what was your first TMNT memory?
 

The other day I received in the mail original moc Leo, Mike, and Raph from an ebay deal. Not only do they look awesome but they got me thinking back to when I first relized the TMNT. I was pretty young and my Dad would go on field service for work ever so often...well one time he came back from what I believe was Delaware...could be wrong here...but oh well..not the point. Anyhow he had brought me and my younger brother a gift from his trip. It was Mikey and Don, and I had knew nothing of these strange turtle toys... So just going by color, I picked Mikey because "the orange guy" looked cool. This is my very first TMNT memory, I'm not sure how many other people picked up on the TMNT through the toys...as for the most part I here people talk about catching on when they first saw the cartoon or the comic book....so question being, what was your first TMNT memory?

Awesome topic! :D

I'm told my dad took my brother and I to see the first movie. I don't remember that at all, and if I do, I only remember seeing the exterior of Shredder's "warehouse" hideout on the big screen..thats it! :lol:

My first real memory is my dad's mother (my grandmother, of course) taking me to KB Toys in one of the shopping malls in Reading, PA. She bought me Raph and Leo from the first series. I'll never forget how squishy Raph's head was (though I later in my years saw another "original" Raph with a harder head). :P

Much to my satisfaction, when the new TMNT figures were released a few weeks ago, I first picked up, yes, Raph and Leo at, yes, my local KB Toys. :)

My local tv station was airing the first 5 episodes as a 'test' during spring break of my 6th grade year ;) I named one of my Lego horses after Leonardo.

Of course all the plastic Lego horses looked the same, but somehow I knew which one was Leo *shrug*

Once I hit 7th grade the Turtles were officially on tv. Then I was like "oh YEA that's why I named that toy Leonardo! durrrr..."


- Cher

On a bus trip to visit my Grandfather,we stopped in at one of the gift shops at one of the bus stations.I was given a chance to choose a magazine or comic to read on the way.I chose TMNT #1 ( Archie series ).I must have read and reread that thing a hundred times.

Either buying the toy Mike, or reading my first Archie issue, which was the the swedsih issue with the Eye of Sarnath-story (Sarnath! Sarnath! Sarnath! :P)

earliest memory
 

My earliest memory of the Turtles? Hmmm, probably the kids playing out the characters on the playground in second grade. They made me Casey Jones, but I didn't get into the Turtles until a few months later. I had no idea who Casey was at the time, so I didn't know how to act! :lol:

well..since im pretty young my first memory would be renting out the turtle movie every single week...i musta spent like $50 on that tape when i coulda brought it...but meh i was stupid

I remember hearing about the TMNT at school one day and decided to tune in and see what all the fuss was about. I don't remember what my first cartoon episode was, but I became hooked. Next thing I remember was getting Donatello and Raphael action figures (with the squishy heads). Heh... Just like Darth, I got my first figures from my local KB Toy store. And I bought a new Giant Michelangelo at the same place. :)

There already was a topic about this: http://www.thetechnodrome.com/forums...pic.php?t=1963

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LOL! I knew this sounded familiar... But hey, we've got a lot of new members since the last thread got buried, and it's nice hearing from others who didn't post in the older thread. :)

HAHA... this imposter thread!

Wasn't this thread already made?

Yes it was, but I think the original poster didn't know about it. That's okay, since the older thread got buried. I can't even begin to count how many "Who's your favorite turtle?" and "How old is everyone here?" threads I've seen since being a part of this forum. Some topics tend to get repeated after a long while.

My first memory, well I faintly remember seeing the first TMNT movie on the big screen, I was only like three years old. I remember going to see TMNT 2 more clearly though,
Me- What are we seein'?
Mom- The new Ninja Turtle movie
Me-(looked at VHS of TMNT 1 on the shelf) But there's already a Ninja Turtle movie!

Heh, I recently received issue 4 of the first Mirage volume, and reading it brought me back to 15 years ago when TMNT was one of the first comics I ever got into. I borrowed #4 off a friend, and half of the issue's dialogue had been imbedded in my memory ever since then. Reading it now is a real trip in Nostalgia Land. I guess that was my first memory of turtle stuff. :P

Who dares to steal my topic! Oh, it's just you, tmnt2513.

Well, I know I got started on the cartoon, but the earliest memory I can remember was going into the drive-in to go see TMNT the movie. Jeez that movie was hard to see! :lol:

Wow!!! You saw the first TMNT movie in a drive-in theatre? That's awesome! I saw a few movies at drive-in theatres as a kid. I miss those. They were cool.

My very first TMNT moment was flipping through the channels and seeing The Shredder cutting open a portal with his Katana and jumping in......he was in an alley.......hmmm.....it was around 3:15pm after school.......a Thursday.........umm.........and I was really young......me and my bro were hooked after that.
-J

It was from what I remember, but it was REALLY dark, so you kinda had a hard time seeing what was going on. :lol: Jeez, I miss my drive-in! The place I live at now doesn't have any... :cry:

First TMNT Memory
 

I remember seeing the original episodes at about age 5 or so, then my elementary school actually began calling the pizza they served at lunchtime "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza". Man those were the days....

I remember being in my grandmas kitchen one morning, and seeing the ending credits of the cartoon. That's my earliest TMNT memory.

Funky music too. 8)

I said it in the past thread about this, but I'll go ahead and up my postcount :wink:

It was during the second season of the cartoon (1988, for the clueless). I was 4 at the time. The kid that lived next door to us was a humungo 80s toon fan, TMNT included. He was over at my house visiting with me and my sister like he usually did. Actually, there were probably at least 2 families at the house at the time, with my now late grandmother visiting as well. Anyway, the TV was blaring as usual, and lo and behold, "Splinter No More" was the episode that was on. That's my first TMNT technical memory, but I didn't actually become a fan of the cartoon until my mom rented and recorded the Heroes In A Half-Shell VHS onto a Beta tape. Again, for those not old enough to remember, Beta was the norm before VHS: it was smaller, couldn't record as long, but it was better quality than VHS. The reason a lot of my peers don't remember it is because Beta started to die out around 1989, when my peers and I were about 4 or 5 years old. I was very rare among them because my parents were still loyal to Beta even when we owned 2 VHS machines (one for plain viewing, the other for recording).

In short, my dad was into that techy stuff, and he still is even at 53!

I remember looking in my moms room for christmas presents and found a BeBop action figure. That was in 87 when I was 2 years old. I'm 16 now adn have been a turtle fan since I have lived.

Hmm...

I don't remember anything specific. All I remember is having a lot of the toys (Turtle Blimp owned!), watching the show and see the 1st movie and being afriad of Raph LOL.

Good topic! (im new btw)

One of my first memories was at SOME supermarket type place, and they had the turtle action figures just on an end row, and I was looking at them, I remember Ace Duck the most. I also remember getting the bed sheets for my birthday one year, and then putting them on the next morning (SATURDAY) while watching the cartoon.

Ace Duck is still my favorite character/action figure. While all the others have been long put away up in my closet, he still sits out on my dresser. :)

*raises eyebrow* Another Ace Duck fan? Man, for a character limited to an action figure and a brief Archie comic appearance, he's got quite a following. Welcome. mikemgmve.

Thanks! And actually I guess it's just a wierd thang with ducks, as ducks are my favorite animal or something like that.

AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!! :eek: A fellow Ace Duck fan! I like you already, mikemgmve! :D I agree, his action figure was so cool. One of my favorites. Heh heh... Seems like Ace is starting to get a cult following.

Well he does have a finely feathered physique...! :D

My earliest tmnt memory... I wasn't that young, I was 13 and I saw the cartoon and thought it was the silliest concept ever. Couldn't stop watching, though. :wink:

~Loolaa

My first encounter with the green teens
 

The first thing I can remember was falling down a manhole cover in NYC and walking around and seeing this giant green dude with an orange mask...

Actually, no that never happend. LOL The first thing I think about when i think about ninja turtles is being really little and waking up early in the morning before school (like 1st/2nd) grade and wrapping myself up in a blanket with my little brother...and we would sit in the cubby/walk-way in our house, between the desk and the counter in the kitchen. I would put my feet under the desk drawer and open it and shut it...until my mom screemed. LOL We would watch it every am and then get ready for school.

BUT one thing I will never forget is going to see TMNT #1 at the movies. I was around eight years old and my older cousin bry (who is 11 years older than me) took both my brother and I. I just remember seeing the first opening shots of the turtles and I couldn't close my mouth...i looked something like this :o My cousin reached his hand over and closed it for me...and wispered "yup very cool--I'm glad I could take you guys."

I remeber my older brother was a huge fan and he had alot of he figures and the sewer playset and i always used to play with them when he wasnt home(still do). I got mad once cause he got a bigger presaent than mme for christmas(he got the turtle blimp). Ahh to be three again...

Mine was christmas one year, (88 i think, it's right when they came out)
My Uncle Mike bought me one (Michaelangelo) For the shell of it. (He's not the kinda guy to buy alot of christmas presents) And I remember my older Cousin (rest his poor soul) Saying that he saw the cartoon last sunday, and he told me about it and I was hooked for life from that moment!

Earliest Memory eh? :trolleye:
Well, I was in this gooy stomach tye thing...and then all of a sudden I saw this light, and this screaming sound. So I followed the light, and out I came into this world. As soon as the doctor layed me down, he handed me a TMNT Comic, although I was only 3mins old, I read the whole comic and demanded more, but they just cut off my umbilical cord and took my comic....till this day I vow revenge.... :tmad:

AHEM!

You're one year too late on that ;)

jees whatever. I said "i think" alls I remember was it was a few months before everyone at school was talking about it...

Re: First TMNT Memory
 

WHAT???????

My school should do that now...

Grunger Kittie: Chill...whenever I use a smilie, I have no hostile intent :)

My earliest TMNT memory would have to be when they aired the Lotus Blossum episode, I remember I had the biggest crush on Leo, and after seeing him fall for Lotus, I got kinda mad. I took all my toys and put them away and stopped watching the show for 2 weeks, because I was so mad. My mom and grandmother to this day still make fun of me for that.

Also, recently my family had a get together, where everyone packed into my grandmother's house and we just have a big meal, talk, and hang out.
Well, I should have known better than to wear my green TMNT shirt, because that was the main point of decussion. Each one of my family members was telling me how they would never see me without my little Leo troll doll somewhere around me. My grandmother even told me that she would find my toys all over her house when I stayed down there, and when she went to yell at me for having all my toys out I would say that I was helping the turtle attack the foot base.

I guess that I have been a nut for longer than I remember...lol

I was in the first grade and my parents got me the tape with the first 2 eps on it. The rest is history. :wink: