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Originally Posted by Donnie
They look great. Spot-on Mirage figures. I'm still baffled that we are getting an Elite Guard before Splinter, though.
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It's because they can use the same base body for Casey, Shredder and both styles of Foot Ninjas. So like the turtles they just need to give them different head sculpts, accessories and (this time) clothes. It makes it easier to justify the costs of production as the body cost is split between 4 figures. Splinter would be 100% unique sculpt so his production costs would be a lot higher.
Not saying we won't see him eventually, just that Mondo would have to be sure the support for the line is there enough to support the figure.
Gotta admit these look very nice. Honestly, I want them all but I don't have the same amount of space or disposable income I did back when I got the Turtles. I still think Shredder is a must, but the others I guess I'll have to see how things look when they go up for pre-order.