Hello, Everyone. Monte Williams Here...

[Monte Williams]

Howdy Folks,

My name is Monte Williams. I am a thirty-one-year-old elementary school teacher who recently relocated from northern California to southern Idaho. I am married, with a four-year-old daughter who has her own burgeoning interest in Ninja Turtles.


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the last toyline I got into before (briefly) "outgrowing" toys. I've returned to the property a few times in half-hearted fashion over the years, and I am actually a huge fan of the recent TMNT movie; I realize it's a very divisive entry in the TMNT mythos, but I'm used to that; my favorite G.I. Joe toys are the much-maligned Sigma 6.


A couple weeks ago, I decided to buy the movie series Turtle figures and add them to my Sigma shelf (the new Alien Hunter versions feature armor that fits right in with Sigma 6 accessories), and then I decided to customize a Sigma-scale Casey Jones and Shredder (none of this has come to pass yet, but photos will be shared when it's all ready), and while brainstorming, I decided that I also want to put together a separate collection of Ninja Turtles figures. Non-Sigma scale, this time.


The articulation on Sigma 6 figures delighted me so much that I slowly sold or traded all my non-Sigma figures away, and indeed my planned Ninja Turtles collection will represent my first venture into non-Sigma collecting waters in around two years.


When I first started getting really absurdly obsessed with Sigma 6, I required an outlet and a place where I could share ideas and photos and rants with like-minded geeks. I found just such a place, JoeBattlelines' Sigma 6 Central.


And now, I have been so consumed with thoughts of Ninja Turtles these past two weeks that I can tell I'm gonna be pretty well obsessed with them for the foreseeable future, and so I thought it was time to seek out another sympathetic forum.

Here, for the record, is what I have planned for my Ninja Turtle collection:

(I won't be buying the vintage figures; they're just there for reference)

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-001.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-002.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-003.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-004.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-005.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-006.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-007.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-008.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-009.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z58/MonteWilliams/Plastic%20Havok/TMNTFINALCOMIC-010.jpg

I do wish the McFarlane figures boasted better articulation, but other than that, I think they'll make splendid updates of the vintage figures, though obviously Nuclear Spawn is more of a "reimagining" of Scumbug than a mere update. (There is one more comparison photo, but I can only upload 10, sorry.)


Whew! I realize this is a ridiculously long-winded introduction, sorry. I look forward to discussing TMNT with you all, and checking out all your customs and collections.

Thanks so much!

Cheers,

-Monte

[Jester]

Welcome fellow TMNT and action figure fan. I am Jester, collector of Marvel, DC, and TMNT figures. Thank goodness NECA is making great 6' scale TMNT figures, they will mesh well with the rest of my collections, to make one uber-comic universe.

[Monte Williams]

Thanks, Jester!

As a DC collector, you're living in something of a golden age; Four Horsemen sculpting the DCU, man... it doesn't get much better than that! Have you seen their Batman Beyond figure? 'Tis a thing of righteous beauty.


I love those NECA Turtles figures myself, but I am holding off in hopes (and I know this will be blasphemy for some of you) that perhaps they'll do repainted variants with the different colors of headbands; I know it wouldn't make sense for them to do so since the figures are based on the comics, but I suspect they'd make a lot of money off such a variant, so I am considering waiting a while... a fool's errand, do you think?

[Jester]

I can understand the thought, I considered buying 2 sets to do it myself, but a custom maker I am not.

As for DCUC's Batman Beyond I have seen him and I can't wait.

[MadPirateBunny]

Monte! You got extra points just for NOT being in So Cal. hehe

I grew up in the Bay Area and So Cal is like Shedder to the turtles. Bad. And no in a good way. {hehe}

Welcome to the Drome :D

[Raphael_]

WELCOME to the MADNESS!!!! OoooOOoOOOOOOOooHHH YEAH!

[Monte Williams]

Monte! You got extra points just for NOT being in So Cal.

I hear ya; I have a sister-in-law in San Diego, and I can't stand the place. That said, I'd prefer it to southern Idaho, where I'm living now. :(



WELCOME to the MADNESS!!!! OoooOOoOOOOOOOooHHH YEAH!

Your avatar is my favorite Turtle and you're quoting arguably my favorite wrestler; right on! :)