Best Action Figure line

nellyp · 04-26-2016, 09:08 PM

The newspaper clippings are awesome.

Anyway back to the topic. I say Fred Wolf era hands down. The great sculpts, the bright vibrant paint apps, the creativity on display was fantastic.

Just looking at a pile of toys from the Fred Wolf era and the comparing it to the Nick turtles makes the Nick stuff seem so bland.

The next mutations line had some cool figures in it. The fact that it was right after the Fred wolf stuff means not a lot had changed at that point quality wise. The Elite Foot Guard is an honourable mention but the line never took off and had a chance to grow.

Where the Fred Wolf era stuff was a lot of the Mirage guys pitching stuff, whether it had a place in cartoons and comics or was its own thing, meant more in the way of creativity than trying to stay true to a show like Nickelodeon. Without this creativity we wouldn't have the great Canadian mutant hero Monty Moose.

The 4kids show got me back to collecting TMNT at that time and the quality started great but as Powder mentioned it fizzled out not too long after.

The new movie figures that just launched are some of the best stuff playmates has done in a while so it's great to see some effort being put in.

View Poll Results: Best Figure line?
Fred Wolf (1987)	37	74.00%
Next Mutation (1997)	0	0%
4Kids (2003)	3	6.00%
TMNT (2007)	2	4.00%
Nick (2012)	5	10.00%
Michael Bay (2014)	3	6.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

04-26-2016, 09:08 PM	#19
nellyp Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moncton, NB, Canada Posts: 545	The newspaper clippings are awesome. Anyway back to the topic. I say Fred Wolf era hands down. The great sculpts, the bright vibrant paint apps, the creativity on display was fantastic. Just looking at a pile of toys from the Fred Wolf era and the comparing it to the Nick turtles makes the Nick stuff seem so bland. The next mutations line had some cool figures in it. The fact that it was right after the Fred wolf stuff means not a lot had changed at that point quality wise. The Elite Foot Guard is an honourable mention but the line never took off and had a chance to grow. Where the Fred Wolf era stuff was a lot of the Mirage guys pitching stuff, whether it had a place in cartoons and comics or was its own thing, meant more in the way of creativity than trying to stay true to a show like Nickelodeon. Without this creativity we wouldn't have the great Canadian mutant hero Monty Moose. The 4kids show got me back to collecting TMNT at that time and the quality started great but as Powder mentioned it fizzled out not too long after. The new movie figures that just launched are some of the best stuff playmates has done in a while so it's great to see some effort being put in.