Walmart Playmates fred wolf Mirage repaints the turtles shredder and splinter

*Autbot_Benz* · 10-25-2020, 12:29 AM

https://www.walmart.com/ip/TMNT-Teen...Pack/602768393

Lazy thy name is playmates

Turnstone · 10-25-2020, 01:05 AM

That shredder and splinter are hysterical. It’s really sad when the packaging is better than the figures. I’ll definitely buy this just to get the box and sell off the crappy figures

JonesyKitty · 10-25-2020, 01:24 AM

I have a custom Mirage Shredder that I bought off ebay years ago that looks better than that. Bought it to go with my Neca Turtles until they released theirs a few years later.

Playmates literally just painted his torso brown instead of giving him belt or wrapping some cloth around him? This is sad. The box art is cool but thats it.

*DVD* · 10-25-2020, 02:11 AM

I like the set. Not that I that I hadn’t got them in variations in the past .. haha
So I now have this 6 pack adorning my office wall.
It’s getting a lot of attention.

The Turtle Terminator · 10-25-2020, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Lazy thy name is playmates

Can’t teach an old dog new tricks, these are absolutely abhorrent looking

Scumbug · 10-25-2020, 03:38 AM

That Splinter and Shredder are the kind of repaint I've wanted from Playmates for decades. Will probably buy two sets. My only gripe is the turtles should be the 88 figures repainted not the mirage figures we already own.

*Zulithe* · 10-25-2020, 03:53 AM

Good price for what you get... sadly it's just a series of repacks and recolors. Playmates seems to have given up completely on giving us any sort of new molds. Really makes you wonder if they are interested in staying in business at this point or what exactly their strategy is here?

I get tired of feeling down on Playmates all the time, it's just really sad how far they have fallen. NECA and Super7 are putting in A+ effort and Playmates does nothing but phone it in. The Super7 TMNT figures are homages to those old Playmates TMNT figures, kid-sized works of art for their time. Whatever it is that they once had, they now have lost.

*Coro* · 10-25-2020, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Turnstone

That shredder and splinter are hysterical. It’s really sad when the packaging is better than the figures. I’ll definitely buy this just to get the box and sell off the crappy figures

The packaging IS pretty bad ass. I bought

*Autbot_Benz* · 10-25-2020, 11:58 AM

Don't buy this don't show playmates that this lazy repainting of figures is ok.

*oldmanwinters* · 10-25-2020, 12:47 PM

Haha, those are so horrendous that they are kind of attractive.

I wish we could have got a blue jumpsuit April though, since she is pictured driving the van (in a yellow shirt, no less).

Scumbug · 10-25-2020, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Don't buy this don't show playmates that this lazy repainting of figures is ok.

I'm buying it as I want to show Playmates repaints/retools of the 88 line is what I want. Sick of straight out reissues and have disliked everything they have done in the last decade until this.

*frank_one* · 10-25-2020, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Scumbug

the turtles should be the 88 figures repainted not the mirage figures

I agree. That would be something I would consider to buy.

*Leo656* · 10-25-2020, 01:28 PM

That "just paint Shredder's waist brown but don't bother giving him a belt" gimmick is tragically hilarious.

akamcfly · 10-25-2020, 02:12 PM

they have been lazy even with the packaging...
i hadn't realized that it is the same turtle on the front of the art of all the figures.

*mikey0* · 10-25-2020, 02:27 PM

That’s modern Playmates for you.

italianice388 · 10-25-2020, 02:52 PM

Here's my take. Don't buy these. Even for the packaging. Resist the collector urge. These are bad products. Awful sculpts, awful paintjobs.

If this line sells poorly, it sends a message to Viacom that Playmates is no longer worthy of having a deathgrip on the license.

Don't buy these.

King Kahn · 10-25-2020, 03:10 PM

At first I thought “hey not bad for 40.00” And I don’t have any of the “mirage” figures from playmates.

But man, shredder having his eyes painted on his helmet again, yikes.

Playmates will keep on being playmates I guess.

*Autbot_Benz* · 10-25-2020, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by italianice388

Here's my take. Don't buy these. Even for the packaging. Resist the collector urge. These are bad products. Awful sculpts, awful paintjobs.

If this line sells poorly, it sends a message to Viacom that Playmates is no longer worthy of having a deathgrip on the license.

Don't buy these.

~~AquaParade~~ · 10-25-2020, 03:30 PM

That packaging blows me away, but I wouldn’t even want it with those abominations inside. They may as well let their dog crap inside the box before sending it my way.

funatic · 10-25-2020, 03:38 PM

Shiii—the paint jobs are hilarious but for 40 bux I'm sold on the box alone! Now only if we could get NECA to release a Mirage-style van...

10-25-2020, 12:29 AM	#1
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 8,287	Walmart Playmates fred wolf Mirage repaints the turtles shredder and splinter https://www.walmart.com/ip/TMNT-Teen...Pack/602768393 Lazy thy name is playmates __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

10-25-2020, 11:58 AM	#9
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 8,287	Don't buy this don't show playmates that this lazy repainting of figures is ok. __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons. Last edited by Autbot_Benz; 10-25-2020 at 12:05 PM.

10-25-2020, 12:47 PM	#10
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,939	Haha, those are so horrendous that they are kind of attractive. I wish we could have got a blue jumpsuit April though, since she is pictured driving the van (in a yellow shirt, no less). __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

10-25-2020, 01:28 PM	#13
Leo656 The Franchise Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,696	That "just paint Shredder's waist brown but don't bother giving him a belt" gimmick is tragically hilarious. __________________ "I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder... I laid them out in stone, in case they need to last forever..." "But hey... I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know." nWo Tech: The Official Thread Poison of the Technodrome Forums https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr...awnHgDz1ceDcfA https://theroxxshow.blogspot.com/

10-25-2020, 01:05 AM	#2
Turnstone Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 734	That shredder and splinter are hysterical. It’s really sad when the packaging is better than the figures. I’ll definitely buy this just to get the box and sell off the crappy figures

10-25-2020, 01:24 AM	#3
JonesyKitty Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,063	I have a custom Mirage Shredder that I bought off ebay years ago that looks better than that. Bought it to go with my Neca Turtles until they released theirs a few years later. Playmates literally just painted his torso brown instead of giving him belt or wrapping some cloth around him? This is sad. The box art is cool but thats it.

10-25-2020, 02:11 AM	#4
DVD Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,066	I like the set. Not that I that I hadn’t got them in variations in the past .. haha So I now have this 6 pack adorning my office wall. It’s getting a lot of attention.

10-25-2020, 03:38 AM	#6
Scumbug Random Punk Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 27	That Splinter and Shredder are the kind of repaint I've wanted from Playmates for decades. Will probably buy two sets. My only gripe is the turtles should be the 88 figures repainted not the mirage figures we already own.

10-25-2020, 03:53 AM	#7
Zulithe Ninjutsu Master Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,006	Good price for what you get... sadly it's just a series of repacks and recolors. Playmates seems to have given up completely on giving us any sort of new molds. Really makes you wonder if they are interested in staying in business at this point or what exactly their strategy is here? I get tired of feeling down on Playmates all the time, it's just really sad how far they have fallen. NECA and Super7 are putting in A+ effort and Playmates does nothing but phone it in. The Super7 TMNT figures are homages to those old Playmates TMNT figures, kid-sized works of art for their time. Whatever it is that they once had, they now have lost.

10-25-2020, 02:12 PM	#14
akamcfly Thug Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Spain Posts: 67	they have been lazy even with the packaging... i hadn't realized that it is the same turtle on the front of the art of all the figures.

10-25-2020, 02:27 PM	#15
mikey0 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,100	That’s modern Playmates for you.

10-25-2020, 02:52 PM	#16
italianice388 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 668	Here's my take. Don't buy these. Even for the packaging. Resist the collector urge. These are bad products. Awful sculpts, awful paintjobs. If this line sells poorly, it sends a message to Viacom that Playmates is no longer worthy of having a deathgrip on the license. Don't buy these.

10-25-2020, 03:10 PM	#17
King Kahn Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 629	At first I thought “hey not bad for 40.00” And I don’t have any of the “mirage” figures from playmates. But man, shredder having his eyes painted on his helmet again, yikes. Playmates will keep on being playmates I guess.

10-25-2020, 03:30 PM	#19
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	That packaging blows me away, but I wouldn’t even want it with those abominations inside. They may as well let their dog crap inside the box before sending it my way.

10-25-2020, 03:38 PM	#20
funatic Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 1,226	Shiii—the paint jobs are hilarious but for 40 bux I'm sold on the box alone! Now only if we could get NECA to release a Mirage-style van...