Technodrome in 1987 TMNT

Nick_N · 04-30-2005, 09:38 PM

I have a question about the Technodrome in the original 1987 TMNT show.

So yeah. What is with the giant eye on top of it? Did we ever find out? Its just b/c it is sometimes open and sometimes closed, so it must do something.

Any replies or ideas are helpful.

*Weapon X* · 05-01-2005, 01:18 AM

Wow you know I can't remember it ever being used for anything on the toon, but on the toy it was used as a parascope type thing.

THE-X-FLO · 05-01-2005, 05:07 AM

It can be used as a giant antenna, like in Super Irma..

However, I think the main point of that glaring eye is to give a threatening image of the Technodrome.. and that works

MasterMole · 05-01-2005, 09:07 AM

Was the origin of the Technodrome ever revealed? It should have been. The episode could've been called "Origin of the Technodrome". I'm sure all of us wonder how it was made and want to see really how it happened. Did Shredder or Krang think of it. Shredder seems to claim it's his, but it would make more sense if Krang designed it and it was built in Dimension X, by Rock Soldiers.

THE-X-FLO · 05-01-2005, 09:14 AM

Its origin was a bit revealed in season 8, when we learned that some other guy (dracus? dragus?) helped to design the Technodrome, just before Krang betrayed him.

I think the Technodrome comes from Dimension X, and when Krang was banished he was sent to Earth along with the Technodrome. If you think about it that makes sense : even the turtles never tried to destroy the Technodrome, but just wanted to "get rid of it" by sending it to another dimensions / places.

Still, we can't deny that Shredder had a part in rebuilding the Technodrome, and therefore we see the Foot seal in front of it.

darthsmozers · 05-01-2005, 10:29 AM

I finished season 2 yesterday and realized how huge the tehcnodrome is in season 1, and then after that it differs depending on who is drawing it. i, personally, loved it as a huge huge huge behemoth, and not any smaller

*Sage Ninja* · 05-02-2005, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick_N

I have a question about the Technodrome in the original 1987 TMNT show.

So yeah. What is with the giant eye on top of it? Did we ever find out? Its just b/c it is sometimes open and sometimes closed, so it must do something.

Any replies or ideas are helpful.

I believe i remember in a few episodes as it being a sort of powerful laser gun.

The Ninja · 05-02-2005, 08:18 AM

Wasn't the Star of Atlantis in the eyeball in Atlantis Awakes?

*Anarky* · 05-02-2005, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I believe i remember in a few episodes as it being a sort of powerful laser gun.

Hey, I was going to say that. That's about what I remember. I always thought it was a laser gun of some sorts.

*Sage Ninja* · 05-02-2005, 09:08 PM

I think that eye ball laser gun thingy was actually used at the end of season two. But i can't say for certain yet because i haven't gotten around to buying the second season yet

I always wondered though, why blue of all colors for the eye. I would have thought red or yellow would have looked more threatening

darthsmozers · 05-02-2005, 11:23 PM

nah, not used in season 2 (just finished it).

THE-X-FLO · 05-03-2005, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I always wondered though, why blue of all colors for the eye. I would have thought red or yellow would have looked more threatening

Maybe that would have been too obvious. I mean a red eye would have been like "I will destroy everyone and conquer the world".

The actual eye on top of the Technodrome was more like " You don't know what I can do, but once I'm repowered I will show you"

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Originally Posted by darthsmozers

nah, not used in season 2 (just finished it).

Didn't Krang use it to open the portal in Dimension X? Unless that was one of the giant lasers, I'm not sure..

*MrPliggins* · 05-03-2005, 06:02 PM

I think the eyeball laser thing was used in the first TMNT Nintendo game, for the few of us who got far enough to fight the Technodrome... (which by the way was very small in the game).

*Sage Ninja* · 05-03-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by THE-X-FLO

Maybe that would have been too obvious. I mean a red eye would have been like "I will destroy everyone and conquer the world".

The actual eye on top of the Technodrome was more like " You don't know what I can do, but once I'm repowered I will show you"..

LOL as if it being an eye to begin with and sitting on top of a massive war machine was already screaming "I will destroy Everyone and Conquer the World". But you do have a point maybe the eye being a normal color like blue instead of something more threatening looking was a way to keep things in balnce so the threating exterier of the technodrome, and wouldn't be over kill.

04-30-2005, 09:38 PM	#1
Nick_N New Recruit Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	Technodrome in 1987 TMNT I have a question about the Technodrome in the original 1987 TMNT show. So yeah. What is with the giant eye on top of it? Did we ever find out? Its just b/c it is sometimes open and sometimes closed, so it must do something. Any replies or ideas are helpful.

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MasterMole Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Willow Grove, PA Posts: 213	Was the origin of the Technodrome ever revealed? It should have been. The episode could've been called "Origin of the Technodrome". I'm sure all of us wonder how it was made and want to see really how it happened. Did Shredder or Krang think of it. Shredder seems to claim it's his, but it would make more sense if Krang designed it and it was built in Dimension X, by Rock Soldiers. __________________ TMNT are Cool. I anticipate buying the next toy(I hope) and watching the next episode. Will a company please give the Proper DVD release to the current and classic Turtles cartoons? Playmates Toys: Shape Up, OR feast on my large,lumpy,hairy MOLE, then Back Off!

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THE-X-FLO Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 242	Its origin was a bit revealed in season 8, when we learned that some other guy (dracus? dragus?) helped to design the Technodrome, just before Krang betrayed him. I think the Technodrome comes from Dimension X, and when Krang was banished he was sent to Earth along with the Technodrome. If you think about it that makes sense : even the turtles never tried to destroy the Technodrome, but just wanted to "get rid of it" by sending it to another dimensions / places. Still, we can't deny that Shredder had a part in rebuilding the Technodrome, and therefore we see the Foot seal in front of it. __________________ In the darkest of hours... in the greatest of battles... we must never forget who, or what, we are Last edited by THE-X-FLO; 05-01-2005 at 09:19 AM.

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Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Wow you know I can't remember it ever being used for anything on the toon, but on the toy it was used as a parascope type thing.

05-01-2005, 10:29 AM	#6
darthsmozers Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,278	I finished season 2 yesterday and realized how huge the tehcnodrome is in season 1, and then after that it differs depending on who is drawing it. i, personally, loved it as a huge huge huge behemoth, and not any smaller

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The Ninja Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23	Wasn't the Star of Atlantis in the eyeball in Atlantis Awakes?

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Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,926	I think that eye ball laser gun thingy was actually used at the end of season two. But i can't say for certain yet because i haven't gotten around to buying the second season yet I always wondered though, why blue of all colors for the eye. I would have thought red or yellow would have looked more threatening

05-02-2005, 11:23 PM	#11
darthsmozers Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,278	nah, not used in season 2 (just finished it).

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MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	I think the eyeball laser thing was used in the first TMNT Nintendo game, for the few of us who got far enough to fight the Technodrome... (which by the way was very small in the game).