2015 and up classic / vintage comparisons?
 

Yo peeps. Anyone have a side by side comparison with the new classic rerelease turtles (Super Don, Lieutenant Leo, etc) and their vintage counter parts? I am curious what the detail differences are.

I don't think I've seen any side-by-side photos, but the "2016 toys" thread have pictures of the new figures and run-downs of all the paint apps they are missing. Like most of the cameo paint on the military figures, and etc.

But a comparison thread would be great for references since that stuff is going to get lost in the bigger threads.

I found this from the 2016 thread where I posted someone's pictures of the new Military Leonardo, Super Donatello and Super Michelangelo.

I think ill start getting them and do comparitive shots

I will add some comparisons. I am going to slowly buy the vintage guys.

This is the classic collection Military Leo compared to Lieutenant Leo.

almost as if the evolutionary clock at Playmates ticks backwards

sad really :trolleye:

That's excellent.

Wow, the difference is really stark.

Yeah it does look bad. It feels like it is made of a different plastic too. The weapons look identical though so that part isn't to bad. I bought a Bebop and will upload it probably next week. The differences on that are dynamic as well.

Just awful...

:tlol: Love your phrasing. Sad but true...

It is regular Bebop, soft head Bebop and the 2015 classics Bebop.

Not even painting the shoes on the new one is pretty shameful.

...or the wristbands, the tail, & the belt, not to mention their awful color palette & how poorly the face gradient is applied.

That is disgusting, I hope they are ashamed for ruining Bebop like that

It is pretty bad but at least it looks more like a variant with this one. There are worse out there from what I have seen. I just haven't gotten to them yet.

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No way, man. The two originals there look like variants to one another, as there's purple hair, & magenta hair. The new one is straight up bootleg steez. Hell, someone just posted a bootleg Bebop two days ago & even it has a fuller paint job!

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/...psers8anmu.jpg

I admit, i want that bootleg bebop lol it looks pretty awesome

Is it me, or does it seem not all Toys 'R Us stores are stocking the newest wave of "Classics" figures? I currently live in a suburb of Metro Detroit, and I have two TRU locations close by. I've checked a couple times a week for the past couple of months and the new wave of figures have not arrived yet. On weekends, I've checked other locations about a 30 minute drive from where I live, and I've still had no luck.

It was not until a few weeks ago when I made a 3 hour drive to Grand Rapids to visit my brother that I actually had spotted these figures. There are 2 TRU locations in Grand Rapids, and only one actually had these figures in stock. They had 1 Super Mike, 1 Super Don and 2 Military Leo. There were also 2 Bebop, 2 Rocksteady and 1 original Leo. Aside from that, all the figures from the previous wave were there too.

As for the buy one, get one 50% off sale mentioned in another post, this sale was advertised at the location that had the new Classics figures , while this sale is not advertised at the locations that don't have these figures. Also, and this may be unrelated, the layout of the store that had the new Classics figures is completely different that the layout of the stores that don't have these figures.

This makes me wonder if these figures will ever show up at the TRU locations close to me, or if only certain locations are getting these figures.

Either way, I don't plan on buying these figures. I like the original versions much better.

What happened in my area was that TRU was not stocking until most of the toys were gone. Luckily for me I decided to collect the classics since they look so terribly different than the originals and I figured it would be fun. I like to think that I single-handedly brought super mike and super don to my area lol buying 6 figs back to make out of 30 will do that.