What do you think the turtles will look like?

[Lord Nightwalker]

Originally Posted by Bob

Good stuff. And yes, more often than not, El Mayimbe is pretty reliable.

Yes he is. Everything he's ever sent Jett's way over at BOF has been pretty much spot on.

[TigerClaw]

I bet it'll be concept art or something. I remember many years ago when the first Transformers movie was being made, concept art of the characters were leaked and the characters ended up looking like it too.

[Teal Turtle]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I bet it'll be concept art or something. I remember many years ago when the first Transformers movie was being made, concept art of the characters were leaked and the characters ended up looking like it too.

I hope so, but when? He said 2 hours 2 hours ago...

[electric_sheep]

how much longer?

[Teal Turtle]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

how much longer?

They should have been up by now.

[Mr.Green]

Originally Posted by Teal Turtle

They should have been up by now.

Please Teal, upload the pic (or pics) here as soon as you can. I'm counting on you!

(I started following El Mayimbe a few hours ago but I'm still not sure its the right one)

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by Teal Turtle

They should have been up by now.

i think we are being trolled, this can not stand!

[Teal Turtle]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

i think we are being trolled, this can not stand!

Have faith my friends.

[Teal Turtle]

Originally Posted by Mr.Green

Please Teal, upload the pic (or pics) here as soon as you can. I'm counting on you!

(I started following El Mayimbe a few hours ago but I'm still not sure its the right one)

I will do

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Bob

El Mayimbe from Latino Review said on Twitter that he’s got something to “show” us about TMNT. He specifically emphasised that he’s not going to tell us anything, but instead "show". I reckon it could be the Turtles’ designs, or at least one of them.

The something is not what the turtles look like but pictures of the lair. I posted the pictures in their own thread.

[electric_sheep]

here's how i would like them to look, but i imagine they will look like green football players with shells...

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Actually they might be ill-represented (badly drawn) Pig-Nosed Turtles



Which are a freshwater turtle with true flippers like sea turtles. but that's really obscure with the notion of sliders begin the most well known pet turtle of the semi-aquatic type, and cheapest. Not to mention these guys are high maintenance and prone to illness, but Baxter probably don't care.

Eastman's page sketch show them with proper legs, but Duncan's final product, they are drawn as sea turtles. Cause they don't really look like Pig-Noses.

It amazes me that from a few simple artistic renderings of baby (and quite honestly generic-looking) turtles in a mostly land-based terrarium, anyone would call them sea turtles. A few facts on the subject:

A: Sea turtles hatch from nests laid on beaches, and immediately seek out the ocean to begin life- the ones in that small terrarium are ignoring the water completely. Freshwater turtles do not NEED water as much, and are quite fond of basking, as these appear to be doing. In fact, April even comments on the fact that one of them is basking- Leo. (She doesn't call it that, but it's clear that's what he's doing.)

B: The one she named Michelangelo is nibbling on lettuce. Sea turtle hatchlings live on shrimp and other small sea life for the first year- after that, they live on a diet of mainly kelp grazed from the ocean floor. Those hatchlings could not survive on that diet if they were sea turtles.

C: It's fairly obvious that they are only semi-aquatic, given that they don't even have enough water to really swim in. A sea turtle HAS to live in salt water, and grows quite fast in its first couple of years. They would have had to have a MUCH bigger tank for four of them. And enough water to support them, as they can't support their own weight on land for long without suffocating. Even female sea turtles coming onto land to nest have difficulty breathing, and if they stay too long, will die of exhaustion and lack of enough oxygen.

D: Those "flippers" could simply be their front claws (with webbing) closed together instead of open to show all the claws. It's just not all that detailed, so they could simply be held together at rest. That doesn't automatically make them any type of sea turtle- although it DOES indicate a species that is at least at home in the water- and from Baxter's comments about how "valuable" they were (not), they are most likely sliders, just as they've been in almost every other version.

E: I doubt Baxter would have needed to to spend any money even if they WERE sea turtles, as it would be relatively simple to find a nesting beach (and there are a couple of sea turtle species that range as far as New Jersey) and (ahem) dig up some eggs, incubate them, and wait for them to hatch, or alternatively, wait for a hatching and simply grab a few as they head for the ocean. But I doubt he'd have gone to the trouble, considering how high-maintenance they'd be. Why even bother, when as he said, 20$ could net him specimens that are both easier to care for, and take up far less space? Also, from what we saw of the experiments they were doing, a sea turtle would not have been a good choice- they were talking about terrapin (a freshwater turtle term!) exo-armor, and sea turtles can't even retract into their shells- the shells are too small, and their heads and limbs are not as flexible as land and freshwater species! We've always seen the TMNT being able to pull their heads in- a sea turtle couldn't do that. Also, sea turtle shells are not as protective, either, since they must be able to swim without hindrance. So by any logical interpretation, they CAN'T be sea turtles in those pics. It makes no sense to call them any of the sea turtle species.

[Bo Staff.]

I don't know. I don't have a specific image that I think they'll look like. I hope they look like traditional ninja turtles though, and not too much like humans. I've heard a rumor that they will have a more human-like appearance than in previous incarnations.

[Bo Staff.]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

here's how i would like them to look, but i imagine they will look like green football players with shells...

Looks like a Kappa.

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

Originally Posted by bo staff

Looks like a Kappa.

Kappa? Kappa-chino?? Nah! makes me hyper...

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by bo staff

Looks like a Kappa.

what is kappa?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

what is kappa?

Ancient Japanese demon. Some were good, and some were very bad.

[Teal Turtle]

What we do know:

- Each turtle will have a unique look
- Bamboo are will be featured
- One turtle will wear pants
- Much more human-like
- Will still have bandanas

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Honestly, i want the turtles to look like this:

Spoiler:

[Sabacooza]

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

Honestly, i want the turtles to look like this:

Spoiler:

These aren't bad but I'm still looking for something a little more realistic. At the end of the day what we're probably going to get is something way less appealing. I hope I'm wrong.