new 06 pictures
 

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=20&itemid=8392
looks like they've got better can't wait to get my hands on bishop

yea they are looking better but rat king needs some serious work! he's mostly robot...and the part that should be half robot his face...isn't...so odd lol
worse comes to worse people can use the amazing old toy for this new line to.....
Savanti(sp) is this what he looks like in the show...I figured he be his ugly goat looking self first...I havn't seen the episode yet..this new looks is very nice..but there was nothing wrong with how he looked before in the comics...I really wanted a toy of him like that..damn the old line for never making him as a toy!...

Nobody? is that him I'd imagin it is..unless its some new super hero friend lol.....ummm wait isnt nobody black and white...or was he red...I havn't seen that episode yet either...shesh....I don't like how flat his face looks though and hes so stiff looking....

The purple dragon guy isnt to bad...we just need some more now to go with him.....I'm quite suprised we're even getting this one lol..even if his hair and eyes are a bit um off lol....

Bishop love the man....the toy meh...and woa whats gonna happen to poor bishops hand lol he's gonna get a red right hand like in that creepy song on the lost highway soundtrac heh....um bu yea that toy kinda looks more like george bush jr then bishop...sad...

Savanti, Rat King and the Purple Dragon look great! The eyes and hair are a bit off on the Purple Dragon though:ohwell: I don't like the Bishop figure, the red hand really puts me off. Hopefully he'll have changeable hands, with a normal one instead of the red one.

Nobody's just bland and boring, reminds me of Silver Sentry only worse (at least SS had a few diffrent colours, Nobody only has black and crimson). I don't know what he looks like in the show though, I've never seen him.

I don't think the bandages on Rat King are very well painted, they either tried to pull off a 'darker in the cracks of the bandage' look or they just couldn't paint him properly cause of the sculpt. I can imagine the paint job being really dodgy when he's mass produced!

AND THIS IS WHY, FOR THE MOST PART I DONT COLLECT THIS TOY LINE (ALTHOUGH I LOVE MY TURTLES). THE SCULPTURE-RS DONT PUT THEIR HEARTS INTO THESE WORKS. I HATE THE UNPROPORTION HANDS ON THESE FIGURES, THEY LOOK STUPID. BISHOPS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIMSELF, LOOK AT NOBODY'S HANDS (WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?). RATKING IS ALRIGHT BUT TRUE THAT THEY JUST TOTALLY FORGOT IS CYBERNETIC SIDE (HE'S GOOD ENOUGH TO PURCHASE). I'D HAVE TO WATCH "TIME TRAVAILS" AGAIN TO SEE HOW WELL OR BAD THEY DID WITH SAVANTI ROMERO. THE PURPLE DRAGON IS VERY GOOD. SEE FOR THE MOST PART THIS TOY LINE IS HIT AND MISS. SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO VERY GOOD FIGURES :USAGI, ULTROM, THE TURTLES, HUN, TURTLE TITAN, BUT THEN THEY **** UP EVERYTHING ELSE: FOOT ELITE, BISHOP, NOBODY, HAMATO YOSHI (iLL!!), TRAXIMUS, GUARDIAN, KARIA (LOOKS BETTER WITH THE MASK ON!!), DRAKO (SILVER VEST?????????) ETC. YES, THE TOY LINE IS FOR KIDS BUT WHY CANT THEY MAKE ALL THE FIGURES IN THE SAME QUALITY THAT THEY DO THEIR GOOD ONES. I MEAN THE GOOD ONES ARE CHILDISH ENOUGH AND ADULTISH ENOUGH. WHEN I SAW HAMATO FOR THE 1ST TIME, I WAS INSULTED. IM UNHAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF THE FIGURES, BUT IF LIKE THIS THEY SELL, THEN LIKE THIS MAKE THEM. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? IM OFF TO THE PARADE.

:roll:

But back to topic I for 1 will be collecting these cool figures.I've gotta add them to my collection! :-)

Rat King looks awful!

They definitely aren't 'great,' but that said, I am just content knowing they are releasing new figures (other than turtle variants).

I know, as a financial supporter of this line I should be more picky and want more for my money (and I do), but I am just thrilled to be getting more figures! Maybe they will throw a packaging twist on us that will surprise us all!

They will all be welcomed members to my collection, but far from my favorites!

I'm a sucker I've bought all the none Turtle figs save Butterfly Swords....and that's cause he's such a side character....Savanti didn't look like in the show...maybe if he shows up again....The others are weak, but I'm still goona shell out the dough cause I'm a turtle fan and feel psudo-obligated.

Savanti looks like a step in the right direction. I don't know how toon accurate he is, and I don't really like his paints, but at least his legs are articulated like the turtles (or so it seems).

Nobody is a peg warmer.

Rat King needs to be bigger, as in massive. He was like 7 feet tall in the toon, and was lanky. I'm thinking more like that guy from Street Fighter with the scar on his chest. He would be a perfect base for a custom rat king. His leg articulation looks cheapy, as if there isn't any at all.

Purple Dragon: Now this is a sculpt. He isn't perfect but he looks a lot like his toon counterpart that it's one of the first figures to really pull off the animated look.

Bishop: His head is kinda weird, maybe it's the hair. Anyway I'm glad they're giving the secondary figures the t-crotch instead of the cut joint that many of the previous figures had. I wish all the articulation would be ball joint like the turtles, and what seems to be Savanti, but it's not a perfect world so I'm happy that they can at least stand AND sit now.

Overall this is a step up from what we used to get for secondary characters, still needs a lot of work but there's at least 2 good figures out of 5. I'll buy them all but Nobody, Bishop, and Rat King will probably stay MOC and be packed away in boxes almost immediately.

Im definatly gonna get the Batman er Nobody figure and Savanti Romero. Not too sure about Rat King tho.

As for Bishop's hand. That's the same hand that was causing him problems in "Alien's Among Us". The figures always give away things that'll happen in future eps.

I wish they'd make a Renet figure!! I'd SOOO buy that! :D

*runs off still clutching her new Master Yoshi figure*

Yeah, I gotta agree with you there...

I'd love to demand more from Playmates....but there is not much use to it...

New characters are the main thing I want to see from the line....so I am pretty happy with the 06 figures....

Definately getting Bishop, Rat King, Purple Dragon, Karia, Stockman & Quarry.

I wish they'd done some good promo pics of Karai....:-?

I think Savanti looks pretty sweet...the rest are pretty cool with Nobody looking very, very plain...i know in the cartoon there wasnt much to him either, but it still woulda been nice for something more than this...

you have to look at these figures as works of art and then you have to consider the original sculptors of these figures as artists. THen you have to question what is the artist's intended goal?

Well I would say that the artist's intended goal is to make pieces of art that are heavily based on minimalism. That means that these figures are not suppose to have marvel legends like detail but they are supposed to look simple and abstract. The minimalism in these figures are what make them so great.

Your complaints kind of remind me of how some people hate and can't understand The Velvet Underground's critically acclaimed album 'White Light-White heat'. The album sounds distorted, out of place, terrible at times, and is not well structured. When you take into account that this was the band's intended effect then you can fruther appreciate the sounds of distortion and noise. You will also have a better understanding of it.

That's a funny reason to like something. What if their intention was to make garbage? Just because they sought it out and made garbage doesn't mean it's not garbage... Let's say I want to make a TMNT drawing. My intention was to be minimal and crappy. Is it now worthy because that was my intention?

Ectocooler's amazing 30 second art: http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6731/untitled4sj.png

Just playing devil's advocate, but that is no reason to like something. If that was their intention and they pulled it off, then it's fine, but if they're trying to go for "minimalism" and it still sucks, then it sucks. Personally I like the purple dragon, it sure is minimal compared to McFarlane toys or even The Batman figures (which are another animated property, actually probably competing with TMNT the most) but it's still better than Nobody. I wouldn't give Nobody to a child because what fun could they have with a smooth plastic turd?

They're obviously going for an animated look, but animated figures have been done much better than this.

believe it or not the picture you posted was a piece of art. weather your art is good or not is a subjective issue.

I was just saying that many people on a subjective level do see the beauty in minimilstic art because they understand it in some way. and yes, even garbage can be a work of art and some people may even like it. I just consider art to be something that is made which calls for a reaction from the person who sees it. They can hate it or love, but its still art. ;)

and i know its no reason to like something, i just wanted to give LUCKFF a different prespective so maybe his eyes could understand what was in front of them. Once he understands then I guess he can make judgements about it.

Before reading about art, I have to admit that I hated all abstract art. When I started reading about it and then looked into the artist's intentions I started to appreciate the art more. To this day I still don't like some works of abstract art but I do find myself enjoying some of it because of my new found understanding.

I See What You Are Saying, And You Probably Think That I'm One Of These Over Critical People. I'm Not. I Love Art And Am An Artist My Self. Its Like Movies With Me, When I See People Criticize Movies They Dont Understand, I Tell Them That If The Director Or Writers Pulled Off What They Were Attempting Then Some Credit Must Be Given, But Not Acclaim. Just Because This Is Their View Of What The Figure Should Be Doesn't Mean Its The Sh*t. And These Figures Are Not Meant To Be Abstract Or Interpreted, Their For Kids. In Fact They Are Suppose To Be 100% Likeness To The Toon. Wouldn't You Agree?

And What If I Do Understand And I Still Hate Them? What Can I Do To Show You I Understand????? Did I Not Explain Why I Hate Them? Have You Seen Hamato Yoshi's Figure??? It Looks Nothing Like Him. What Was The Sculptor Trying To Say? "this Is What I Look Like Dead"? Whats Your Interpretation Of Hamato And Why They Made Him Look Like So? Have You Seen Karai??? That Her Body But Not Her Face. Is It Just Me Or They Just Cant Do Humans (for The Most Part).

Do You Really Think This Company Is Artistically Dedicated To This Line? And Why Cant It Just Be That They Just Aren't That Good (not Every One's An Artist)? Do They Really Deserve Credit? And Where Is There Room For Criticism When There Will Always Be Someone Who Likes Something? I Always Like To Say That Everything Is Relative, But To Be Honest Some Things Are More Relative Then Others. When An Artist Makes A Piece Of Work And Half The People Like It And Half The People Protest It, Then The Work Served As A Filter To Seed Out Those That He Was Not Trying To Please. The 50% That Liked It Can Appreciate It Because It Was Made For Them.

I Was Never There Where You Have Been. Ive Never Hated Abstract Art (thats Ignorant), I Just Knew That My Time Would Come When I Could Understand It. Why Would You Judge Something You Dont Understand? So I Can Say That Unlike You I Stayed Away From Being Ignorant. For Instance, I Love Classical Music, But Most Of My Life Was Dedicated To Hip Hop. I'm Just Getting In Classical And I Never Bashed It When I Had 2pac In My Ears And Eminem. And Classical Is Such A Contrast To Rap. Most Of My Peers Were Ignorant When They Said Things Like "i Hate Classical". Of Course You Do Dumb Sh*t, You Have The Neptune's Bumping On Full On Your Ipod And Classical Is The Opposite. Who Here Likes To Enter The Cold Air After Being In A Heated Room. But Of Course You Adjust And You Dont Mind Anymore. I'm Not That Guy You Outlined. I Have My Appreciations. I Am Very Confident In Telling When Something Is Intended Art And Unintended Crap. I Still Believe That Most Of These Figures Are Unintended Crap.

You know. it does kind of suck that, that may be the rat kings final paint scheme. oh well. im still going to buy the figure, cause i like the character so much.. but i will say that this is the first figure that i definitely like the older version of much better then this new one.

likewise if hes as bad as yoshi,traximus,old baxter,& the daimyo(sp) I'll be skipping on a great character just like i did those toys because they are rubish.....I never skipped a single character from the old line because for the most part the toys had been dead on to how the drawings looked...
-Putrescent

I really dont like the way Rat king looks , Im not that Impressed about those paleo figs ... .I must have the purple dragon and Bishop figs

i really dont like any from the new line ... =/ they look so bland, and the rat king...i just hate his robot look =/ was so dissapointed when i saw that in the NT

I wish they'd get Mc Farlane toys to make these. At least then they would do them justice. The quality they put out is phenominal. I'd actually buy them then.