[Jon]

Originally Posted by Draconic

You want to know why it didn't get popular? I'll tell you why, it's no theory, it's personal experience.

1. POOR marketing, and barely any hype. I found out about the new cartoon when I was surfing the net, and decided to try ninjaturtles.com. I had to go looking before I actually found it. Why I went looking, I have no real idea.

2. I don't even know when it comes on. I haven't seen a single Ninja Turtle commercial. Toyline, cartoon, nothing. My only guess is that it comes on in the morning. I work until four.

3. I actually found them once, I turned on the TV, and they were on! I was like, "Holy 'Moley!" but the turtles were in space?! I must have picked up in the middle, and that's pretty tough to do, so I couldn't really get into it.

4. I still don't know when it comes on, or on what station for that matter. When it all comes down to it, it's a critical lack of publicity and advertising that makes the show fail.

5. I will probably never watch Fast Forward, because the turtles are Ninjas, not Jedi. Beefing up the turtles with light-sabres, and crooked weapons don't make them "edgy," or more effecient, it just looks like more of a gimmick. And a show about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, what more gimmick do you need?

So, there it is: Mystery solved.

Some okay thoughts, but I've seen plenty of ads (for show and toys alike), both on TV and through DVD previews. So advertsing doesn't really seem the case.