How old were you when the original cartoon started in 1987?

[CyberCubed]

Back in 1987, I was 2 1/2 years old. lol.

I think I began watching the Turtles in 1988 or 1989 when I was 3-4 though.

It amazes me how young I was yet I still got swept up in the TMNT craze somehow.

[gobo]

Had turned 8 a month after it first aired.

[Koi]

Dude... I wasn't even a fetus at that time.

[Spitfire]

I was born in July of 88 so I wasn't even a fetus yet. Been watching it ever since I can remember. My Dad told me he used to sit me in front of the TV to keep me busy while he did house work and a lot of the time it'd be when turtles was on. I saw Turtles 2 in theaters but I barely remember it. Seeing 3 was the only one I can remember, and it's memories of extreme disappointment.

[Turo602]

I didn't exist.

[Powder]

I was still a sperm in my dads testicles. I was born in 1990.

[Koi]

I didn't exist.

YEAHHHHH BABY!!!! Generation 2 FTW!!!!! *AIR INTERNET FIVE*

....Anyways.

[plastroncafe]

I was ten, but didn't start watching the cartoon until a couple of years later.

[Eiko]

I was 7 years old when the Turtles started. Soooo long ago.

[Turo602]

YEAHHHHH BABY!!!! Generation 2 FTW!!!!! *AIR INTERNET FIVE*

....Anyways.

YEAAHH Right back at you!

The only memory I have of that show would be one of my brother's VHS tape and his toys. And that would be like in 1998.

[Koi]

YEAAHH Right back at you!

The only memory I have of that show would be one of my brother's VHS tape and his toys. And that would be like in 1998.

Yeah basically the same for me, my brother just watched it with me on a VHS. And I had a cool turtle that spinned on it's shell. Yeah...

[gobo]

I was born in July of 88 so I wasn't even a fetus yet.
Unless you were more than three months premature, you were a fetus at that time. It was last week of December/first week of January that the pilot season premiered.

[Candy Kappa]

I spawned in 87

[Koi]

I spawned in 87

The way you said (typed?) that was just epic.

[Kali]

I was 4 or 5 at the time and I wouldn't be surprised if I was hooked from day one, although I don't really remember. (Although I remember drawing Turtle Mary Sues, even back then. XD)

[Jephael]

I was 6 most of that year but I turned 7 in December. I didn't get into the show until a couple years later though.

[Samhain]

Was born in Oct 1988 so, yeah. Started watching and getting into the turtles around 93 or 94.

[TMNT-Leonardo]

Dude... I wasn't even a fetus at that time.

I didn't exist.

What they said...

[Gyt Kaliba]

I was born on August 15, 1989 so...yeah. I'm one of the non-fetuses. ;)

[jase]

I was 6 years old.

[tone-master21]

I was a little over 2 years old.

[Raph's Girl]

I was 7 when the series started. Don't think I saw it till I was 8 tho.

[ooglafina]

I was five at the time. It's funny because I don't remember being very into the turtles when I was young. Not until I was older and could appreciate the characters.

I remember my first encounter with TMNT. In first grade we had a special day where we could watch a TV show for some reason. I think the teachers were in conference and they needed a way to placate us all. Everybody voted for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I had never heard of it and thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard of. I remember watching it and thinking that Krang was really creepy. I never watched the movies until I was a pre-teen and then realized the greatness of it all.

[Spitfire]

Unless you were more than three months premature, you were a fetus at that time. It was last week of December/first week of January that the pilot season premiered.

I didn't know it aired that late in the year. I was actually a few weeks late. Awesome sauce.

[TheCanadiandrome]

i was 4 years old

[Venom]

4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 2 days.

[jaymq]

Four.

(ten character limit reached)

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

I would have been four in late '87...but I didn't see it until late 1988.

[Archon_Turtle]

I was 6.

Also, Sausages.

[Toon]

10. That original mini-series changed the course of my life.

[GK Punk]

I was 7. He-Man and GI Joe were the ones I liked when I was really little.

[Voidoid]

I was 0. I was born in 90', but I started watching the Turtles since I was 1 my mother says. I still have my original VHS tapes and my Donatello x-mas stocking that I hung on the tree since I was 2.

[Luzmagica]

I was 12...:toops:

[gobo]

10. That original mini-series changed the course of my life.
Love that Bebop in your sig...

[Ninja_Shoe_Repair]

I was 7 and yeah, I watched it from the first few months it aired and was hooked...nothing like being a child of the 80's in America when you were old enough to remember it all and experience it. Nothing has compared to it since especially with the crap of today in all entertainment markets.

[shuriken]

I wasn't even born yet... was born spring of '89. didn't get hooked on it until '91.

[sdp]

about a year, so its surprising I still caught the TMNT fad at its peak.

I love the year I was born, I got to experience all of the 90s mostly, saw plenty of 80s stuff through re-runs in the early 90s and finished off my childhood with the peak of the Pokemon fad. My childhood almost spans what three generations recall as their childhood :lol:

...nothing like being a child of the 80's in America when you were old enough to remember it all and experience it. Nothing has compared to it since especially with the crap of today in all entertainment markets.

Except maybe being a kid in the 90s.
80s > 90s :P

[Volvagia]

I was 1 year and about 3 months old

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I'm born in 1982, and was 5 years old. But the TMNT franchise didn't come to Sweden until 1990.

[Toon]

Love that Bebop in your sig...
Thank you!

[GK Punk]

Actually, would you mind resizing that down to the sig limits set in the forum rules please?

[Scandia]

I turned 10 in October of 1987. I was in the 5th grade. But I do not think I got into the Turtles till 6th grade, though.

[GoChan]

I was 4 and very girly at the time...

I can still remember throwing a fit cause my older brother wanted to watch it and I didn't cause it was a "boy's show".

My mom didn't let me get my way that time, and for that I thank her!

It turned out that he didn't like the show but I did :lol:


THANKS MOMMY!!:D

[Jephael]

I like your story, GoChan! It's got IRONY written all over it.

[gobo]

You GoChan! :P

[Koi]

You GoChan! :P

lol, man I feel slow.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I was 4 and very girly at the time...

I can still remember throwing a fit cause my older brother wanted to watch it and I didn't cause it was a "boy's show".

My mom didn't let me get my way that time, and for that I thank her!

It turned out that he didn't like the show but I did :lol:


THANKS MOMMY!!:D

BEST. STORY. EVER.:lol:

[Luke795]

I was 1 year old.

[nobody2k9]

I was 3 but didn't know about the turtles until I went to preschool at 4.

[SassyGal]

I was 9....wow, I thought I was older than that! I really remember being into when I was 11 or 12 and I actually bonded with my now brother in law by watching it with him! Good times :)

[Master Splinter]

I was four... He-Man dominated the previous years but once TMNT came out Skeletor didn't know what hit him...

-ms

[Leonardo87]

I was only 8 months, I feel so young! :P

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was four... He-Man dominated the previous years but once TMNT came out Skeletor didn't know what hit him...

-ms

There was also some Adventures of He-Man cartoon around 1990. Not the right time to market He-Man... :)

[voltron80]

I was six or seven.. But I think I got my first Leonardo action figure before the show even aired.

[prophecy718]

I was 3 but didn't know about the turtles until I went to preschool at 4.

same for me

[GK Punk]

There was also some Adventures of He-Man cartoon around 1990. Not the right time to market He-Man... :)

I don't think it was the timing, that He-Man show was god awful.

[Teddy]

I was 7 when it first aired. I remember watching it at my babysitter's house in the mornings. :)

[MrPliggins]

I was 9 when it first aired in '87 but didn't really discover it until late '88. I actually thought the 1st and 2nd seasons were all "season one" for the longest time..

[DonatelloDomeHead31]

I was about 6 years old when it came out and the last action figure was bought when I was about 12 years old. Still have the DVD though to keep the memories going (the 1990 one that is)

[koenne]

I was zero :p , probably first got in touch when i was 4 i think ..
Cowabunga !

[Ninjinister]

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[gobo]

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Dang... You're old. There can be only one though. You know that, right?

[Candy Kappa]

telling about my childhood my girlfriend asked if I was born in the 50's :D

[McGregor]

I was 7 years old, in 87'. :) But got my first figures then I was 8 years.

[gobo]

Whoa... I just remembered something interesting. After watching the first five eps on New Orleans' independent station repeatedly, I was ready to look my back on it when the significantly less exciting second season came on. The only thing to keep me focused on the show was the fact my mom gave me all four of the Turtles figures for Christmas. So, I kept watching in order to reenact episodes.
telling about my childhood my girlfriend asked if I was born in the 50's :D
Were you? O_o

[Candy Kappa]

Were you? O_o

nope, but I'm raised at the countryside (country-ish) and are a farmer's son.
so the way I told about it was very Norway 50's:lol:

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was 7 years old, in 87'. :) But got my first figures then I was 8 years.

Of course. 1988 was the release year of the first TMNT action figures.

[Walkabout]

I was 5 in 1987.

God damn I loved the Turtles!!!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Didn't it last some time to spread the hype, even across the USA. Wasn't 1989 the year it peaked in the USA? In Sweden, it appeared in 1990, peaked in 1991 and died out by 1994.

[Redeemer]

I was not born yet (91') but began watching it when I was four. so it was starting to die down.

[Bmaga123]

I was 6 and have been a fan of the Turtles since then :-)

[saiyan_monkey]

I would of been 7 BUT

New Zealand never got TMNT untill 1990 when we got our 3rd YES thats right 3rd TV channel. TMNT was one of the premiere shows advertised.

[drewizzle88]

I was 5, they stole all my attention from He-Man!

[Kendamu]

I was four years old!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was 5, they stole all my attention from He-Man!

They should make a TMNT crossover with He-Man, maybe also Transformers, the major 1980's franchises. :).

[Charlotte_Sometimes]

I was six! :D
But I hadn't started watching the classic TMNT until sometime in 1988.

[BentonGrey]

I was around five. I believe I didn't start watching it right away, though.

[RockMax]

I was 2 in 1987.

[X]

I was 9 in 87.

I've been lucky enough, in life, to grow up during the 80's and be a teenager in the 90's. I don't think the upcoming decades of my life could be any more fun.

Well I mean it can, but somethings will forever be missing, like cartoons as kick-ass as TMNT, Thundercats, MASK, etc, as well as going to arcades, which are now close to extinction.

[Jelly Bean]

I wasn't born yet...you are all so OLD!

[BentonGrey]

I was 9 in 87.

I've been lucky enough, in life, to grow up during the 80's and be a teenager in the 90's. I don't think the upcoming decades of my life could be any more fun.

Well I mean it can, but somethings will forever be missing, like cartoons as kick-ass as TMNT, Thundercats, MASK, etc, as well as going to arcades, which are now close to extinction.

Ha, I know exactly what you mean. The 80's and early 90's were an amazing time to be a kid. Also, for all those hours I spent pumping quarters into the TMNT arcade game and others, the fate of arcades is something that leaves me feeling more than a little melancholy.

[Charlotte_Sometimes]

I wasn't born yet...you are all so OLD!

Old? You make it sound like the human lifespan expectency dropped to 30. lol!

...Now where's my cane?... :-?

[magidkaiser]

well , i live in Egypt the old TMNT show aired on TV for the first time in 1993 and i was 13 years , i remember it very well , it was groundbreaking series in Egypt at that time :tgrin::trazz::toops::twink:

[Lynn]

I was four.

[NameGoesHere1066]

damn, I was three years old. I do feel old...

[dingodile555]

I was -7 years old!

[PizzaFan87]

This thread should have a poll.

[Oniri]

I wasn't born yet when it first started. I caught later seasons and repeats. :D

[Shred87]

I wasn't born yet when it first started. I caught later seasons and repeats. :D

i was born in 87 so I'm kinda with ya... I've never known life w/o a tmnt cartoon

[LeoNerdo]

I was a month and two days old. :)

[Charlotte_Sometimes]

Aww, so many babies! That's cute! ^.^

[Prowler]

I wasn't born yet. Not that it mattered since the 1987 series only arrived to Portugal in 1990, a few months after the 1st movie got released.
Due to reruns on cable TV I was able to watch it back in 1996/1997 and between 2002 and 2004.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I wasn't born yet. Not that it mattered since the 1987 series only arrived to Portugal in 1990, a few months after the 1st movie got released.
Due to reruns on cable TV I was able to watch it back in 1996/1997 and between 2002 and 2004.

Marketing of theTMNT franchise begun in 1990 too in Sweden, so it was probably the same year in most parts of Western Europe.

[METALHEAD]

i was 2 at the time. i dont know if i watched it, but i know i ha d the vhs of the first 3 episodes, and i do remember having the toys....


sooo...i was 3 when the toys came out i'm guessing. boy. i still remember getting one of the turtles... the box art cought my ateention. i rememeber the rows of tmnt toys at walmart. i just...love it....i wish i could watch myself and see how i really reacted when mom brought me over to see the toys....just to see----and feel that strangeness of the toys...and how...cool they were....

[Rise1184]

I was 3 years old at the time.. Man, I miss those days.