I recently picked up the new Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shellraiser and had to snap a few quick pics. These kind of show off how this vehicle is practically a small playset for your figures, as you can find a place for each of them plus a bad guy and make a really nice display. The last pic shows just how large this thing is – it barely fit in my lightbox!
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As much as I love what Playmates is doing with their Nickolodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lines (stay tuned for some quick pics from Talyn coming up tomorrow), I have a special place in my collection for the NECA TMNT figures from a few years back. I had a picture of my TMNT setup from back when I added tap lights to my display cubes, but that picture was from before I had April.
Since then, the shelf and figures had gotten pretty dusty, so I took the opportunity to clean them up and take a new picture. In this article, I’ll also show you what I did in Photoshop with the Levels tool to enhance the lighting effects for this particular shot.
The fabulous green foursome is back! Playmates has returned from obscurity with their bread and butter, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is something many were not sure would ever happen. Given the relatively lackluster performance of Playmates last big lines, Terminator Salvation and Star Trek, we wondered if Playmates was about to head the way of Kay*Bee and disappear forever. But fortunately for us, they did not.
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Unless you’ve been living in a sewer (groan, I know), you have probably heard that Nickelodeon is launching a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle animated series this Fall. In conjunction with the show, Playmates is launching an all-new line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys. They’ve sent us pics of their full product line of figures and vehicles, including the totally impressive Turtle Lair playset. We should see figures on shelves at all major retailers (Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart, and K-Mart) as well as select specialty retailers, beginning mid-August. And several mass and specialty on-line retailers will begin taking pre-orders as early as next Tuesday, July 10th.
We’ll start with the Classic line, as that is near and dear to our hearts. All text and images to follow are from Playmates except as noted.
Classic Collection Action Figures
The Classic Collection Action Figures reflect the look of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the 80’s TV show. Each Turtle stands 6 inches tall, features more than 30 points of articulation and is authentically detailed to appeal to the true action figure collector. Each Turtle will come with its core Ninja weapons and a personalized sewer lid cover name base. The Classic Collection Action Figures collection includes Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. (Ages 4+, $14.99 each, August 2012)
[Editor’s note – check out Veebee’s First Look – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classic Collection Donatello for a more in-depth look at the Classics Donatello.]
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A few years ago I got myself hyped up enough to go hit a Wal-Mart on Black Friday – and the closest one is about 40 minutes away. I didn’t have a plan or anything specific I was looking for, so it wasn’t a great use of my time. So even though I no longer venture out on these cold Black Fridays, that doesn’t stop me from looking for great toy deals online.
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