Talking turtles

[Weapon X]

I remember getting my talking Leo and thinking it was really gonna be cool.So I put the "Quip Strip" through and I got something like quizgybodes not to much like Cowabunga. :(

[avervisal]

I never had those figures! But I wanted them! Bummer! :cry:

[Jo Dawn]

Hehe, my brother had those... I remember them. I loved pulling the strip really fast, or slow, and making their voices distort.

Unfortunately, once the strips got bent or something, they really didn't work anymore...

Man, now I wanna go find those again... He still has them. ;) :)

[TheCloneRanger]

Those things were awesome! I remember a friend I had (he was like 40...and I was 5) at Toys "R" Us opened one and they were playing with it in the store. The sound sucked, but at that age, did we really care? I still have my Leo and all of his sound strips with the rest of my TMNT collection.

[avervisal]

Hahahha your friend was 40 and you were 5?? LOL :lol:

[TheCloneRanger]

Hahahha your friend was 40 and you were 5?? LOL :lol:

Sure. I had a couple of "friends" that worked at that store...they got to know me and my parents, and always helped us with the new TMNT (and then Power Ranger) stuff.

Unfortunately, when all of our TRU's switched to the crap-tacular "Geoffrey's TRU" stores last year, they lost their jobs. :(

[avervisal]

Well that's awesome...I don't remember what it was like buying toys back in the day. I remember that I'd go with my dad to Toys R Us for TMNT....and I'd see a GIGANTIC wall of the figures. It was really heaven.

Is it just me, or are the Toys R Us's nowadays much smaller than they used to be? I remember when I was younger, they had a whole AISLE dedicated to board games, and they had a cool Lego station area with cool displays, and a nifty display for all the videogames. I miss that.

[jestergoblin]

Toys R Us has had to make a bunch of cutbacks because of competition from Wal-Mart. They are considering leaving the toy market all together. It was in the new york times a week about.

My local TRU just redid their action figure area and QUADRUPLED (I don't think I spelled that right) the TMNT section. Its beautiful. FOUR times the amount of figures. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[avervisal]

My local TRU just redid their action figure area and QUADRUPLED (I don't think I spelled that right) the TMNT section. Its beautiful. FOUR times the amount of figures. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


*drool*

take a picture next time if you can! my TRU is is pretty decent sized, but I could always go for more TMNT! :D

[jestergoblin]

I would but they are REALLY anal about people taking pictures. Its actually really funny. The first thing you see when you walk in is this HUGE sign that says:

NO FOOD
NO DRINK
NO PETS
NO PICTURES

Good times had by all...

[avervisal]

At TRU? Weird, I've never seen those. The employees are for the most part pretty friendly and don't bother you much. I'm sure Zachatello can attest to ath! :D

[zkarlette]

I am really sad about that tru news , I grew up buying all the toys there :(

[avervisal]

Well hey, maybe once stores start closing soon, the TMNT items will get REALLY cheap for liquidation!! :D Gotta be optimistic!! ;)

[zkarlette]

Belive me that already came to mind :wink: but anyways it was a place that i never thought would go away :cry: