How long have you followed the TMNT franchise?
 

I became aware of TMNT's existence around the age of 3 (or at least that's what it seemed) and followed it till now so that's like 24 years.

How long have you followed it?

Since Christmas break 1987.

Bout April.:D

Not sure exactly.. It was probably 88 or 89 because I went to go see the first film in the theaters and I knew who they were before I went to go see it. I was really young so I don't know exactly when I first discovered them.

I have been a fan since I started watching the original cartoon at the tender age of two back in 1989 and never left fandom.

About 20 years now, starting with the OT

Since Turtles Forever. Yeah, I'm new.:tconfuse:

Bout 23 years

i feel so old...26 years

Since around 2004, I believe.

Took my first steps to approach the TV while the first film was playing. Been a fan since my eyes first met the turtles.

I was a nut for the OT when I was a little kid, but I have no idea of when I actually saw it. I was born in 1989 though, so more or less, we could just say my entire life (23 years thus far).

That said though, my fandom was kinda shakey for a good few years. I got back into it with the 2K3 series but I got to see so little of that, that I moved away from it again. Then the Imagi film brought me back in too, but that too left. Forever was the biggest jump back into it, but that too then faded. The Nick show finally drug me back in entirely though. I never really leave the fandom, my interest just comes and goes in bursts.

Since 1991.

Well my memory is fuzzy on this but I definitely started watching it very early when season 1 was still airing for the first time.

I can't remember if I saw the toys on shelves first or if I saw the show first, but both were around the same time. I know that I quickly became an addict to all things TMNT though. Comics, video games, the toon, toys and eventually the movies.

Wish I could be among those who watched the very first airing of the pilot, and while I may have been (I was very aware of all the cartoons airing and at what times, etc.), I just can't say for sure. I was young!

Since 1989, 24 years ago when I was 11 years old.

I saw the British Adaptation of the original cartoon in a feature length episode called 'How It All Began.' I wasn't too impressed at the time ...

However, that night I had a dream about hanging out with the turtles. Leo was helping me down from rooftops and I was in awe.

The next morning, I was well and truly hooked.

Now, 24 years later - I am amazed by the diversity in age ranges between fans. Its wonderful how someone can have been a fan for 20+ years, and then another can be a fan that only got into them a few months ago. I don't think many fandoms can claim that kind of versatility. Amazing stuff.

I've been writing fanfiction for TMNT since I was fifteen, and I am enthralled by the way my writing style has changed from then to now. I can really see the difference as I'm improving all the time.

Hannurdock

Ouch, gotta be 25 years! I was instantly swept into the craze and played TMNT (or rather TMHT ;) ) every break time at school for as long back as I can remember. I lived in a tmnt tshirt then and I still do now!

TMHT. Boy, those were the days! Mikey's nunchuks were erased by over-vigilant editing teams and the word ninja was considered a crime in a children's show.

The first time I laid my eyes on the Ninja Turtles? Man, that's a tough one. I guess when I was 3-4 years old and played the TMNT NES game? Or when I played with my older brother's huge Raphael plush toy? I remember watching seasons 1-3 reruns back in the mid-90s. As for becoming a fan, I've only truly become one in 2002-2003 when reruns of the FW series began airing again in my country.

So yeah, I've always liked the TMNT.

I was visiting a comic shop looking for Batman stuff and saw issue nine of the Mirage comic. I bought it and had to come back the following week for more! That was back in grade school. I can't remember exactly when as I type this, but I will be 38 this October. Then I started buying the archie comics, and I had to have the vhs tapes of the pilot eps. *smiles* Been a fan for a long, long time.