Model & Toy Collector Special #3

[oldmanwinters]

This is a fairly common item from what I understand, but unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be up for auction at the moment:

Model & Toy Collector Special #3
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/modeltoycollectorspecial_3_946475.jpg

Anyone interested to part with this little gem?

[wilddiverse]

Is this your card?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Model-Toy-Collector-Sp-3-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-/390103588368?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad3fc5e10

[oldmanwinters]

Is this your card?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Model-Toy-Collector-Sp-3-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-/390103588368?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad3fc5e10

Wow, thanks, wilddiverse! I spent a few minutes looking for it on ebay but for some reason that wasn't popping up!

If anyone has a copy they'd be willing to sell and ship me for under $10 please contact me!

[wilddiverse]

no problem. I see it mentions Hallowieners on the cover-- can someone verify that that was an actual printed comic?

[TheCanadiandrome]

hey this thing looks cool. i might have to get it

[oldmanwinters]

hey this thing looks cool. i might have to get it

lol, your threat to beat me to the punch was enough motivation for me to buy it from the ebay link that wilddiverse provided!:tcool:

[TheCanadiandrome]

soooo...it was u! b@stard! lol! congrats dude! let me know how it is. my hunt will continue

[oldmanwinters]

soooo...it was u! b@stard! lol! congrats dude! let me know how it is. my hunt will continue

According to TMNT "superfans" Roseangleo, tOkKa, and Vaughn Michael, it's the cream of the crop as far as their appearances in magazines go:
http://ninja-pizza.blogspot.com/2008/06/model-toy-collector-1991-tmnt-special.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/2211869716/

[wilddiverse]

You're lucky I'm already way over my budget for reading material this year or I'd never have shared it.

...Hallowieners will be in budget if it exists.

[oldmanwinters]

You're lucky I'm already way over my budget for reading material this year or I'd never have shared it.

...Hallowieners will be in budget if it exists.

I'll see what I can do in the way of selected scans as repayment. We really do need an official "TMNT Appearances in Magazines" thread.

EDIT:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=20320
Oops, here it is! Gotta love Roseangelo's preemptive action!

Still... it needs a lot more updates.

[MrPliggins]

Yea, I used to have this..it has a "TMNT price guide" in it, which not only covers the action figures, but many tmnt items such as napkins, etc. I thought that was really awesome back in '91. If I remember correctly though, most things were worth "Current Retail Price".

[Archon_Turtle]

ok. You convinced me. I bought a copy :-)

[oldmanwinters]

ok. You convinced me. I bought a copy :-)

You mean the great Archon Turtle, the one man who could compose a TMNT buyer's guide using pictures from his own collection didn't actually own this magazine? I'm shocked!:P

[Archon_Turtle]

You mean the great Archon Turtle, the one man who could compose a TMNT buyer's guide using pictures from his own collection didn't actually own this magazine? I'm shocked!:P

You'd be surprised at the amount of the more common stuff I don't have. Just for lack of intentionally searching it out.

[oldmanwinters]

You'd be surprised at the amount of the more common stuff I don't have. Just for lack of intentionally searching it out.

Well, with your (loose) toy collection complete, it's time to branch out into literature! You said you were looking for more excitement, right?

[AkitaNinja]

You mean the great Archon Turtle, the one man who could compose a TMNT buyer's guide using pictures from his own collection didn't actually own this magazine? I'm shocked!:P

I was wondering if anyone HAD ever compiled a collectors guide book (that is more in depth than all the ones out there). I was thinking of undertaking the task, but as i get more into collecting i realize there is just sooooooo much stuff!
I spent hours making my own catalog of stock numbers and variants and almost weekly i find new ones... wish there was a list already out there!

I was also wondering if there was a photo blog/scans (i noticed some in this forum) somewhere with every card (not the card the bubbles are attached to but the actual "card" that came with certain figures in the newer productions)?

Thoughts?

[TheCanadiandrome]

where can i find one!

[wilddiverse]

where can i find one!

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=54309026929&snumber=1

[TheCanadiandrome]

thanks just bought one

[Ninja_Shoe_Repair]

I had this book originally when it came out. It was the first glimpse of the toy Technodrome before it came out. I couldn't stop staring at it. I wore out my copy.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I had this book originally when it came out. It was the first glimpse of the toy Technodrome before it came out. I couldn't stop staring at it. I wore out my copy.
oh man, not u got's me really excited!

did anyone ever get the "Official Treasury" when it came out? just got mine in the mail yesterday. disappointed no Drome in it

[MrPliggins]

oh man, not u got's me really excited!

did anyone ever get the "Official Treasury" when it came out? just got mine in the mail yesterday. disappointed no Drome in it

Yes, that was an interesting book. I remember how I wanted to find all the "pre-surge" stuff pictured in the book and how impossible it was (until Ebay came around, that is)!

[TheCanadiandrome]

the "pre-surge" stuff?

[oldmanwinters]

the "pre-surge" stuff?

Before Mirage signed its licensing deal with "Surge Licensing, Inc."

You might also say, it was the pre-surge in the sense that it predated the Ninja Turtles explosion of junk in the late 80s-early 90s and everybody from Playmates to Konami jumped on board the bandwagon.

[TheCanadiandrome]

ah. ok cool. i'll have to look through the book to see what he was talking about.

so i wonder, just search Ebay for "pre-surge" stuff and see what comes up?

[oldmanwinters]

ah. ok cool. i'll have to look through the book to see what he was talking about.

so i wonder, just search Ebay for "pre-surge" stuff and see what comes up?

You'll be better off cross-referencing TMNT with "Dark Horse" and "Palladium," nothing actually bore the literal label of "pre-surge."

[TheCanadiandrome]

You'll be better off cross-referencing TMNT with "Dark Horse" and "Palladium," nothing actually bore the literal label of "pre-surge."
ah thanks dude

[TheCanadiandrome]

does anyone know if any of these "MODEL & TOY COLLECTOR" feature Ghostbusters?

[oldmanwinters]

does anyone know if any of these "MODEL & TOY COLLECTOR" feature Ghostbusters?

Not this issue, although I'm sure some other issues in the series would probably spot-light the Ghostbusters toyline.

[Jester]

So have you got your copy yet, Winters?

[wilddiverse]

So have you got your copy yet, Winters?

Mine should be in tomorrow's mail. Curse you all! :lol:

[TheCanadiandrome]

just got mine this morning