What was your first set of each individual Turtle

KirkyMonster · 09-06-2012, 12:40 AM

I remember when I was a kid growing up and I would get a Ninja Turtle from Christmas, my birthday, or by saving my allowance and purchasing the figure myself. That I didn't have a complete set of all 4 Turtles from one series and one time. It was a few years before I had the core four Turtles though between my neighborhood friends who also collected the figures we could form our favorite green crime fighting foursome. I remember how fun it was to bond with the TMNT at that age with kids my own age. Anyways back in time to 1988 and at 5 years old my first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figure is placed in my hand and for the next 3 years it's almost a green blur, but from my memories and the Ninja Turtles figure archive I have been able to retrace my original collection of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello.

First I got the soft head Michaelangelo and fell in love with that figure I remember to I used to chew on the heads of the soft head figures lol oh wow I was a weird kid. (My second Turtles figure ever was Ace Duck. I was pretending the washing machine was the technodrome sitting on top of it playing with my figures alont the back and dropped Ace behind the washer. I told my dad and he was kind enough to pull the dryer out but we couldn't find Ace anywhere, ever since then I believe in pits to ther dimensions or voids and time and space.)

The First Leonardo and Donatello figures I got were from the wacky action series. Leonardo I remember being disappointing a little at the time (I was 6 or so) because of his weapons being so different from the movie and cartoon, I didn't find the charm in the pizza and all the other stuff stuck on his sword and the fact that the sword had a finger guard covered in spikes (truth be told I think that part was cool but not with a bunch of pizza sliding down the blade). Before I got this Leo I would sometimes pretend Metalhead was Leonardo instead.

Donatellos lack of series accurate weapon didn't bother me as much because when I was growing up from 5 to 8 my family had a pool in the backyard so I got alot of use out of this figure. Also I remember being impressed with his ankle articulation even at that young of an age.

My first Raphael was Grand Slammin Raph from the sports Turtles line. Though there was no time to be disapointed that my first Raphael figure wasn't wearing his standard famous attire I remember because that was my 7th birthday where my mom got me more then I can even remember. As well as Grand Slammin Raph that year I also got, Slam Dunkin Don, Slap shot Leo, Dirtbag, Pro Pilot Don, 5 or 6 BarnYard commandos and the list goes on....

I'm getting beside my main point though my question is what were the first figure versions of the 4 Turtles in your collection. And if you want to add any you used to have this figure stand in for this character kind of stuff is cool too. For example I thought Dirtbag looked so cool and came with such awesome weapons and tools I thought screw it he's a good guy and Splinters best friend. (This is before I saw Planet of the Turtloids mind you).

09-06-2012, 12:40 AM	#1
KirkyMonster Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 247	What was your first set of each individual Turtle I remember when I was a kid growing up and I would get a Ninja Turtle from Christmas, my birthday, or by saving my allowance and purchasing the figure myself. That I didn't have a complete set of all 4 Turtles from one series and one time. It was a few years before I had the core four Turtles though between my neighborhood friends who also collected the figures we could form our favorite green crime fighting foursome. I remember how fun it was to bond with the TMNT at that age with kids my own age. Anyways back in time to 1988 and at 5 years old my first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figure is placed in my hand and for the next 3 years it's almost a green blur, but from my memories and the Ninja Turtles figure archive I have been able to retrace my original collection of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello. First I got the soft head Michaelangelo and fell in love with that figure I remember to I used to chew on the heads of the soft head figures lol oh wow I was a weird kid. (My second Turtles figure ever was Ace Duck. I was pretending the washing machine was the technodrome sitting on top of it playing with my figures alont the back and dropped Ace behind the washer. I told my dad and he was kind enough to pull the dryer out but we couldn't find Ace anywhere, ever since then I believe in pits to ther dimensions or voids and time and space.) The First Leonardo and Donatello figures I got were from the wacky action series. Leonardo I remember being disappointing a little at the time (I was 6 or so) because of his weapons being so different from the movie and cartoon, I didn't find the charm in the pizza and all the other stuff stuck on his sword and the fact that the sword had a finger guard covered in spikes (truth be told I think that part was cool but not with a bunch of pizza sliding down the blade). Before I got this Leo I would sometimes pretend Metalhead was Leonardo instead. Donatellos lack of series accurate weapon didn't bother me as much because when I was growing up from 5 to 8 my family had a pool in the backyard so I got alot of use out of this figure. Also I remember being impressed with his ankle articulation even at that young of an age. My first Raphael was Grand Slammin Raph from the sports Turtles line. Though there was no time to be disapointed that my first Raphael figure wasn't wearing his standard famous attire I remember because that was my 7th birthday where my mom got me more then I can even remember. As well as Grand Slammin Raph that year I also got, Slam Dunkin Don, Slap shot Leo, Dirtbag, Pro Pilot Don, 5 or 6 BarnYard commandos and the list goes on.... I'm getting beside my main point though my question is what were the first figure versions of the 4 Turtles in your collection. And if you want to add any you used to have this figure stand in for this character kind of stuff is cool too. For example I thought Dirtbag looked so cool and came with such awesome weapons and tools I thought screw it he's a good guy and Splinters best friend. (This is before I saw Planet of the Turtloids mind you).