no more figures?
 

looks like we wont be getting anything for quite a while bummer :ohwell: www.toynewsi.com

That's probably the best thing Playmates can do right now. There's no point in releasing more variants when nothing's happening really, they have already ruined the license enough. We'll have tons more of figures with the new Nick series.

I hope things change at Playmates until then, but I certainly have no hope in them anymore.

This could be a great moment for NECA to finally come out with series 2.

bye bye movie star turtles???:cry:

Damn, that's true. I totally forgot about those!

Well, Nickelodeon has yet to even meet with Playmates, so I'm sure they'll put things on hold till atleast Nick figures out what they want to do.

Why bother making the line exclusive to TRU and then not giving TRU anything to sell?

They should keep shipping the old figures to TRU.

Oh well. Hopefully Nick will save us all soon.

Yeah dang I did want those Movie star Tmnt. O well. We have much to look foward too, I hope.

At least they released 25th wave 3 figures( o well no casey) in Jan. 2010.

So technically they did release something at 2010.

And for serious collectors sideshow got 4 statues for ya folks to suck.

Makes sense now why we did away with TMNT at my TRU. I checked the system again today and the figures were updated as "Remove Space" which means no more are coming in. What a bummer, i was hoping i would be able to army build some foot soldiers.

JESUS the 25th figures are officially out of stock on toysrus.com and nobody ever seem them in store shelf till now. They dont even have tmnt section anymore.

So that shredder becomes super-rare-omfg item in couple days.

Am I alone in hoping that Viacom/Nick finds a new toy making partner?

No trust me your not.

wait wait wait... they released wave 3? who was in it Shredder, Slash, and Foot Soldier? When exactly and only @ TRU? Those things are going to fly up in price

Actually, many of us think the same. The sad part is, there's already a deal between Viacom/Nick and Playmates.

Shrek is cool, but turtles are much cooler. I already have some great 6" Shrek action figures made by another toy company when Shrek 3 was a new movie. Playmates Toys seems to be a very strange toy company that doesn't care much about their fans.

I think Mattel or Hasbro should make the TMNT figures in the future, but it won't happen.

Well, that'll give all of you who want to a chance to get your vintage collections up to speed.

Just got this in my e-mail..........
 

Okay, I don't know if THIS is where this goes, but IF it isn't, would one fo the Mods please move it to the right place later? (I kinda figure that it is, due to the fact that it's about TMNT toys in general.)

Anyway, I g just got THIS in my inbox from Toy News International, via one of their e-mail updates:

"Playmates Puts Star Trek & TMNT On Hiatus For 2010 & Announces Shrek Forever":

"For those of you who have been asking about the current status for Playmates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek lines, we have learned that both will be going on a hiatus for 2010. What 2011 or beyond will bring, we don't know, but with a new Star Trek movie definitely in the works from Paramount in July 2012, we imagine Playmates will have something on hand to debut with that.

As for what Playmates has in store for 2010, they will be doing a new line of Michael Jackson Collectible Memorabilia and a newly announced "Shrek Forever After" line."

So there you have it. NO new TMNT toys for THIS year. Drat them.

Michael Jackson Collectible Memorabilia ? Ugh. Oh well. The Tmnt rights need to go to someone else anyways. Same old crap.

[QUOTE=Whitewolf89;749734]As for what Playmates has in store for 2010, they will be doing a new line of Michael Jackson Collectible Memorabilia[QUOTE]

The well of ideas must be running pre-tt-y dry....

damn, so much for them re releasing those tmnt movie star turtle figures i've been waiting for.. damn damn damn damn damn.

It is unfortunatly true. Here's the article about it:
http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=216&itemid=15361

My local Wal-mart has a whole isle devoted to Michael Jackson stuff.

This thread already exists...


'no more ninja turtle toys'

I moderate at Advanced Iron and just merge stuff like this when it pops up. It's just a fact that you'll have repeated topics when a forum has been around for a while. :)

Everytime there's a new announcement about Iron Man 2, I'm online merging like a maniac.

Back to topic, maybe the MJ figures will be in scale to TMNT and we can get some great animated looking pedastrians ala the vintage Turtles cartoon! ;) :P

So they canceled the Mirage Turtles for the third time?

That's what I'm wondering/assuming

I believe so. I actually never really had much hope in them releasing those figures.

This is Playmates.

YYyyup! I hate the idea of rereleases. I'd be more accepting of it if Playmates would have resculpted these figus the way Hasbro did with the GI Joe 25th line....

atleast they resculpted Shredder's leg, but all new new sculpts would have been cool too.

Although the cat is clearly already out of the bag, Playmates production asked me to forward this along this morning:

Dear TMNT Fans and Collectors,

As the license of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles transitions to Nickelodeon, Playmates Toys will be re-strategizing the launch of new products over the next few years. We are dedicated to working with Nickelodeon to making our future toy line best represent the new Turtles cartoon and movie (tentatively scheduled for 2012). Because of this transition, no new product releases are planned for 2010. We will keep you up to date with product launch information as it becomes available. Thank you very much for your dedication and hope you are as excited about the future of TMNT as we are.

Sincerely,

Playmates Toys

Well this isnt unusual because of the sale so O well. I look forward to seeing ''new'' things from Playmates in this new Nick franchise.

can one hope that playmates use the time right to design marvel legends decent tmnt figures?

I'll look for a wishing star

Can they maybe sell the Mirage Turtles online like the Fugitoid figure?

It seems they are focused on the 2012 figures.

I'm expecting an excelent toy line like we had in 1988. I have faith in the Nick-Playmates work.

I will try to complete my vintage colection until that year, but it had been better if they release the Movie Star Turtles.

:tevil: man, i really wanted to get a cyber-shredder

I wouldn't count on it. I'd put those figures as lost.

Cyber Shredder was canceled a LAFTA, buddy.

what is LAFTA?

Why not just buy an original cyber shredder and movie star turtles people? They're better 'cause they're the original.

Will their be any McD's/BK TMNT toys? I always loved getting toys as a kid with the kid meals.

Too expensive on ebay.