So....now what?
 

With the acquisition of TMNT by Viacom/Nickelodeon and the airing of the last big thing 4Kids had down the pike...TMNT now seems to be on hiatus.

So what's there for a fan to look forward to? What do we do? Are there still comic releases coming from Mirage?

Tales of the TMNT will be published through May.

As for the general question, I've still got 40 years of catching up to do with Doctor Who, so I'm not too concerned about a lack of TMNT. You only have to wait two years at most for new stuff to return; it was worse in the late 90s when we didn't know if TMNT would ever make any kind of return. Find a new hobby for a couple years. No biggie.

I'll try to take over the world again. It was a nice time waster.

I've got several holes to fill, in toys, comics, misc. I need the time to get caught up.

Don't forget to buy a few Audios. They make C. Baker and Paul McGann both into better doctors.

Oh, I certainly will when I get to those Doctors! Right now I'm being stubborn and going through everything chronologically and I'm only on Patrick Troughton. :o

Amen. I've been working on that myself. Only thing is regardless of specific shows/movies to market they still come out with new stuff! ARGH. How can I catch up with comics when my money tells me to get new t-shirts & bobbleheads?!

Haha, this gap is nothing.

When the original cartoon ended in 1996, or the Next Mutation which ended in 1998....we had to wait 5 years before the next cartoon, which was the 2k3 series.

And as said, back then we had no clue if TMNT would even get another TV show. The original cartoon ended and Next Mutation flat-out bombed, so things for TMNT was looking really grim at the time.

Back in 1998 I wound up getting into Pokemon to fill in the gap of no TMNT. Nowadays we have DVDs of the cartoons, 4 movies, nearly 200 TMNT comics with everything combined, and a new show coming in 2 years.

We have it much better this time around, as an original fan from the 80's I still remember how sad I was when Turtles died the "first time." This is easier to get through.

Count your blessings that something new is coming in a reasonable space of time.

I'm actually planning a massive pancanon re-read. Work my way through the Mirage stuff using DrSpengler's chronology. From there rewatch as much of the old toon as I can find, then working my way through the Archie stuff, followed by the live action timeline. And so on down the line....

Considered posting a call here, see if anyone wanted to join me and discuss stuff as we went, but...wasn't really sure if there was any interest, as I'm sure this is stuff that's all been done here before.

I'm planning to re-watch both OT and 2k3 cartoons and catch up with comics as well... Haven't read much of them, only some first issues + those which are(/were) on Mirage's website. It's hard to find those here in Finland, they aren't too good available... But I've planned I'm gonna order some from US and start serious catching up, I wasn't too much into comics when I was younger but now I really wanna read'em all :)

I guess this should keep me busy enough for two years :) It's kinda sad there won't be anything new in two years (except for those new Tales issues), but this sure is easier now when we know there will be TMNT-related stuff in the future... On the contrary as it was back when OT ended...

I've never really been able to read many of the comics, so until the new show comes out, this is about it for me other than re-watching. But, I'm planning to start buying all that's out so far of the old toon next year, as well as buying some of the trade paperbacks of the comics if I can, so this lull just gives me time to get stuff together, for me.

It seems like there will now be a new TMNT series every decade. The late 80's/90's had the original cartoon, the 2000's had the 4kids cartoon, and the Nick show will be for the 2010 decade.

Its hard to imagine how many incarnations we're going to. TMNT is becoming like Batman and Star Trek, where there is a new incarnation every decade that brings in both new younger fans and sometimes keeps older fans.

I guess the question more came to here....I don't know what do do on this forum now that Turtles is on hiatus.

I have plenty of hobbies to keep me busy aisde from TMNT (heck I just got married.) I just don't want to leave the drome or frequent it less often just because the Turtles are at a dry spell...maybe I'll stick to the movies sub forum.

Before the big kick with the 4Kids stuff, I always hung out in the GD... there's something for everyone. :thumbsup:

You could always finish your dang reference guide. Seriously, if you don't save me from having to do it myself, I may never forgive you. :P

Or he could answer a question with a question, no?

Wow. Going through Doctor Who in order or events as they happen to the doctor. THAT is dedication. Not sure if it's the way I would do it, but it's dedication. Cudos. If you need any advice when you get to the audio doctors (5-8 had BIG FINISH ones, and BBC did a few with 3 and 4), feel free to ask.

Well, I should probably clarify that I'm not reading all the in between stuff as I go - novels and comics and the like. Just the episodes. It's just particularly slow going with Patrick Troughton because so many of his episodes are missing, but I still want to watch the reconstructions with the audio. And I can only take so much of that at one time. But I'm going to try to make it my January goal to push through the rest of 'em, because I expect it'll be swift going once I get to Jon Pertwee and beyond.

Of course, I've seen everything 2005 and onwards. And today I've learned the pain of losing "my" Doctor. :cry:

I've been entertaining doing the same thing myself. Though I've never like, sat down and watched a whole episode of any Dr. Who ever, the glimpses I've seen of the latest stuff do compel me. And I'm very much the kind of guy that will refuse to see any new stuff unless I've seen everything that's come before it.

I pose this to Rose, mostly. How many episodes/boxsets/what-have-you are we talking about here? And is it all readily available?

its no difrence 2 mexican fans, we dont have turtles in our
walmart target ,or any toy store, so its not biggie to me,
the only bad things is that theey do sell tales of the tmnt in mexico
so the only thing that I can do, is not miss any comic from now on

honestly I dont like that mirage is not longer in charge of the turtles

I love the turtles, they got me into drawing , becuse of that, I am studing animation, I like to call myself the biggest mexican fan,


ps jester...congraaaats u got married:D

If you're brand new to it, I'd highly recommend you start with the current series (season 1 is with Christopher Eccelston, then then the rest with David Tennant). You can get through it all pretty quickly as each season is only 13/14 episodes (or, in the case of the most recent "season," 5 episodes). Because the show is a relaunch as much as it is a continuation, they're pretty good at explaining stuff with the assumption that you've never watched Doctor Who before. As the series progresses, they bring back more and more elements from the old series and start throwing in more things that you can appreciate if you're familiar with the old (there's a First Doctor reference in season 4 that still makes me laugh). Although I do find myself confused once in awhile and have to fire off questions to a friend who is much more versed in Who than I.

If you like the new series enough, only then would I recommend going back to the very beginning. For me, part of what I loved about watching the First Doctor stories was seeing that, holy crap, all the stuff I'd become familiar with from watching the current series had been there from the beginning. I honestly find it to be quite brilliant (not that I was expecting it to be a completely different show, but given the amount of time in between I guess I was expecting more to be different). And because those early episodes are so different in style and tone, being able to appreciate that adds something special to them (which is not to say that they are otherwise bad, because I'd say that most of them are amazingly good).

Or, if you just want a taste of the old series, it'd probably be best to do so with the Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker.

The new series is 5 simple box sets (or will be - the newest one is released in February). Getting into the old stuff is much more complicated, though, as not everything has been released on DVD and much of the early years is missing completely. And with just a few exceptions, there aren't box sets. Since each story is actually a serial comprised on multiple episodes, it's generally one story/serial per DVD release (to be fair, they do a REALLY good job with them all). Netflix is the way to go with those. You'll have to look into other means if you want to give absolutely everything a taste, though.

maybe ILL focus on the collection section a post my new stuff

I gotta friend called Scott who is my Doctor Who 'guru'. Guy has grown up with the programme all his life and is an absolute nut for it. I blame him for my addiction. Just working my way through collecting the DVDs myself, although i'm nowhere near complete, but I have picked up mosta the box sets that have been released so far (damn, Key To Time is so expensive! Gotta save!)

Apologies for going so far off topic there.

Reckon i'd be up for that, if there was a thread for it. Get it started!!

I don't have everything, ie all the wee side stories, etc, but I do have most though! Sounds like it could be alotta fun.

As for me, i'm gonna be concentrating on (in my TMNT world) my original art collection, picking up what I can when I can. Also gotta thing just now for random TMNT items, such as watches, badges, household items, etc. Preferably OT, and if it has 'Hero' instead of 'Ninja' all the better...

Congratulations from me too! :D