TMNT & McFarlane!

[Usagi'sChick]

Would it just rock!? If the turtles were done by the best toy designer around company around? As long as they werent all super-mutated and zombie like with torn limbs! I emailed my suggestion to the company, perhaps others could follow in my lead?
It would totally rock!

[cqb101]

As much as McF is probably my favorite toy company out there right now, I don't think I'd like them. I want figures of the turtles, not plastic statues. Although I would like to see them do a classic comics cover series based on Mirage, like they did for Spawn series 24. If I could have any company do TMNT, I'd want toybiz to do them along the lines of the Marvel Legends line. Each one could come with a base, a reprint comic, and lots of articulation. But it doesn't really matter because Playmates won't be giving up the liscence any time soon. :)

[Splinter]

Hell no. Keep McFarlane's shoddy ass products as far away as possible from the TMNT franchise. TMNT is a kid's property, and McFarlane doesn't do anything with a focus on kids. And if you read any collectors boards, McFarlane also is a pompus ass. And he uses inferior plastics for his products, making them extremely fragile and prone to breaking. He also makes it impossible for collectors to buy the entire series of figures on some occassions. And also is a very rude and ignorent in how he treats the consumers. There are numorous times he's basically told off fans for wanting something done so bad, they couldn't afford to do it. He's also pulled some incredibly shaddy deals with figures of the Crow, Ghostface, etc.

[Kid Icarus]

If I could have any company do TMNT, I'd want toybiz to do them along the lines of the Marvel Legends line. Each one could come with a base, a reprint comic, and lots of articulation.
Ditto on that.

McFarlane is cool, but I like to play with the figures. And reprints of Mirage vol. 1 would be awesome.

[MikesPizzaShack]

ooooh super articulated TMNT......that would be sweet. lol they would prob call its super ninja articulation lmao. i would love that.....it would be kewl to see mcfarland doing like old school mirage TMNT and a comic cover set would be sweet also. but i dont think it will happen....

[lethrhd]

I dont know why everyone thinks that Mac makes the best toys, like someone said earlier they aren't even articulated, well they are I have his T-800 model but they certainly resemble "plastic statues" rather than toys. But of course a new line of turtle figures would be welcomed anyday I suppose.

[VaughnMichael]

I dont know why everyone thinks that Mac makes the best toys, like someone said earlier they aren't even articulated, well they are I have his T-800 model but they certainly resemble "plastic statues" rather than toys. But of course a new line of turtle figures would be welcomed anyday I suppose.
I think when people say this..they mean the looks of the toys detail and sculpting wise..not i'm gonna be mad if they dont have ninja fighting action or super light up night light action.....he is great for the designs and sculpts as an artist and sculpter I realy love the work they do.....
playmates old tmnt was very detailed also for such a low budget line which is amazing.....they took such a huge risk with tmnt.....the new line isnt very detailed though but it's ok the new toys are based off flat line cartoons not detailed drawings....but I would love to see mcfarlene do atleast one set of tmnt toys"statues" ...why because I know they if done correctly would look amazing....but as we seen with playmates statues they can also do amazing work ...I wish they could put it towards the action figure line.....
Vaughn Michael

[Psycho Da Turtle]

Honestly I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned...

If mcfarlene did anything, it should be movie styled. Theyre known for doing movie skulpts, and I for one think the notion of movie miniatures would be great. Even better than the original movie star turtles.

[Usagi'sChick]

I didnt know he was a prick to deal with, i've never heard anything! It does such he uses cheap plastic, I just thought some of his figures looked really cool.
I mean I still love the toys and the large collectable statues, but I just thought it would have been interesting to see. Oh well

[Splinter]

Yeah, McFarlane's pulled some shady deals in the past. He got the rights to make a 'Crow' comic, just so he could make a figure. Then ditched the comic right after. He also made a ghostface figure, without getting the rights to the movie Scream. That's why the majority of the figures on the market have a 'Ghostface' poster instead of Scream. He got the studio on his butt for that one.

He has had his minion 'Steve the Bum' basically tell fans off on his message board for wanting certain figures done. Like the Tall Man (Phantasm) and Hellraiser figures. Hell, he told off Angus Schrimm who even approached him to do a Tall Man figure. Said it wasn't visiually intresting enough. And the on the Hellraiser figures, they blasted fans for wanting the figures soooooo badly, that the license became to expensive for McFarlane to buy. Yet, NECA could afford it.

And there was also the shenanigans when he had South Park figures on display at Toy Fair. Which caused a bunch of excitement for fans. But yet, didn't even have the license, had never approached Comedy Central or Matt and Trey parker for a license to make them. And got in quite a bit of hot water with CC and M&T over them. Not to mention pissed off fans.

There's even more then these cases. But I'm tired of typing. :D

[Leo656]

My story's even shorter. The guys who run the comic shop I go to see him at conventions a lot, and they say he's the most self-centered, egotistical, own-hype-believing, overrated piece of scum in the whole comic book/toy industry. The guy has his head so far up his own ass he can probably tell what he had for breakfast last Thursday. He thinks he's God's gift to everything, when in truth he's just a hack who got lucky. Him and the other Image Assh*les raped the comic book industry in the early 90s when he and a bunch of other pencillers looking for "artistic freedom" left Marvel and started their own company full of pin-up books with word ballons stamped on them so they could pretend there was an actual "story". They made such a fuss, everyone was sure Image was gonna usher in a new golden age for comics, and it became a speculator's industry. People started buying 10 copies of every comic that came out and sealing them away, never to be seen again, in the belief that in ten years that mint condition Spawn #1 in the closet would be worth a bazillion dollars. Well, that didn't happen. What DID happen was, all of Image's hot books shipped late continuously to the point the interest died down, Toddy boy jumped off of his own book after something like 30 issues so he could sit back and collect money off the character without having to actually work. Then he started McFarlane Toys so he could, again, collect tons of money and not do any work. People talk about him like he designs and scuplts the figures himself, for crying out loud.

The guy's a scumbag, he almost killed the comic book industry in the 90s, and his company's toys are nothing but pretty-but-cheap overpriced crap. It pains me that my love of The Crow and Army of Darkness overcame my hatred of McFarlane, because buying those figures and putting even more money in his pockets disgusts me.

F*ck Todd McFarlane. I'd cry if he ever had ANYTHING to do with TMNT in any form.

[Splinter]

Hey, good news for you Leo. Palisades picked up Army of Darkness and is doing 3 3/4" figure two packs of Ash and the Deadites in 2004. And Neca's got this awesome 18" Crow figure coming in 2004. :)

http://207.44.182.109/photo/1/data/878/1crow5-med.JPG?2453

[GK Punk]

:o :o :o

Dude, I need that Crow figure. I have the other one but that one kinda pwnz all over it.

(Someone needs to do some cheap anime statue-like toys. I want some Sailor Moon ones dammit)

[TMNT-Leonardo]

Well, Ninja Turtles will probaly not be one of there choices. Most Mcfralane figures are 15 or 18 and up. My T3 figure is 18 and up. The Freddy Krueger figure is the same because of gore. Face it, did you see the Matrix toys? The detail wasn't as good as other toys. If the did do ninja turtles, it probaly won't be much effort. There figures are aimed at mostly adults.

[Brodie]

The only good figures done by McFarlane are his Alien Vs Predator 2 packs, and Freddy Krueger version 2. I'm interested in those Army Of Darkness figures mentioned before.......

[Splinter]

The only good figures done by McFarlane are his Alien Vs Predator 2 packs, and Freddy Krueger version 2. I'm interested in those Army Of Darkness figures mentioned before.......
The Freddy that McFarlane did is pretty pathetic in my opinion. I eagerly look forward to the new Freddy vs. Jason version. The sculpting is far superior as is the materials. Warning if you follow the link, there is a spoiler. :)

http://www.necaonline.com/images/fvsj.jpg

http://www.necaonline.com/fvsj/
http://www.necaonline.com/fvsj/fvsj2.html

[PizzaPower]

it would be cool for like collictables. but not play items.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Wow, great anti-McFarlane rant, Leo.

I never knew any of that stuff about him. I just wasn't pleased with Image comics. I mean, Geez, Todd sounds like a real Butthead!

[Stone Ill]

Hey, good news for you Leo. Palisades picked up Army of Darkness and is doing 3 3/4" figure two packs of Ash and the Deadites in 2004. And Neca's got this awesome 18" Crow figure coming in 2004. :)

Woah, does this Palisades have a website? I'll definately be looking forward to these AOD figures.

And Leo, I was considering buying the 2nd version of Ash from McFarlane but I'm not sure anymore. Would you recommened that I do get it or wait for this Palisades stuff to come out?

[cqb101]

Hey, good news for you Leo. Palisades picked up Army of Darkness and is doing 3 3/4" figure two packs of Ash and the Deadites in 2004. And Neca's got this awesome 18" Crow figure coming in 2004. :)

Woah, does this Palisades have a website? I'll definately be looking forward to these AOD figures.

And Leo, I was considering buying the 2nd version of Ash from McFarlane but I'm not sure anymore. Would you recommened that I do get it or wait for this Palisades stuff to come out?

Well, if you wait for the palisades stuff to come out you're gonna be waiting a long time. They won't be coming out for almost a year. We haven't seen sculpts of them yet or even design sketches. Plus they'll be less than half the size of the McF ones, so they won't have as good detail or headsculpts. I's day get the McF figs now, and then get the palisades ones when they come out.

The palisades figures are going to be 2 packs and each 2 pack will come with either an Ash figure or one of the Knights and a deadite soldier. Each 2-pack will also come with a display base and a bumch of assecories. Each 2-pack will cost around 15 bucks, maybe more. I can't wait! :)

[Stone Ill]

Hey, good news for you Leo. Palisades picked up Army of Darkness and is doing 3 3/4" figure two packs of Ash and the Deadites in 2004. And Neca's got this awesome 18" Crow figure coming in 2004. :)

Woah, does this Palisades have a website? I'll definately be looking forward to these AOD figures.

And Leo, I was considering buying the 2nd version of Ash from McFarlane but I'm not sure anymore. Would you recommened that I do get it or wait for this Palisades stuff to come out?

Well, if you wait for the palisades stuff to come out you're gonna be waiting a long time. They won't be coming out for almost a year. We haven't seen sculpts of them yet or even design sketches. Plus they'll be less than half the size of the McF ones, so they won't have as good detail or headsculpts. I's day get the McF figs now, and then get the palisades ones when they come out.

The palisades figures are going to be 2 packs and each 2 pack will come with either an Ash figure or one of the Knights and a deadite soldier. Each 2-pack will also come with a display base and a bumch of assecories. Each 2-pack will cost around 15 bucks, maybe more. I can't wait! :)

I definately can't wait!

I just got into the Evil Dead craze about a month and a half ago and I already I found out about sculpts, figures, and even a game that came out this year! It's like they were waiting for me to start liking it.. :o

[Leo656]

I bought the McFarlane Ash figures but it's only because my love of anything Evil Dead outweighs my loathing for that baseball-buying shmuck.

[tOkKa]

-->> ..i hope Mc F. does some more anime/manga figs at some point..The Akira figs are tight as f5ck.. and the Keneda on Bike is flawless!! :sick:

[Dane E5R]

The day I can own a Ranma Saotome action figure is the day I can die happy.

[milweskee]

McFarlane stuff really sucks. It was cool when I was 15. To add something onto the McFarlane rant, he's uneducated as well. Spawn, of course, is a book with tons of biblical references. The battle between heaven and hell is pretty much the foundation of this book. McFarlane has shown throughout his books that he knows nothing about good or evil in a biblical sense. The day I threw away my Spawn books, was the day I actually read them instead of staring at the pretty pictures.

Playmates has done a great job so far. This is one of those occassions when you shouldn't fix anything if it isn't broken. TMNT is going strong, and Playmates deserves to have the rights to themselves. They've been taking suggestions and searching for new ideas from none other than TMNT fans. They also took the risk of supporting the old cartoon. The new line of figures looks exactly like the cartoon. They even managed to make some highly articulated turtles in the Fightin' Gear variants for everyone who was displeased with the articulation of the first four. While all those Marvel and MOTU f***s search high and low for the rarities, the shelves keep filling up with TMNT. It's just a great pleasure buying this TMNT line. No frustrations. Great price (at Wal-Mart here they are $4.77!). Availability. What more can you ask for?

[Snailman]

As much as McF is probably my favorite toy company out there right now, I don't think I'd like them. I want figures of the turtles, not plastic statues.

::nods:: I second that.

Although I would like to see them do a classic comics cover series based on Mirage, like they did for Spawn series 24. If I could have any company do TMNT, I'd want toybiz to do them along the lines of the Marvel Legends line. Each one could come with a base, a reprint comic, and lots of articulation. But it doesn't really matter because Playmates won't be giving up the liscence any time soon. :)

::nods:: Yeah, that sounds good to me. Like, I always wanted TMNT figures sculpted how they were drawn by Kevin Eastman, I always liked that look. :)

-Snailman

[Snailman]

Hell no. Keep McFarlane's shoddy ass products as far away as possible from the TMNT franchise.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh god that was funny...dude, that's gotta be made into a quote or something. :D

TMNT is a kid's property, and McFarlane doesn't do anything with a focus on kids. And if you read any collectors boards, McFarlane also is a pompus ass. And he uses inferior plastics for his products, making them extremely fragile and prone to breaking. He also makes it impossible for collectors to buy the entire series of figures on some occassions. And also is a very rude and ignorent in how he treats the consumers. There are numorous times he's basically told off fans for wanting something done so bad, they couldn't afford to do it. He's also pulled some incredibly shaddy deals with figures of the Crow, Ghostface, etc.

::nods:: Yeah, totally. One of the reasons I stopped buying his stuff was because it's made from such a fragile plastic. If you drop any of this stuff on a floor it'll most likely shatter like glass.

-Snailman

[Snailman]

playmates old tmnt was very detailed also for such a low budget line which is amazing.....they took such a huge risk with tmnt.....the new line isnt very detailed though but it's ok the new toys are based off flat line cartoons not detailed drawings....

Yeah, the old line was insanely detailed. I mean, some of the figures in prototype form had more paint then the finished products (which was probably a cost issue).

I wish they'd make like a sub-line of TMNT figures & have them be like Eastman & Laird's original drawings, details & all. That'd be awesome to see. :D

BTW, Putrescent, what exactly is that thing in your avatar? :-?

-Snailman

[Snailman]

Playmates has done a great job so far. This is one of those occassions when you shouldn't fix anything if it isn't broken. TMNT is going strong, and Playmates deserves to have the rights to themselves.

Oh yeah, totally duder. 8)

They've been taking suggestions and searching for new ideas from none other than TMNT fans. They also took the risk of supporting the old cartoon. The new line of figures looks exactly like the cartoon.

REALLY?! :o Since when? Why wasn't I informed of this??

They even managed to make some highly articulated turtles in the Fightin' Gear variants for everyone who was displeased with the articulation of the first four.

Yeah, that's right, those figures do look pretty cool, I gotta pick'em up when I see them...

While all those Marvel and MOTU f***s search high and low for the rarities, the shelves keep filling up with TMNT. It's just a great pleasure buying this TMNT line. No frustrations. Great price (at Wal-Mart here they are $4.77!). Availability. What more can you ask for?

Dude, you are soooo right. I collect TMNT & MotU & I've yet to have a really difficult time finding any of the action figures I needed. Okay, a good example is I found the Nanotech Monster 2 saturdays ago & people started talking about it on the boards, about 3 weeks ago maybe?

Now, with MotU, I've been looking for Whiplash & Buzz-Off since mid-July when they were originally released & I've yet spot them once in the store.

Mattel should take notes from Playmates, they know how to make a toyline. :)

-Snailman

[PizzaPower]

I think that they should at least do the statues.

[GK Punk]

The day I can own a Ranma Saotome action figure is the day I can die happy.

Preaching. to. The. Choir.

I also want a Kuno figure though.

[jasonorme666]

As good as Mc Farlane are (I own all of the Tortured Souls 1 & 2 figures) I wouldnt like to see the Turtles done by them.. They would become much darker than they are...

Another good company are NECA.. they never use to be good.. but the new Lines of Hellraiser figuers (which i have all of) are very impressive and a perfectly accurate to the movies... they would do a good job of TMNT

[EZweasel]

i would love for mcfarlane to do the turtles..in my opinion it would be beter than playmates...but i like playmates also...and whoever said the new matrix figures arent detailed.i thought this was the most detailed line yet...have you seen the real world neo?? looks just like keanu.

[VaughnMichael]

playmates old tmnt was very detailed also for such a low budget line which is amazing.....they took such a huge risk with tmnt.....the new line isnt very detailed though but it's ok the new toys are based off flat line cartoons not detailed drawings....

Yeah, the old line was insanely detailed. I mean, some of the figures in prototype form had more paint then the finished products (which was probably a cost issue).

I wish they'd make like a sub-line of TMNT figures & have them be like Eastman & Laird's original drawings, details & all. That'd be awesome to see. :D

BTW, Putrescent, what exactly is that thing in your avatar? :-?

-Snailman
That Thing in my avatar would be Putrescent himself ^_^
he is a very smelly wild bore
http://www.pixilatedwhitewash.com/Journal%20Images/Putrescent.jpg
hope you enjoy him
Vaughn Michael

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I'm quite glad playmates is doing the TMNT I think they're doing a more fantastic job than any of the other companies would.

[Drtooth]

I wish Playmates would give the same care and coolness to the Simpsons line as they do with TMNT!

[Mars-Chan]

I NEED THAT ERIC DRAVEN FIGURE!!!!!!! *drools like a rabid fangirl*

[kj6754]

I'm quite glad playmates is doing the TMNT I think they're doing a more fantastic job than any of the other companies would.

could you imagine if the line was handled by mattel? :dead:

[PizzaPower]

I don't think if it would sell that greate.

[PizzaPower]

that would neve happen and if it did I would not buy them ( Maybe I would ) but any way they would really suck.

[Spectre]

Would it just rock!? If the turtles were done by the best toy designer around company around? As long as they werent all super-mutated and zombie like with torn limbs! I emailed my suggestion to the company, perhaps others could follow in my lead?
It would totally rock!

Hell yeah!

Come to think about it, they could be colored completely black, have weird faces, and have crazy looking weapons!

Awesome, dude!!

[cqb101]

Would it just rock!? If the turtles were done by the best toy designer around company around? As long as they werent all super-mutated and zombie like with torn limbs! I emailed my suggestion to the company, perhaps others could follow in my lead?
It would totally rock!

Hell yeah!

Come to think about it, they could be colored completely black, have weird faces, and have crazy looking weapons!

Awesome, dude!!

Ya, and while they're at it they can have them missing limbs, and have their intestines hanging out of there stomachs and have a bondage April. They figures will be great! :roll: :roll: :roll:

[jeff the cheff]

lol, a bondage april...thats perfect. :lol:

[Kid Icarus]

Ya, and while they're at it they can have them missing limbs, and have their intestines hanging out of there stomachs and have a bondage April. They figures will be great! :roll: :roll: :roll: Well, if that's what you want... ;). :lol: .

Or you could be like "If you guys ever make a TMNT line, you'd better not have intestines comming outta their plastorms. And April and bondage do not go together."

[Buslady]

cant stand anything McFarlane....