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Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-14-2002, 07:40 PM
Hey, guys, remember this thing?

http://www.toycollectors.com/TMNT_TURTLE_COMMUNICATOR_TEENAGE_MUTANT_NINJA_TURT LES.jpg

I remember that I just had to have one of these when I was younger. I still have mine, actually, and it still works!

It's too bad they couldn't have made an interactive Turtle Comm. One of the disappointments I had with this toy was that I thought you got actual messages from the Turtles.

But all you could do was message them. :(

Oh, well. It was still a pretty nifty Turtle toy. :tsmile:

"It's a Turtle communicator. We all carry them now." - Donatello, from "Shredder & Splintered"

Reznorite420
10-15-2002, 07:20 AM
DO I??????? There was a short period in third grade where I brought it to school with me every day!

There was also a newer one that came in the later years that was shaped like the ones the turtles used, but it wasn't as good. All it did was play certain sounds (that weren't even the turtles) such as, "COW-A-BUNG-A-DUDES!" I'm serious; it was so broken in the way they were said! Each syllable was pronouced seperately!

I never got THAT one, that thank God! The original one, (in the pic) was the cooler one.

Reznorite420
10-15-2002, 07:24 AM
But THIS just happened to be my all-time favorite:

http://www.toycollectors.com/TMNT_TURTLE_PARTY_WAGON_TEENAGE_MUTANT_NINJA_TURTL ES.jpg

Kali
10-15-2002, 07:54 AM
I remember having both those toys at some point in my childhood. I'm pretty sure that pieces of the party wagon are still around.

DarthRaphael
10-15-2002, 09:29 AM
My party wagon is in shambles. Somehow I lost/broke most of the accessories. :(

I still have the Turtle Cycle, Footski, and a sewer tube in good shape.

PWDESAI
10-15-2002, 01:46 PM
sweet sweet turtles drool am i the only one that loves all boxwork tmnt? i just love it, i'm gonna go on ebay and get the partywagon mib
later

Kameko
10-15-2002, 01:52 PM
*frown* Can you believe that I never had any TMNT toys as a kid? I do remember playing TMNT on the playground, though. And playing with my friends toys.

Donatello the turtle
10-15-2002, 01:53 PM
i got some action figures around my house i think :roll:

Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-15-2002, 03:06 PM
I had the Turtle Comm, the Turtle Van, and a few action figures. I always wanted to get a Technodrome, though.

When I was little, I remember how I thought it was kind of a bummer that the bad guys always had to walk and the good guys always had the Turtle van to ride around in. Because I refused to let bad guys into the Turtle van.

That was a big no-no. :roll:

And the module would have been cool, too. Driving one of those things in real life would have been awesome.

"Whoever it is, tell them we don't want any!" - Krang, from "Turtles at the Earth's Core"

The Hedge
10-15-2002, 04:01 PM
I love the box art on the TMNT figures and vehicles, I remember going in to the toyshops and just legging it to where the TMNT would be.
Wasn't there one with Michaelangelo getting his arm bitten off?
I think it was the Footski one, I didn't like that lol.
I don't remember ever seeing the Communicator in toy shops over here, it probably appeared here in 94.

Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-15-2002, 04:57 PM
There was also a newer one that came in the later years that was shaped like the ones the turtles used, but it wasn't as good. All it did was play certain sounds (that weren't even the turtles) such as, "COW-A-BUNG-A-DUDES!" I'm serious; it was so broken in the way they were said! Each syllable was pronouced seperately!

There was a second Turtle Comm? Do you have a picture? I never knew there was a second Turtle Comm. I wish the one that the makers came out with would have been the one the Turtles used in later seasons.

I like the rectangle Turtle Comm better than the round one. :)

"How are things going?"
"Terrible!"

Donatello and Raphael, from "The Starchild"

PWDESAI
10-15-2002, 06:52 PM
actually the round one was april's because it looked like a compact, and the sorta hexagon one was the turtles. I like the turtles one better than april's. Good news i found the turtle van for $30! MIB

Greed
10-15-2002, 06:53 PM
All my vehicles are missing at least a peace or two :cry:

Reznorite420
10-16-2002, 07:28 PM
Sadly, NTCF, I don't have a pic of the second Turtle Comm toy.

azure turtle
10-17-2002, 06:56 PM
:( I've always wanted one of those Turtle Comms...

RESOL
10-19-2002, 10:53 PM
They were the the turtle launcher. turtle van, and my tutrle videogames.

Reznorite420
10-20-2002, 06:15 AM
I always wanted to get a Technodrome, though.Ditto. My first reaction to seeing the TV ad for it was, as Michelangelo would say, "TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!" Like many a child in those days, I wanted to play around with it and act out a whole episode.When I was little, I remember how I thought it was kind of a bummer that the bad guys always had to walk and the good guys always had the Turtle van to ride around in. Because I refused to let bad guys into the Turtle van.

That was a big no-no. :roll:Not for me :D :D :D :D

I remember my sister and I (yes, my older sister likes TMNT too, though nowhere near my level of obesession) used to always play with my toys with no limitatations. In other words, we'd have the foots joining the turtles at times, had the turtles navigate the foot-ski that I used to have, have Rocksteady and Bebop (those were among my favorite action figures of all) commandeer the turtle van, use that Foot Soldier figure on the main part of the sewer cycle (I wanted to act out the arcade game too), among other weird things. And the module would have been cool, too. Driving one of those things in real life would have been awesome.See my comment on the Technodrome toy...

"He's turned the Technodrome into a pumpkin..." - Krang from "Mr. Ogg Goes to Town"

PWDESAI
10-20-2002, 09:49 AM
i didn't like taht mr. ogg goes to town episode, it was ok...
yeah i bought the technodrome 2nd hand from a friend a few years back, that's the only way i got it. I never had teh module, but a friend did and i played with his, it wasn't anything like the cartoon's though.

Steel_Wings
10-30-2002, 09:13 PM
I remeber having the communcator, the sewer playset, tons of figures..the van, the helecopter, all of which I no longer have...

Steel_Wings
10-30-2002, 09:16 PM
I always the Technodrome, along with Bebop and Rockstedy...I had Rockstedy..never got Bebop though

Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-30-2002, 09:54 PM
I always really liked those movie Turtles that were issued after the second movie came out. Those were awesome! I liked those better than the original playmates Turtles.

*To Shredder* "Hi there. I love your costume. You know, I know a villain who wears one just like it." - Irma, from "Four Musketurtles"