Playmates are bigger idiots than I realized

[Sage Ninja]

I work in the toy department at Wal-Mart, and since the 2007 movie dubuted all we;ve had is variants on the movie toys. That is till this past summer, know all we have is left overs. This past Sunday I had two seprete kids in the 11/12 range come up to me asking if we had ninja turtle toys from the cartoon series instead of the movie. I assumed they ment the older ones from FF and the earlier seasons so I brought them to the clearance aisles where we had a few straglers that we can't get rid of thats been around forever and on both occassions each kid said no they wanted to know if we had toys from the most recent season Back to the Sewers! :o :o

I was freakin shocked! I was like "uh no, we don't have any toys for the new season the cartoon series" And both wanted to know when we would carry them. :o I couldn't bring my self to tell them that wheren't going to be any because both kids seemed like they really wanted them.

Gee, how idiotic of playmates to not make toys for Back to the Sewers, I'm surpised as heck that I actually had some one ask me about them instead of Bakugan or something. :o

[Ninjinister]

Do kids even play with those Bakugan things? I never see any of 'em get sold.

Yeah, I was at Toys R' Us the day after Back to the Sewer debuted, and a kid wanted (direct quote) "Raph like on TV I saw yesterday". He seemed disappointed that there wasn't one, but he reluctantly settled for Alien Hunter Raph. To my surprise, his mother for whatever reason kept trying to convince him to get an Iron Man figure, and he blatantly refused, preferring Raph instead.

[VaughnMichael]

While Playmates are idiots it was Wal-Mart choice to no longer sell TMNT toys by Playmates.
I've been talking about this in the toy section for some time now.
As of this Spring all Wal-Marts will no longer be selling TMNT figures.
I know no one likes to listen to but in time everything I say will come to pass and I'll just sit back and smile I won't even tell everyone i told you so about the toys, or the new toon ending. :D
Oh btw some one should move this to the toy section.
Do kids even play with those Bakugan things? I never see any of 'em get sold.
Are you freaking kidding me S! Those thing fly off the shelves at every store here the Wal-Mart I work at can't even keep them in stock!:o

[Ninjinister]

Are you freaking kidding me S! Those thing fly off the shelves at every store here the Wal-Mart I work at can't even keep them in stock!:o

Well, maybe it's just because it's this area, or I haven't been to Wal-Mart in a while, but those Bakugan dealies sit on shelves forever around here, even when marked down for clearance. TMNT, Power Rangers, Hell, I think all action figures move faster than those things.

[Archon_Turtle]

I work in the toy department at Wal-Mart, and since the 2007 movie dubuted all we;ve had is variants on the movie toys. That is till this past summer, know all we have is left overs. This past Sunday I had two seprete kids in the 11/12 range come up to me asking if we had ninja turtle toys from the cartoon series instead of the movie. I assumed they ment the older ones from FF and the earlier seasons so I brought them to the clearance aisles where we had a few straglers that we can't get rid of thats been around forever and on both occassions each kid said no they wanted to know if we had toys from the most recent season Back to the Sewers! :o :o

I was freakin shocked! I was like "uh no, we don't have any toys for the new season the cartoon series" And both wanted to know when we would carry them. :o I couldn't bring my self to tell them that wheren't going to be any because both kids seemed like they really wanted them.

Gee, how idiotic of playmates to not make toys for Back to the Sewers, I'm surpised as heck that I actually had some one ask me about them instead of Bakugan or something. :o

Stories like that make my heart hurt.

[VaughnMichael]

Stories like that make my heart hurt.
It does and doesnt for me, it's a shame Wal-Mart the place I work for had a hand in the downfall of the turtles (sort of) and on the other hand i'm happy to know kids still want action figures.

[Archon_Turtle]

It does and doesnt for me, it's a shame Wal-Mart the place I work for had a hand in the downfall of the turtles (sort of) and on the other hand i'm happy to know kids still want action figures.

No I mean the fact that Playmates aren't even making the toys that these kids are asking for.

[Coola Yagami]

Exactly.. I want my Cyber Shredder, Cyber Foot and Khan figures.... NAO!!!

[Roseangelo]

Just wait... everything changes with the Music Turtles. It's gonna be AWESOME.

[Archon_Turtle]

Just wait... everything changes with the Music Turtles. It's gonna be AWESOME.

i love you so much.

[Jelly Bean]

why didn't you just tell those kids that they wheren't going to be any ninja turtle toys for BTTS and put them out of their misary? Letting them think that it's still a possiablility that toys for the current season might appear at some point when they never will is cruel.

[Dragnskull]

Do kids even play with those Bakugan things? I never see any of 'em get sold.

Yeah, I was at Toys R' Us the day after Back to the Sewer debuted, and a kid wanted (direct quote) "Raph like on TV I saw yesterday". He seemed disappointed that there wasn't one, but he reluctantly settled for Alien Hunter Raph. To my surprise, his mother for whatever reason kept trying to convince him to get an Iron Man figure, and he blatantly refused, preferring Raph instead.


sorry for straying off topic, but i had to say this:

It's stories like this that, no matter what, make me smile in happiness.

I'm glad to know the love I, and everyone here, has for the tmnt spreads even to this day after all this time

[CyberCubed]

And if the whole show is cancelled, will this really matter anyway?

Playmates pisses me off, as much as I hate 4kids, Playmates is even worse.

[Tabularasa]

Just the fact that kids are still watching turtles (even if that is coming to an end) and trying to get their hands on action figures of the turtles makes me happy. Yeah, I know, I'm old fashioned, but maybe if there's still some interest then it won't die out, although I doubt it.

[VaughnMichael]

And if the whole show is cancelled, will this really matter anyway?

Playmates pisses me off, as much as I hate 4kids, Playmates is even worse.
Yes, as Playmates will still hold the toy license to TMNT.

[Drtooth]

Are you freaking kidding me S! Those thing fly off the shelves at every store here the Wal-Mart I work at can't even keep them in stock!:o

Yeah, it's almost like we're back in 2003, where all the clear and obvious Pokemon type shows ran amok all over toy stores and television. It's the only TV show based toy line I ever see anymore... unless you count Transformers Animated (which pretty much got a push from the movie, plus Transformers have almost always been around).


Playmates pisses me off, as much as I hate 4kids, Playmates is even worse.

I can hate them in a sense that they ruined One Piece's chance for ever becoming popular, and they shouldn't do any animes that don't involve some sort of toy thingy fighting another toy thingy,... but seems to me, they care more about TMNT than the toy company and even Mirage seem to... especially these days. I mean, if they didn't care, the show could have just as easily ended 2 years ago...

As of this Spring all Wal-Marts will no longer be selling TMNT figures.
I know no one likes to listen to but in time everything I say will come to pass and I'll just sit back and smile I won't even tell everyone i told you so about the toys, or the new toon ending.

I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the retailers did that as well. I could see Target clearing the things out after Christmas. The Minimutants did well a while back, but they still have the same Splinter, Vampire Succubus, and something else that escapes me at the moment at my local Target they had since at least May. And then, hah hah hah... They ROSE THE PRICE OF THEM! (rose is right? Or is it risen?) that's gonna make them move... especially since the AJ Wright next door has the same ones for 5. You'd think if Playmates uses the same molds and sculpts, they'd drop the price to 7 bucks each.

I would totally be surprised if the BTTS sort of toys even happen. The time to strike was a month before the show premiered. The movie line did really well at first because they were hyped up just as the movie trailers were popping out. Now, they're waiting till after the Christmas rush for one thing... and until after the series is over to release them. HAH.

(It's too bad KB doesn't do clearnaced toys anymore... I'd love them to try and sell repackaged TMNT 2K3 toys at about 5 bucks each... at least that way, people will actually see half the toy line)

[Hero]

Bakugan shelf warms in England.

===HERO

[Lil G]

I work in the toy department at Wal-Mart, and since the 2007 movie dubuted all we;ve had is variants on the movie toys. That is till this past summer, know all we have is left overs. This past Sunday I had two seprete kids in the 11/12 range come up to me asking if we had ninja turtle toys from the cartoon series instead of the movie. I assumed they ment the older ones from FF and the earlier seasons so I brought them to the clearance aisles where we had a few straglers that we can't get rid of thats been around forever and on both occassions each kid said no they wanted to know if we had toys from the most recent season Back to the Sewers! :o :o

I was freakin shocked! I was like "uh no, we don't have any toys for the new season the cartoon series" And both wanted to know when we would carry them. :o I couldn't bring my self to tell them that wheren't going to be any because both kids seemed like they really wanted them.

Gee, how idiotic of playmates to not make toys for Back to the Sewers, I'm surpised as heck that I actually had some one ask me about them instead of Bakugan or something. :o

what? yea playmates is stupid, hardly any 11/12 year old kids play with action figures and playmates is trying to screw around with kids heads? yeah, playmates suck the toilet juice out of poop.:evil:

[Archon_Turtle]

Bakugan shelf warms in England.

===HERO

Do any anime properties do well over there?

[Jester]

Ok, so on a related note, today on my day off I decided to do some running around, which I haven't done in a while due to the MCubed videos I make and I stopped by Toys R Us, which was packed. It made me think, what doe Playmates have to offer kids who are Turtle fans this Christmas, not us adults who have seriously felt slighted by Playmates, but just kids. I realized there is not one thing TMNT related slated for a Christmas release, probably due to the 25th next anniversary year...talk about sad for kids.

[Coola Yagami]

Oh come on... NOTHING TMNT related for this Christmas year? Geez man, at least make more mini-figs or something.. I want a snowboarding Bishop figure, dammit!!!

[Buslady]

no surprise here. it's dying a slow death.

[Jester]

Oh come on... NOTHING TMNT related for this Christmas year? Geez man, at least make more mini-figs or something.. I want a snowboarding Bishop figure, dammit!!!
Don't forget B.A.S.E Jumping Ultimate Ninja...

[Vegita-San]

How about a Turtle hanging itself by the Playmates logo? Someone should do a sculpy of that :)...

Mr.Laird, if you are reading this, next go around, PLEASE forget about the past and think of the future. Get a real Toy License for the Turtles (Probably needs to be an up and coming company with people who know fun and the industry). If even the new company falls flat on it's face, then I guess Playmates is following the industry standard....Suck and Blow at the same time :).

[Hero]

Some of the *cough* newer stuff might come out early before Christmas. It has happened before has'nt it?

===HERO

[Drtooth]

Oh come on... NOTHING TMNT related for this Christmas year? Geez man, at least make more mini-figs or something.. I want a snowboarding Bishop figure, dammit!!!


Nothing from Playmates. Everytime I look around I see new TMNT ornaments that weren't there last year. That's about it. As stupid as they would look, TMNT with Santa Hats and stuff like that would be pretty cute.

The only thing that bugs me is how slow they're been with the Mini-mutants. They really should have made another series after the X-treme sports stuff.

[Coola Yagami]

Y'know... now that I think about it... the next time kids ask for Back to the Sewers TMNT figures, give them those mini-figs. I mean, the Turtles in black stealth outfits and the Extreme Sports outfits have already appeared in Back to the Sewers episodes... right?

[tOkKa]

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[Hero]

Y'know... now that I think about it... the next time kids ask for Back to the Sewers TMNT figures, give them those mini-figs. I mean, the Turtles in black stealth outfits and the Extreme Sports outfits have already appeared in Back to the Sewers episodes... right?

Exactley. Better than nothing.

===HERO

[cup-mikey-gertha]

I work in the toy department at Wal-Mart...

Wow. Cool job you got there. Are you allowed to play with them when the store's closed? I mean, for example, how can you explain to a child on how to assemble a Master Grade Endless Waltz Wing Zero GUNDAM if you haven't yourself. And do you get employee complimentaries, too?

I had two seprete kids in the 11/12 range come up to me asking if we had ninja turtle toys from the cartoon series instead of the movie. I assumed they ment the older ones from FF and the earlier seasons so I brought them to the clearance aisles where we had a few straglers that we can't get rid of thats been around forever and on both occassions each kid said no they wanted to know if we had toys from the most recent season Back to the Sewers! :o :o

I was freakin shocked! I was like "uh no, we don't have any toys for the new season the cartoon series" And both wanted to know when we would carry them. :o I couldn't bring my self to tell them that wheren't going to be any because both kids seemed like they really wanted them.

Gee, how idiotic of playmates to not make toys for Back to the Sewers, I'm surpised as heck that I actually had some one ask me about them instead of Bakugan or something. :o

I just read this thread. I'm shocked, too. :o :o :o

Those kids know their stuff.

Long live collectors.

:lol:

[IamtheKnight]

This is so sad! :( Why would Playmates do this?! I'm so shock.
They don't even pay attention to what kids want..

[Coola Yagami]

Well.. apparently the Turtles will be wearing their Sub-Sewer outfits and gear in the last episode.. so um.. yeah.... the Sub-Sewer sets are ALSO considered Back to the Sewers toys now...?

[Andrew NDB]

:roll:This is so sad! :( Why would Playmates do this?! I'm so shock.
They don't even pay attention to what kids want..

Nope, no attention. All the TMNT toys selling gangbusters out there and Playmates just doesn't want the money anymore. They simply want to get back at the TMNT, and the TMNT fans that they clearly hate and have a blood vendetta against.

:roll:

[Hero]

Do any anime properties do well over there?

Yu-gi-oh still does, mainly because there is surprisingly a older fanbase that also likes it. Yu-gi-oh playing leagues are all over the place here.

[Kendamu]

Seems Playmates is busy making a new batch of the original line of TMNT figures. Since nearly all TMNT stuff seems on hiatus until sometime in 2009, that's probably why we're not getting anything.

[Hero]

If that's a respite break, I'd rather they come clean and admit it.

===HERO

[Ninjinister]

Also: it doesn't explain why Metal Klawz and Spider Bytez aren't out yet. That nut Paula has given me no less than six different release dates for those suckers.

[Hero]

I wonder what the latest release date is. Paula won't talk to me, she just forwards me to Vivid Imaginations who dirty thier hands with UK stuff instead of Playmates. The thing is Vivid dropped all TMNT stuff from thier site.

===HERO

[Ninjinister]

I wonder what the latest release date is. Paula won't talk to me, she just forwards me to Vivid Imaginations who dirty thier hands with UK stuff instead of Playmates. The thing is Vivid dropped all TMNT stuff from thier site.

===HERO

I think the last one she gave me was "maybe fall 2009". Last communication with her said:

"The sub sewer line should be out in the retail stores now and the two villains will be the mole and the spider."

Which tells me absolutely nothing.

[Hero]

I remember that message before about the 'mole and the spider'. They do have names Paula LOL. :D

No chance of them appearing in Woolworths here. Woolworths are going under sadly. :(

===HERO

[turkishproverb]

:roll:

Nope, no attention. All the TMNT toys selling gangbusters out there and Playmates just doesn't want the money anymore. They simply want to get back at the TMNT, and the TMNT fans that they clearly hate and have a blood vendetta against.

:roll:

You know, it is possible that some of the problems with sales are *GASP!* the fault of the toy company for producing inferior product for years.

It is even possible that this drove parents to the point of avoidance that the unpopular toy's could have even effected the popularity of the cartoon show.

But no, that would not give you the opportunity to snark, so it must be wrong.

[Jester]

You know, it is possible that some of the problems with sales are *GASP!* the fault of the toy company for producing inferior product for years.

It is even possible that this drove parents to the point of avoidance that the unpopular toy's could have even effected the popularity of the cartoon show.

But no, that would not give you the opportunity to snark, so it must be wrong.
*ding ding ding* We have a winner!! Johnny, tell him what he's won!

Johnny: Well Jester, TurkishProverb wins a life time supply of cheesy Turtle variants that look little like the actual show, and tons of reused sculpts.

Thanks for playing!

[Kid Icarus]

As I was saying when the second wave of 2K3 toys hit... more freaking articulation!

The first wave was GREAT! After that it all went down hill, and down hill fast. I think the last 2K3 toy I picked up was Fugitoid.

Now those NECA figures... those look damn nice.