NECA Arcade TMNT November 2019
 

Since these figures sort of fall outside of the other NECA lines: the movie turtles being at GameStop & cartoon turtles at Target, I thought maybe there should be a thread about the arcade line that is planned to roll out sometime in November.

The first wave I suppose is Arcade style Leonardo, Donatello, Purple Foot Solider & Slash. With the exception of Slash these seem to be the same figures that appeared as SDCC bundled exclusives but now they will come with the hoverboards from the video game as well as be more widely available to Speciality and Mom & Pop stores to sell.

I have a pre-order in from Big Bad Toy Store for a set of them which are expected to ship in “November” and knowing NECA I don’t think we will get an update on that until maybe the week of?

Are you looking forward to this line of figures? I had sort of overlooked them for the movie and toon lines but now that the Arcade1Up cabinet is out The game versions are more fresh in my mind. I am sure there are more waves coming as we will need individual releases of Raph and Mikey, plus it’s been shown that a lot of the Toon figures are getting paint swaps / details changed to fit the video game style. I think the first to be announced for both lines was Leatherhead.

Sorry if this topic is repetitive or not specific enough I couldn’t see a thread that was currently focused on this exact wave and not NECA’s other lines.

Leatherhead, Traag, and Granitor were all originally showcased in the video game style, plus they showed off Super Shredder recently.

I love this line, neca’s video game appearance line is what started me collecting toys in general. I have both of the SDCC 2017 video game sets so I won’t be double dipping on the turtles and foot just for the hover boards, but I have Slash on order (love that it has a different sculpt than the cartoon version). I keep my video game figures in package because Neca absolutely kills their video game packaging, it’s like a diorama itself.

I have the Shredder and Foot pack, I figure if they are going to re-release the turtles and everything separately then it's possible that the weapons or colors of the Foot won't be the same as the SDCC pack. Plus I had to have the giant hammer, how could you pass that up?

I don't have a set of Arcade Turtles yet so the hoverboard ones are perfect for me. I am really happy that at least one of the NECA TMNT lines are more available than the Target/Gamestop ones.

Got Slash on order from BBTS. He's going to be a Christmas present alongside some PR Lightning figures. Super excited, as the TiT version is my favorite classic version of the character, at least as far as design goes.

Definitely looking forward to seeing Slash in the TiT packaging.

You mean like modeled after Cudley from the Archie series?

:lol:

Get it? Get it? No?

-Nevermind-

I never read the comics, but I think I get it. TiT was my cousin’s favorite SNES game.

Ok It is November now... I guess we wait for shipping confirmation.

November could unfortunately mean December, or even January.

Yeah we are already in November and they are not even on the shipping calendar. I'm betting December at best. I love being wrong about these things though.

Asked them myself on Twitter and confirmed: they've been pushed back. Might hit December or possibly later, so my Slash might have to be a late Christmas present. XD

Thanks for sharing the update! I was wondering what was going on but at least we have some information from NECA about it.

My BBTS pre-order just updated: new ETA is February 2020.

Yeah I just got that email. Guess I’ll have to pay for them and the GameStop NECA line all at the same time. Why did I pre order so many foot soldiers...

Since I already have the turtles and gobs of foot soldiers in the arcade style, I'm really most looking forward to Slash. I'm hoping for a fully accurate Archie version of Slash in the future, but this will go great on the shelf in the meantime. He looks so cool!

With the right box art, I'd be all over those.

I really like the box art on these. I gotta grab the slash at some point

+1 for archie slash repaint

Based on this tweet from NECA, it looks like we'll be seeing the classic TMNT logo on all merchandise moving forward too instead of that Nick reboot design.

Given that Playmates is also focusing on "classic" TMNT in 2020, it makes sense Nick is putting all its eggs in the nostalgia basket moving forward when it comes to merchandise.

Trust me, I ain't complaining.

Care to elaborate on the playmates news? Are we gonna see a continuation of their classic line?

Check out the Rise thread a few pages back and the response someone got when they reached out to Playmates regarding the future of the line.

I want the slash from this set but is there anyway to remove the pixels from him? I will also be giving him his one yellow eye.

Goof off wipes might work.

I never tried the wipes before. I tried the liquid and that stuff eats through plastic.

Diluted nail polish remover and a q-tip.

That sounds like it would work. Do you dilute it 50% with water or more?

Test it on some fodder figure you don’t care about but I would start with 75/25.

Dude the details of NECA has always been amazing, I haven't pre-ordered any yet but I'm hoping to do so in this upcoming paycheck. I got my eyes on Donatello.

Bigbadtoystore.com doesn't require upfront payment.

Wave 2 will consist of Raph, Mikey, Leatherhead, and Shredder, launching May 2020.

Probably gonna fully skip this one (I was never a fan of Leatherhead's square pupils), but Shredder's effect parts are super neat.

I'm finding Shredder with a lightsaber and Turtles with hoverboards increasingly hard to resist.

Sorry I'm late to the party, but can anyone suggest a good place to find these?
Online, preferably, Ebay aside.

I think it's weird that all figures and accessories/weapons are sculpted smooth with a lot of detail, yet Leatherhead's weapon is weirdly cubic and pixelized. It seems super inconsistent. Go one way or the other.

I love the concept but I continue to hate that everybody's toys based on 8 and 16 bit sprites have to have random-ass pixel patterns. It looks fugly and Shredder's tunic is one of the worst I've seen.

Just give us the palettes, designs, and accessories.

This. I'd go in on these if not for that.

Not a fan of it myself. I'm sure it could look great with the right application, but I just think it makes for an ugly 2D to 3D transition.

I don't even care for the cel shading attempts on the toon-based turtles. Just makes it look weird (and bootleggy) from most viewing angles.

Leatherhead and Super Shredder for me. Shredder has a new head and new armor as compared to the SDCC one (besides the obvious paint changes).

I wish they went with gatefold boxes like the rest of their video game appearance line. These window boxes aren't doing much for me

I know we all love what NECA is doing with TMNT, but am I the only one who is getting tired of them releasing the same figures over and over with only a different color scheme or accessory?

I wouldn't be surprised if the movie Turtles get re-released again with SOTO accessories. :lol:

100% agreed. It will still feel like the video game without the ugly pixel deco.


Yeah, exactly. Not even just re-releasing the same figures, but overusing the same parts for different figures. There's so much re-use that it actually hinders the line overall. Penny pinching!

My bet is that the Secret of the Ooze turtles have exactly the same bodies but updated heads. And collectors will buy what is effectively 99% of the same figure a second time.

One thing about this wave that I find bizarre is that they're referring to this Shredder as "Super Shredder," despite the fact that it's obviously just regular Shredder with his beam sword from the arcade version rather than the more accurately Super Shredder from the SNES version. Considering this is the same company that bothered making two different Slash sculpts for accuracy, it's a very odd discrepancy.