Your biggest disappointment being a fan

[pannoni1]

Most of the time, we really enjoy what something has to offer. However, there comes on occassion (though not necessarily for all) in which you couldn't quite get what you were hoping for, such as making straight A's or getting hired for a job you really wanted to get, or a friend that overlooks yourself. Please explain your letdowns and shortcomings here, as it can be a good lesson for those who feel down and can be touched by these stories when you're feeling a bit down.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Most of the time, we really enjoy what something has to offer. However, there comes on occassion (though not necessarily for all) in which you couldn't quite get what you were hoping for, such as making straight A's or getting hired for a job you really wanted to get, or a friend that overlooks yourself. Please explain your letdowns and shortcomings here, as it can be a good lesson for those who feel down and can be touched by these stories when you're feeling a bit down.

2003 show's Shredder origins

[Lance_Steele]

When I realized Mikey's nunchucks were removed because Europe banned them.

The red sky season.

When Archie TMNT was canceled.

The Next Mutation(I actually had high hopes for that series).

The Third Movie.

[ZariusTwo]

The fans turning on Laird during Volume Four's run.

[TMNachoT]

the no conclusion for vol. 4

no neca shredder/foot soldiers

FF & BttS

[Jephael]

I never got to eat the Ninja Turtle Pies or the Pizza Crunchabungas, and have always wanted to. :tsad:

[VaughnMichael]

I'd have to say the NECA deal.
Or that there are no actual missing episodes from the 80s cartoon.

[Jester]

The never released Playmates stuff.

[Jephael]

The never released Playmates stuff.

Could you be more specific?

[CyberCubed]

As a kid I wish the original cartoon went on forever, or at least up until the Pokemon era.

As an adult I can't say much, I liked parts of both Fast Forward and BTTS and Seasons 8-10 of the OT.

[Jephael]

I thought for sure you were gonna start griping about the DVDs, CyberCubed! :trazz:

[Jester]

Could you be more specific?
The Mutating Turtle Van, Lost Sewer Wizard Splinter, the Back to the Sewer Turtles, the Jagwar figure, the music Foot and Shredder...all the stuff Playmates produced but not on a mass scale.

[Jephael]

A okay. Thanks for clarifying, Jester. Personally, I've always wanted to see variants of the TMNT in their Stump Wrestling costumes.

[MikeandRaph87]

A okay. Thanks for clarifying, Jester. Personally, I've always wanted to see variants of the TMNT in their Stump Wrestling costumes.

That is what Vaughn Michael is for!:twink:

I would say a toss up, the very idea of Venus and its culmation in what would have been a childhood dream team and it was not Might Morphin meeting the Ninja Turtles but an aweful mess that ended the TMNT's appearances of television for five years. That tied with the Image comics giving horriffic injures to the green team with such violence all around. Both were big letdowns to be as a preteen and as a young adult still are. Not thinking any better half a life later proves the level of bad both were.

[Redeemer]

I have to say some of the seasons of the OT. When I was young I watched the OT, but mostly the 1st season and the pilot episodes, When I started watching through the OT and its entirety I was dissapointed by at the tone the show had taken in a few seasons, I always imagined the show would share the same tone as the pilot eps.

Second biggest let down was FF and BTTS especially bc I thought BTTS would return to its roots from season 1-5

[CyberCubed]

I have to say some of the seasons of the OT. When I was young I watched the OT, but mostly the 1st season and the pilot episodes, When I started watching through the OT and its entirety I was dissapointed by at the tone the show had taken in a few seasons, I always imagined the show would share the same tone as the pilot eps.

Second biggest let down was FF and BTTS especially bc I thought BTTS would return to its roots from season 1-5

The OT was actually fairly consistent. For ever silly episode there was there was a great episode right after it.

[Xav]

I would say never getting to see the "Shredder Wars".

[Jester]

Oooo....or Forever War!

[CyberCubed]

I would say never getting to see the "Shredder Wars".

It was a godsend we never got that. It would have been terrible.

[Jester]

It was a godsend we never got that. It would have been terrible.
http://violetsun.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/carnac.jpg

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

It would have been terrible.

But why would it be terrible?

[CyberCubed]

But why would it be terrible?

All 3 Shredder's coming back to life and fighting one another, when Demon Shredder could easily take out the other two?

Its for the best we didn't get to see that in the show, it would be cheap writing.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

All 3 Shredder's coming back to life and fighting one another, when Demon Shredder could easily take out the other two?

Its for the best we didn't get to see that in the show, it would be cheap writing.

Thank you for that. Would be the most terrible of all the terribles (2003 Shredder background) that destroyed the chances gor a great show.

[Candy Kappa]

NECA wave 2, Playmates Comic turtles even thought they looked extremely inferior.

[Loudo]

The thing I hated the most in the 2003 cartoon was when during the last two episodes of Season 5 the Ninja Tribunal and the human acolytes appeared from nowhere, alive and fine.
I was mostly enjoying Season 5, but when they came back to life with no real explanation I was pissed.

Also, they were useless. The acolytes help the Turtles to kill the Foot Mystics, which it would have been more satisfying if they had done by themselves. And the Ninja Tribunal do nothing, despite all their powers.

If they had died, I would have liked these characters a lot more.
I'm ok with not killing recurring characters, but these guys never appear again (if you don't count the cameos in "The Journal" and "Wedding Bells and Bytes"). Couldn't they have stayed dead?

[Allio]

The Neca turtles figures being out of stock... seriously

if any big thing I have to be disappointed in is the fan war between which incarnation is the best... I mean does it really matter?

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Never getting the Forever War after it had been hyped up for the 25th Anniversary.

Those Playmates figures based on the Mirage comics would have been pretty cool, too.

[Lethal Lullaby]

I never got to eat the Ninja Turtle Pies or the Pizza Crunchabungas, and have always wanted to. :tsad:

I never even heard if them until I came here. :( and never ate them either.

[chrisdude]

I jumped the TMNT ship when Power Rangers came out, so I missed all the red sky stuff on OT. I've been watching that stuff for the first time as the DVDs came out. So that was never a disappointment to me.

I think the first real TMNT disappointment was Next Mutation. It was the first time I saw turtles stuff and just didn't like it...

[cryan]

I was dissapointed that they dumped a lot of really great characters(yes,Mona Lisa included)and were never revisited.

[Leo656]

F*cking Forever War. TWICE we got screwed out of that. That's my biggest.

I agree about Next Mutation, that was the first time I'd ever seen anything TMNT that I didn't like at all.

Movies II and III weren't great but weren't all that awful either, but they definitely disappointed me in how they were nothing like the first movie.

Also, I really wanted to like the first NES game more than I did, but I think it's not so good. Memorable, definitely, but not that good.

[TheCanadiandrome]

The never released Playmates stuff.

^ this to be sure. Also some of the items I've bought over the last few years that I never had as a kid, like figures and comics

[arkangel]

Biggest regret by far is selling off all my 70's and 80's toys and comics, when I had a brief "I'm an adult now" period in the mid 90's. Shoulda known I was going to grow out of that. :P

Really wanted more out of the 2007 movie but still appreciate it for what it was.
Lastly.. I'll add my name to the NECA mourners. Just imagine what they would have produced had the line continued. :cry:

Great thread idea. I think I've let it all out now. sniff..

[BubblyShell22]

1. The Next Mutation. I really hated how they treated that series and Venus.

2. FF and BTTS. I was so let down for those seasons and pretty much try to pretend they didn't exist when writing fan fiction.

[Weirdo-Warrior]

- I agree on Mikey's nunchackus removal. Didn't know it was a problem with Europe. What happened exactly? Anyway, very dumb idea.

- I agree on the general tone of most episodes in the OT too. Silliness and childish humor took over a bit too much in comparison to the pilot and the early episodes.

- The fact that many of my favourite characters from the toy line didn't appear in the show at all.

- The fact that most toys after 1992 weren't imported in Italy.

[plasticturtle]

The first and only time I was dissapointed by anything TMNT related was TMNT cereal. I wanted to like it so badly but the taste made me nauseous.

[wussy fuz bunny]

my biggest disapointment as a fan......... warning this very touching.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......................was.......................w hen....................my sister-in-law set my pop tart on fire! :( .................................................. ..........................................then she dropped it in the garbage disposal after killing my hampster with it, and almost setting the house on fire, I can still hear the screams of my hampster named Flem-bob. I have been so horrified by his death i'm still going to therapy.

[Mzx10484]

Playmates Fugitoid figure in the 1990s...

[ToTheNines]

F*cking Forever War. TWICE we got screwed out of that. That's my biggest.

Movies II and III weren't great but weren't all that awful either, but they definitely disappointed me in how they were nothing like the first movie.

These. And Smash-Up... thought that was gonna be great, but it blew.

[TurtleTitan97]

my biggest disapointment as a fan......... warning this very touching.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......................was.......................w hen....................my sister-in-law set my pop tart on fire! :( .................................................. ..........................................then she dropped it in the garbage disposal after killing my hampster with it, and almost setting the house on fire, I can still hear the screams of my hampster named Flem-bob. I have been so horrified by his death i'm still going to therapy.

Not to be rude or anything, but what does that even have to do with TMNT?

Anyway, I guess my biggest dissapointment was how in the final two seasons of 2k3 they changed the tone and animation.

[Plasticplayhouse]

NECA wave 2, Playmates Comic turtles even thought they looked extremely inferior.

Same. I would also add Kevin & Pete not drawing together and tmnt 2

[Allio]

These. And Smash-Up... thought that was gonna be great, but it blew.

though it was still fun, yeah, shame what Smash-Up suffered during that time

[Jester]

I think the big problem with Smash Up, is that it was billed as a Turtles fighting game 25 years in the making, pulling from all the great characters from that 25 years of history...and we got the obvious (April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Shredder, and Splinter) some nice additions (Foot Ninja, Fugitoid, Karai, Nightwatcher, Utrominator) and three freakin' Rabbids!

[cryan]

I saw something that really insensed me on the TMNT wikipedia site:

It was also implied that Mona Lisa would have returned some time after the 8th season but the story scrapped in favor of the Dregg and Carter story arc instead.

Again she should have been in another episode.

[Spitfire]

Hm where to start
- The third movie.

- Smash Up and it's stupid design direction and character rooster.

- Neca canceling their line because they weren't selling well in countries that didn't know the turtles wore all red in the comics. Then they proceed to release black and white variants instead of releasing colored headbands. They also released April instead of Shredder because she was cheaper to produce even though logic dictates Shredder would have sold better. Should also add Playmates **** blocked Neca on being able to sell their turtles figures at TRU because they knew the Neca figures were 1000X better then anything they've ever done.

- Playmates constantly announcing and specing figures they never release, such as their Volume 4 style turtles.

- Playmates seriously dropping the ball on toys based off the 2K3 series after TMNT came out.

- Playmates making zero toys based off Red Sky and defaulting to tons of lame variants of the turtles.

- Playmates screwing up their statues making Raph and Don super rare.

- Fans bitching about how the Sideshow statues didn't look enough like the turtles so we get a Shredder statue ripped directly from the comic and they still bitch because he's not purple or whatever resulting in him not selling so well meaning we probably won't be getting anymore Sideshow statues. Way to go.

- The fans bitching about how horrible Fast Forward was, even though it wasn't, and getting it canceled in favor of BTTS which was 100X worse then FF was even on it's worst episode. Only to later find out they had an amazing season 2 planned for FF.

- What happened with Laird and Volume 4. Yet again more whining getting something cancelled.

- Honestly the main IDW series hasn't done anything for me.

- The new series doesn't look like something I'd like either.

- How Archie just ended and we got **** teased with Forever War several times but it never happened.

[rufus]

TMNT 3
NT:TNM
The wacked out dvd release of TMNT 2K3.

[ToTheNines]

BTTS which was 100X worse then FF was even on it's worst episode.

Now that's not true at all. Episodes like "Hacking Stockman" or "Identity Crisis" were way better than, say, "Clash of the Turtle Titans" or "Headlock Prime".

[Jester]

Both seasons had good and bad episodes. For every Clash of the Turtle Titans there's a Super Power Struggle.

(Yes, I realize I mentioned both of the Turtle Titan episodes. What?)

[Spitfire]

The Serling episode with the horrid baby turtles is enough but aside from maybe 3 episodes the rest of the season ranges from lackluster to horrid. It actually plays more like a toy ad for toys Playmates was too lazy to make.

[The Stryker]

I think the big problem with Smash Up, is that it was billed as a Turtles fighting game 25 years in the making, pulling from all the great characters from that 25 years of history...and we got the obvious (April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Shredder, and Splinter) some nice additions (Foot Ninja, Fugitoid, Karai, Nightwatcher, Utrominator) and three freakin' Rabbids!

I'd say the big problem with that game is that it's completely awful.

The rabbids thing is way overblown I think.

[CyberCubed]

The Serling episode with the horrid baby turtles is enough but aside from maybe 3 episodes the rest of the season ranges from lackluster to horrid. It actually plays more like a toy ad for toys Playmates was too lazy to make.

You do realize that episode was a holdover ep from FF season 2, right? They just re-wrote it a little to take place in the present.

BTTS has 3 terrible filler episodes, (Serling ep, the Green Mantle ep, and Superquest), but I quite like the other 10 episodes.

The ep where April puts on a ring that turns her into a demon was awesome.

[Jester]

I'd say the big problem with that game is that it's completely awful.

The rabbids thing is way overblown I think.
Overblown, maybe, but those were 3 characters that could have been replaced with someone from the Turtleverse.

[Vivi]

Hm where to start

- The fans bitching about how horrible Fast Forward was, even though it wasn't, and getting it canceled in favor of BTTS which was 100X worse then FF was even on it's worst episode. Only to later find out they had an amazing season 2 planned for FF.



Quoted for truth. I guess one of the bigger disappointments for the 2K3 series is that FF season 2 never happened.

[Spitfire]

You do realize that episode was a holdover ep from FF season 2, right? They just re-wrote it a little to take place in the present.
Yeah and they chose a horrible one instead of one of the better episodes.

The ep where April puts on a ring that turns her into a demon was awesome.

The only awesome one. The whole season is mostly boring. It's majority the turtles just running around the Cyber world and then when they're done with that they contrive some BS reason for Shredder to materialize into the real world so they can fight him there instead. It all felt like rehashing and poor attempts to pander to fans who were all bent they went to the future. At least there they had a chance to do something new with the villains.

[gobo]

Learning that I share this fandom with Cybercubed was pretty devastating. :tsad:

[The Stryker]

Overblown, maybe, but those were 3 characters that could have been replaced with someone from the Turtleverse.

I guess but would it have mattered? Oh boy, this horrible game has Savanti Romero! That.......doesn't help it at all.

[1988]

the ****** ass 2007 movie...the soon to be made no doubt ****** Michael Bay movie.....

[The Stryker]

the ****** ass 2007 movie...the soon to be made no doubt ****** Michael Bay movie.....

Hey look! A psychic! A psychic that can see into futures that don't exist apparently since Bay isn't directing that movie!

It's an honor.

[1988]

Hey look! A psychic! A psychic that can see into futures that don't exist apparently since Bay isn't directing that movie!

It's an honor.

he isn't? oh sweet jesus thank you

[The Stryker]

Yes. Welcome to a year and a half ago.

[Slade]

- Smash Up and it's stupid design direction and character rooster.

- Neca canceling their line because they weren't selling well in countries that didn't know the turtles wore all red in the comics. Then they proceed to release black and white variants instead of releasing colored headbands. They also released April instead of Shredder because she was cheaper to produce even though logic dictates Shredder would have sold better. Should also add Playmates **** blocked Neca on being able to sell their turtles figures at TRU because they knew the Neca figures were 1000X better then anything they've ever done.



Yep, that about does it for me.

[Weirdo-Warrior]

- Playmates making zero toys based off Red Sky and defaulting to tons of lame variants of the turtles.


Definitely. But I would add to that:

- Fans buying tons of lame variants of the turtles and ignoring other characters (such as Shogun Shoate, Scratch or others that are today rare and expensive), discouraging Playmates from releasing anything but lame variants of the turtles :tlol:

[Xav]

BTTS has 3 terrible filler episodes, (Serling ep, the Green Mantle ep, and Superquest), but I quite like the other 10 episodes. I actually thought Superquest was a fun episode.
Yeah and they chose a horrible one instead of one of the better episodes.Probably because the other episodes dealt with future characters that didn't exist in BTTS.

[Guitar_Raph]

My Next Mutation disappointemtns were...

1). Turtles Night Out. Sure I like the idea of them having humans around, throwing a party tp help save the animals. But it also broke the streak of Raph's motorcycle ride.

2). The closing credits where I saw them playing as a band, wasn't from an episode, but for a promo that FoxKids came up with for a music video.

[wussy fuz bunny]

its simple i'm a tmnt fan and i got dissapointed.

[ssjup81]

Hm, for me, my biggest disappointment is myself. I only say this because I didn't keep up with practically anything "Turtles" after The Next Mutation since I was so out of the loop. As I mentioned elsewhere, the 2K3 series snuck under the radar for me.

[Spitfire]

Definitely. But I would add to that:

- Fans buying tons of lame variants of the turtles and ignoring other characters (such as Shogun Shoate, Scratch or others that are today rare and expensive), discouraging Playmates from releasing anything but lame variants of the turtles :tlol:

Well Shoate I can't speak to but Scratch is rare because someone at Playmates broke the mold.

[Vegeta]

Hm, for me, my biggest disappointment is myself. I only say this because I didn't keep up with practically anything "Turtles" after The Next Mutation since I was so out of the loop. As I mentioned elsewhere, the 2K3 series snuck under the radar for me.

This for me as well. The next mutation made me stay away from turtles until....last year. I was kind of dissapointed when I finally sat down and watched the 2k cartoon. I know its well liked on the forum but I don't share the love. The music was annoying, casey jones was just too much for me (the worst version of him), and the feeling I got from the series was "please like this kids, please buy the toys and remember this catchy theme." I need to watch the later seasons though. Yes, I know the ot did this as well...but the ot did it better. The 2007 movie was pretty bad too.

[Chris]

No conclusion to Volume 4 (though I can totally understand Peter Laird’s reasons)
No Forever War after so much build up
NECA dropping the ball really badly (though sadly not too surprising given their other lines)
Fast Forward Season 2 being cancelled, I actually really enjoyed the 1st season

But if I had to pick just one it would be The Next Mutation - so much potential, so mishandled.

[Candy Kappa]

Reshelled was based off on the Arcade and not a 4 player SNES remake, still a good game, but it's short. TMNT Arcade, you have a active xbla account to play a local co-op. Smash-Up was terrible, barely worth £8.

[ToTheNines]

I can't believe I forgot to mention the Ninja Tribunal season. That suuuuuucked.

I really wanted to like it, the build up to it through out season 4 was very well done, but it ended up being garbage on every level imaginable.

[Weirdo-Warrior]

Well Shoate I can't speak to but Scratch is rare because someone at Playmates broke the mold.

Really?? That's one side of the story I didn't know. Where did you read that?

[ctt4lfecw]

The way they portrayed the 80's Turtles cast in Turtles Forever. If they would have done them better with their original voice cast, that movie would have been perfect.

TMNT 3

[hankthetank]

The biggest disappointment for me is how the series ended it just didn't feel right it would have depressed me if I didn't have the 2003 series to watch after.

[zodiac brave]

TNM. I tried watching this a few weeks ago on netflix, hoping after years i could watch it and maybe appreciate for what it was...but...NAW. :teek:

The non-end of Vol 4.

Movie 3, unless (honestly) I'm inebriated.

Giving my 2k3 figure collection (along with my 2k2 MOTU figures) to my very young nephews. I'm getting back into figure collecting a bit and i'm kicking myself for this.

I'm weary of the new movie, because while im not of the "violent, grim and gritty is necassary or i'll hate it" camp, I'm still worried it might be too kiddie, bland or tweenie.

here's hoping it's good. :trazz:

[liugeaux]

Oh this one's easy.
1. Ninja Rap - The only truly unbearable thing from the original movies.
2. Next Mutation - Saying this show had potential blows my friggin' mind. There was literally nothing good about it. I take that back...the one good thing was it being cancelled quickly.
3. Volume 4 Being Abandoned - If you don't want to put the work in to actually write the final books, fall back into a consultant roll, have final say on all plotlines and let someone else do the heavy lifting. Fans stuck with you for years as you drew out every single plotline only for none of them to get resolved.
4. The sad state of the 2K3 series on DVD - I enjoyed BTTS, and all I want is for it to be on DVD. Is that really so hard? It sounds like a totally reasonable request.
5. The abrupt cancellation of the Dreamwave Series - I loved those books and when I heard it was no more is was really bummed.

[cryan]

The 3 TMNT movie was a bit of a let down for me too.I really didn't like the fact that Casey(Elias Koteas)wasn't in the 2nd film was a bummer too.When they broght casey back for the 3rd film,they barely used him.Though he play Jones' anestor.

The OT didn't expand on certain characters(we all know who I mean)so I won't go into great detail over that.


The Next Mutation lost me.Getting rid of Shedder for a Power Rangeresque villain.

[gunstarheroblue]

I do have many disappointments, but the ones that stick out most for me would have to be in no particular order:

1 80's turtles in "TURTLES FOREVER" i understand they were looking for comic relief, but these guys were ridiculous. it was painful to watch them get sissified.

2 Turtles in time -Re Shelled.---ugh.
since the original arcade game/ SNES turtles in time there hasnt been a solid open world action game that takes advantage of their stealth.

3 the Shredder 2k3 version origin.

4 Movies TMNT 2 & 3.

[FearlessLeader]

The fans turning on Laird during Volume Four's run.

Perfect answer

And Next Mutation :twink:

[NiNi]

The fact season three of the 2003 series wasn't sold in a set. Augh. I was so frustrated about that.

[plastroncafe]

I think my biggest disappointments have come at the hands of industry people trying to sell me on the turtles. I realize that it's naive to ignore the business side of things, but I really hate it when it's clear that these characters I've loved for years are nothing more than a "property" to the suits.

[zkarlette]

The fact season three of the 2003 series wasn't sold in a set. Augh. I was so frustrated about that.

Indeed!

I think my biggest disappointments have come at the hands of industry people trying to sell me on the turtles. I realize that it's naive to ignore the business side of things, but I really hate it when it's clear that these characters I've loved for years are nothing more than a "property" to the suits.

Is that why you are wearing a suit?:-?

[CyberCubed]

For those complaining about the lack of proper 4kids series DVDs, I'm sure we'll get the series re-released eventually.

We're getting the OT re-released in a Turtle Van boxset, we have the 4 movies on blu-ray, we're getting Next Mutation, and IDW is releasing collections of the Mirage and Archie comics.

4kids is literally the only thing NOT being re-released at the moment.

[magidkaiser]

my biggest disappointment there's no soundtrack for old cartoon ! :tcry::tcry::tcry:

[Donatello19]

When things get cancelled/forgotten about such as action figures (NECA) and T.V shows (W.B).
The Next Mutation
The Third Movie
TMNT (2007)
Never trying the TMNT pies (I never even knew about them before they were discontinued)
TMNT smash up's roster

[Powder]

The film projects that never were, the cancellation of Next Mutation, NECA series 2 never being released, the lack of the Fred Wolf cast in Turtles forever, the end of Tales Of The TMNT, no Forever War.

Overall, Tales being cancelled or whatever would be the biggest loss for me.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

my biggest disappointment there's no soundtrack for old cartoon ! :tcry::tcry::tcry:

You mean a CD? The show has a lot of cool music if you listen during the episodes.

[Archon_Turtle]

The fandom.

[gobo]

The fandom menace.
Fixed that for you... ^_^

[zkarlette]

Is the Technodrome sorta like the Death Star? :-?

[gobo]

Ever since Turtles Forever, yeah.

[Foot Soldier Clang]

My biggest disappointments are:


Mona Lisa never returning
Alpha One never returning
Mondo Gecko never having a bigger part
Zack, Bug Man, and Rex-1 never having figures of their own
The Mutations Party Wagon never being released
Irma's figure being in the wrong color scheme
A proper OT animated movie never being made during the OT's original run.
No cartoon crossover with the Toxic Crusaders.


:tsad:

[Refractive Reflections]

*Red Sky Episodes (the adventures/plots were okay, but it pushed aside the TMNT's personalities/individuality and humor)

*Probably how abrupt the OT series finale was and there was no closure with the OT in the 2009 Turtles Forever movie either.
(But usually with any Hollywood show/series, when any show goes down the tube in ratings they don't particularly care for a proper sendoff/ending.)

*No animated OT series movie

You would think after saving that city so many numerous times that the OT TMNT would finally be celebrated as heroes by humanity. (I know its implied in "Once Upon A Time Machine" but still....)

[galaxysurfer]

The third movie. Nothing will ever match that level of disappointment.

[1/2Shell]

My biggest disappointment: Going to a Toys R Us and seeing the new TMNT toys and realizing that I'm too old to be excited by Ninja Turtles anymore. :ohwell:

Also, I would also love to see a soundtrack for the old cartoon. Maybe someone can make remixes of it like they do for video games.

Speaking of music, the 2003 and 2012 versions of the Turtles theme are pretty lame. They should have stuck with the original if they could get it.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

My biggest disappointments are:


Mona Lisa never returning
Alpha One never returning
Mondo Gecko never having a bigger part
No cartoon crossover with the Toxic Crusaders.


:tsad:

You are always free to write fanfiction about that. And Archie Mondo Gecko acutally plays a bigger part.

[Coola Yagami]

My biggest disappointment: Going to a Toys R Us and seeing the new TMNT toys and realizing that I'm too old to be excited by Ninja Turtles anymore. :ohwell:



Nonsense. I still freaked out when I saw the new Metalhead figure and bought it ON.THE.SPOT.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

My biggest disappointment: Going to a Toys R Us and seeing the new TMNT toys and realizing that I'm too old to be excited by Ninja Turtles anymore. :ohwell:

Also, I would also love to see a soundtrack for the old cartoon. Maybe someone can make remixes of it like they do for video games.

Speaking of music, the 2003 and 2012 versions of the Turtles theme are pretty lame. They should have stuck with the original if they could get it.

The original soundtrack, with all identifical music, on a CD would rock. No remix needed.

[DonatelloNinja82]

My biggest disappointment: Going to a Toys R Us and seeing the new TMNT toys and realizing that I'm too old to be excited by Ninja Turtles anymore. :ohwell:

Also, I would also love to see a soundtrack for the old cartoon. Maybe someone can make remixes of it like they do for video games.

Speaking of music, the 2003 and 2012 versions of the Turtles theme are pretty lame. They should have stuck with the original if they could get it.

I will be 31 in less than a month and I get more excited about TMNT toys than my 8 yo son (and I'm a chick hahaha)...

Disappointments...

Next Mutation -- Venus...no April or Casey...
Turtles in Time: Reshelled -- it was fun, but I was sad they cut out some of the game

[Candy Kappa]

Turtles in Time: Reshelled -- it was fun, but I was sad they cut out some of the game

pretty sure nothing was cut out since it was Turtles in Time the Arcade version and not the SNES port.

But yes, they should have rather had made the SNES version with 4 players

[TMAN]

The third movie. Nothing will ever match that level of disappointment.

I tried to watch the third movie today to see if it was as bad as I remembered, it wasn't

IT WAS WORSE! I only got through about 9 min. So I'd have to agree.

[Fugitoid Jones]

I'd have to say the 2K7 CGI film. I had really high hopes for that, after reading an article about how much of a fan director Kevin Munroe was of the comics and whatnot, it sounded like this movie was going to be a love-letter to all us die-hard fans of the property and was going to be one of the best on-screen depictions of the Turtles we'd ever have. When I first saw the movie, I liked it, but did have a feeling in the back of my mind that it wasn't quite what I was expecting. Upon further viewings, it's a pretty disappointing movie.

[RiseAbove873]

There are quite a few that I can think of but I think what bugs me the most is when the powers that be have Raph best Leo in a fight. I just can't ever see that really happening.

[cryan]

The 3 film was a disappointment. I know I posted about this before but Casey wasn't really in the movie.They focused on his ancestor sense the film took place in the past. in the cartoon I was not happy about them adding Carter who I think was useless to say the least.

[Avatar Yuffie]

The 2k7 film didn't have a sequel. Karai left me hanging.

EDIT: re-reading this thread I realized TMNT series had almost a curse of having unsatisfying finales.

[Vi11AiN6]

1. Next Mutation
2. Volume 4
3. Turtle figures in stupid costumes
4. Coming out of our Shell

[Vi11AiN6]

My biggest disappointments are:


Mona Lisa never returning
Alpha One never returning
Mondo Gecko never having a bigger part
Zack, Bug Man, and Rex-1 never having figures of their own
The Mutations Party Wagon never being released
Irma's figure being in the wrong color scheme
A proper OT animated movie never being made during the OT's original run.
No cartoon crossover with the Toxic Crusaders.






:tsad:

HaHa I too was hoping for a Toxic Crusaders crossover!!! Although this happened in my room all the time (Thanks Playmates)
I meant TMNT are in NY, TC are in New Jersey!!

[Yorae]

My biggest disappointments:

Fast Forward and Back to the Sewers. I don't hate them, but I was let down by both seasons.

The horrid Arabic dub (not the translation of the material, but the acting and casting). Seriously its like they had three VAs do all the voices.

Lack of proper DVD release for 2003 series. I get so confused whenever I try to hunt one of my missing volumes online. (hopefully I will not stay disappointed on this one!)

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

My biggest disappointments:

Fast Forward and Back to the Sewers. I don't hate them, but I was let down by both seasons.

The horrid Arabic dub (not the translation of the material, but the acting and casting). Seriously its like they had three VAs do all the voices.

Lack of proper DVD release for 2003 series. I get so confused whenever I try to hunt one of my missing volumes online. (hopefully I will not stay disappointed on this one!)

I don't see any reason to include all dubs, since they aren't original.

[RiseAbove873]

I can't believe I forgot! I hate how Turtles Forever pissed on the OT characters. I can't even watch it again.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I can't believe I forgot! I hate how Turtles Forever pissed on the OT characters. I can't even watch it again.

It did that to the entire show.

[Icebot]

A lot of things about the 2003 show: they never sent Serling back to 2105, cancelling Nightmares Recycled, they didn't show the 3 Shredder war, most of all how Turtles Forever had the 80's turtles act.

I was also disappointed how Shredder and Krang were replaced with lord Dregg in the 80's show, I remember how badly I wanted to see Shredder and Krang when season 9 first aired. After a while, I learned to like Dregg as a villain, especially when he met Shredder and Krang in season 10.

[jestermon]

Right now it's the fact that no one seems to know where the Ninja Turtle Toys are, the playmates guy I am e-mailing says they are shipping but it's been since Christmas since anything has been set out and he doesn't seem to think it's a problem.

Trying to find the Ooze canisters that apparently only TRU is going to have since they aren't on WM new modular even though they are selling all the ooze vehicles/figures, thinking of how huge of a failure the line will be if stores aside from Toys R Us don't actually sell the Ooze the gimmicks are based on.

I'm talking about with the kids not even because I want the baby turtles, I can see kids going oooh I want the ooze copter and figures then the parent going where's the ooze and the kids not wanting it since that's the hook of the new line.

The whole time the Playmates guy says WM,K-Mart, Target, and TRU will be having the full line any time now.

I am going to say kids are going to give up on the line if they never ship anymore merchandise to retail I think it will be bad for their bottom line personally, but seems to be the plan for them.

[Bmaga123]

Have to go with,

-Next Mutation especially that female turtle Venus.
-The costumes and that god awful splinter puppet from the 3rd live action film.
-Thinking we were getting Bebop and Rocksteady but getting Tocca and Rahzar in the 2nd live action film.

[Jester]

The cliched responses in this thread.

[1/2Shell]

My biggest disappointments:

The horrid Arabic dub (not the translation of the material, but the acting and casting). Seriously its like they had three VAs do all the voices.


Which dub are you referring to?

I've seen two versions of the OT in Arabic (I'm fluent in Arabic). There is one that I think is excellent and gets the voices pretty accurately (Krang's voice, in particular) and there's another version that sounds awful and makes Krang sound like a 60 year old man with bronchitis. Is that the one you're referring to?

[jestermon]

I'm wondering why the guy went searching for some dub of the series in a different language if he didn't speak the language unless he just stumbled on it.

Nothing wrong with it being Arabic or anything just don't stumble on random things like that in the U.S. ha, it's not like you can go to Wal-Mart and stumble upon a whole season of an American show translated into Spanish.

I wonder why he went looking for it.

[Yorae]

Which dub are you referring to?

I've seen two versions of the OT in Arabic (I'm fluent in Arabic). There is one that I think is excellent and gets the voices pretty accurately (Krang's voice, in particular) and there's another version that sounds awful and makes Krang sound like a 60 year old man with bronchitis. Is that the one you're referring to?

Its the newer dub, the one done by Spacetoon/ Al Zahra so I think we're talking about the same one. I was psyched to know that Spacetoon dubbed it because they've done excellent work on other series, but was disappointed by the result, hence "My biggest disappointment being a fan"


I'm wondering why the guy went searching for some dub of the series in a different language if he didn't speak the language unless he just stumbled on it.

Nothing wrong with it being Arabic or anything just don't stumble on random things like that in the U.S. ha, it's not like you can go to Wal-Mart and stumble upon a whole season of an American show translated into Spanish.

I wonder why he went looking for it.

Dude, I'm from the United Arab Emirates. :roll: Why would I be complaining about an Arabic dub if I live in the US?

I don't see any reason to include all dubs, since they aren't original.

Is this thread about one's disappointments with strictly the original property?

[Redeemer]

As a kid I wish the original cartoon went on forever, or at least up until the Pokemon era.

As an adult I can't say much, I liked parts of both Fast Forward and BTTS and Seasons 8-10 of the OT.

The fact that cyber cube complains more than anyone on this forum, but yet the one thread that specifically asks you to complain about something he holds out.......:lol:

[cryan]

Someone posted about a feature length animated movie in the same vein as the GI Joe and Transformers movies that came out. Ok they didn't do well at the box office. I would have loved to see a TMNT open like this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1q9JPpNes

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I think dubs shall be in their own threads.

[cryan]

I was just referring to the open sequence. the main story of the 1986 Joe movie was crap.

[ZariusTwo]

So far the Nick show, which is sad as I started off liking it. Worse still, apparently you can't sound off about how overrated it is on certain places because it hurts everyone's feelings and brings out some sycophantic cheerleaders

[CyberCubed]

So far the Nick show, which is sad as I started off liking it. Worse still, apparently you can't sound off about how overrated it is on certain places because it hurts everyone's feelings and brings out some sycophantic cheerleaders

The show could still improve toward the finale or the second season. I think its really the limitations of the CG that's preventing them from having too much going on at once, which is why the same backdrops are being used again and again.

[miru]

The lack of a true Sonic/TMNT crossover.

The near lack of Archie-based toys.

No NECA Shredder or Splinter.


No re-release for most of the post 1988 toys.


Spiderbytez's figure still not being very good.


Turtle Tunes

[Sleepingseeker]

The third movie.

The fact that Karai's story is all over the place between the comics and the 2003 show and the newest. (the newest being my fav. If only for the backstory and love interest) :ohwell:

The fact that there just isn't ever going to be a more mature/darker take on the turtles in any form other than a few stand out issues of the comics and certain fanfic pieces.

[Jephael]

The lack of a true Sonic/TMNT crossover.

Sadly that can never happen due to copyright issues.

[Oculus Orbus]

The NECA line being cancelled. I loved it so much, and it had so much potential. Also, the fact that we saw how awesome Wave 2 was gonna be didn't really help.

[alliance]

I can't believe I forgot! I hate how Turtles Forever pissed on the OT characters. I can't even watch it again.

i cant either, it just pisses me the f*ck off ive had chick problems in my life that didnt destroy me the way Turtles Forever did, NEVER will i watch it again, THAT pissed me off more than Turtles 3, thats how much i despise Forever'

[snake]

i cant either, it just pisses me the f*ck off ive had chick problems in my life that didnt destroy me the way Turtles Forever did, NEVER will i watch it again, THAT pissed me off more than Turtles 3, thats how much i despise Forever'

Turtles forever wasn't THAT bad, it was way better then turtles 3,

[Zulithe]

I grew up with the OT and I thought it was pretty funny how the OT turtles were portrayed in Turtles Forever. I think it exaggerates a bit but I still like it. :lol:

[Wildcat]

Nick acquiring the TMNT franchise. Should have just been licensed.

I love the new show more than I thought I would but Nick is terrible now. Theyre quite literally an empty shell of their former self (no pun intended). Have been since the early 2000s. Once the 90s ended that was it. Its like 2 totally different networks.

Only good shows they have are TMNT and Power Rangers (which is just licensed right?). After the series ends who knows what happens. Nick usually sends old shows to Nicktoons now, where they basicly retire. Then they move onto whats "in".

Probably been talked about but I just dont understand why they needed to sell the franchise at all. If you wanted a break or didnt have any new ideas...fine put it aside til you feel like coming back to it. Im sure money wasn't an issue. Selling the franchise was so drastic.

[Gonstead]

- My discovery that the NECA wave 2 stuff never got released. I would have LOVED to own that Shredder!

- Playmates figures always having the most basic of articulation. I dream about a nicely articulated 2K3 Shredder in my collection...

- I love Turtles Forever, but I just feel that a whole lot more could have been done or added in to the final product

- I really wish they just say "Dead", "Died" or "Die" instead of trying to find ways to imply it but not say it. I understand TV network rules n all but it would really please me to see this happen.

[Powder]

I honestly think it's having Megan Fox cast as April.

[Jester]

I honestly think it's having Megan Fox cast as April.
Could be worse....coulda been:
http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/2a/fa/2afaac53247482fe92a7bc8d01df4a97.jpg

[Candy Kappa]

waking up to the Megan Fox news certainly is up there in the list

[Shreddhead]

I guess I'll wait until its actually out, but this...^^^

[Orisue]

The 2007 movie was a huge disappointment for me I just thought it was lame and I was 14 at the time so it had nothing to do with me being to old to enjoy it. The plot was stupid. Also the fact that its difficult for me as a fan to find turtle events/ conventions that I can actually attend or are open to the public. But I think we all struggle with that lol. So idk thats enough bitching for one day.

[ryukenden]

My biggest disappointments are naturally the shows when the Turtles sing. Coming out of their Shells, Turtle Christmas and especially Turtle Tunes. Those are the bottom no underneath the barrel for me so far.

Next Mutation is bottom of the barrel. It's not Venus, it's the execution of the show. Same with the third movie. The next one I am very wary of.