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09-19-2016, 11:23 AM | #1 |
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Why were so many action-figures and vehicles never in any comics, TV-series or films
Many of the action-figures and vehicles from the late 1980's and early-1990's never appeared in any comics, TV-series or films. (maybe some unknown minicomic) Why were these ever released? I only bought what I recognized (1987 cartoon, Archie Comics).
As far as I know the 2003 (and IDW) as well as 2012 only have toys based on the cartoons and comics. Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 05-01-2017 at 02:30 PM. |
09-19-2016, 11:35 AM | #2 |
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Playmates made up a bunch of new mutants to sell as toys.
My guess is the writers of the OT then picked and chose which ones they wanted to put into episodes and just ignored the others. |
09-19-2016, 11:39 AM | #3 |
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But wouldn't it be better to wait with releasing the toys until they'd appeared in any cartoon episode or Archie comic book.
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09-19-2016, 01:00 PM | #4 |
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I don't think it really mattered considering more people remember the toys than specific episodes of the show. And the toys were QUALITY too.
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09-19-2016, 02:14 PM | #5 |
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Its too bad Archie never got a small stint in the toyline. Seeing the Archie Mutanimals, Armaggon, Null, etc. all get toys in the 90's would have been amazing.
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09-19-2016, 02:34 PM | #7 |
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Somebody no doubt had a Street Sharks action figure and didn't know Street Sharks was a thing.
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09-19-2016, 03:54 PM | #9 |
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It's a good question. I was always bothered by the fact that the show & toyline rarely referenced one another.
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09-19-2016, 04:18 PM | #10 |
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As a kid, I was convinced I must've missed an Ace Duck episode, since all of the other figures had been featured on the show at that point. I "time taped" every episode to try and catch it. If only I had the internet, episode lists, etc!
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09-19-2016, 04:41 PM | #11 |
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After rewatching these I obviously caught him As far as the question for the thread, who knows. It's def disappointing
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Exactly! Makes no sense. You'd think they'd have had a good working relationship, as 4kids & Nick did/do. Maybe we were better off? Sometimes their toy-pushing agenda can be grating. Still, what a rogues gallery to miss out on...
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I saw probably 65-70% of it. Being born in 1990, I caught up a bit late. Reruns were on typically while I was in school, it made things difficult. If not for the fact I was sick so often, I'd have missed even more of it. My grandma would tape episodes whenever possible, & I'd also rent the home features from Blockbuster, so that's probably how I saw as much as I did. I did get The Next Mutation in its entirety though.
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I'm on a Archie comics run and came across that a volume or two ago
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A volume or two ago? There was only one.
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09-20-2016, 02:29 PM | #19 |
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I have the trades that have been recently releasing. As far as I know there are 11-12 volumes thus far
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09-20-2016, 05:05 PM | #20 |
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Considering how they didn't produce toys for about half of the seasons of 2K3...
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