Original playmates rerelease at GameStop

[darthsmozers]

Looks cool!
https://www.superherohype.com/geek-c...rn-to-gamestop

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by darthsmozers

Looks cool!
https://www.superherohype.com/geek-c...rn-to-gamestop

The board members are discussing it in this thread: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...84#post1819084

[darthsmozers]

Ah, I assumed that thread was for another set...?

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by darthsmozers

Ah, I assumed that thread was for another set...?

It’s for both sets.

[cloud]

Originally Posted by mikey0

It’s for both sets.

Not it's not. The thread just got hijacked :p

This Playmates re-release deserves to have it's own thread.
I don't know if this set will sell well. Just don't find it as appealing as the comic book box set.
Perhaps if they did some colour variation. Gray scale would be cool

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

They should have included the weapons racks and spent more time on better packaging. This set is hot garbage that will wind up on clearance.

[mikey0]

The 1998 to 1999 re-releases were great in terms of getting weapon racks and figures with far better paint apps, but the 2009 25th anniversary had better packaging. The ‘98 to ‘99 purple brick cards could be as good as it gets for original Turtles re-releases.

[Jester]

I still have the 98 re-release MOC on my man cave wall... them and Panda Khan.

[mikey0]

Even the 1998 to 1999 re-releases were sold for more reasonable prices than these. Playmates is asking for almost $10 a turtle reissue and each turtle is missing the weapon rack they originally came with and paint apps close enough to the originals from 1988. That Raphael looks worst than some of the bootlegs released in different parts of the early 90s. It seems that as the 21st century goes on, the new Turtles re-releases makes you appreciate the last ones that came before them (in this case, the Classic Collection ones from the early to mid 2010s).

The late 1989 and 1990 first wave re-releases will be worth a whole lot more than any of the stuff from 1998 to now anyway. The front of the cards were the exact same ones as the ‘88s. 1990 was ultimately the year to be a Turtles fan. The soft heads and 2nd wave variants were still in the back-rooms and basements of small businesses while pop-up displays were at retailers at the start of the year. Also, the last impressive Turtles basic assortment toy variants (waves 4 and 5) were sold alongside the first ever re-releases (wave 1) by the end of ‘90.

[inaheap]

I thought this might be of interest. http://www.in2013dollars.com/2019-do...1988?amount=10

Basically the cost per turtle has not changed much since their original release. The originals did come with a few more weapons.

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by inaheap

I thought this might be of interest. http://www.in2013dollars.com/2019-do...1988?amount=10

Basically the cost per turtle has not changed much since their original release. The originals did come with a few more weapons.

The fans deserve better regardless of that fact. Playmates should have gone in a different direction with these like cloud and Latin Kings mentioned. The Raphael looks like it fall apart due to cheaper plastic. Everything about these re-releases is off. After the release of these in late November, I’m sure many casual adult toy buyers will be wondering where the villain 4 pack with Shredder, Rocksteady, Foot Soldier, and Bebop is (like TMNTFanatic4Life and I Crave Pizza No More were saying in the aforementioned thread). Whether you’re a collector of 80s toy reissues or a member of the latest generation, you still need bad guys for your four turtles to fight. This was a bad move for Playmates. All they had to do was release the Walmart 35th Anniversary exclusive 4 pack.

These will be on clearance just in time to be Christmas presents.

[TommyT]

Originally Posted by mikey0

The fans deserve better regardless of that fact. Playmates should have gone in a different direction with these like cloud and Latin Kings mentioned. The Raphael looks like it fall apart due to cheaper plastic. Everything about these re-releases is off. After the release of these in late November, I’m sure many casual adult toy buyers will be wondering where the villain 4 pack with Shredder, Rocksteady, Foot Soldier, and Bebop is (like TMNTFanatic4Life and I Crave Pizza No More were saying in the aforementioned thread). Whether you’re a collector of 80s toy reissues or a member of the latest generation, you still need bad guys for your four turtles to fight. This was a bad move for Playmates. All they had to do was release the Walmart 35th Anniversary exclusive 4 pack.

These will be on clearance just in time to be Christmas presents.

You may not now, but have you ever worked in the past for Playmates? If not them, who?

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by mikey0

The Raphael looks like it fall apart due to cheaper plastic. Everything about these re-releases is off.

They look ok to me, I don't see the cheaper plastic you're talking about. This is a basic release for casuals who just want to have the classic turtles and their main weapon and don't care about the packaging. This is not aimed at collectors or fans who are likely to already have these figures.
There's no reason to be angry with Playmates.

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by frank_one

They look ok to me, I don't see the cheaper plastic you're talking about. This is a basic release for casuals who just want to have the classic turtles and their main weapon and don't care about the packaging. This is not aimed at collectors or fans who are likely to already have these figures.
There's no reason to be angry with Playmates.

It could be the plastic molds used for the last Raphael reissues from 2013 and 2016. Difficult to tell from the press photos.

I’m not really angry with Playmates. These could have been handled a little differently though. I understand now that Playmates will be commemorating the release of their original Turtles figures from ‘88 in every time period within this century, but it seemed a bit unnecessary for them to do it with this release when the 2014 comic book turtle variants were given a redo. Everyone looks at the big picture differently, you know.

[DonnieLaForge]

A picture on some guy's table means they are out at Gamestop?
He may have gotten a promotional copy somehow.
In fact he says further down:

Got it through work, but it's a gamestop exclusive

I just want to know how I can be sure I will get all the things I preordered including this and 4 more foot soldiers now that Gamestop is undergoing upheaval and the foots aren't due until next year...

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by DonnieLaForge

A picture on some guy's table means they are out at Gamestop?
He may have gotten a promotional copy somehow.
In fact he says further down:


I just want to know how I can be sure I will get all the things I preordered including this and 4 more foot soldiers now that Gamestop is undergoing upheaval and the foots aren't due until next year...

Thanks for correcting me. I deleted the post.

It’s baffling to few of members on here why Playmates did not release a 4 pack of the original villains to go with these turtles. This is a much odder release than the Walmart set. Consumers know that Playmates did not make original comic book versions of Shredder, Foot Soldier, Ultrom, and Foot Elite in 2014 like NECA did recently. I mean, we all know that original comic book villains appeared in the original Playmates toy line. What is the hold up from putting out a GameStop original villains 4 pack?! Playmates has been re-releasing all four original first wave villains on different cards from the original colored bricks now since 1994, so why can’t another set of re-releases be made for the 35th Anniversary set?

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by darthsmozers

Looks cool!
https://www.superherohype.com/geek-c...rn-to-gamestop

An in hand pic is up on here: https://mobile.twitter.com/TheSewerD...98837215158273

The 4 original turtles are not being sold at GameStop until November 24th, though.

[mikey0]

A set like this would have made sense in 1988 if Playmates Toys intended for the original TMNT toy line to be a TV, Movie, and Comic Book Collectibles type line, but since so many other basic wave allies and villains were made that some Turtles toy collectors would like to see basic wave villains 4 pack to go with the set. Even the 1989 Tak-A-Toy 50th Anniversary The Wizard of Oz Poseable Collection had the witch included in it and that actually was a TV, Movie, and Comic Book Collectible toy line (not one posing as a boys action figure toy line) sold at toy stores in early ‘89. Playmates could have, at least, included Shredder [and Splinter].