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08-24-2019, 02:30 AM | #1 |
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Why does April get the shaft?
She’s the last figure to be featured in most lines, and usually looks the worst.
Neca is great, but where’s the love for April? Her figure is the sloppiest of the entire run. It’s a conspiracy I tell you! |
08-24-2019, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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NECA is not sure if April will sell as well as the Turtles, Shredder, and the Foot Soldier do.
You have heard my viewpoint on the Target 2 pack line many times before. It needs to be scrapped. NECA should focus on the Mirage Comics and 1990 Movie lines and not Cartoon figures. A Judith Hoag April is very much needed for the 1990 Movie line along with an Elias Koteas Casey Jones. Those two versions of the characters should have been made first over Cyborg Casey and Big Hipped April from the upcoming Target 2 Pack line. |
08-24-2019, 12:22 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, NECA needs to scrap their biggest/most popular TMNT line. That'd be great for both their business and us as customers.
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08-24-2019, 12:55 PM | #4 | |
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We do need an Archie April, a Mirage April (not the first appearance), maybe even a Paige Turco figure. But most of all, if you’re doing April from the FW cartoon, it should look like April, FROM the cartoon. They’re not reusing a tool here, so it’s a fair ask. |
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08-24-2019, 01:45 PM | #5 |
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When it comes to Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas and Paige Turco figures, likeness rights might be an issue. They might not have been part of the actors' contracts - the TMNT III April figure only really looks like Paige Turco if you accept that its highly stylized - or might not extend up to the present day. Negotiating them from the ground up, even if the actors are fine with it and reasonable in their fee expectations, might automatically be expensive and difficult. If, on top of that, the company are in any doubt about thepotential sales, it explains why they're either left alone or left till later.
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08-25-2019, 04:32 PM | #8 |
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Yeah, while I agree that they can IMPROVE the look of the line, I also think Neca’s worst is 10x Playmates best.
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08-24-2019, 04:11 PM | #10 |
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The black painted lines on the ‘17 SDCC and second wave Target 2 pack figures kill the appeal for me. The Cartoon figures are meant to be shelved and nothing else. There is not any play value to them like there is with both scales of the 1990 Movie figures.
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08-25-2019, 12:08 AM | #11 | |
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You’re complaining about the black CARTOON lines they added to the figures! Okay, YES I get it now! And YES I hate those stupid black lines too. It’s just as ugly as the two tone cell shade deco. Ugly as sin. Also ugly as sin, is the FW April. They need to fix her. She looks like Jay Leno in a bad wig. |
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08-25-2019, 12:56 AM | #12 | |
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Lego sets splits the turtles in different sets and quite often include Shredder/Splinter and April The playmates vintage line had April in series 2 I think. But for the 2k3 line she was in series2, 2012 line she was in wave 1, Rise of TMNT she was also in wave 1. The reason she doesn't look quite as good is probabaly because Playmates think she is a supporting character that rarely get into fights. So she is often less posable and feature more practical accessories rather than weapons, from laptops to cellphones or camera. Sometimes she comes with a pipe or a baseball bat or something. |
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08-25-2019, 02:38 AM | #14 |
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I want to make a pron joke, but I won't.
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08-25-2019, 07:44 AM | #16 | |
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NECA really should leave the FW tooniverse alone. The 1990 Movie figures are their strong suit. |
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08-27-2019, 02:53 PM | #17 |
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I mean she's the only recurring female character, who else are the heroes gonna give it to?
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08-28-2019, 02:14 AM | #18 |
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08-28-2019, 03:45 AM | #19 | |
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08-31-2019, 10:24 AM | #20 |
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Outside of the NECA 2008 Mirage Comics, the 1990 Jim Henson Movie, and a few other lines, when was April ever the last figure to be featured in a Turtles line? Not in any of the Playmates or Diamond Select Minimates lines.
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