TMNT childhood memories

[BaldMonk]

OH yeah, mentioning games reminds me of another memory... one Christmas my brother and I got a TMNT game each, and mine was that awesome tower one with the Katanas through the slots in the building... I had no idea how to play it, as I was so young, but loved the little figures that were in there.

Also, another one is on my birthday, and I remember wanting the TMNT game for the Amiga... having no idea if there really was one, and then surprisingly, my dad of all people, who bought us lots of stuff, but never listened or cared for celebrations of any kind (He's a typical Egyptian man...haha) turned up after work one day with none other than TMNT... man, I was so excited... I expected it to be like the arcade, but it wasn't, but it was sooo awesome... I always remember being called for cake time when I was on the underwater stage... and that music... chilling.

[LionO]

Speaking of games. I was invited to a friends nirthday party at an arcade store and we had unlimited access to all the arcades for free. I spent the next three hours plauing TMNT the only best arcade game of our generation. We played that game from start to finish! A lot of fun and we all bonded that much more!

[Lioness-Goddess]

I remember being about 3, maybe younger. This was when the TMNT were on their way out for a while. I think it was like 92, 93. Anyway, I would get up on Saturday's at like four in the morning, wake up my mom, and ask her to turn on the tv (cause i couldn't reach it) so I could watch it. Then Sailor Moon would come on after.

I had one pair of Sailor Moon shoes and one pair of Turtle shoes. One day I just wore both to preschool and people made fun of me. I threw both shoes at them.

[cowabunga14]

A really memorable memory would be whenever i went to my mom's friend's roomate's house. Whenever I went there with my mom I would play with my mom's friend's roomate's son's Ninja Turtle figures. That was really rad cuz I played with a lot of figures that I didn't have and I really had a great time. The son didn't really pay attention to his figures or really care that's why they were crammed in a collector's case. Some figures that I played with would be Foot Soldier,Killer Bee,Mouser,and Sewer Scout Raphael. Hopefully my mom's friend didn't move with her roomate. If she didn't move then maybe I can have all the roomate's son's Ninja Turtle figures. All I have to do is ask and take all of 'em. There free which is the best part.

[Weapon X]

I got a slew of memories, but one I remeber the most is when me, my brother, and my dad were in Toy's "R" Us and we got the Technodrome as soon as we got home we wen't in the basement and he built it for us....one hour later it was broke....not really sturdy enough for how we played.

[Ra]

my memories...ahh....

when i was really young (i don't know...four maybe) the Next Mutation show would be on. i had this Raphael mask i made myself (yes, i was smart enough to cut out eyeholes) when i heard the theme music, i would race for the TV, then forget about my mask, then race back, and then pull it over my face as i race back to the TV and watch my heros then i went to school, mom THREW OUT the BANDANA i MADE MYSELF!!! then several years later when i almost forgot about them - the NEW TMNT was on TV and rekindled the fandom inside me. i browsed afew pages and then found the 'drome - my second home

sad (and pretty much pathetic) story of my life

[PizzaPower]

wow Ra, you must be young if you where 4 and watching next mutatation. did you ever catch the orginal tmnt on tv????

[hazlov2004]

well my first tmnt memorie came along one day i was watching tv you know channel surfing and the next i know tmnt was on usa i watched and i watched and my very first tmnt was a michelangelo toy and tmnt bowl that changed colors when you put milk on it sadly i dont have it any more

[Lioness-Goddess]

Originally Posted by PizzaPower

wow Ra, you must be young if you where 4 and watching next mutatation. did you ever catch the orginal tmnt on tv????

Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty young, but I think I was around 10 or so when Next Mutation was on.

[PizzaPower]

so did you catch the orginal toon when it came on tv???

[Weapon X]

I also remember getting the turtle blimp and Space usagi the same day and me and my brother playing for hours with it in the basement.

[PizzaPower]

I remember getting Baselball Raphael and my brother getting Basketball don and I got Party WAgon and he got the blimp and we always played with em.

[Geek Catnip]

My parents would never buy me any TMNT action figures when I was little (because they weren't girly enough or something) and my brother was too old to appreciate TMNT by that time, so I couldn't potentially steal his I'd always have to go over to my best friend's house (who luckily happened to be a boy) and snag some play time with his action figures. Every afternoon afterschool, we'd get his action figures and sit in front of the TV and recreate the scences as they played. And sadly, because I was the only girl, I always had to be April (not that there's anything wrong with her, I just wanted to be Leonardo at least once )

[NightwatchersOnlygirl]

I started to become a fan back in 1990
That was then I had a thing about Raphael and Mikey
More Raphael than Mikey

[Raph's Girl]

TMNT childhood memories eh?

Well before I moved to military housing (this was in Germany) I lived in a German neighborhood...we only had one channel, AFRTS....I got hooked on TMNT right off cuz I liked turtles. I'd also go to my german neighbors house and watch it on their tv...so there's many eps I saw in German before I english.

Then when we moved to military housing I was considered the popular kid. Everyday at 4pm all the kids would come over to my house and watch TMNT. The living room was full to the brim of kids when the TMNT were on Oprah Winfrey. *lol*

I also had some friends who were members of the TMNT fan club. Plus they had a satelite dish.(brother and sister). They had every TMNT action figure out on the market. I'd often spend the night at their house and we'd have a turtle party. We'd watch TMNT straight from America. Eps that we wouldn't see for a while on AFRTS, we'd watch the videos, and play with the action figures.

Ah..that was the life...from age 8 - 13 I had fun with TMNT.

When my dad got stationed to the U.S tho in 1993...I kinda got out of TMNT. I was not even aware that the series was still on. Then in 1997 I got hooked on TMNT again with the Next Mutation.

I guess Im lucky that my family encouraged my TMNT fandom...my dad even met Raph and Leo while he was on TDY in Vegas. They were at the grande opening of the Toys R US there...I think it was around 1990. My dad promised me he'd get their autographs but he never did....no surprise there really..

When my grandparents were on mission (they're mormon) in England for a couple years they'd get me Hero Turtle stuff....I still have it too...a notebook, some stickers, and candy that I've never eaten. *lol*

[Ra]

Originally Posted by PizzaPower

wow Ra, you must be young if you where 4 and watching next mutatation. did you ever catch the orginal tmnt on tv????

sadly, no (not to my memory. i may have watched it, but it's long forgoten now ) but, i have seen two videos of the old show - "Heros in Halfshells" and "Super Bebop and Mighty Rocksteady". it's weird to see the old toon after you've grown used to the new toon. but, it's still funny

Mikey: Cowabunga dude! accent on the cow

i cracked up when i saw that

EDIT

opps! turns out i was 6 or 7 when i was watching it. no wonder i could remember it so clearly. i should have known

[lilonardo]

I remember my favorite character being Krang, I even wore some sort of belt with a hole in it, and in that belt, I would have one of my stuffed animals (me doing the android bit, the stuffed animal doing the Krang bit) (I was very little at the time)

I also remember a TV commercial for Turtles mini playsets "look: the turtles are shrinking"

I also remember, some point back in 1996 (I was 8 years old, turned 9 on the birthday I had that year) , when in my country (England) , "Teenage mutant ninja turtles" was shown on Nickelodeon, one day, I was watching the episode where at some point, the Turtles were being chased py a papparazi (spelling? ) , and after a short while, the episode reset to the opening credits. Suddenly, a "technical difficulties" message came up ( "sorry, we have been dogged" ) .

Well, apart from the TMNT videogame memories I have mentioned on the videogames board, the ones I have mentioned here are the only ones I can come up with for now. If I come up with more, I'll mention them.

[remain in light]

Some random memories of mine:

-Having to rework some of my "adventures" to explain why my April O'Neil figure was missing her arm (Me as April - "Hey guys! I just got back from reporting in the jungle! A lion ripped off my arm!")

-Me and my friends making up our very own Ninja, Ninja Rap! This was my contribution:

April O'Neil on Channel 6 News,
Raphael's got a very short fuse!

Word.

-Thinking Krang looked like a wad of chewed bubble gum when I first started watching the cartoon.

-Getting stuck on the same place over and over again on the original NES game. I can't even remember where it was any more, but I'm sure if I had the game now it would be like the easiest thing to figure out.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I am proud to say I still have some of the TMNT magazine. I don't know if anyone remembers it but it had to be fifteen years ago. I got it montly, and it was full of articles and fan letters.
Since I am a May 1984 baby I have been a solid fan since the original series debuted A few years later. I would have to thank my parents for always turning it on the TV for me at that point since I was like three.
By 5 at least me and my best guy friend at the time who was also my neighbor would play TMNT in his basement and I even remember performing an episode for our moms at one point. I wonder if she remembers that
It all led to a very healthy obssession. In fact for my 21st bithday in celebration my cake this week is TMNT themed.
A little embarrassing of a memory is singing and dancing along to that Singing TMNT craze "Coming out of their Shells tour when I was like six." I still have the tape...*Cringes*

[Jester]

Here's some of me, my sister and our TMNT childhood...