Wondercon 2016 News
 

Official press release:

Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Debuts at WonderCon
with Bebop and Rocksteady and A Sneak Peek at Time-Travelling Episode

Costumed Characters Bebop and Rocksteady Unveiled at Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
Sewer Lair-Themed Booth

Brand-New Episode Reunites Original 1980s Turtles and Krang and Pays Tribute to Kevin Eastman’s Original Comic Book Turtles

Nick’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

11:30a.m.-12:30p.m. Nick’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel/Room 403AB

Nickelodeon presents WonderCon attendees an exclusive look at the hit-animated TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja during an hour-long panel where the voice actors and the executive producer will show special sneak peeks, screen a brand-new episode “Trans-Dimensional Turtles,” and reveal never-before-seen content.

1:00p.m.-2:30p.m. Autograph Signings

7:30p.m.-9:00p.m. TMNT Fan Event

Calling all Turtles fans! Nickelodeon is giving you the ultimate TMNT party on Saturday, March 26, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at Tom’s Urban, just a short walk from the LA Convention Center. Entrance bracelets will be distributed at the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Sewer Lair-Themed Booth (#1637) on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 Limited quantities are available.

(updated) Please make sure and check the booth for more details wristbands will be distributed throughout the day!

Fans of all ages will enjoy this free event where you will view toys from the ‘80s to today, check out a collection of original art, be the first to demo brand-new updates to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Portal Power app, and take photos with the Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Bebop and Rocksteady costumed characters. Music and light refreshments will be provided. Get ready to celebrate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Booyakasha! Space is limited. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Must present bracelet upon entry.

http://www.mikethefanboy.com/teenage...les-wondercon/

Paramount Pictures is going to have a Panel on Friday for TMNT: Out of the Shadows, so hopefully we will get some news about that too.
http://wondercon2016.sched.org/event...debar=no&bg=no

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies provide an inside look at the next installment in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Attendees will hear the latest news for one of the summer's most anticipated movies!

Friday March 25, 2016 5:45pm - 6:45pm

Why is that only Eastman's Turtles? :teek:

Yeah that's weird. Maybe it's because he is still involved with TMNT comics? I honestly don't know.

The panel starts in a minute, I guess there's no Livestream for it.

Greg Cipes made a couple of attempts to live broadcast it on Periscope, but for some odd reason it didn't work.

Yeah i've seen that.

Let us take a moment to salute those who tried to bring us the content of Wondercon through live stream...

But in all seriousness are there any updates on what's going on right now?

Yeah it was posted on the season 4 discussion thread but here you go

Dregg's Lair

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CefujCHWsAE3ps4.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CefuvowWAAA6otN.jpg

Raphs new Pet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CefvDbAXIAE6CrM.jpg

Tokka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tokka is a giant monster?

Yeah, he's in the episode The Ever Burning Fire.

Is he still a turtle?

I bet there will be some references to Gamera, who was a giant kaiju turtle.

Yeah, a magma rock kaiju giant turtle.

Greg was finally able to use Periscope, he even showed most of the cross-over episode. Just go to his Twitter page and check out his posts.

Hmmm. I think this one stretches the 'in-name-only' credibilty a bit too far for me. With other guys like Hun and Bishop and Rhazar they may be portrayed as radically different but still filled a role or served a purpose that justified the name being used, but this? This is just a massive 'how and why is that possibly Tokka'.
The Neutrinos were contenders, but there was still the possibility that what we saw of them was some kind of protective suit. Seeing 'Tokka' applied to this creature makes me more convinced that what we saw was what we got with them too.

I know whatcha mean. I've told a friend before that I kinda wish Spike had become Tokka instead of Slash and teamed up with Bradford/Rahzar. That would've made way more sense to me!

I'm also wondering as to the point of giving raph a replacement pet turtle at this point. There has to be a reason for it (other than it seemingly being a tweak on Spike's design and thus a cheaper animation model to use). Looking at the colours... maybe this will become a creature that is essentially an update to 4kids Dark Raph, as a reaction to fans disappointment that the mindworm thing wasn't a bigger deal last series?
In fact, given this series penchant for homaging classic works from other franchises, maybe they'll somehow turn this into a homage/parody of Spider-Man's alien costume arc. Although personally I'd rather see them just put Raph in an all-black suit. ;)

I doubt it, I think its just something fun and cute to add to Raphael's character.

That would just be a retread of three year old material, though, and material that ran it's course at that. I don't see them doing this unless it has intended repercussions.

i'm sorry.. but that 2D animation when they go to the 80s universe....it looks worse than the worm quake shot. It's not even close to half frame in some shots...it's like watching something you dreamed in a nightmare..

The fact that nick let that get released like that is sad.

even sadder is the 80s turtles getting more trashed than they did in turtles forever. sigh. Why do two teams have to fight when they meet, and then make up at the end? it was tired when extreme ghostbusters did it, it's tired here.


sigh.....even the own parent company doesn't give the tmnt any respect.
at least IDW gets it right.

The 80's Turtles aren't being trashed at all, its good natured ribbing. The OT was silly and they poke fun at it.

Chompy definitely does callback to the Fast Forward "Dark Turtles", so I also wonder if that's his end-game. I'm down with Kaiju Tokka. Are those things about all that came out of this re: Nick series updates?

Exactly. IDW actually gets it. It makes me wish they owned the property and not Viacom. Oh well, what can you do?

I dunno guys, Tokka looks pretty badass. Dregg has a snake mountain-tier lair, and the new pet looks alright.

Have any pics of Tokka been posted online yet? I haven't seen what he looks like.

I still haven't seen any videos posted from the panel.

you missed them on the front page

Tokka does sound like the name of a kaiju so works for me.

Saw this pic posted from Black Nerd on Instagram with the voice cast.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDcFoEcsWuH/

https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram...Mjk5OQ%3D%3D.2

Here's from another angle.
https://twitter.com/TMNTMaster/statu...41798125264900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CegTUQmWwAE_ISJ.jpg

I was able to get invited to their shindig at Tom's Urban. They gave out a bag of goodies including: a TMNT bobblehead of Mikey (others got Poop Vinyls or bobbles of the other turtles), a dvd of Nick TMNT season 1 eps, those things you wear playing baseball for kids with TMNT designs, some sort of weird self inflating balloon with a prize, a bag with a NY TMNT cityscape, a magnet, and a raphael mask.

Also go to mingle with some of the cast and crew. Ciro was there too.

Why only season one though? That seems... suspicious.

Reeeeally? It's obvious. A. That would've sold the most since it's the oldest material, so they're not exactly going to hurt sales by giving some of it away free. B. It's promotional swag, which is meant to grab the interest of those who aren't already completely familiar. Naturally, they use the introductory content given it's accessible and informative...

I was epecting them to show a new trailer for the movie but they didnt. It was a great opportunity there that they missed.

Is Tokka going to be a giant or something? Also a cool but weird choice for Raph's pet

Yes

Here's IGN review of the panel, it has a bit more info on Tokka.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/03/2...okka-is-coming

Specifically I got "Rise of the turtles".
Select episodes from season 1? I dunno people got other season 1 dvds from what I saw. Maybe Nick just had back log of old stuff to give away, lol. The autographed by Rob Paulsen Donatello figure still carded I won was the 2012 basic on the purple card.

Is it me or does Tokka's head shot look like the two headed monster in the movie Willow?… if you added another head and neck of course.

I don't know if it's been officially said anywhere, but brandon auman did specifically say at the panel and the Autograph signing, that there will be another crossover episode with 80s Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady. I just see a lot of people assuming. He didn't say what season though.

I just noticed something inthat group shot...

Bebop has no belly button! And I could be wrong, but are my eyes deceiving me?