My first TMNT toy
 

What was your first TMNT toy, and when did you get it? I got all four turtles, and Krang, for Christmas present in 1991.

Leo, Donnie, and Splinter at my 8th birthday party, from a friend who was related to Peter Laird. There is a picture of me and my sister in the Turtle Power Documentary playing with them.

My first was Casey Jones —I thought he looked like Jason Voorhees (and even though I hadn't seen any of the Friday the 13th films because I was waaaaay too young, my cousin had a couple Friday the 13th posters in his room, so I thought Jason was awesome at a very young age). 4-year-old me promptly colored all over it with a black marker for some unknown reason, then tore the legs off and flushed them down the toilet... I didn't always make good decisions.

Donatello, from the old toon! I still have it .)

1992 Mutations Michelangelo

my first was Raphael i got for Christmas from my grandma the next day i got Leonardo from my parents on Christmas day

my brother got Donatello a few months prior and thats when i first got turned on to TMNT i bugged my mom and dad for months for one of my own

Sewer Surfing Leonardo. I got him loose at a garage sale, and still have him to this day, albeit a little roughed up. At least his chest sticker is still in good condition.

Breakfightin' Raphael, Rock 'N Roll Michelangelo, Retrocatapult I'll never forget that...lol.

1988 (hardhead) Leonardo was my very first TMNT toy.

Michaelangelo and the Foot Soldier from the original line, just after Christmas 1989. My family were travelling up to my grandparents' house in Manchester and we stopped off at a motorway services. In the shop, I found those 2 figures, and even though they were twice as expensive than figures from a regular toy shop would be, I had to have them. I'd recently discovered the original comics (the cartoon hadn't started airing here yet), but those 2 figures took me from having a strong interest in the Turtles to being a full-blown obsessive.

It was almost a year later before I managed to get any more figures, though. They were hard as hell to find over here when they were first released, and it wasn't until late '90/early '91 that they started hitting in full force.

Sewer Swimmin' Donatello back in spring of 1990.

One of the old originals in late 80s. Pretty certain that Leo was my first, but beyond that there's not really any memory of when or how I got him. I probably just talked my mom into taking me to the store to look for the figures.

I do have a vague memory of my mom having a couple behind her back at home and giving me and my sister each one, but I think that my second and sister's first.



I wasn't one of those kids who was allowed to own a mass quantity of anything though, I don't think my parents could justify that on their budget. I eventually had all four originals, then later I had the ice hockey Leo and the one from the 3rd film. There's also a giant Mikey I got for Christmas one year if I can figure out where this stuff is at. I had a few books and whatnot, but that was it for TMNT toy ownership for me.

I vaguely remember picking out the ice hockey one in the store and my mom suggesting picking out one for my sister (baseball I think) as well as getting the football (U.S.) one for my dad. Although until I can hopefully track down my old figure case, the only one of our collective originals I currently have at hand is the football Leo I'd gotten my father. Surprisingly, it had remained sitting on his dresser all these years and passed it on to me in 2014, about a year before he passed away.

I don't remember since I was so young, but I do have a distinct memory of getting mutating splinter and bebop. I liked the window flap.

This was at a store called Family Toy Warehouse.

I also remember my cousin getting the Technodrome. Even so young, I was super jealous.

My first tmnt toys were a few original 1988 action figures of a turtle or two, Foot Soldier, Knucklehead, Bebop, Rocksteady and Foot Clan era Shredder that were handed down to me from a cousin.

Original Hard Head Raph. The very first thing I saved my allowance for. I think that is why I remember it. Getting an allowance was a big deal for me. I saved again and got Leo. Mike and Donnie came for Christmas. I had enough for Mikey, but Mom managed to keep me from buying him. If possible I have bought the four brothers in that order ever since. When I get them at the same time that is the order they get opened in. A little o mage to my childhood.

The original Michelangelo (along with Ace Duck).

These little guys, don't really remember when I got them but I remember them ever since I remember things, and I took them with me everywhere I went, then one time I was at my dad's work and one of his co-workers asked me where was Shredder, he said that if I had the Turtles I had to have Shredder as well, later that day he bought me the Playmates Shredder :teek: Safe to say now Shredder was too much for these little guys so eventually I got the Playmates TMNT as well, as I did April, Splinter and Ace Duck (why though, I don't know :trolleye:)

I love those, always wanted 'em. They're made by a Germany company called Bully.

I had some of the BULLY figures, but I had these guys. One set at my dad's place and one at my mom's :lol: Sadly I don't have any of them anymore

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Don's bo was removable.

The original Ninja (as opposed to Hero) Turtles Michelangelo figure in about 1991 - although Raphael was my favourite - either I just wanted Breakfightin' Raphael and they didn't have any or they didn't have any Raph figures at all - they did have the Storage Shell figures though.

I bought Michealangelo and a Foot Soldier for my birthday in 89.

The big stand of TMNT toys in the toyshop was such a cool thing, I've never forgotten it.

1989 Christmas at Grandmas'

Wacky Action Rock N' Roll Michaelangelo + Foot Soldier
Turtlecycle

Mikey has always been my favourite. Despite I wanted the original one, I guess that was too hard to find and these two came together on some sort of sale pack.

Not a vehicle collector, but I wanted the Party Vagon too bad and was out of my parents reach, so mum wanted to know wich vehicle would I enjoy 'If Santa could'nt bring the Vagon'. I loved playing with that motorcycle and making Mikey arm spin at extra speed. Still got the figure (displayed, along with the rest of brothers I eventually got when I was a child), but I recon we gave the turtlecycle to the Curch.

1988 soft heads leo and don
Brother got hard head mike and soft head raph

You can find some on eBay.

Wow, while I was looking for this I remembered their smell, it feels weird, it's like they're right here in my hands, it's so vividly :teek: (don't heve them with me at the moment, they're in my parents basement with all my childhood toys, I'll have to go search for them :tcry:

1988 soft head leo, still remember that day vividly...

The original foot soldier. Was so happy. Thinking of it now makes me wonder why...

TMNT inflatable punching bag. How stupid yet I loved it. :tlol:

Michaelangelo on a quick visit to Children's Palace in 1988. Been going ever since. Oddly enough, just today I got my SH Figuarts Michaelangelo figure from BBTS!! Can't wait to get home and crack it open.

I can't remember which one was my first....

However, I had a Raphael original, a Donatello turtle troll, and and sewer speaking mikey? it had the microphone type shell. I think I got those all at the same time now that I think about it.


Those were the best.

Original soft head Raph and Shredder, along with the Cheapskate. Man, Raph on that Cheapskate is such a nostalgic thing for me. I wanted him with it so badly on my first TMNT toy buying outing, and all because of the package art. And that Cheapskate kicked the ever-loving crap out of Shredder for days on end lol.

I got Baxter and a Wacky-Action Mouser weeks after that and Shredder made them take on all the abuse then. Appropriate, of course. :tlol:

I don't remember, but it was either head droppin' Donnie or Wacky Action Mikey. Mikey's arm broke and I lost Donnie. After that I got Mutatin' Raph and Lifegaurd Leo, and replaced the other two with Super Mike and cartoon Donnie. This rounded up my tmnt "roster" until I was about 11 and got the original 4 turtles to replace them. But those four have a special place in my heart.

I don't know why i have these pics but my first ninja turtle was a soft head Raphael.

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My older brother had some before me but I distinctly remember bringing Raphael the Space Cadet home from Beattie's Toys when I was 3 or 4. My Mum thought he was ridiculous. I thought he was awesome!

Was TMNT in Spain already by Christmas 1989? Didn't hit Sweden until August 1990.

I don't have a good picture in my mind, so I may be wrong, but I think I got Wacky Action Raph and Mike, as well as Usagi and Baxter on the same day.

My very first TMNT figure in the 80s, was the original Rocksteady (soft head).
I became soooo obsessed with ninja turtles that I begged and begged for a turtle figure every week. My step dad ended up taking me to two different TRUs and all I could find were some of the secondary characters. NO turtles. I ended up grabbing Rocksteady, because no way would I go home empty handed. :lol:

While I was really bummed to not find a turtle, I did fall in love with my Rocksteady figure and would stare at it for days... I was between 9 and 10 years old then. I didn't finally get my first actual turtle figure, until I turned 11. I managed to buy a loose Raphael figure from another kid friend and then later, my mom finally grabbed me the other 3 figures which, by then, were available almost everywhere. The hype was dying down a bit. Only a bit. Unfortunately (and fortunately) by that time, I was already getting out of playing with toys too. So my figures remained mostly on display and thus, I still have every single one of them today in near new looking condition.

Prior to me getting the turtles, I improvised and made myself a set of paper turtles and a shoe box sewer, with only an actual Rocksteady figure to work with. haha:P

sigh.

The original Raphael figure. It's the only figure I didn't keep the card from, after that I saved all the cards. :)

The soft head original Donatello was my first TMNT figure. I still remember one evening of my whole family going to Target and my stumbling onto the TMNT toy line for the first time in the toy aisle there and Donatello somehow became the first TMNT I ever got.

I don't know what drew me specifically to him first, but I know within the next few months I would get the entire first wave of TMNT figures and the Party Wagon.

Funny thing is since that time, every time a new TMNT line comes out, I make sure I get Donatello first still...as kind of a nod/tribute to my past I guess.

I still have those 3. And it was them that I played with for about a month before I got the actual figures, this back in 1990, or something like that.

This thread got me thinking about a favorite memory of mine. I used to go through packages under the Christmas tree looking for ones that felt like they had bubble center. I knew those were probably action figures. I probably spent hours thinking about what ones they might be. That was almost as much fun as actually getting the present.