Odd Storage Shell Turtles....
 

Today, I bought a box of vintage (loose) TMNT figures at a flea market. There are these odd "Storage Shell" Turtles with black belts and clear-colored weapons. I've been collecting TMNT since I was a kid and have never seen any of these. Does anyone have any info on them? Maybe a later release or something perhaps? Any help would be much appreciated.

They are the re-releases from 1994 They all came with collector cards and clear colored weapons.
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Leonardo was re-released one last time in 1995. These are the figures you have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/100_5131.jpg

Gah I hated that 90's thing of having them show their teeth. They don't look mad like their supposed to they all look like their at the dentist or taking a dump.

ha. They always were gritting their teeth and each turtle had a different mouth "pose."

They even took it a step further with the storage shell turtles and gave them gums.

Yep, that's them. Thanks very much for your help Putrescent!

any time!:D

Nice pics Putrescent! I've always liked the re-releases so much! Those black belts just make the figures look so much less kiddie to me.

I love the re-leases as well. :) and thank you.

I actually am NOT that bif a fan of the re-releases...I mean, back when they came out, they were great becuase they allowed me snag alot of figures that I missed the first go around...but as far as keeping them on card, well, I guess I just got spoiled on the cardart of the original figs...

Oh don't get me wrong I love the old card art more I just love the re-releases because from 1994 because of the collector cards and some times coins.:D

Oooh the Storage Shells, I love these turtles. They have always been my favorite turtle variants of the line.:)

Hey do you happen to know how many coins there actually are? I know that variants came with the same basic coin.

hmm you know tmntgal would know better than me but I could guess who had a coin if you like?
April
Sewer Hero TMNT Mike & Don
Casey Jones
Warrior Metalhead Mike
Warrior Chrome Dome
Warrior (robotic) Rocksteady
Warrrior Winged Turtles Leo, & Don
Andventure Don, Leo, & Mike
Sumo Raph & Mike
Krangs Android Body
Splinter's with coins: movie splinter, normal splinter, and shogun splinter
Shredder's with coins: normal shredder, super shredder, and shogun shredder.
Rocksteady both normal and robotic came with a normal rockstedy coin.
Bebop both normal and robotic came with a normal bebop coin
Rhino Man
Under Cover Leonardo
Foot Soldiers Both Regular and movie came with a normal foot soldier coin

I can post photos if you like also.

Thanks! Pics aren't necessary, I haven't delved into the coin figures yet as pop-ups (and now FF) take all of my money. I was just curious how many I was lookin' at having a complete set of coins :D

oh ok I'm sure there are more and I'd say the collector cards are harder to get especially the first run of them with the ugly generic versions before they changed them to look like the card art...I'm not even sure how many had been made.

I have pondered the thought of one day trying to round up all of the trading cards from the action figures, even though the task frightens me horribly. :dead:

hahaha I had most of them at one point if not all but me selling my collection to pay the bills and get through life has left a huge dent in my collection.

cool find though. ^w^