who came up with krang and the technodrome?
 

Given that these are not featured in the original comics and are not considerd canon, who came up with them? Also beebop + rocksteady?

Thanks
tariq

Most likley the producers of the original series since thats what they appeared in, now Krang was based of the Utroms which were featured in the original comic, but Bebop and Rocksteady were purely for the series I believe.

yeah but the Utroms from comic and the new toon where not foes of the turtles. The classic cartoon made Krang evil. And Bebop and Rocksteady where awsome additions to the TMNT universe :D

oh how soon we forget that shredder is an evil utrom tisk tisk lol

I think I read somewhere that Eastman and Laird created Bebop and Rocksteady for the cartoon. Actually, alot of the mutants in the original TMNT toon/toys were created by Mirage artists like Ryan Brown and Dan Berger, such as Scumbug and Ray Fillet.
I don't know whose idea it was for Krang, maybe David Wise?

Yeah, Eastman & Laird definitely created Bebop & Rocksteady. I have a magazine that shows their early designs for them, and they are BADASS.

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Huh. I wouldn'ta guessed that, seeing as they keep stressing that we will never see Rocksteady and Bebop in the original comics, ever... I thought they actually disliked the dimwitted duo.

Seriously.....if u could scan those sketches i that would rock...i'd love to see Eastman and Laird's first Rocksteady andf bebop sketches!!!

Yeah, I believe it was Laird who specifically designed Bebop and Rocksteady but I'm not sure. I remember him saying he got upset when they changed them into idiots who always screwed up. Personally, I like them better that way.

sure thing :D krang is really funny too , in the old toon Eps

That is a pretty awesome notion, ya know? I can see though why Laird chose not to ustilise Rocksteady and Bebop in any other universe.

As for the Technodrome, you can easily tell that it was based off the Death Star in Star Wars, but they simply added treadwheels on the base and a giant eyeball on top to make it look more original.

In one of the first comics, there was an ad for the toys that explained who Rocksteady and Bebop were.

I'll look around for it later on.

Oh really? You have to scan that for us.

I think when the old show came out, Eastman and Laird were creating mutants left and right for the show and the toys. But they created them for the old show, and they're trying to do something different with this show, which is keep the mutant count low. Its not that Laird dislikes the mutants, he just likes the Turtles to be unique.

I rather enjoyed the other mutants in the classic toon, I didn't think it took anything away from the other turtles because no matter how many mutants showed up the turtles where always distictively unique.