After a 20 long years, I have returned...
 

Hey there, everyone! Jonaas here! As my thread title stated, I was a huge TMNT fan when I was a kid (Original cartoon, Original toys, and Archie Comics series). My interest waned when I turned 10 or 11 and I fell off. After sponsoring my nephew's interest in the 2003 series and toys, the birth of my son Jack last September and the release of the Classic Collection has prompted my full-blown return to the Turtles.

I've since purchased Jack all of the Nick series' basic figures, every vehicle but the Ninja Stealth bike, and the Secret Sewer Lair playset. I realize that my son is far too young to play with these toys, but he DOES sit in his Bumbo and watch intently as his father creates whole play scenarios with his future toys (I plan of giving him weaponless Battle Shell turtles to chew on sometime next year).

Also, Jack and I have JUST started watching the Nick series. I ****ing LOVE the show and Jack literally sits in my lap and stares at the screen for the duration of a 22-minute episode. I know, I know...it took a while for us to start watching, but the irony is that I spent the afternoon at the hospital before Jack was born playing Sewer Run on Nick.com.

So once again, I have returned...and I've brought a friend along with me!

-Jonaas

Awww!!!! Welcome to the Drome!!!! Old and new fan generation enjoing again the TMNT! :tgrin::tgrin::tgrin: Best wishes for you and your little one! :tgrin: :tparty: Welcome both!!! (Yea...you can add a perfil/nick for little Jack! ) :)

welcome to you & your son to the drome & turtlemania! haha

That's beautiful, two generations enjoying the green team together. Welcome to you & your little sidekick:twink:

Welcome aboard! Glad to hear you and your son enjoy the Nick cartoon. :)

Welcome and Ty for the awesome story

Welcome Jonas,you have an intersting screenname! Weoxlme back and glad you are experiencing a renaissance of your childhood fandom. Also,take note that Bebop and Rocksteady will be unveiled at the Toy Fair next month as follow ups in the classic line!

Welcome aboard! I'm sure you'll love it here!

Hello and Welcome to the Drome!:D

Hi! Welcome to the forums!

Welcome to the Drome. It's nice that your son is getting to enjoy the Turtles as well. That's awesome.

Hey ho !! Welcome !!

Your name is Jonaas? Are you carrying the wheel?? :tlol:

Welcome, dude.

Thanks everyone for the kind greetings! Jack's with me at the computer this very moment...he probably doesn't have the slightest idea what's going on, but nevertheless, I'll make sure he appreciates the warm welcome as well!

Thank you, sir! Actually the screenname is something I pulled from when I was a cashier at Best Buy nearly ten years ago. During the Christmas season one year, I got so bored of ringing up customer after customer and attempting to sell everyone with a PS2 an extended warranty that I just started talking in a British accent. It made the day go by WAAAAY faster.

As for Bebop and Rocksteady, oh man...I can't WAIT. Ever since the silhouettes of the figures popped up at the Playmates site, I've been freaking out. The announcement of those figs are actually what brought me to The Technodrome! I was Googling around for more news and some pics and it led me here!

Oh man...it's funny you mention that song here because that song ALWAYS reminds me of my lost Turtles collection. I had every figure and almost every vehicle released by 1992. When we moved from Norwalk CA to Walnut, a very large box that held all of my TMNT toys was left behind. When I first heard that song, I always suspected that Rivers Cuomo somehow got a hold of that box :lol:

Once again, thanks everyone!

-Jonaas

Nice story! Hope you enjoy your stay here!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the technodrome!!:tgrin::tgrin::tgrin::tgrin:

Glad to have you at the Technodrome Forums!

Kids these days... so lucky to have parents who can appreciate things like TMNT. My parents, back in the day, had zero interest in it! They bought me plenty of the toys and whatnot but that's where it ended :P

Something that always weirded me out was that my parents can't seem to recall any cartoons that THEY loved as children. They're in their 60's, so I know that TVs weren't really around when they were kids, but you'd at least think they were obsessed with certain comic books/strips or radio serials or whatever, right?

-Jonaas