Rise of the TMNT toy speculation/discussion/announcement thread

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by DevilSpooky

LEGO had the rights for TMNT before and it flopped hard, don't expect them to waste money on the property again any time soon.

And no, I do not believe this is the right thread for it.

It wasn't a flop at all. The theme got two waves for the cartoon and one wave for the live action movie reboot. That's really good for one of their non-tentpole licenses, which often get 1 to 3 sets and nothing else.

I think what happened is the LEGO Group picked up TMNT around the time they were phasing out Ninjago, but they then changed their mind and brought it back. Ninjago was planned as a three year theme and began in 2011, with TMNT entering near the end of that 3 years.

The two themes are too similar, and their in-house brands are way more profitable for them so there was no room for TMNT. Anything is possible, but I doubt TMNT would return to LEGO unless they cancel Ninjago again. (Kinda hope that happens so TT games will give us a LEGO TMNT game)

The LEGO TMNT sets good by LEGO standards, and will be sought after by collectors in years to come. More so than the Mega stuff IMO.

If Mega is going to make sets based on Rise, they have probably been feeling out the market for the demand over the last year or so to see if it would be much of a success.


Anyway... I've been watching the toy isles for a couple weeks hoping to pick up the turtles and villains from the battle shell wave, but I swear, nobody is stocking TMNT stuff right now. There's like two pegs of Rise TMNT at most of my stores now. It's almost removed entirely.