Playmates Head Office
 

Hi everyone. I just got back from Hong Kong last week and thought you would be interested in seeing these. This is the ground floor lobby of the Playmates' office building.

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oh WOW cool i reckon they would look great in my garden.:D

Very cool..I was going to say they look tiny but it appears that they're the same size as you lol

you should demanded some answers from them as to why they won't let NECA into the playing fields of Toys'r'us and Wal-mart so we can finally get a series 2.

totally awesome looking statues

Indeed. I think I've seen these on the net before but not in such great detail.
A quote from SOTO comes to mind in regards to their expressions & proportions though-

"BABIEESSSS THEY'RE BAAABIEEESSSS!"

Raph is sucking on his fingers, yes? LOL

lol i didn't even notice that

awesome statues, its awesome how they copied the turtles, albeit not perfectly, from the secret of the ooze cover. very cool!!!!

Though there are similarities, I don't think that is what they were aiming for.

I've seen the other pictures also. These pictures are much better. Now at least we have an idea how big they are!!

RossMay... Did you know they were there or was is a pleasent surprize?? I wonder what they're made out of. Thanks for the great pictures!

I love how Mikey's looking at his hand. "Dude, my fingers are huge!"

Bloody fantastic dude! Awesome pics! :tcool: Are you all hiring or in need of a Japanese translator? :tgrin:

They couldn't make toys which look that awesome/creepy because ... ?

There's something disturbingly erotic about the looks on their faces and some of their poses. Not creepy fan girl erotic either.

Bwahaha! I've seen that too! :tlol:

they look like they are stait out of "Garbage Pail Kids The Movie", especially Mikey.

LOL they all look like they're having "an experience" if you catch my drift.

Wow, those are pretty neat. And also pretty creepy. What's with the looks on their faces? They look as if they have just took some mind altering drugs, and are just, like, y'know.... and staring into space, at their hands, whatever.

I did indeed know where the Playmates building was. Since my fiance and I were going to Hong Kong, and since I had worked on the comics, I thought it would be cool to check it out. You can find the address yourselves on their website and googlemap it or whatever.

The statues... are indeed not perfect. I disagree with you about them being high or perverted (what, why?). I think the expressions and hands are particularly not quite right. Oh, and just in case anyone ever wants to make fun of the turtles wearing letters on belt buckles: in these statues, they have their initials on them.

They are indeed inspired by the poster to "2: The Secret of the Ooze." The sculpter wasn't being 100% faithful, but you can tell what the intention was. Leo's holding the ooze cannister (you can even see the crack down it), Raph has his hand in his mouth, which doesn't really show his personality well, etc. To the person who asked, they're bronze.

The name of the building, "The Toyhouse," gives you an indication of how big Playmates became since they are the premier tennants in the building, not to mention having statues on the ground floor. It's 21 floors, some office space with plenty of restaurants, and the top 3 floors are occupied by Playmates.

very cool indeed. i'd love to check it out

Sorry, I was asking if you knew that these statues were in the lobby, not if you knew where the Playmates office was. How awesome that would've been if you DIDN'T know and just stumbled on them in the lobby.

Cool! They look like little aliens :D

Teenage Mutant Ninja Aliens!!

Yes, I knew Playmates had these statues. Peter Laird also happens to have miniature (around 1 foot high) versions of these.

I actually live 2 blocks away from the Playmates building. I pass by the building all the time but was always too shy to go inside and take pictures.

Go inside! Just say hi to the very friendly security guard at the desk first.

Wow, those are really neat! Thanks for sharing your pics! I was shocked at how big they were when I got to the one of you standing in front of them. I imagined them much smaller I guess. Anyway, awesome! :tsmile:

Haha very awesome pics. And LOL at Raph sucking his fingers! They sorta remind me of ET....