NECA tube set question
 

Hey everyone. I have what I believe to be a legit set of TMNT figures in the tube packaging.

These were bought from a seller in the states and the previous owner paid a lot of money for them. The shells are more green than blue on these and the green on the skin looks as bright as the legit NECA figures that I've seen online with no bluish discolouration.

My only problem is that, the front shells aren't made of rubbery plastic.

Can someone who owns a tube set bought in the states confirm if this is the case with perhaps a later run of the tube sets?

If the plastron is not made out of rubber, you might have a bootleg set on your hands. The rubber plastron is there to not hinder the ab-crunch articulation.

I thought all the tube sets were bootleg.

Thanks for the input. Do you know if bootleg sets were sold in the states at some point?

its very easy to get a set from the states chances are somebody from the states resold them.
do you have any proof of what the previous owner paid?

hopefully it wasn't gammas_collectibles_boutique on ebay with his stupid story

I thought so too. Mine are from tubes and most definitely fake, but even the fakes are better than anything Playmates does, and I got them for like $30 total (and at the time didn't know there were even fakes out there), so I'm not really complaining.

Quite possible that. I'll have to look into this. I paid this guy about 170 USD :\ for this set. i'll ask him for the proof of purchase.

What's this ebayer's story?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Neca-TM...cAAOSwhh5Tpdu0

give it a read

No, there where legit tube Turtles released by NECA. But at this point it's like a needle in the haystack since some bootlegs are near-prefect recreations down to the package printing.

Just did. Hmm so this guy is selling a bootleg set you reckon?

Yes but there are some differences like darker paint and also the shoulder peg holes being larger on the later bootlegs.

well like Candy Kappa said its very difficult to find them. i just play it safe and look for clamshell packaging or box sets

Damn my bad luck I suppose

Also this thread is what got me thinking about posting about my set

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...t=40316&page=2

If it's not rubbery it's a bootleg.
Like others have stated NECA did indeed release tube sets.
It's gotten very annoying on other toy pages telling people this as they refuse to believe me.

Yeah 100% the legit tubes exist, I own them and got them immediately after release. Months before the bootlegs started

Same and like an idiot I used many of them for customs like the ones shown in my banner.

Oh cool! could you post some pics here? also are the plastrons flexible on yours?

Yeah I'm aware. Just trying to confirm whether what I have is a legit set or a bootleg:)

I think you've gotten your answer dude. If the plastron isn't rubbery, it's a bootleg.