Booyakashabunga!

[Retro-Specs]

...I'm-a start yelling that in public...
*ahem*

Hello!

I call myself Retro-Specs. I've been posting in the Nickelodeon TMNT forum lately but realized I forgot to introduce myself.

I'm one of those 80s kids that grew up watching the original TMNT cartoon every day after school. Had piles of figurines, dozens of episodes memorized, and would pretend to be Leonardo at school. Those were the days, huh?

Of course, I went through one of those eras of life where the parents have you convinced that you're growing out of things, and that you need to sell all those dumb toys in a garage sale to save for a car or something (pfft!). Well, regrettably, I have none of my old TMNT merch.

Fast forward about a decade and a half. Now I'm happily married to someone almost as nerdy as I am, and we've shared our love of Mario, board games, fantasy novels, and all manner of other things. My wife however was not willing to go near the turtles though... until now.

We moved into a new place, and met our neighbours - who happened to have the entire original series on DVD, and promptly lent it to us. About midway through season two, my wife was hooked. Right around then, we discovered the Nickelodeon TMNT (Already on episode 18 by this point), and decided we'd enjoy the new series together.

Well now look where we are... watching some form of the show (The OT, Nick, and sometimes even the 4KIDS series) each day, doodling characters, buying figurines, and having fairly in-depth discussions on where the series is going. Heck, we're even moving to a new home next month, and are already planning some TMNT-related decor, and a display case for the figurines.

I figured I ought to start getting involved in this forum by now, so... hello everyone!

Oh, and check me out on DeviantART, if you're interested: http://retro-specs.deviantart.com/
No TMNT stuff quite yet, but there WILL BE.