06-20-2019, 03:00 AM | #1 |
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Vernon's Belt Pocket
Silly question: does anyone have any idea what's supposed to be in the little pocket on Vernon's belt in the '87 cartoon? It's vaguely gun-holster-shaped, with it's odd little angle on the bottom, but it's CLEARLY not that, and I doubt it's a weapon of any kind (or he would have tried to use it on SOMEONE, during one of the many times he'd been threatened during the series run *LOL*).
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06-20-2019, 05:20 AM | #3 |
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I have never noticed him wearing any belt pocket until now.
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06-20-2019, 08:15 AM | #4 |
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I'd assume a tape recorder or something like that. Didn't April use that mini-purse that hung from her belt for the same purpose?
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06-20-2019, 09:04 AM | #5 |
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06-20-2019, 10:59 AM | #6 |
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Wow now I've seen threads about EVERYTHING
But in all seriousness now, good call, OP. I've never really cared about Vernon's pocket. hell, perhaps I had never even noticed it. |
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Its probably where he keeps his dildo.
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06-20-2019, 03:49 PM | #8 |
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I don't think I ever consciously took notice of that... Hm. Vernon with a gun or other weapon? Somehow I doubt it. lol That guy was afraid of his own shadow. I like Jester's idea, or some other work-related gadget.
Or, what the heck, TMNT was a little ahead of its time in some ways... so it's his primitive early version of a flip phone before they existed in the real world. (Lord knows April would look up info on her computer at work as if the internet existed, too.) |
06-20-2019, 04:16 PM | #9 |
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Is that belt pocket always seen in all episodes where Vernon appears?
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06-20-2019, 04:51 PM | #10 |
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I like the multitool idea. Or maybe a pager, since it was the 90's?
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06-27-2019, 12:40 PM | #12 |
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Pocket for swiss army knife or tape recorder.
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07-04-2019, 11:38 PM | #14 |
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Thanks for your ideas, guys!
Actually, the entire reason I posted this question was for a custom figure project. I'm making the main Channel 6 Happy Hour News Team, and I wanted to determine accessories for Vernon, and whether WHATEVER is in that pocket was ever shown on screen (Personally, my theory is one of those switch-blade combs, 'cuz he seems like a guy who'd keep a comb on him at all times to do his hair. *LOL*) Anyway, if it never appeared on screen, I'm not worried about what was actually IN the pocket. I just made the figure with a fake belt pocket. |
07-04-2019, 11:43 PM | #15 |
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For the record, already did April years ago, recently had her featured as a Cool Custom of the Week on Toy News International.
Custom NECA-Style '87 Cartoon April O'Neil (And yeah, the object on the back of HER belt is a tape recorder. ) |
07-05-2019, 12:05 AM | #16 |
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So, here's a second question:
Can anyone think of some good character-specific accessories for the Burne Thompson figure? Only ideas I've got are a clipboard, a sheaf of papers, and a black office telephone. Pretty lame. Any iconic, unique, or episode-specific objects he uses? |
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07-05-2019, 02:03 PM | #18 |
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Great looking custom of Vernon!
Yeah, I think "Tiffany" as an "accessory" would be hilarious. His action figure had a bullhorn accessory, if I remember.
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07-05-2019, 02:30 PM | #19 |
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It always bothered me that Burne Thompson had a napkin stuck to his shoe as a part of the figure. Why? He did not have a gag related to that.
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I dunno about a Tiffany photo, because again, he never actually had a picture of her in the show. But . . . I HAVE been known to make a whole custom figure as an accessory to another figure, so it WOULD be kinda hilarious to make a static Tiffany statue-figure as an accessory for Burne! *LOL* Hmm . . . possibilities . . . . |
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