Fanmade TMNT websites from a long time ago

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Facebook or Instagram profile

Social media only moves focus from the website's topic (in thse cases the fandom) to the person behind.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Prowler

That's one of the things I miss from the older internet days. Back then A LOT of people had their own websites or made several webpages on websites like geocities, angelfire, tripod, etc. Most of the times the websites were either amateurish or not exactly made with a lot of resources, but you could feel the passion just from looking at them. All the pages I made on geocities when I was a kid/teenager were terrible, but I had A LOT of fun making them.

Nowadays the internet is too centralised. Everyone goes on the same core websites. And most people no longer make their own websites. I don't think places where you can create your own webpages for free such as geocities, tripod, angelfire, etc. are a thing any longer. Nowadays people would rather just make a Facebook or Instagram profile or something like that.

The internet has improved tenfold in terms of speed and accessibility since the early 2000s, but a lot of cool stuff was lost in the way as well. Fansites were always cool to check. Nowadays everything just feels too corporate. Back then it truly seemed like the internet was an ocean and that you were actually surfing on it.

Great post! Sums it up nicely. Although I don't miss the ugly web servers like Geocities, Angel Fire, etc I do miss the personality that shone through.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Even this Technodrome website used to be a fansite once. Now it's mostly a community.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Even this Technodrome website used to be a fansite once. Now it's mostly a community.

Yes it did, that was my first port of call here. I mean has the front page ever been updated?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by pferreira

I mean has the front page ever been updated?

Except for the Halloween anniversaries, not since July 2013.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Except for the Halloween anniversaries, not since July 2013.

I get that impression but I am glad this forum is still so active.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by pferreira

I get that impression but I am glad this forum is still so active.

Yes, we had the most number of users online at the same time as late as 30 November 2015. That's many years after the deaths of many other communities.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by Prowler

HOLY SH*T, REALLY?!

yep. I had one of the first ninja turtle fan sites up, IIRC. Even before here and the official site.

At the time, I only remember one other. it wasn't ninjaturtles.com or the licensee site...but another fan site that as I recall had some rather interesting series info. but I'll be damned if I can remember the name of it. it didn't last more than a few years.

as for my site....I had accomplished all I wanted to accomplish. I had talked to most of the cast members, done interviews with others. tried to find all the turtle related items I could. and by the time 4kids emerged, there where other, better websites out there with more resources to design them than I ever had.. so it was time to close up shop.

I thought about re opening it as a .org a few years ago, but I just don't have the passion I did. Even as a blog, I wouldn't update it as much as I used to.

But, it's nice to know people still remember it.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

yep. I had one of the first ninja turtle fan sites up, IIRC. Even before here and the official site.

At the time, I only remember one other. it wasn't ninjaturtles.com or the licensee site...but another fan site that as I recall had some rather interesting series info. but I'll be damned if I can remember the name of it. it didn't last more than a few years.

as for my site....I had accomplished all I wanted to accomplish. I had talked to most of the cast members, done interviews with others. tried to find all the turtle related items I could. and by the time 4kids emerged, there where other, better websites out there with more resources to design them than I ever had.. so it was time to close up shop.

I thought about re opening it as a .org a few years ago, but I just don't have the passion I did. Even as a blog, I wouldn't update it as much as I used to.

But, it's nice to know people still remember it.

I loved your old site! You thinking of Mikey's Tmnt site?

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I loved your old site! You thinking of Mikey's Tmnt site?

I don't think so. this site might have gone back to even as far as 1992. and it was just all text info as I recall.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Yes, we had the most number of users online at the same time as late as 30 November 2015.

I wonder who most of those people were, and what was coming out around that time...

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

I don't think so. this site might have gone back to even as far as 1992. and it was just all text info as I recall.

There were no websites in 1992, unless you're talking about BBSes. Maybe 1996 and up.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I wonder who most of those people were, and what was coming out around that time...

Out of the Shadows had some news reveal in early December 2015, but I don't think they were out already in late November that year.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Out of the Shadows had some news reveal in early December 2015, but I don't think they were out already in late November that year.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I wonder who most of those people were, and what was coming out around that time...



There were no websites in 1992, unless you're talking about BBSes. Maybe 1996 and up.

it's such an old site, it's possible. but I think this one was literally one of the first sites ever with info.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Great post! Sums it up nicely. Although I don't miss the ugly web servers like Geocities, Angel Fire, etc I do miss the personality that shone through.

Most of those websites were kinda lousy or basic in design, since they were often made by kids/teenagers such as myself at the time. But it was thanks to one of those crappy Geocities webpages that I discovered the MissingNo glitch/cheat in Pokémon Red or how to unlock Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. Melee . Nowadays you can just easily go on youtube and discover such things, but you most likely have to put up with some annoying youtuber talking for 5-10 minutes straight before getting to the point. Plus, it's also too easy. Back then you accidentally found cheats and secrets through fanmade websites or through video game magazines. It was a lot more exciting.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Nowadays you can just easily go on youtube and discover such things, but you most likely have to put up with some annoying youtuber talking for 5-10 minutes straight before getting to the point.

No no. Nowadays you just easily go on youtube and discover such things, put up with a an unskippable commercial for 30 seconds and then put up with some annoying youtuber talking for 5-10 minutes straight before getting to the point.

[jazzmatazz]

I got into collecting around the time Playmates had a figure archive.... it was neat to see them care enough to do that for the fans.

Originally Posted by Prowler

Nowadays the internet is too centralised. Everyone goes on the same core websites. And most people no longer make their own websites. I don't think places where you can create your own webpages for free such as geocities, tripod, angelfire, etc. are a thing any longer. Nowadays people would rather just make a Facebook or Instagram profile or something like that.

Weebly is still free! I run an Oliver & company merch guide. Mostly ebay photo sourced since I don't collect like I used to.

Originally Posted by pferreira

No no. Nowadays you just easily go on youtube and discover such things, put up with a an unskippable commercial for 30 seconds and then put up with some annoying youtuber talking for 5-10 minutes straight before getting to the point.

I'm not sure how long youtube is going to last with any quality content with the new policy updates this week. Kind of a dumpster fire right now on the youtube reddit.

[snake]

As charming as they were, I am personally extremely thankful I can view a wikipedia article listing every OT episode and not have to worry if the information is accurate or not. Old fansites like these are how misinformation spread in fandoms. Thank God for canon-nerds and their wikis.

[Xav]

You actually think wikipedia is accurate? I have found much more misinformation on wikis than I ever did on any fansites.

[Andrew NDB]

To Snake's cred, the actual wikis of hardcore fanbases are pretty well guarded.

With some exceptions. Some asshole keeps deleting my stuff on the Highlander wikis about when Connor died.