If you could permanently erase a part of TMNT history, what would it be?

[Donnie]

I would erase IDW's "Donatello is dead" nonsense arc/campaign.

[AquaParade]

It sort of depends on how the vacuum would be filled.

On one hand, I'd like to erase the first Platinum Dunes film. But that is assuming that some other studio would get the job done around that time.

There are other, more pivotal moments to mess around with in the history of TMNT, but this was really the perfect opportunity to bring TMNT back into the spotlight in a big way. Audiences were ready to take it seriously, the technology was there, etc. It was a big waste of potential.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

It sort of depends on how the vacuum would be filled.

On one hand, I'd like to erase the first Platinum Dunes film. But that is assuming that some other studio would get the job done around that time.

There are other, more pivotal moments to mess around with in the history of TMNT, but this was really the perfect opportunity to bring TMNT back into the spotlight in a big way. Audiences were ready to take it seriously, the technology was there, etc. It was a big waste of potential.

This, so much.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by mikey0

It’s much harder to find toy surveys from the year 1993 than it is for the toys of 1989 to 1992. Mighty Max from Blue Bird was not a top 5 toy during the holiday seasons of 1993 to 1994 or 1995 in the US, but it was a hit boys toy line in the way that Polly Pocket was girls from 1990 into the rest of the 90s.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lat...ml%3f_amp=true

The Los Angeles Times must have been stuck in 1989 or 1990. While there still were TMNT action figures in 1993, they weren't the hippest thing that Christmas.

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

The Los Angeles Times must have been stuck in 1989 or 1990. While there still were TMNT action figures in 1993, they weren't the hippest thing that Christmas.

TMNT was only a fad in 1989. The TMNT craze (Turtlemania) happened in 1990.

The Deluxe Talkboy by Tiger Electronics was the hippest thing in 1993, but TMNT did not leave all of the best selling toys of the holiday lists until 1995. The original Playmates toy line sub-waves with the turtle variants were selling quite well with some younger Generation XYers and Yers, until Beanie Babies, Toy Story, MMPR, Spawn toys, and the Virtual Boy for the SNES took over.

[909 Turtle Fan]

Bay movie Splinter! He’s hard to look at cause he’s so freakin ugly, even for a mutated rat.

Also the 2k12 mystic episode where Fishface says to Raphael, “ I’m going to give you bass to mouth”. I find that disturbing.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by 909 Turtle Fan

Bay movie Splinter! He’s hard to look at cause he’s so freakin ugly, even for a mutated rat.

Also the 2k12 mystic episode where Fishface says to Raphael, “ I’m going to give you bass to mouth”. I find that disturbing.

Lmao. Nice.

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by 909 Turtle Fan

Also the 2k12 mystic episode where Fishface says to Raphael, “ I’m going to give you bass to mouth”. I find that disturbing.

That's amazing and worth saving for future generations.

I'd remove the original Shredder action figure, if we got a better one instead.