Ah, I think I know why TMNT got the shaft

clockstomper · 12-05-2008, 03:14 PM

Because Playmates now has the Terminator and Star Trek licenses now. So the TMNT line gets dumb ideas like Music Turtles made from old movie figure sculpts because Playmates wants to put it's real effort into it's more lucrative licenses. Music Turtles are probably just an intentional bomb in order to provide bad numbers to Mirage to justify canceling the line.

The cancellation of the toon is probably their doing as well. I remember Murphy mentioning Playmates had veto power in terms of ideas for Season 8 of the toon. This indicates Playmate has power over the cartoon's direction because it relies on their funding. Hence we got eyes on the Turtles in BTTS because Playmates didn't want to make new sculpts.

Now that Playmates have Terminator and Star Trek, they're probably withdrawing their funding of BttS and are responsible for the cancellation. Their influence has really been detrimental to the franchise since around the time they pushed for Fast Forward to be put ahead of Season 5. I wonder what changed in the company at that point to make them suddenly want to interfere with the creative process. The failure of their over-produced Paleo Patrol line? New management?

Now they're tossing TMNT to the curb, after using them to stay afloat over the last 5 years. Once they're out of movie figures to do for the Terminator and Star Trek franchises, what then?

12-05-2008, 03:14 PM	#1
clockstomper Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 116	Ah, I think I know why TMNT got the shaft Because Playmates now has the Terminator and Star Trek licenses now. So the TMNT line gets dumb ideas like Music Turtles made from old movie figure sculpts because Playmates wants to put it's real effort into it's more lucrative licenses. Music Turtles are probably just an intentional bomb in order to provide bad numbers to Mirage to justify canceling the line. The cancellation of the toon is probably their doing as well. I remember Murphy mentioning Playmates had veto power in terms of ideas for Season 8 of the toon. This indicates Playmate has power over the cartoon's direction because it relies on their funding. Hence we got eyes on the Turtles in BTTS because Playmates didn't want to make new sculpts. Now that Playmates have Terminator and Star Trek, they're probably withdrawing their funding of BttS and are responsible for the cancellation. Their influence has really been detrimental to the franchise since around the time they pushed for Fast Forward to be put ahead of Season 5. I wonder what changed in the company at that point to make them suddenly want to interfere with the creative process. The failure of their over-produced Paleo Patrol line? New management? Now they're tossing TMNT to the curb, after using them to stay afloat over the last 5 years. Once they're out of movie figures to do for the Terminator and Star Trek franchises, what then?