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12-01-2005, 06:15 PM
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Stone Warrior
 
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So I went TMNT hunting......
Today I went to Target with my mommy and I bought an April O Neil,Casey Jones, Shredder,Battle Nexus Donnie and a orignal looking Leo (box says watch TMNT on the Fox Box) the others mention TMNT on CN
then on my way to Walmart I decided to pray for a Usagi! My mom is on menapause so she's beeny kinda....mean. So I took a cart went 1 way, she went the other. I saw TMNT Mechas! But I wanted who I wanted. I dug a bit and guess what??? I found a Usagi!!!! and a Silver Serntry!! Yah me!!*dances* I also saw another version of April O Neil, the 4 armed Shrdder, the Foot Ninja, the Tri dino dudes, the ninja knights,and the some others. But I found USAGI!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. Well I went to the fruit snack section, they got TMNT fruit snacks!! Yummy!! I saw a big ol TMNT popcorn tin as well 2 for 9 bucks I woulda gotten 1 but my mom doesn't approve of it. Well I went to the front, but my mom caught me and yelled at me. She said the TMNT are evil, spirits and OMG....  anyways I saw a TMNT watch ..but my mom whined and almost criwed whining saying WHHHHHHHHHY WHHHHy do you buy this stuff?......whhhhhhy?Ughh.. ANYWAYS I bought it all anyways.  I'm going to Target soon again! They got TMNT for 4.44 Anyone have mommy or a daddy who whines cause you buy these toys? My mom whined the same when I got MLP, Justice League and Transformers.... my mom never liked anything if it wasn't a bug eyed chicken.....
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12-01-2005, 06:55 PM
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12-01-2005, 07:00 PM
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12-01-2005, 07:08 PM
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12-01-2005, 07:12 PM
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Stone Warrior
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I dunno man.... I eat these TMNT fruir snacks I get this burst of energy and i have a desire to kick someone's butt
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12-01-2005, 11:14 PM
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I'm Baaaaaaccck!
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but what is this other version of April you saw is it new? -Putrescent |
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12-01-2005, 11:19 PM
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My mother actually hunts for TMNT for me... When I was growing up, she wouldn't buy any as she didn't want to promote the love of them... She grew up where girls were girls, and tomboys weren't a good thing...
But now she is cool about it... Sometimes she rolls her eyes at the money her adult daughter is spending on action figures... But she gets me a lot of the ones I cannot find here! |
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12-01-2005, 11:40 PM
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Stone Warrior
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My mom buys me TMNT figures too, but that doesn't put the tip on the iceberg!
My Girlfriend and her mom hunt for TMNT figs, comics, and other rare items. The best part is that for my 20th birthday this year, her mom and her baked me a cake that looked like Leo's head and one that was green and had TMNT on it... it was hella-sweet! I need to upload pictures! On another note, I work at Wal-Mart, so I get 10% off. Plus, I always get to check and see what TMNT stuff we get at Midnight and I get first pick! It's kinda nice. I'm hating how the price keeps fluctuating from $4.44 - $5 something. In any event, we have been getting Shredder, Usagi, Gen, and a few others on a regular basis.
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12-02-2005, 12:39 AM
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My godmother helps me search for TMNT. Both me and her are into comics, cartoons, action figures...things like that. She's really cool.
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12-02-2005, 12:52 AM
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When I was young my mother used to take me from Store to Store to find the TMNT I wanted.
Now me and my girlfriend go from Store to Store  I'll never forget when I finally found Usagi and Karai, I found them both at the Same Wal-Mart, when I wasn't even looking for them. I looked down on the peg and saw Usagi. My jaw dropped, and Snagged him and threw him in the basket. I said "...I'd be to lucky to also find Karai at the same time" started looking through the pegs, and pow, there she was towards the back. I was like in heaven. |
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12-02-2005, 03:35 AM
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Stone Warrior
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My mam has been buying my TMNT for me recently (because I'm a poor student with no time for a job since September
 ), my dad gives out about them collecting dust... and he won't let me put up more shelves in my room for them, but other than that they don't really seem to mind! My sisters even get me the newer figures off eBay for xmas... Usagi last year, Karai and Minnetonka Mutant this year!!
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12-02-2005, 10:26 AM
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Stone Warrior
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....
....gez I"m jealous i need a bf or a friend who can help me hunt too....
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12-02-2005, 01:45 PM
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 Yeah... I've gotten many addicted...My boyfriend gets more excited about seeing new figures than I do (I guess the thrill has kinda run a bit dry recently with me as I only see turtle variants). My sister wasn't completely supportive of my obsession... But her boyfriend of a few years started collecting them into 2004 so she has become just as obsessed (and works at a toy store too) My parents get me a few but I think it is because they are cheap and they make me so happy. I don't think they fully understand why an adult should want and have hundreds of action figures, but it makes me easy to shop for... And you can make me so extremely happy and only spend like $5 My youngest brother started collecting them when I started collecting them again. He is ten years younger, so a lot of it was he just wanted to collect what his big sister was collecting. Luckily, he is amazing with his toys, so when he grew bored (and doesn't watch the new show), I get all his toys (vintage and new), and a kid got hours of fun out of them... The only one I have yet to convert is my little sister... But all my friends and stuff go on the hunt for me. It is funny, the day a new set comes out, I will get at least half a dozen phone calls with my friends being "OMG, they have turtles you don't have at Toys R Us.. They are called ___. Do you want them?" and stuff like that... I think people love the hunt, and let's face it.. When there are a lot of new figure out, TMNT collectors are some of the easiest people to buy for
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12-02-2005, 05:39 PM
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My mom knows I like Turtles and she doesn't care if I buy 'em or not. She doesn't say they're evil epsecially since they're good guys. A shelf in my room has eighteen TMNT figures in it and most of 'em are vintage.
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12-02-2005, 08:11 PM
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12-02-2005, 08:25 PM
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I'm sending a boxload of figs to aramconbrat soon...PM me what you're looking for or get me on MSN and I'll pick them up. I don't buy toys anymore (stopped about 6 months ago), but I still love the thrill of hunting.
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12-02-2005, 10:04 PM
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Wow, there are so many girls who like the turtles it's almost unbelievable. And girls that like action figures? More importantly, girls that like tmnt action figures? Man sign me up...
Seriously though I'm sorta surprised the turtles are so popular with the ladies. It seems that many other toy lines have a very small female demographic, but turtles, hell half the posters on this board are female. Not to take this thread off topic, but can I ask you girls why you like tmnt so much? And why you like them more than say GI Joe or something else from the 80's. |
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12-02-2005, 10:18 PM
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Stone Warrior
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Well here is my version::As a child, my parents decided that that would live in the suberbs much nicer area of Houston,TX. What I was not aware of was that the hispanic population was very low and not many spoke a 2nd language. This became a problem in school too-most where white kids and when they see me they'd go"Eww" Plus when my sister was in school she wa the super quiet,smart teacher's pet. Not me I was the active, leader and I was smart but nobody liked my personality or me much. So I was always utcasted in favor of the pretty white girls.... Well in my neighborhood there was the white girls who giggled thought they where sooo freakin beauitful,then there was the boys. Guess what i choose? Yup the boys plus i just watched Transformers,Heman, Sh Ra, My Little Pony,Ninja Turtles..Muppet Babies.......you know all the cartoons! Well Ninja Turtes was active-I was active I used to roleplay with my guy friends as a kid. I watched the show alot with my daddy. So he always supported me loving TMNT..... I later found out my parents had a son before my sister & I where born...but he died. So me loving TMNT and Heman,etc always meant alot to my dad. So I just kept on loving the turtles.I mean I love it, don't get be wrong.just I never had friends .they where my friends plus to them it didn't matter that I wasn't a white girl with long blonde or brown hair. I know that may sound racist and I aplogize just wher my parents decided to live was mostly white and didn't really welcome the hispanic race at that time...
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12-02-2005, 11:14 PM
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I got into them when we went on a loooonnnnngggg car trip from Alabama to California (1984, yeah, I'm old.) I guess my parents were sick of me and my brother fighting so she bought us a few comics. Guess what i got. I REALLY fell in love (not with the turtles, but with the story...then stories...) I never liked the old toon much...I had collected Turtles stuff for years but then kinda left it for awhile. And didn't realize there was a new toon until my (then) boyfriend found my Turtle Cache and brought me a Leonardo fig. my collecting days were rekindled and the rest is history |
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12-02-2005, 11:16 PM
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I loved the cartoons as a kid, and I mean, the cartoon wasn't really aimed purely at the male audience although I can see how the little boys would prefer it.. So I befriended the boy across the street (mainly because he had the figures). I still remember being the only girl at his birthday party, and as party favours, all the boys got the ninja turtle travel toothbrush and like bathroom set, and they gave me a BARBIE one... Was sooo ticked! A few years ago I just decided I wanted the original 10 mint on card, but then I started noticing them in garage sales and stuff and picked up the old ones... Well that began the action figure collecting! And it isn't easy being a chick who collects action figures... Bringing a new boy to the apartment is always a bit awkward because many freak (assuming we are comic book nerds who have no life and dress up as Raphael at conventions) or are really cool about it and point out the ones they had as a kid (or try to open the ones I have MOC... which is not a good thing). I find the presence of action figures to be a first screening for boys
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