Old school TMNT fan or not?
 

I wanted to ask, if theres any one around that read the mirage comics when they were published? I cant be considered old school fan cause i only bought them recently...

So is there anyone?

I first got interested in the turtles around 1988, the comics had been out for a while by that point, but I can't recall if the cartoon had started then yet...anyways, it was the comics first for me!

~I didn't discover the Mirage books until I had seen the first movie. But after I got caught up with the first collected book (issues #1- 11 plus the four mini-series specials) I was reading them as they came out-- devouring them! I was so hooked.
I guess I still am. :P
"Old school"? Heh....just plain OLD!

~GW

Cool! So there are few after all! I hope I would have started by the comics too, but i was born 1985 and they didnt publish it in finland... But luckily I have been able to get them now!

When I think of the phrase "old school Ninja Turtles fan" I think of those people that were with the Turtles from the beginning. We saw it grow and mature and expand in ways we never thought.

Unless you've been there for the entire ride - and what a ride it was - I don't consider you "old school."

It's different for different people, too. Some people are "old school" in the comics; others, like me, are "old school" in the cartoon. Whichever it is, if you've been supporting the Turtles since the beginning, you're "old school."

Not that there isn't hope for you non "old school" fans. Some of you jumped on the bandwagon, which is great. And when this new cartoon comes out, we'll all be able to say that we're "old school" fans of the show. This younger generation of Ninja Turtles fans will look up at us in awe. We'll be able to say, "Well, kids, this is what the show used to be. Look how much it has grown."

We'll rule this planet! :kgrin:

"I'm anxious to start my reign of terror." - Krang, from "Four Musketurtles"

Well yeah maybe the real old school ones are those who bought the very first issue.. I too begun with the cartoon so im not old school... But atleast i have been able to bought all those comics. If i just could get the volume 2 somewhere..

~Oh, well, if you want to take into account *supporting* the TMNT Empire-- lol! I once made a joke that the only way I was going to ever break even on the amount of cash I've spent on Ninja Turtles was by marrying Kevin or Peter. Or both of 'em.
:roll:
Yeah, I've watched the cartoon from Day One (though I will admit, my first encounter was more like a six a.m. plea to my kids to PULLEEEZZE turn the volume down on that!)
Since then the cost of breakfast cereal, hundreds(?--seems like it) of action figures, vehicles, comic books, story books, tapes (anyone remember those?) icecream bars, toy weapons, cards, videos, posters, plushies, snack thingies, candy, valentines day cards, costumes, video games, and movies should have made me a stock holder of some importance...heh...
Then there came *my* trips to the SanD Con, time invested in writing fanfics, creating my web site.....Ye gods....I don't wanna add all this up....
Now I'm depressed.
:wink:

~GW

Yeah the Cartoon made the tmnt pokemon of its time... Luckily mirage comics stayed prtty much independent... It is a knoen Fact the The Playmates affected the cartoon greatly...

Indeed!! :evilgrin: But yeah, I guess the word "old school" can have various meanings. I've been considered an old school fan by others, since the Turtles boomed back in the early nineties. Heh heh... Once the new cartoon comes out, I'll be able to shower people with knowledge about previous TMNT projects. :D

Eastman and Laird were generally quite happy with the way the 5 pilot episodes (season 1) turned out...they started losing interest shortly thereafter though.

Karpo, since you're on a mission to watch every single episode of TMNT, you might want to take note of the episodes that were written by David Wise. I think you'll find that you like his episodes much more than the others.

I know! I have noticed that! David Wise is the best writer! The eps that dosent bor me are hes hand writning. Shredder is in all hes eps i think..

1st Item puchased: Plushie Donatello with movable legs
2nd Item purchased: Mirage TMNT #18 :evilgrin:
3rd Item purchased: Archie TMNT mini #1

After that it's all a blur... although when I think of the term "oldskool" I tend to head towards the video game genre like 8-bit Nintendo. TMNT-wise I think oldskool would have to be the pre-popular-tvshow-movie fans; those from back in 1986.


- Cher

Yeah... Or even 1984.

~Oh-- I do remember the very first TMNT thing I purchased- not for me but for the Son #1 who originally pulled me into this fandom thing--infected me with the virus..... It was that inner tube thingie. Not an action figure, but just the green sewer inner tube. Not sure why he wanted that before we even bought any actual figures....
We still have it. It's been handed down through four kids. The seven-year old claims it now.

~GW

I think my very first touvh of tmnt was the archie comics... Then right after came the First Vhs with the firs season cut in to one 70 minutes movie.

The very first TMNT item I bought was the Donatello action figure, then around Christmas I got TMHT for the NES...and that was it, after those two items I was sold, TMNT was my life, and still is.

I also recently discovered the comics, but indeed I consider myself a bit old skool too, cause I was there in 1989

I got the archie maybe around 1990... I remeber that i was 5 and couldnt read so my mother would read it to me... Was she happy when i learned to read(Shes not very big fan of tmnt)!

Ooh... The first TMNT thing I bought was a pair of action figures. I picked up Donatello and Raphael, both of which have the rubber heads as opposed to the plastic ones. After that came a bunch more action figs and several videos... And even more things that I can't remember right now.

Heh.. well, how far up in the Mirage timeline do you mean? I read Mirage during their City at War run (that was when I discovered them). Unforutnately, I was a Transformer, Elf Quest, and Breyer model horse fan during 1984-1990. The first TMNT movie finally converted me during the year of 1990, but I didn't find out about the Mirage comics until 1992.

The good side is, that atleast i have start reading the comics from the start!

I ordered the collected TMNT books from Mirage and got such a kick out of the original issues! My favorite storyline had to be issue #8, because I love Renet! :thyper:

As for being an old school fan, I happen to have an extensive collection of stuff, which I will be more then happy to let you guys see a list of.
http://members.aol.com/Jeoace/collection.html

Well I have the Full first volume of mirage tmnt 1. Well i miss only issue #51 i also have #Leonardo 1, #Donatello 1, #Michaelangelo 1, #Casey jones 1+2, All Tales of TMNT but #5, All Turtle soup. Thats pretty much it!
Oh i have fugitoid too.