Are you a bigger TMNT fan now, than when you were a kid?
 

I was introduced to Ninja Turtles through the 4Kids show when I was 6. As I'm sure most of you can relate, I was really into it. But now, as I'm about to enter college, less than a month away from my 18th birthday, I think I'm a bigger fan of TMNT than I've ever been. Thoughts?

Not really. But I do/did like the new series. I'm having a problem with it now because it seems like every single episode, they're introducing a new character just so they can sell a new toy. Back in the day it was the other way around. They use produce a lot of different characters and maybe eventually put them in the show. It's super annoying.

I was a big fan then, I am a big fan now :D Nothing much has changed.

As a child, I was just a fan like today. But at that time I could not raise so many things. I had only the bare minimum (for example one Foot Soldier with a glued leg :-? )

Growing up, I was probably more passionate about Power Rangers, Pokemon, DBZ, Crash Bandicoot, and a couple other things at various times. But I just never "outgrew" Turtles for some reason.

Hmm... Hard to say, as a kid I was pretty well obsessed with it. Many years later as a renewed fan I'm not sure I could official say if it's more or less than years ago. It's more of a new, older, different kind of appreciation for them now. No obsession this time around, but a bit addicted to them again for sure. ;)

Few things are constant for me no matter what age I reach.
Macross/Robotech
Street Fighter (even though I suck at playin it)
G.I. Joe
And of course Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ever since I was a kid until now, I've gotten every single line of turtles. People always looked at me crazy when I picked up the lines when they came out because I couldn't ever let go.

I'm enjoying the humor that I missed as a kid. It's nice to know that a cartoon can have some humor in it that an adult would enjoy.

Yes. In fact, I barely cared about them when I was little.

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Much much more into them now. I always loved them but as you grow older you really begging to appreciate a lot of the things you didn't pick up on.

I would say yes. Back then, except for when the 1990 movie came out, I was totally out of the TMNT for quite some time. It wouldn't be until I finally was out of college and had my first job and was doing well, that I got on the internet, remembering the stuff I liked as a kid, and found out that TMNT had a new series on TV. I would have to say it was 2k3 that brought me back.

Probably. Since back then, all I knew about was the OT and the movies. I've learned a lot more about them since I've gotten older. Even have more toys of them now then when I was a kid. :lol:

Yes, but that's not to say I wasn't insanely dedicated back then. It's just that now I have my own money to blow on turtle merch, I'm of an age where it's legal to get them tattooed, I have the brains to fully enjoy Mirage comics, etc. My age & wage allows for more turtley awesome experiences. Both as a kid, & now, I wear them on hats & shirts allllll the time, eat pizza religiously, spout references to the OT & films, & so on.

I guess the only real distinction between then & now is that they started out as something I thought was cool & ended up being the thing that kept me from suicide. So I guess I have a greater appreciation/attachment as an "adult" for that reason.

I'm the same as I was as a kid, probably a little more. Although I dont collect anymore. I do have a 3 year old that loves the TMNT just as much as I do and he found them himself. So guess what I did? I gave him my TMNT toys to play with.

It's the same. TMNT was my #1 thing when I was 3 years old and its still my #1 thing at the age of 28.

Goddamn.

All things considered, I probably am. I just like to think I'm a more educated fan now who appreciates the franchise's history, its highs and lows, and understands what aspects are more valuable than others.

My fan art is definitely a bit better now than it was back in the day... even if I don't quite draw as often as my kid self did.

Also, I bought Ninja Turtles manga off ebay. So... I guess that means I'm pretty hardcore.

I'm definetly a bigger fan now, considering I had almost no inkling of TMNT when I was younger.

Yep. Pretty much this.

No way. Now I can say I am more fond of the turtles, I find them entertaining and they tickle my nostalgia. I know more information about the franchise and understand it a lot better than as a kid but it in no way compares to being a kid during turtle mania, sure I didn't know the history of the franchise nor how awesome the turtles universe could be, but my imagination filled those gaps perfectly and I just loved them in a way that I can't as an adult.

Yes. loved them when was little love em even more now.