Mirage: OUR 25th Wish List..
 

'I know I'm asking for a world of hurt, but I thought I'd give us one last chance..'

Classic Bill Murray line that seems to apply here :). But, just in case anyone from Mirage still reads, and cares, THIS is what I and your fellow fans would like to see for the 25th.

At the top of my wish list :

VIDEO GAMES - All Turtle games released on the Virtual Console. INCLUDING Gamecbue, Gameboy, and Un-Altered Arcade games with music and voices in tact.


SPECIAL EDITION versions of the movies on the Blu-Ray format, with Digital Copy enabled.

COMICS - If not an old toon comic, how about a few issues of 'TALES' taking place in other universes? Archie, Old Toon, hell, even the Next Mutation while we're talking crazy ;)..

COMIC CONS: Classic Turtle Talent at the NY Comic Con..

That's it for me....What would everyone else like to see?

All I want is for trade-paperbacks to come out (preferably in major bookstores where they'll get attention).

If not the entirety of the Archie and Mirage series, at the very least they need to release collections of City at War, Volume 2, and Volume 4.

It just kills me that there are these great and long running story arcs that people won't have access to.

Everything else is icing on the cake. These are musts. Maybe not this year, in fact all signs point to it not happening, but if Mirage shuts its doors without releasing these, then damn.

Is the videogame still coming? If not, all we have to look forward to is the 3-part cartoon movie. :cry:
Oh yeah. That too (though I'm not too happy about the chapters being split up again :ohwell: ).

All I want for Shell-Mas is The Forever War.:trazz:

I'd much rather have all of the TMNT games released on one disc across all three next-gen consoles, than just unloading them all on Virtual Console throughout the year.

Also, in the way of figures, maybe have had new sculpts based on the old series, and possibly some nifty "evoluton" box sets with a figure based on every major line they appeared in (for example, 1988 Leo, Movie Star Leo, Toon Leo, Movie III Leo, Next Mutation Leo, 2003 Leo, Fast Forward Leo, 2007 Leo, and maybe a real BttS Leo). Speaking of BttS, we really do need some real BttS figures, dammit! Not the crap we're already getting. I think it would also be fun to have a set of Mini-Mutants based on the old cartoon.

As a movie fan SE or DC versions of the movies (especially Barrnon's 1990 original.)

Oh..and Forever War, for the Archie fan in me. If only it was in color. :P

A less kiddie handling of the whole anniversary.

6 to 8" Sideshow quality statues of each turtle and Splinter in TMNT1 style w/ special edition (or director's cut) of TMNT1.

Gary's too lazy. It's never going to happen while he's around.

All I want for Shell mass is-
Gary Gone
Forever War
Gary Gone
Special Edition MOvie 1 DVD release
Gary Gone
Complete Image Turtles Trades
Complete Archie TUrtles Trades
Gary Gone
a complete version of Collected book 1 (With the origional issue 8, original tones, AND Fugitiod 1)
Complete Trades of the old series, starting with reprints of The River (not likely) and City at war, and moving inward.
Gary Gone
New Movie Announced
Gary Gone
Playmates Improving
Gary Gone
Gary Gone
Tales to start featuring non mirage universe stories once in a while. (maybe 1/3 of the time.)
Gary Gone

The official site just posted an update.
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/home/new...n_Resigns_1118
Apparently, Gary has resigned his position as CEO at Mirage.:o

That wasn't kind of you. :ohwell: I wasnt' expecting him to resign because I said so, just hoping he would be gone, because if the man is trying to help mirage than heclearly doesn't know what he's doing.

I,m thinking maybe they should bring back the old turtle cartoons with an update be cool to see bebop and Rocksteady in new animation but i am just really looking forward to the forever war series been waiting so long.

Good God, Winters! You gave me a heart attack of excitement! Next time you post that, make it true!

Seriously, me too!

Alas...

I'm on board for Gary being gone being my big wish for next year (or sooner...).

The unfortunate thing, though, is that whatever "wishlist" you want to create, it's pretty nearly too late for Mirage to make any effort to implement any of it (that isn't already in motion) in time for next year.

And keep in mind that at no point has this thing ever been about US. If it were, Mirage would have pegged us for input. But they haven't and when Murphy proposed the idea to Gary/Peter, they shot it down.

Really people, how much longer are you gonna stand for that big middle finger they've all been waving at us?

Oddly enough, me too. I'd LOVE to have a Tour-toiseshell CD (of the songs that aren't easily attainable elsewhere, and I'd buy TNM on DVD just so I can continue to say I own every Ninja Turtles DVD released in America.
You're not going to be satisfied until every Turtle-related post here is punctuated with "FU, Mirage!! :x", huh?

Please don't put words in my mouth.

All I've done is state my opinions more bluntly and harsher than anyone else.

If everyone would like to continually peg me as the lone pessimistic fan, whatever. I just don't see what benefit there is to pretend everything's all rosey and hopeful or whatever.

I'm pretty sure gobo was making a joke, Rose.

Indeed. It was hyperbole exaggeration for comedic effect.

I'm not trying to start a fight, but what do you expect from everyone? As far as I can tell, everyone is getting ready to abandon ship. Are we supposed to quit using this forum to prove we don't think you're full of it though? Tell us so we won't think poorly of you. Besides, DrTooth was a pessimistic fan before there even was a TMNT. There's just no topping that. :P

If I were in charge for a day ...
 

Ah, if I were in charge of the Turtles for a day...

To Dan: "Draw more comics!"
To Pete & Kevin: "Play nice! Even McCain and Obama can smile for the camera and "pledge" to work together for the common good!"
To Jim: Thanks for pulling the art load for so long and so much. But take a relaxing vacation to "find your true style."
to Murph: "The world is not going to end tomorrow (probably). Your blog can be a nice TMNT resource; we the fans really appreciate it. Censor those comments and call up Chris Allan to get that Forever War finished and polished."
To Ryan & Steve: "Ya'll just keep on doing your thing, dudes."
To Tristan and Paul: "Congratulations! You now have full freedom to write and draw Tales for a whole year straight! (Except when Dan and the newly reunited Peter & Kevin want to throw their hats in, that is!)"

What fan boy/girl doesn't have pipe dreams like that?

Instead of restricting complaining to a message board that you assume people at Mirage are reading, you could try direct contact with them, through several possible means, to communicate with them.

While it is a safe assumption, things read here can also be easily ignored and passed over.

As the only person (that I'm aware of) who has actually contacted Peter Laird directly on the matter, I get pegged as the lone "bad guy/evil" fan. And that's getting beyond old and tiring.

my wishlist: limted edition gold turtle four pack, special edition 1st comic! yay!

As much as a despise that show, I agree. The completist in me would like to have it on DVD, if only out of morbid curiousity.

Yes, I'm aware of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Dickery that will prevent it from happening. It's inexcusable, though.

I agree, but honestly what does it matter if it is inexcusable?

Despite the fact he seems to be deliberately not doing what is best for the company, he's still there and going to be there for the foreseeable future.

Frankly, some of his actions (like re granting the book license to a company that barely uses it because of a conflict of interest style relationship) would probably get him in seriously hot water if mirage were publicly traded.

Allow me to rephrase: I'd either like to see Gary's resignation, or a share of Mirage stock in my account.

Mirage isn't publicly traded, otherwise there is a good chance Gary would be under serious scrutiny for the books deal. And when I say serious, I mean it as in "misappropriation of funds" "insider trading" style serious.

Still, I understand what you mean. I wish they'd offer stock now, simply because the market is weak enough we could probably get a good chuck of it in fan's hands.

I was gonna keep this between me and Vaughn...because it was a quick like 2 minute job but...here...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...DrEviland2.jpg

Companies rarely celebrate anniversaries in a good way. Either its forgotten or it gets some quick cash-in merchandise.

Did you know 2008 is Mickey (and Minnie) Mouse's 80th anniversary and all he got was a pez despenser.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-conten...ckeypezbox.jpg

I would like the Mirage comic to continue. I love them so much. It's hard to believe he's going rap up all the stories in just six more issues.

For me, I would love to see:

1. TMNT 1: Special Edition or Director's Cut on DVD.

2. Re-printed TMNT movie or classic posters.

3. Movie soundtracks with bonus score tracks that was never heard before or released.

4. A 25th Shellabration Hardcover book (sorta like those big Star Wars books) about the comics, cartoons, movies, etc. with descriptions and stories of what went on while making of it.

I don't get it... at all. :-?

I think it's supposed to be dr evil and No. 2.

I could be wrong though.

As for the anniversary, I'd love to see TPB's of Vol 1 and archie

No, I was a pessimistic fan when I came out of college and realized I coulda just thrown several hundred thousand dollars into a dumpster and set it ablaze and have the same effect. :shredder:

All I want... All I want is for the DTV "special" to NOT be the last 3 episodes of BTTS.... And if they can't even deliver on that....

I'm stating to think this is just for casual fans with a little disposable income who enjoyed TMNT for about 2 years, and had their mothers throw out all their toys without complaint... People that grew out of it, and only like it now for the nostalgia factor.

Y'know, I never realized it, but we're actually being pretty selfish in retrospect. People have been referring to (as sdp did) other properties that have had anniversaries, some of even larger magnitudes, that completely fly under the radar because they didn't do squat to promote it. As much as I'd like more and better things than we are already are getting... what we know is actually more than most properties get!

This is a fair statement, but it still remains that we won't see things that should be no-brainers in non-anniversary years, pretty much due to Gary's business skillz. A lot of properties let anniversaries fly under the radar because they choose not to spend the money on it. Mirage is spending $1 million plus on this TMNT25 thing. The question will be, one year from right now, do you think they got their money's worth?

Yes, it's a poorly cobbled together picture of Pete and Gary as Dr. Evil and Number 2.

Quite true. It also is inexcusable that things that obviously should have been released this year (Back to the Sewer figures, old toon Season 7) are being held onto until 2009.

Well, Disney has bigger cows to milk (we all know what I'm refering to, and Bob Igor's a piece of crap... worse than Eisner ever was). Of course, it wasn't until they took the Mouse and Co and put them into a preschooler show till they got back into the spot light. I wouldn't doubt that they'd have some 80th anniversary stuff at the Disney store... I just can't tell, since all those stores closed down near me.

But even with rereleased movies with no special features, rereleased action figures, and one DTV movie that may or may not be the last 3 episodes, we have it pretty damn sweet.

You know what Inspector Gadget got for his 25th anniversary? A 3 episode DVD that got pulled. I'd kill for them to rerelease one Gadget toy.

So as p**sed as we seem, it's much, much worse.

(and where's my Garfield's 30th book?)

Oh. :blanksta: A'ight.