084I'll also add that MSMITHTMNT on Instagram is the source with his watermark on the leak images. He does not post fake leaks. He's a verifiable source in the TMNT community.
>>11667093you doth protest to much methinks. Regardless nothing is lost if we just assume this is fake and gay because it'll happen anyway right? So why give a flying shit we doubt it?
>>11667093>He does not post fake leaks.He does though
>>11666926>Nick wouldn't let Mattel make He-man Turtles unless you could make them look like regular Turtles by removing the armorExcept neither version of Mikey had completely removable armor, so that claim is a load of bullshit. The first Mikey had the battle armor with the H as his torso, and the second one had a metallic breastplate for the torso. It was one of my only complaints about the line apart from some of the exclusives being a bitch to get.
>>11667084>>11667123>>11667196Damn you incels just cry about anything huh?
>>11667084>Because Playmates is brand partners with Hasbro and has the MMPR license from them.would be kind of funny if Hasbro gets the TMNT license then just sublicenses it right back to Playmates
>>11667123Why give a shit enough to try and pick it apart? It makes one sound like a salty Neca fan.
>>11667143Post 5 examples with links
>>11666541Playmates for sure made this so they could cry to Viacom about the Mattel MOTU crossover.>"They can't do that! We do retro style articulated crossovers based on 80's toylines!"
>>11667256Everything he posts is fake
>>11667255It makes you sound like a complete dumbass. Maybe work on that.
>>11665373that punch dagger thing fits in the pocket. The one that looks like a deformed piece of pizza.
>>11667270You needlessly angry about another toy company.
>>11667294I'm not angry about any toy company. You're the one attacking people over nothing.
Hear me out, does Playmates need any kind of master license to just license the property for occasional crossover slop? Sort of like how Mattel managed to for MOTU? Like for example, a Joe crossover? A Power Rangers crossover? A Godzilla crossover?
>>11667296Where did I?
>>11666541I'd like to get a comic outta this.
>>11667297McFarlane bought the license that Loyal Subjects was using, so the amount of licenses out there are pretty limited.Mattel owns MoTU, so that license that Mattel was using was specifically jsut for a cross over.Playmates doesn't really own any IPs that are worth crossing over for. They have a bunch of baby shit and that's it. So they'd have to ask permission to make a cross over on behalf of the IP owner and that's unlikely.
>>11667416>that's unlikelyI named 3, all of which happened or is happening.
>>11667443who made the power rangers cross over though?
>>11667255Because we want to see if we get a better counter argument than "dude trust me" which we haven't.
>>11667260As said before, it's very likely one of the major reasons Viacom is taking away the license is due to PM's bitching about whenever a company is making something resembling the vintage figures the slightest.>"Viacom, Super7 is copying our vintage figure designs!">"Viacom, Joytoy is making stuff similar to our vintage figures!"
>>11667475All the toy news sites are currently reporting it as legitimate. What's your counter?
>>11668008They've reported false shit before
Stooooocked up
>>11668008oh "all of them"?better luck next time.
>>11666541These look like Carlos Espinoza TMNT/Joe customs but shitty. Is this AI generated stuff with a filter over it? >>11668008What ones are you following?
>>11668008Just to play devil's advocate, TNI are reporting it as a "supposed new line" because it is still an unconfirmed rumor with no official announcement. I trust them much more than the hacks at Toy Habits or most of the YouTube grifters.
>>11668046>>11668046>>11668102>>11668104Again, as cited up above, the source is Msmithtmnt on Instagram, a person who regularly has confirmed leaks that Pixel Dan has used as a source before. It's extremely unlikely to be false. The images even show parts reuse from those new remastered figures. The Cobra Commander Shredder has the same shitty hands that don't really hold his weapons. There's no reason to disbelieve the leak. They even have the same Asian writing on the pics that the remastered turtles leaks have.
>>11668233>source is Msmithtmnt on InstagramA faggot loser that nobody believes. Nobody cares about your loser boyfriend.
>>11668235Pixel Dan believes him to be legit and commented on his post about the G.I. Joe crossover. Playmates contacted him and asked him to pull down the leak photos. Why would they do that if they weren't real?Here's a screenshot with Dan in it.
>>11668239Also a screenshot of Playmates admitting that the leaks are real and that it wasn't supposed to be announced. Likely Hasbro was saving it for a future G.I. Joe livestream reveal.
>>11668239Stop talking about your boyfriend. Nobody believes him.
>>11668251Couldn't refute the source, could you?
>>11668257The source being your ass?
>>11668243Unless that is doctored, that makes it pretty official. I bet Playmates deliberately leaked it so that everyone stops talking about their impending demise.>>11668257He's just jealous of your boyfriend. His boyfriend doesn't give him cool scoops like yours does.
>>11668084>all those BMO plushiesI wanna fuck the shit out of BMO
>>11668263>cool scoopsThat's not how you spell photoshopped lies.
>>11668263Oh Playmates is in even worse shape if it's real. They're not going to make any money off that at all, considering it won't sell. Plus any licensing fees to Hasbro. They really will be dead by the end of the year with poor decisions like this.
>>11668269>They're not going to make any money off that at all, considering it won't sellRetailers will buy it just on the basis that these will potentially be some of the last TMNT figures to ever be made by Playmates. Once they sell it to retailers it won't matter if it rots on the shelves.
What is it about this IP that causes people to lash out at each other with petty snipes and childish insults?
>>11668315It's just brandwars.This thread would be worse if a Japanese company were involved.
>>11668315What are you talking about? >>11668330Why are you replying to yourself? All I'm seeing is some anon mad no one here will believe his made up bait.
>>11668422Talking about yourself?
The trunk playsets pretty good when it's on sale.
>>11666926I mean... You can't exactly say this, when they did a Godzilla crossover. You can't un-godzilla Leonardo.
>>11666542Notice that they made April O'Neil white and not an obese black woman.
can anyone recommend any rising stands that would best fit my Mezco TMNT figures? Something that'll allow leg room for poses?
>>11668907Are there even any black female GIJoe's?
>>11668264i'm tempted too. hope they go on sale. they look really cute, and the face is glow in the darki dont wanna fuck bmo but i like bmo.
>>11668944Id say to get it before it sells out for good. Also i got a 15$ plush of BMO made by jazwares from a gamestop the other day. That one doesnt have the GITD face tho
>>11668994jazwares does plushes? neatyeah Iunno, I have to start thinking 'do i need it?' because I don't see my financial situation improving... ever. unless my health finally goes over the limit where it's easier to get disability.
>>11668996Sleeping with a plush helps me, i think she was only 20$ from target anyways>unless my health finally goes over the limit where it's easier to get disability.Hope things get better for you anon
>>11668996They got the AT license back just for plushes. They released a Finn and Jake pretty recently.
>>11668839Bit of an aside here but I suspect playmates' plan post-turtles is going to rely heavily on GvK and Hasbro. You're going to see their turtles team get tasked with Godzilla merchandise, and aside from just importing bandai vinyls, you can expect to see playmates try and get a godzilla collector line going too. I wouldnt put it past them to localize that ongoing godzilla line everyone's raving about now. As for hasbro, I wouldnt be surprised to see playmates cover o-ring gi joes. They'ed be half the price of super7's releases with more accessories. Joefags would lose their minds.
>>11666541Not how I was expecting to get the Midshipman Mike that was missing from this pack >>11666886
>>11668940Shooter, Doctor, some Iron Grenadier lady from a convention set, and some black female pilot also from a convention set. There was probably a few others, but they're not iconic.
>>11669019that'd be nice to have i suppose. remind myself of the good days.
I hope Mattel gets them. Not for the crossovers or anything. But because Mattel likes making BIG figures.>They re-release the old playmates line>Characters like Tokka and Rahzar are actually taller than the turtles.>Characters like Dogpound, Mutagen Man and all the rest will have accurate size differences with the turtles.
>>11669022Which Godzilla line are you referring to? (That everyone’s raving about)I think Playmates have done a decent job with the Monsterverse line over the last couple years, but if it got the attention to detail and collector-focus that Turtles have had, this could be a big deal.
>>11669127Blake from Toycollectr is saying it's Mattel
>>11669127>DogpoundI'm pretty sure they'd go the Origins route and start with vintage Playmates-inspired before doing shows.Though one issue is that as opposed to Origins where most of the vintage figures had the same proportions, there are a shitload of TMNT characters that need distinctive body scuplts.
>>11669127And a chance for more Turtles vehicles to get made into Hot Wheels. I want the Battle Shell from the 4kids show get a Hot Wheels car.
>>11669586Pic related. Importing this collection would be a massive and easy win for them and collectors alike. I think they've done a decent job with Monsterverse aswell, but if the time to up their game is now. There's a half hearted quality to their monsterverse releases upto this point. Not to say the figures are bad, but they're certainly underpainted. At this point they really should aim to compete against Mattel's JP/JW offerings. If they want to retain the hold on the market they had with turtles, that'd be a good place to start with.>but if it got the attention to detail and collector-focus that Turtles have had, this could be a big deal.Exactly!Gi Joe could be another tentpole win for them too if they fixate on satisfying collector demand for o-ring stuff. Nobody would turn down a <10$ vintage styled Gi Joe in this economy.
>>11669588He's usually got pretty solid sources inside the industry. He was the one that gave us the news on the Gargoyles line being cancelled.>>11669595>Though one issue is that as opposed to Origins where most of the vintage figures had the same proportionsThey are doing 200x at the moment, and most of the figures rarely share parts. Even ones like MAA who we thought would be mostly reuse has new parts that most of us fully expected to be plucked from He-man.
>>11666541>Blake confirmed these are real and were shown back in September >all of this effort put in before Playmates knew the rug was going to be pulled out from under them and the license was to be taken away>Playmates is 100% out of TMNT in 2027 per someone in Playmates>these might not even make it out nowCouldn't have happened to a better company
>>11669717I thought these looked cool and ordered one. Had no idea they are like HG gachapon sized things. Really small. Not what I was expecting.
>>11668996Heres a pic of the jazwares plushie of BMO that i got a few days back. Ill post a pic of the back of the tag but when i read the tag again it seems this BMO is a gamestop exclusive
>>11669858And heres a pic of the back of the tag in case anyone wants gamestop to scan it to see if they have any of BMO in store or if any surrounding stores have her in stock.
>>11668267>Blake confirmed it's realBetter luck next time.
>>11669745Seems to be how things work now. The employees find out that their license is being dropped or their division is laid off at the same time as the general public.Often well inside the time frame of a huge project too. They just get a surprise one day and the house of cards falls apart.
>>11669745They’ll be out before July you fucking retard
>>11669717>toys that fall apart when you try to articulate themPass. They need to just import the soft vinyl figures. They’d fly off shelves.
>>11669869Haven't some people been laid off on like Twitter?
>>11669588Mattel getting the license would be kino. >DC crossover >Thundercats crossover>WWE crossover>Jurassic Park crossover>Street Sharks crossover>Another MOTU crossoverMattel has shown they're not afraid to do vehicles and playsets. And they'd for sure do '87 cartoon Turtles.
You sure are doing everything you can with this
>>11669930Hopefully they sub-license TMNT to Playmates to continue reissuing vintage figures and vehicles to be more cost effective. Then just focus on new stuff or takeover the classic remasters and turn it into TMNT Origins instead of what playmates was attempting.
>>11669930>>Jurassic Park crossoverWatch it be Jurassic World.
>>11669943I'd think this could turn into a potential McFarlane situation, where even when it was stated he was losing the DC license he managed to delay things and try everything he could to keep part of it. Mattel didn't have any figures ready yet, and since McFarlane already had a line in production, he got to negotiate an extra year for a transition to Mattel. And we've yet to see who has the TMNT license or their figures, so there could be wiggle room for Playmates to delay.
>>11669963>Mattel didn't have any figures ready yetI still say this doesn't bode well for the future.
>>11669963I don't think they would have announced it themselves if it weren't pretty damn certain.
>>11669963He got 6 month extension to push out his figures already in production. Mattel has their collector line ready do go into production In July. Their kids line releases that month.
>>11669984When does todds license for DC figures end?
>>11669984How do you know this? What scale is Mattel?
I'm unfamiliar with how this stuff works, would Playmates keep all their molds? Meaning whoever gets the license can't keep doing vintage releases?
>>11670022Playmates owns the molds. So that’s the end of the vintage releases unless they sell them to another company. Which is possible but the reality is they probably don’t even know where most of those molds are in the warehouse and were slowly finding them over the last couple years so whatever hasn’t been released is just gonna rot in storage forever now.
>>11670033Damn. Was hoping for a Cyber Samurai re-issue.
>>11670033nta Have we already gotten a large portion of the vintage rereleases?
>>11670038Oh my no, we're like, two or three years in, and thats just the stuff that isn't a million turtle variants.
>>11670036>Cyber SamuraiAwesome subline.
>>11670036Even this 1994 line got Bebop but not Rocksteady.
>>11670043I always wondered how they would have given him a removable chest/mask with that huge snout.
>>11669943Nope. Playmates is 100% out. They will have no fingers in TMNT going forward. Per the anonymous employee.
>>11670051So... McFarlane is taking some of it?
>>11670051Does this leaker explain why olaymates is loosing the license? Thats the question thats been really bugging me
>>11669986The end of this year. >>116699896.5 same as the kids line.
What else does Playmates do other than TMNT?
>>11669930>>11669957How would that even work? Make it a licensed update of Dino Turtles? What about the park's dinosaurs being female? Would they become reptilian hermaphrodites?
>>11670082Your momBut seriously their godzilla figures are really good
>>11670082Monsterverse, Winx, and Power Rangers were listed in the press release. And I think they can still do Voltron; they re-released the classic version in a box set last year.
Apparently Playmates is launching something called Dungeon Crawler Carl this year too. Whatever that is.
>>11670082Nothing really of note other than those MMPR figures everyone likes to slag on and Monsterverse. And Miraculous Ladybug.
>>11670090>Dungeon Crawler Carl This nigga is getting isekai'd next year
>>11670083>>11669957>>11669930Mattel owns Extreme Dinosaurs, use them to relaunch the Dino-Turtles.
>>11670085They are not
>>11670095Some of them are.
>>11670095What? You don't like your Frost Vark or Drown Viper figures?
>>11670082Autoimmune disorders
>>11670097Thank you boco for backing me up>>11670098Nta but yeah, the new kaiju/titans are actually my favorite to collect
>>11669717Jorby has convinced me to change godzilla companies from SH to whoever the other one is that he likes now.not that i'm collecting these, but I know what I'd get if I were
>>11669858i think i like that mouth better. size?>>11669957sadly it probably would be
>>11670041totes. wish super7 got to do it. Like rework it a bit, make them look more intentional.
>>11670092>aw jeez i'm in a faantasy world, I dunno if I'm ready to see boobs yet. I hope the Loc-nar doesn't get me..
If Mattel DOES end up with the license and does TMNT Origins featuring the Street Sharks and Extreme Dinosaurs along with their foes as guests a la Sun Man in MOTU Origins, would they have to be completely redesigned to fit the vintage Playmates aesthetic?
>>11670128BMOs body is about 5-6 inches tall>>11670132Id love to see carl and sheen end up in a heavy metal reboot
>>11670142ah so even smaller than the GitD one. i mean that's fine, but..
>>11670138I mean, none of that is going to happen. Mattel wouldn't do them to fit origins either, that doesn't make sense.
>>11670155funny since mattel is involved in the tmnt toys' origins.. indirectly. The sculptors were ex-mattel, laid off after the end of he-man
>>11670155Could you stop trying to derail the thread?
>>11670238And then those ex-mattel sculptors went on to Playmates back to Mattel and made like, Street Sharks and Extreme Dinosaurs. The guy who sculpted Chie went onto do most of the Extreme Dinosaur sculpts.Like, the three series are related to each other in more ways than one.
>>11670255kickass, that doesn't surprise me but i didn't know that. the original street sharks toys really had that detailed fun, bulging veins, crusty crustacean armor.. the new ones don't seem to have nailed it, and Ripster's face just looks wrong head-on.
>>11670261I think they just reused the molds from the 90s, and just added articulation.
>>11670262they 1000% didn't
>>11670264Maybe they used thicker material that's hiding some of the detail?
>>11670269look at them side by side. surely someone's done comparisons.
>>11670252Take your meds schizo, nobody is derailing shit.
>>11670238So what? There's tons of shared sculptors in the biz. That doesn't mean your crack pipe fanservice is going to happen.
>>11670290and yet you replied.>>11670291>So what?I started with 'funny' and that is so what. it's funny.
>>11670294And yet you replied.
>>11670296because I believe in you, anon. I think you're real.
>>11670290>>11670291Settle down. Maybe NECA will have a new announcement soon that will dominate the conversation. Something to replace the Universal Monsters crossover since that is being put on indefinite hiatus.
>>11670308Boo! I want my Metaluna Krang.
NECA JUST LOST THEIR TMNT LICENSE TOOWHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?
>>11670312that's not good. I still need movie 2 splinter.
>>11670312Big if true, but I don't habeeb it.Post sauce.
>>11670312Saw that too but I’m waiting from an official announcement from neca before freaking out. IF it is true something major has happened at paramount
>>11670312Came to post this. >>11670321Turtlefag doesn’t usually lie.
Not seeing anything about it.
I'll have you someday, healthy ratdad
>Godzilla x Ninja Turtles starts as a comic, ends up getting figures>Power Rangers x Ninja Turtles starts as a comic, ends up getting figures>He-Man x Ninja Turtles start as a comic, gets figures>Street Sharks x Ninja Turtles comic is in the works, ?????
>>11670341>Street Sharks x Ninja Turtles comic is in the works, Source? I know IDW is doing a SS series.
>>11670343One of the artist for both runs released that image of Raph and Jab.
>>11670341The Sharks decked in ninja gear and "sharkified" versions of the turtles weapons facing off against monstrous Slash/FF Dark Turtles-esque half-shark turtles. Also Shredder in a mixture of him and Piranoid's armors and a mutated version of Piranoid bursting out of his suit.
>>11670344JawsomeDoes anyone have the screenshot of anon saying he was going to buy 2 ripsters when he was announced just to break one over his sisters head for breaking his as a kid and the followup post a year and a half later when he actually did it?
>>11670347Piranoid gives Shredder this makeover.
>>11670349Wut
>>11670349No but that's fucking amazing. Kek
>>11670349For the love of god someone find this
>>11670349>>11670355No screenshot of the original post, but I found it in the archive.https://archive.palanq.win/toy/thread/10908927/#10908946
>>11670349>>11670355I forgot to say, I am looking for the follow up post now.
>>11670349>>11670355Part 2https://archive.palanq.win/toy/thread/11468276/#11468580
>>11670341You love being wrong
>>11670332Because it's fake
>>11670341why do people have so much trouble with this?the turtles are tiny. they're five foot nothin., or five foot not much, depending.the street sharks have human sized legs and then gigantic, half-a-car-sized upper bodies. This is not to scale, and Jab is one of the SMALLER sharks.
>>11670349>>11670360>>11670364HAHAHAHAHAHA
>>11670349yeah this is just not a good front view... the proportions seem quite off.>>11670371cathartic. but we must remember the real problem isn't little sisters, it's permissive parents who restricted the fuck out of you and then let the cute little girl do whatever she wanted, because cute and pretty and they didn't have the heart to tell her no.
>>11670369And this probably doesn't go far enough, actually, due to how hunched Raph is and how Jab is standing up straight.
>>11670371Now that is jawsome
>>11670371Holy kek. It's beautiful. An absolute masterpiece.
>>11670371Guys I’m not so sure I want the street shark chads in our community
>>11670369What if it's supposed to be the Raph from Rise Of? The one that's as big as like, Tokka normally is.
>>11670382doesn't look like Rise Raph. Looks like.... well, the 2k3 design but with ankle straps. which is to say, the basic mirage/movie look
>>11670373>little sisterAccording to the thread it was his older sister
>>11670384I MAY HAVE been projecting a little there.But also, all girls are little sisters. we're basically a hair away from being bagworms. females don't really become adults, not properly.
>>11670308I really wish they'ed gotten a Monsterex made while the line was chugging along in full swing. I'd rather get than than the siamese turtle anyways. I guess Loosecollector could do it. Lugosi and Karloff's versions of Drac and Frankie lapsed this year.
>>11670398finally! all those flat-headed frankensteins can be free!
>>11670398It's all still coming out, so who knows what else they do.
>>11670400Im surprised more people didnt make a big deal of it desu. Some suspect Universal had the news outlets keep quiet about it. Your guess is as good as mine as to the motivation there.>>11670401For everyone's sake I just hope the two krangs get made. It'd be a major tragedy if neither of them saw the light of day.
>>11670402i think...."hey, a thing that popculture hasn't been allowed to use for the entire history of kinda wanting to and feeling like it SHOULD be public domain, but isn't.. finally is!" in 2026 is kind of a fart on the wind, yknow. It's so, SO far past where it could bring us any happiness.
>>11670401Trevor said the Metaluna Krang and Siamese Turtle are not coming out anytime in the near future because they couldn't fit them into the $37ish price bracket, and no other figures are in development beyond the concept art stage.
>>11670425Wrong. They are still coming out, they are only pushed back while they figure out the pricing. The tariff bullshit fucked everything up.
>>11670427exactly according to keikaku
>>11670430Shut the fuck up
>>11670427Wrong. That not what Trevor said. Stop making things up.
I'll toss this out there, Hasbro has started making kids versions of different properties with exaggerated proportions packed with vintage TMNT style weapons racks. It could easily mean Hasbro is picking up the Turtles license.
>>11670447wow, complete with lack of scale. Truly Playmates' spirit lives on.
>>11670447>>11670448The Star Wars versions. Note the weapon rack.
>>11670447ghost-spider is such a fucking stupid name.. did spider-ghost not occur to her? howbout 'cobweb' if you want to maintain a spooky theme.
>>11670470the funniest thing to me is that the preschool spidey show needed to give miles a distinct superhero name so that he's not also called spider-man and somehow they settled on "spin"
>>11670447>>11670454im cautiously optimistic. Maybe some designs will be interesting or ruined
>>11670490They should have made him an antisocial hermit and called him Brown Recluse.
>>11670490honestly the least stupid option I can think of. there's no good answer. he was designed to replace spider-man, but people are NOT having that. but they like him because black and red looks cool, so they wanna keep him.. but he has no superhero name.
>>11670433You actually have no idea what you're talking about. Stop talking.
>>11670599You are actually full of shit.https://youtu.be/fqfUwJMCsEc33.00 mark is when Veebs asks him about them. He says "right now we're cooling off on these" and he talks about how they wouldn't fit in the $37 price point.He does says that "nothing's ever cancelled" and "hopefully at some point we will get them out" and "maybe in a year or two" but that's what an indefinite hiatus is. And then he ends that part of the interview with "that's where we're at with these."No more for now. Which is why they aren't on the 12 days checklist but giant Krang is, because while talking about the toon line he said they still plan to release giant Krang if they can do it for a reasonable price, which was obvious code for "if the tariff situation improves." There is nothing remotely hinted at about tariffs or "figuring out the pricing" during the TMNT Universal Monsters part of the discussion.I will stop talking when you stop lying.
>>11670637In other words, you have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Is English your second language? Sure must be.And it all has to do with the tariffs you smoothbrained child. Stop lying already. You're very bad at it.
I opened these guys last night. I've been on an unboxing spree. Feels good.
>>11670637Speaking of. Pixel Dan thinks Neca may lose the Turtles license just like Playmates Hasbro or Mattel have the license, they're going to want to do an adult collector line along with a kids line.
>>11670796You are reeeeally struggling with that lie, aren't ya? Get a life.
>>11670514>but he has no superhero name.gwen is sort of in that category, as much as marvel has tried to push ghost spider people still just call her spider-gwen
>>11670804That's not a struggle, Pixel Dan says it in this video:https://youtu.be/s5fUKy4Tp6k?si=--mieitxf4Gbe5irAnybody doing adult collector lines, could be screwed if Hasbro wants to do a TMNT Black Series, or Mattel wants to do TMNT Masterverse. Or even in the off chance that McFarlane has the license. With DC, McFarlane tried to expand into the kids market, even though he didn't have DC for the kids license, by doing Super Powers. McFarlane would probably do both kids and collector figures. Any other Turtle lines at retail could end.
>>11670831He doesn't say that in the video. You are a liar and a moron. None of what you said has any basis in reality, and shows how little you understand the situation and the relationship these companies have. You are an embarrassment.
>>11670371Saved
>>11670838>a liar and a moron.That's this whole fucking thread. Anon does not know to to make any of this look organic.
>>11670831>McFarlane tried to expand into the kids market, even though he didn't have DC for the kids license, by doing Super PowersNo.
>>11670490>100+ spider species on record>nobody at marvel could come up with a single decent optionIt's baffling how inept they are. I mean even if you dont want to take cues from real spider species, just about anything + spider could have worked. "Wolf Spider", "Arachnode", and possibly the most obvious option that everyone managed to overlook in "Anansi".
>>11670821indeed, this is the first i've heard 'ghost spider'she's also gwenpool, right?
>>11670988right? Anansi would be perfect. if you're trying to, yknow, engender positivity toward the pigmented, STICK WITH AFRICA. africa has cool shit in it that people like and find interesting.if everybody hated white people (I mean like, they do officially, but), you wouldn't be like, busting out appalachian moonshine culture or ultra square pipe-smoking 50s dads as your symbolism, you'd be going vikings and lumberjacks and uh, the monarchy. COOL stuff from the place of origin, not lame stuff from the current cesspool.
>>11670454At least it's not orange or something.
>try to get the new chrome dome via its DPCI that i found online but target said its street dated for the 11thWhy does target have their own non manufacturer street dates and why are they so militant about them?
>>11671092Because they're doing the after christmas resets soon. It's-supposed- to guarantee they have the product for the set, so it isn't bare shelves. It's stupid anyway.
>>11671092lawyers. it's always lawyers.
>>11671096Why do they reset half way into the month? They shouldve had new product out before christmas anyways but all theyve done is have bare shelves for half of a month.
>>11670780AW FUCK ANDRE THE GIANT'S MAKING A RUN IN
Can't believe he still trying to derail the thread.Anyways, Mattel, buy the turtles, make the Sharks vs Turtles crossover.
>>11670780I don't mean to pick on you specifically.Do you guys recycle?
>>11671120The boxes and shit?
>>11671123For the figures, yeh.
>>11671120in a lot of places, recycling is a complete scam and they don't do anything. Where I live though, they do. so I recycle.
>>11671119You are delusional
>>11671100
>Dr.Paradigm and Shredder team up>BETRAYAL!>Paranoid makes Shredder into Shark Shredder>the turtles and the sharks team up
>>11671126For the longest time I saved all my boxes. But yeah, lately all the cardboard goes in the recycling bin.
>>11671135I'm not sure Shredder would fall for that. It's a nice idea though. Paranoid could mess up one of the other humans. Baxter maybe.
>>11671135Yeah, not happening.
>>11671135A few years ago I drew a design for a Mecho-Shark Shredder. Now I'm wondering what option would fit him best. Seaviate? Cyborg? Maybe both? Shredder as a street urchin could be neal.
>>11671139Dunno. Paranoid is more educated than Shredder. Dude had a whole city believe the Street Sharks where the villains for years.
>The Sharks and Turtles beat Pirahnoid and Shark-Shredder>Triceratons invade>The Extreme Dinosaurs come to help
>>11671157>He-Man teleports in via dimensional portal to assist
>>11671135he'd be pretty rad as a shark, but I feel like there's another, better, more unique option for him to be gene-slammed intoalso you forgot>Paradigm uses the mutagen ooze to make his gene-slapping even more quick and effectivethough it depends what version this is, if shredder has access to ooze.>>11671139>>11671149I don't think it'd be a betrayal, I think Shredder would make an offhand comment about Piranoid's might and he'd get all awkward science geek about it and think "well if he thinks i'm cool, I can hook him up" and before Shredder can say anything, he's gene-slammed
>>11671162>EAT THE PIZZA HE-MAN>Skeletor body checks him
>>11671165ooh, OOH!ISOPOD!it's got his helmet already, it's got a bunch of claws...Could also have Piranhoid gaining access to extracted DNA from a sea scorpion fossil. sea scorpions are feckin cool.
Is there really more than one person here who knows the names of Street Shark characters? This is all gibberish.
>>11671192Don't get me started on Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.
>>11671192Oh they're all full of shit, you can be sure of that.
>>11671192Ripster, Streex, Jab, Big Slammu, Dr.Pirahnoid, Slash, Slobster, Killermari, Moby Lick, Bends, Roxx, Clammando, Tentakill, Shrimp Louie, Manta Man, El Swordo.Bonus:T-Bone, Spike, Stegz, Bullzeye, Chedrah, Porquipine, Ditto, Hardrock, Ridge, Badrap, Haxx, Spittor.
>>11671209
>>11670642>Is English your second language?Is it yours, or do you just hear muh tariffs when someone says the figures wouldn't fit in the $37 price point? Does "$37 price point" translate to "tariff" in Arabic?They are done for now. Even if those last two were getting produced, they have no more in development past the initial design phase. Anyone with a brain can understand why the last two were scrapped for not fitting the $37 price point, and all you have to do is look at how the majority of the line won't even sell on clearance. Mummy Mikey has been half price at BBTS for a year, and they still can't get rid of it. It's over. Keep coping like you have to whenever a NECA line gets cancelled.
>>11671209>remembers El Swordo>forgets RepteelReally?
>>11671228I'm sorry you failed to understand anything they were saying in the video. I guess your 4th grade English class hasn't helped huh? They are not done, nor are they scrapped, you pitiful dip. They are having to wait to get them to cost out. It happens. It is all tariffs fucking things up now more than ever. Seethe more.
>>11671232>They are having to wait to get them to cost out.That is not what Trevor said.And since english is you second language, let's try Google translate so hopefully you'll understand this.هذا ليس ما قاله تريفور. إطلاقاً. اصمت يا أحمد، وإلا سأريك حذائي.
>>11671242Oh yeah I can totally agree that おしっこうんち is to blame.
>>11671209wasn't it killAmari?
>>11671228i'm just now realizing tariff probably is an arabic word>Tareeef don't like it! Rock the cash bar, rock the cash bar
>>11671146If they want a Mirage homage, maybe a megalodon in armor?
>>11671242Oh how cute, you're actually fucking retarded. No, that is what Trevor said. You need to pull your head from your ass already. You already smell like shit.
>>11671258Wowee, you're a fucking moron
>>11671278Trevor said that the figures didn't fit the $37 price point.He didn't mention tariffs. He didn't say they were waiting to cost things out or any of your made up fantasy garbage. If you can smell shit, it's likely just your breath blowing back in you face because your words are pure bullshit.
>>11671283for making an etymology gag and a funny song lyric? christ, anon, lighten up
>>11671322He's really moody because the TMNT Universal Monsters line has been cancelled, so he's lashing out. And it was a terrible gag, but you were spot on about the etymology of the word. Sorry for not throwing a (You) your way. I shouldn't get so invested in arguing with the autist that wants to spread false information. I should be used to it after he tried to claim the Gargoyles and Dinosaurs lines weren't dead.
>>11671348man i really wish gargoyles wasn't dead but I also kinda wish someone else would take a crack, and ... yknow, that I hadn't gone all in on these.
Elmo's gonna have to save NECA when they lose the turtle license.
>>11671349I don't fully regret buying them. I'm happy the Manhattan Clan got completed, but I would have bought more if they made them. I doubt Disney will let someone else have a crack like that small company making the Robocop bad guys.
>>11671357yeahh it's amazing it happened at all, even with the compromisesi just wish i was a toy designer so the designs could actually be good.
>>11671309The tariffs are why they aren't fitting you fucking retard. They have to wait to cost them out. Pay fucking attention dipshit.
>>11671348You're the only one spreading false information shit for brains.
>>11671348>TMNT Universal Monsters line has been cancelledWhich it hasn't.
>>11671009>she's also gwenpool, right?Sort of. After they made Spider-Gwen, Marvel decided to make special covers with Gwen Stacy as various other Marvel characters. When the Gwenpool design got popular and Marvel decided they wanted to use her in actual comics and potentially in merchandising/media, they realized they would have to separate her from Gwen Stacy so that they wouldn't have to deal with Sony. So officially Gwenpool is an unrelated person who just happens to also be named Gwen.
>>11671405ahhhh I see. that's almost retro.
>>11671386>The tariffs are why they aren't fitting you fucking retard.They actually showed ithem next to Drac Shredder at SDCC. Do you think they could release figures as big as that for $37 even without the tariff situation? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.And you think you can call me a retard. You clearly need state help to change your shitty diaper everyday. >>11671387Obvious retarded lying samefag. >>11671388Obvious samefag mainlining copium.Trevor couldn't even say "we've got some surprises we were hoping to show off later in the year." Instead it was "that's where we're at."Maybe in two years they will un-cancel the line. Once stores have unloaded all the existing figures gathering dust on the shelves despite being on clearance.
>>11671417Keep showing your ass. Yes, they could have, just like they have before. If not for your orange hero they wouldn't have had the same problems costing things out. Tariffs made everything cost more, and now everyone suffers for it. Good job, retard.
>>11671417Hmmmmmm, wonder why prices on things have gone up. Wonder, wonder, wonder. What could it possibly be? It'd take a genius to figure it out, hmmmm.
>>11671537>Yes, they could haveZog is about the same size, had less parts, and a less intensive deco.And was at the $50 deluxe price. Long before the tariffs.So if they could have done those two figures at a basic figure price point, then they should have sold Zog at the $35 price point. NECA ripped me off by charging me $50 for a figure that should have been only $35. What scumbags.The other option is that you are full of shit trying to claim that figures that big would have fit the $35 price point. Which is it?>Tariffs made everything cost moreIf tariffs were what pushed the price for those two from the basic price point to a $50 deluxe, then every basic figure getting announced would now be at the $50 deluxe price. That isn't what happened, and you are absolutely delusional for trying to claim that it did. The 2012 Turtles figs are $37.99. The newest Mirage figures are $39.99. That $3-$5 increase from what a regular NECA figure used to cost? That's the tariff.>your orange hero>Good job, retard.I don't like him, nor did I vote for him, you delusional cunt. Of course you are a fucking retard that tries to make the fact that I'm not going to tolerate your blatant lying a political matter.You are grasping at straws, nothing you say has any basis in reality, and your desperate attempt to claim that the line hasn't been cancelled is easily dismissed by watching two minutes of an interviewer with a NECA designer.Shut the fuck up. Stop replying. You are only embarrassing yourself further.
>>11671600Not what was being said, Linkara. Hmmmmmmmm. Sorry to burst your bubble, Lightbringer, but nobody is saying the tariffs don't make things more expensive. The average increase is 15-20%. Hmmmmmmm.Which I'd seen in the current prices of figures in the NECA store, hmmmmm.It doesn't cause the figures to jump to the deluxe price point during manufacturing, or we would be seeing every figure at the $50 price point from now on, hmmmmmmmmm.Now be a condescending faggot elsewhere.
>>11671228pI just wanted to chime in, that since we're discussing Neca, that Scott Neitlich, a former Mattel brand manager criticized Neca recently, saying that their fans had to convince themselves that their are figures statues that you were never supposed to take out of the box, adding that this is why they always break, and Neca collectors had to change their mindset and convince themselves that it's a good thing.@7:37 he says it:https://youtu.be/KSWvcU4elE8?si=fZpb9zPp2CX2oAJa
>>11671348I never liked that the Universal Monsters used the movie April likeness, and decided not to collect solely on the fact that April wasn't hot enough. I felt like they shit the bed hard on that one.
>>11671659So you posted a video from a known liar and mega retard that is the laughing stock of the toy community and...what? What reaction do you think you'll get? You're a bigger moron than Scott apparently. Nobody listens to Scott.
>>11671661Well they didn't, your bizarre hangups are a huge you problem. Work on that.
Hey, what briefly happened in the Image run of TMNT and why is it generally not very well liked?
>>11671659>posting Scott Neitlich unironically
>>11671702>what briefly happened in the Image run of TMNT and why is it generally not very well liked?They tried to make TMNT darker and more edgy. All the Turtles were physically altered and traumatized. Leonardo lost a hand and used a claw, Donatello became a cyborg, Raphael wore a metal mask over facial damage, Michelangelo got all edgy, Splinter was killed. It was just out of character stuff and read like bad fanfic.
>>11671904>Splinter was killed.Turned into a vampire. Funny thing, Mirage wanted him to die, but Volume 3's writer refused.
>>11671619he's also not real>>11671661i didnt find her that cute as a kid, and I do still prefer paige turco, but god DAMN did judith hoag age well. Damn.
