The biggest oddity with Nick's oversight of these Archie-OT era tributes is the apparent "No April O'Neil" policy:
https://doknowbutchie.wordpress.com/...f-april-oneil/
(courtesy of the Drome's own
The Big Bad)
See also:
http://oldmanwinters.deviantart.com/...over-479839965
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So here's the unedited version of my Heroes' Haven Comics 30th Anniversary TNMT Special. As you can see April O'Neil was always meant to be a part of the cover, but it got edited out at the request of Nickelodeon. We fought the good fight but in the end the client is always right and we all need to respect that. The edited cover still came out epic and I'm very proud of the work everyone put in. - dovianax
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I've yet to see anybody give a reason as for Nick's logic in removing April from the original spread completely. Her removal does free up more room to give Donatello more prominent placement.
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Originally Posted by TigerClaw
Why was the top one rejected, What was wrong with it?
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Originally Posted by Redrumh2o
because it didn't have enough "shenanigans" going on
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Both are nice covers, but I can see why the Nick editor would prefer something more dynamic as far as "action" goes. Considering this variant was so rare, though, I don't really know if it was worth the trouble.