Peter Lairds Old Toon Opinions..

~~Vegita-San~~ · 06-14-2008, 04:59 PM

I hope Pete reads this and can give us an answer on the blog, because there's never really been an on topic post to bring it up...

But I've always wondered about Pete's reluctance to use old school characters, when just about every other brand trots them out and honors them. Hell, even Star Wars went back to some of the old crummy Marvel comics and put in some of the better characters to current SW cannon.

Their reasoning? 'Everyone has a favorite character...'

I can think of a few things that might cause this old toon reluctance..

1 - He was buried up to his ears with the stuff and he's just tired of looking at characters he feels doesn't represent the true tmnt image.

2 - He wants to focus on promoting the new line only, thinking maybe younger fans would get confused with two seperate merchandising lines...

3 - Maybe he hates the fact that 95% of current generation turtle fans found the franchise through the original cartoon series and then followed it on from there. Hence why so many older fans hold it so dear to their hearts. As an un-popular kid, the old series gave me something to look forward to each weekday morning and weekend morning..as sad as that may seem, and I just hate to see these characters not being used more in the fore front. I'd even LOVE it if they where re-imagined for the new comic so we can give the turtles some new villains to fight.. Pete's already hinted Hun may be introduced into comic continuity, and that's great because Hun is a cool character....

Or 4 - Maybe something big is cooking up, and he's just trying to throw us off the trail ;p)

I've always wondered what caused Pete's current stance on the old toon....and if he sees this, I hope he can fill us in

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Thanks for reading, and putting up with all us annoyingly ass-hat(Folks who have their head so far up their ass) turtle fans ;p)

06-14-2008, 04:59 PM	#1
~~Vegita-San~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,089	Peter Lairds Old Toon Opinions.. I hope Pete reads this and can give us an answer on the blog, because there's never really been an on topic post to bring it up... But I've always wondered about Pete's reluctance to use old school characters, when just about every other brand trots them out and honors them. Hell, even Star Wars went back to some of the old crummy Marvel comics and put in some of the better characters to current SW cannon. Their reasoning? 'Everyone has a favorite character...' I can think of a few things that might cause this old toon reluctance.. 1 - He was buried up to his ears with the stuff and he's just tired of looking at characters he feels doesn't represent the true tmnt image. 2 - He wants to focus on promoting the new line only, thinking maybe younger fans would get confused with two seperate merchandising lines... 3 - Maybe he hates the fact that 95% of current generation turtle fans found the franchise through the original cartoon series and then followed it on from there. Hence why so many older fans hold it so dear to their hearts. As an un-popular kid, the old series gave me something to look forward to each weekday morning and weekend morning..as sad as that may seem, and I just hate to see these characters not being used more in the fore front. I'd even LOVE it if they where re-imagined for the new comic so we can give the turtles some new villains to fight.. Pete's already hinted Hun may be introduced into comic continuity, and that's great because Hun is a cool character.... Or 4 - Maybe something big is cooking up, and he's just trying to throw us off the trail ;p) I've always wondered what caused Pete's current stance on the old toon....and if he sees this, I hope he can fill us in . Thanks for reading, and putting up with all us annoyingly ass-hat(Folks who have their head so far up their ass) turtle fans ;p)