TMNT Convention - Page 2

*oldmanwinters* · 05-14-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gobo

The "TURTLE TRACKS" have a tendency to do that.

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Touche, gobo. Touche, indeed.

*Bauer536* · 05-15-2011, 01:56 PM

Okay, first of all, TMNT had some success with the 2k3 series, but it didn’t top the Nielsen charts. It died down by the time Fast Forward arrived and no one cared anymore. The 2k7 film was a success, because it was #1, and the action figures started to get the CGI look, along with the Smash Up game character designs. Plus the new series is going to be CGI, and the turtles look very similar to the 2k7 versions. So to me, that proves something. It had its ups and downs, and the TMNT bounced back somehow with that movie. I would love a TMNT convention, but I know it’s going to take some time. Probably during the new series, it is possible it can happen. I can see the turtles getting their own convention as the franchise grows bigger and bigger. I don’t know what fans really want. It’s one thing to show violence to kids, but we don’t need that much blood or deaths. Save the blood for the movies, just not gory, though. Besides, I think TMNT has done better than Power Rangers. Think about. TMNT has been around for a long time. While Power Rangers have been around for 18 years, TMNT has been here for 27. Of course, they’re not like the comic heroes from DC or Marvel, but these four green dudes may get closer to the top. There may be a point where it becomes so big like the others, that even if a few lose interest, the fanbase will expand. It’s funny though how there are conventions for Transformers and G.I. Joe, when their recent movies did not please many. I feel like I am the only one who enjoyed The Rise of Cobra while everyone else panned it. I can see why. I did not like Channing Tatum that much.

*Samhain* · 05-15-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bauer536

the action figures started to get the CGI look, along with the Smash Up game character designs. Plus the new series is going to be CGI, and the turtles look very similar to the 2k7 versions. So to me, that proves something.

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Originally Posted by Bauer536

I don’t know what fans really want.

Well...

*Redeemer* · 05-15-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

Well this is another topic but I kinda agree and disagree. I do think TMNT may have been bigger during its peak but PRs was pretty close to it in fact maybe even bigger it just didn't last as a fad as long as TMNT was able to. However overall as a franchise PRs has been more profitable, it was consistently the #1 toy for boys recently, and while it "limped" the last three years that was Disney wanting to get rid of the franchise placing it in terrible slots on a dead kids block after being removed from the main channel it aired on. Now that PRs is back with Saban and on Nick the franchise is stronger than its ever been (well besides when the PR Craze was going on). I mean PRs has been on the air since it debuted not counting the transitional time between the Disney/Saban purchase.

PR was sold for a lot more than TMNT because its simply worth more, heck Saban doesn't even own everything about PRs since Toei owns and controls Super Sentai while Nick owns everything about the turtles. I do think Laird got less than the franchise was worth but it also has to do with the fact that Disney knows more about dealing with these situations and Mirage is really just a small company, not even counting that 10 million of those were for 4Kids and not Laird. Lets not forget that the the turtles already had failed revivals with TNM/TMNT 2007 both failed to excite people and the 2k3 show even if it somehow lasted 7 seasons it went under the radar and was never really a big success. And of course if we're counting fandoms the PR fandom is so much bigger than the TMNT fandom not even close, the TMNT fandom is tiny.

Hmm... very good point the only thing I do not agree with is the 2k7 movie was anything but failure. They were working on a 2nd movie bc the 2k7 was so popular. It put TMNT back on the big screen. I consider it a success

jaybeane · 05-15-2011, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Riches

TMNT is an unusual fandom in that it doesn't have that same long-time built in following of devotees like say G.I. Joe or Transformers.

Haha. You've obviously never been on a GI Joe forum. The divisions there are miles wide. You've got the 12 inch versus the vintage versus the modern era guys, guys who like it all, guys who only read the comics, guys who only like the toons. And god forbid you bring up Sigma 6...

Hell, there are GI Joe forums dedicated to hating other GI Joe forums...

That said, JoeCon always seems to be a great time. One I've never been to... Because it's also expensive.

GI Joe has the advantage of having such a long history and a diverse community. But ten years ago? It never would have worked. The GI Joe Club is to thank for a lot of it. They started doing special club exclusive figures and eventually built the con around that.

I doubt that I was any help at all.

**Jester** · 05-15-2011, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jaybeane

That said, JoeCon always seems to be a great time. One I've never been to... Because it's also expensive.

And there lies the problem...a Turtle Con (gah that sounds way to close to Turtle Com). If the fan base is so small and fragmented, both geographically and in interest, the cost to have the convention would have to be split amongst us...and that could get pricy. And who would do the initial big pay out? It mainly all comes down to moolah.

FearlessLeader · 05-16-2011, 09:05 AM

The best thing they could honestly do it try to organize a big TMNT event like they did with the Turtles Forever party at San Diego Comic Con in 2009. It was a lot of fun, I got to meet a lot of people I had never seen before and it had the whole Mirage Crew, half the 2k3 voice actors for the Turtles and it was just REALLY amazing getting to see the film screened for the first time with THAT MANY other fans.

If Nick did something like this, with maybe a preview or a screening of the first episode for a select amount of people again, that would be something *nods*

**Jester** · 05-16-2011, 09:29 AM

Or even try and do some sort of TMNT fan gathering at a bigger con.

Fugitoid Jones · 05-18-2011, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader

The best thing they could honestly do it try to organize a big TMNT event like they did with the Turtles Forever party at San Diego Comic Con in 2009. It was a lot of fun, I got to meet a lot of people I had never seen before and it had the whole Mirage Crew, half the 2k3 voice actors for the Turtles and it was just REALLY amazing getting to see the film screened for the first time with THAT MANY other fans.

I think that would be our best bet, having a "gathering" not a "con", at a really big convention like SDCC. Like every here has already said, no one will go to a TMNT-Con, but tons of people already go to the big comic-cons, so having the Gathering is like an added bonus (or the con is the added bonus, whichever you prefer). Plus, some of the talent is already there, so the people who have worked on the TMNT that are already at the Con can just hop over to the TMNT-Gathering.

*Powder* · 05-18-2011, 05:57 AM

Not as many of us go to these things as ya may think, man. I think like, 8 of us tops went to NYCC last year. And I doubt the TMNT people would wanna stick around for too long (if they come/depending on who they are) 'cause some of our fanbase is pretty... "eccentric".

*Bauer536* · 05-18-2011, 06:19 AM

It’s funny that you say this. My cousin down in New York invited me go to the New York Comic Con in the Fall. Hopefully, I’ll find something TMNT related there for the new series.

FearlessLeader · 05-18-2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Not as many of us go to these things as ya may think, man. I think like, 8 of us tops went to NYCC last year. And I doubt the TMNT people would wanna stick around for too long (if they come/depending on who they are) 'cause some of our fanbase is pretty... "eccentric".

That's personally why I think it would work better if it was a big con with something set up at it like a Turtles Forever type event. I know probably more then half the reason I went to SDCC in 2009 was JUST for that event, so if it's publicized ahead of time I think they would at least get enough fans at pretty much any decent sized con to run an event that size.

Heck I was surprised by the amount of fans that came out when they just did panel and second edited screening at Fan Expo in Toronto later that year. We had to wait in line for forever and I feel like generally I never wait in line for anything at that place

*ssjup81* · 05-18-2011, 09:22 AM

Since the fanbase is small compared to other fandoms (imo), it probably would work better to go to some other convention that people here would attend, and just "meet up" some place, ya know?

For example, let's say a lot of members decided to head to Comic Con, for example. While there, they can all meet up and stuff. It'd be easier and cheaper that way, imo.

*The Boston Ninja Turtle* · 05-18-2011, 02:12 PM

id be willing to go to NYCC Comic con if there was some sort of gathering im in boston so that not to far from me...a tmnt con would be fun i mean why not the power rangers have their own con

**Machias Banshee** · 05-18-2011, 10:01 PM

Not sure if anyone would be interested in this, but I got this poster through the GGM blog... if anyone in PA is interested. It's not quite a convention, but it's a bunch of TMNT artstuffs..

*Roseangelo* · 05-18-2011, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Not sure if anyone would be interested in this, but I got this poster through the GGM blog... if anyone in PA is interested. It's not quite a convention, but it's a bunch of TMNT artstuffs..

There's already a thread for this:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...165#post849165

**Machias Banshee** · 05-18-2011, 10:20 PM

Ah, excellent!

05-16-2011, 09:05 AM	#27
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	The best thing they could honestly do it try to organize a big TMNT event like they did with the Turtles Forever party at San Diego Comic Con in 2009. It was a lot of fun, I got to meet a lot of people I had never seen before and it had the whole Mirage Crew, half the 2k3 voice actors for the Turtles and it was just REALLY amazing getting to see the film screened for the first time with THAT MANY other fans. If Nick did something like this, with maybe a preview or a screening of the first episode for a select amount of people again, that would be something nods __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

05-16-2011, 09:29 AM	#28
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Or even try and do some sort of TMNT fan gathering at a bigger con. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

05-18-2011, 02:12 PM	#34
The Boston Ninja Turtle Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boston MA Posts: 2,440	id be willing to go to NYCC Comic con if there was some sort of gathering im in boston so that not to far from me...a tmnt con would be fun i mean why not the power rangers have their own con __________________ I didn't choose the ninja turtle life. The ninja turtle life chose me. https://www.facebook.com/TheBostonNinjaTurtle

05-15-2011, 01:56 PM	#22
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	Okay, first of all, TMNT had some success with the 2k3 series, but it didn’t top the Nielsen charts. It died down by the time Fast Forward arrived and no one cared anymore. The 2k7 film was a success, because it was #1, and the action figures started to get the CGI look, along with the Smash Up game character designs. Plus the new series is going to be CGI, and the turtles look very similar to the 2k7 versions. So to me, that proves something. It had its ups and downs, and the TMNT bounced back somehow with that movie. I would love a TMNT convention, but I know it’s going to take some time. Probably during the new series, it is possible it can happen. I can see the turtles getting their own convention as the franchise grows bigger and bigger. I don’t know what fans really want. It’s one thing to show violence to kids, but we don’t need that much blood or deaths. Save the blood for the movies, just not gory, though. Besides, I think TMNT has done better than Power Rangers. Think about. TMNT has been around for a long time. While Power Rangers have been around for 18 years, TMNT has been here for 27. Of course, they’re not like the comic heroes from DC or Marvel, but these four green dudes may get closer to the top. There may be a point where it becomes so big like the others, that even if a few lose interest, the fanbase will expand. It’s funny though how there are conventions for Transformers and G.I. Joe, when their recent movies did not please many. I feel like I am the only one who enjoyed The Rise of Cobra while everyone else panned it. I can see why. I did not like Channing Tatum that much.

05-18-2011, 05:57 AM	#30
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,954	Not as many of us go to these things as ya may think, man. I think like, 8 of us tops went to NYCC last year. And I doubt the TMNT people would wanna stick around for too long (if they come/depending on who they are) 'cause some of our fanbase is pretty... "eccentric".

05-18-2011, 06:19 AM	#31
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	It’s funny that you say this. My cousin down in New York invited me go to the New York Comic Con in the Fall. Hopefully, I’ll find something TMNT related there for the new series.

05-18-2011, 09:22 AM	#33
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	Since the fanbase is small compared to other fandoms (imo), it probably would work better to go to some other convention that people here would attend, and just "meet up" some place, ya know? For example, let's say a lot of members decided to head to Comic Con, for example. While there, they can all meet up and stuff. It'd be easier and cheaper that way, imo.

05-18-2011, 10:20 PM	#37
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Ah, excellent!