Mirage Style TMNT on the way!!! From....
 

...NECA!!!! WOO!!! In 2008, NECA will start to produce collector market toys for TMNT!!!! They have said that they will start with characters from the original Eastman/Laird comics, and go from there....


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links???? proof?? omg! I've got tears in my eyes there is a god!

Oh my gosh! Dream come true! I love NECA, better than Mcfarlane, IMO.:)

http://www.aftimes.com/ask.ran.shtml

This is an interview with Randy Falk, head of NECA Product Development.

http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress....07/06/want.jpg

That says it all for me!

I don't doubt you really, and I appreciate the news, but where did you get this information?

feyuuuccckk!!!!! *drolls*

Schweet. What else has NECA done in the past though?

I recall they did some Ghostbusters (Movie) figures -- the Terror Dogs (Zuul, and the other who's name escapes me), and Staypuft Marshmellow Man.

And probably other characters.

Damn...Very nice.

this look should help ;)
http://www.necaonline.com/licenses/list

NECA is pretty solid and these should rock :D

Nice. I'm definitely going to buy their upcoming TMNT figures next year.

Excellent news.

This is pretty cool! I'll probably forget about it until they come out, though. Then I'll go "Whoa! I never thought something like this would happen! Why didn't anyone tell me before?" :P

Hell yeah!!

NECA is a great company, though I haven't bought too many of their products the ones I have are solid. They said loads of articulation, from what I've seen not many neca toys have had loads of articulation so hopefully they'll try to up their game plan for TMNT. I own Stay Puft Marshmallow man, a great figure at an insanely amazing price (I paid less than $16 for it new, and it's over 12") and Slimer who is really well done and had good articulation which is odd since it's Slimer! I also own a Terminator figure they did which had great articulation and was well done but in my opinion too flimsy. Other than that they mostly make statue figures like McFarlane. Though I know there is a market for statue figures, I'd rather there be articulation.

This just made my day, I'm so happy, I hope they show off pics soon!

Yes!!!!!!!!! How could would it be to have TMNT figures with red masks and a bit of a gritty look? A cool looking shredder? the ideas could go on and on.

so are they going to look similar to the first issue turtle designs from vol 1?

As the owner of over 100 NECA figures myself, there are a couple things that are most likely to happen:

1. Alternate heads/hands

2. Color/B&W variants (NECA did this with their Sin City line)

So I am looking forward to this quite a bit!!!!! WOO!!!!! I bet we can expect quite a few foot soldiers as well. NECA loves their generic henchmen. Unfortunately, only 4 figures to a wave, so guess who is gonna be in the first wave? lol. But NECA also loves deluxe boxed sets, so I wouldn't be surprised to see 2 boxsets (Leo and Raph, Don and Mikey) that have connectable rooftop bases. People on the board were talking about higher end collectibles? This is the first step to that. So smoke em if you got em!!!!

And being the collectible newshound that I am, pics will be up here the nanosecond they are released online.

Cowabugna, this is excellent.

The best thing about that interview was the "we'll go from there" part. This might mean some highly detailed OT turtles!

I can't wait for these to be released!:) :D This is going to be so awesome!

I am impressed with NECA's figures, I own their V for Vendetta figure, a Jack Sparrow, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider Legend, some Resident Evil, and some Kill Bill figures. I also have the reproduction of the original Cowboy Curtis figure from Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

This is great news. I read about this over on a star wars forum I frequent and I was ecstatic to say the least. :)

2008 is going to be a great year for us!!

This should be a great opportunity for TMNT fans since NECA's figures tend to be all of the things that Playmates figures aren't. (a lot of attention to detail, much more detailed paint applications, and a general focus on appearance over playability)

What I really want to know is what does this mean for Playmates? I don't think their license is up soon. So are they still going to produce TMNT toys for the cartoons/potential movie sequel(s)?

I would guess that they worked out an agreement similar to that which allows both the Marvel Select and Marvel Legends lines to run at the same time. But it is kind of a shame that the license couldn't have gone to Marvel Toys to be part of their Legendary Comic Heros line. Inexpensive, well articulated, playable versions of the Turtles in scale with hundreds of other comic book characters would have been even better.

Man...I didnt even THINK Of the Black and White figures till you mentioned it. That would be awesome!! I would love to see Shreddder (natch),Splinter,Casey,and maybe even Fugitoid or a Trike-Warrior if the line lasts long enough....this is SO cool! Cant wait to see pics (maybe at Toy Fair??)

This is the best news ever! I was just talking about the this in another thread the idea that a non playmate TMNT could be what has been needed all along. Let's hope they do less turtle variants and more characters from the comics. I must not expect the worse I'm so used to playmates. LOL...

:D :D :D
To me, this is probably the most exciting peice of tmnt news since the new movie was announced. After all these years, we can finally get our hands on some original red bandana wearing tmnt figsn not to mention, a good looking Shredder figure. I wonder if they will do seperate turtle waves for the different art styles that have been shown throughout the comics. Thinking of the OT toon figures they could make also gets me excited. Just to clear this up for myself...They basically acquired rights to make tmnt figs from any universe they want?

I'm psyched at just the idea of another company taking a stab at the TMNT other than PM...i can't wait!

Word! I cannot agree more!

That's freakin' awesome news -- I can hardly wait!
They've done their Cult Classics figures, which I have a few of.

Oh my God, yeah, I think I'm crying.

I...simply..can't...wait :eyesthreateningtobulgeoutwithbarelysuppresedGLEE! :

Now...does this mean that they are also going to alter the character designs in the next season of the 2k3 toon? As in- making all bandannas red (bad idea, bad idea, bad idea) or giving April a bad perm or the sort?

I'd kill for an animated series where the turtles all had red bandanas :)
Anyone remember that project in the works that someone came on the boards and told us about? They said it was planned for the anniversary, but they didnt wanna say anything since nothings set in stone yet...anyone know what I'm talking about? For some reason, I keep hoping it will be a Mirage like direct to dvd movie of the turtles :D

lol i don't think that will work. No, i dont think these toys are going to influence or be influenced by the present TV show. At least not for now. These are based off of the original Mirage comics. Just my thoughts.

I'm pretty sure this will be tied into the 25th anniversary of the comics. This is incredibly awesome news though!

I hope I don't have to wait until 2009!!

Don't be too surprised if that's the case. I'm not really in the loop on these sorts of things, but going on past experience we could be waiting a little while. Consider this, we're coming up on the tail end of 2007, NECA didn't say anything about this at SDCC, which you'd think would be a pretty big deal, and certainly a crowd pleaser, and NECA also didn't have much on show this year, so I'm guessing they've JUST signed the deal. The next step is planning, and then they'll do all their design work, which'll go to Mirage for approval, then, if everything goes to plan, they'll go to sculpt, which again needs approval, then the prototypes, testing, etc. Then once all that's cleared they'll go into production, then they've got to ship them to stores. So there's a fair whack of time going into the whole concept => product, and that's IF they decide to move ahead straight away... Although I could be very wrong and they could end up pulling a Grindhouse and have figures out like lightning. I'm just going by the time it took for us to see NECA's Ghostbusters figures and the Masters of the Universe Stactions (though with those, the teaser to release dates varied).
Murph also said in his blog that there were some plans for an adult collector's series, but maybe that was supposed to be tied to the anniversary of the cartoon and part of the retro licensing...

Oh, hell yes! It's about friggin' time that we got some good TMNT action figures. I've been waiting on something like this for a very, very long time. Best toys news I've heard since . . . well, since ever!

I think I need to change my shorts.

Actually... maybe I'll have to pass on laundry for a while so I can save up for these buggers! :D