TMNT Classics Collection Wave 3

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by Cowabungawolf89

I'll be at work tomorrow but I hope I come home to more details about the Classics line.

lol you and me both my friend!

[Cowabungawolf89]

they say more coverage in 8 hours according to their time clock

[Jester]

I like ponies!

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by Cowabungawolf89

they say more coverage in 8 hours according to their time clock

Fingers crossed we see the other 3 turtles and get release info

[weizie]

Originally Posted by Donatello19

You should have been more specific, she probably thought you were talking about the classic collection and she was referring to the movie turtles.

I can't see them continuing the retro re release line. There are like, 6 to 8 party wagons sitting in my TRU, along with 15 to 20 of those stupid Mech Wreckers. As far as figures go, it seems the turtles sell decently, but Splinter and Shredder are all over the place. I highly doubt they'll re release more of these...figures, MAYBE...vehicles/playsets, no way.

Remember, just because your local stores aren't selling, doesn't mean others aren't. Good luck finding any retro classics down here in south florida. The Toys r us I work at has 1 mecha thing. When evere the retros come it they are gone within a couple days. And last month we got an shipment of 35 retro turtle vans, all gone with in the week. Sales are ranged by the whole company, not just 1 or 2 stores. Your store having that much shelf warming will cause Toys r ys to say ”there isn't a market at this location for this product, so we will stop sending it to them and send future product from this line to another store that is selling it like crazy”

[Discogod]

Sorry guys, should have been cleared regarding the retro line - it will continue to ship for some time, but what's been released (ie the figures, Party Wagon & Mech suits) are all that we're getting, no more new stuff.

I wouldn't get too excited about seeing more Classics at Toy Fair - as they're a store exclusive in the US (Toys R Us, I believe) there's a good chance they won't be on display. After all, Toy Fair is the event for toy companies to try and sell their wares to retailers for the upcoming year, and if something's already been picked up as a store exclusive it makes little sense to show it at such an event.

I'd love to see the rest of the 1990 Turtles (and more!), but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Candy Kappa]

Which wouldn't surprise me at all. I mean, I doubt Playmates have kept all the molds to do waves of retro figures, when they had to make a new mold for the 25th anniversary Foot Soldier. Or that they even care enough to go past the initial figures, where the safe money lies in.

[billbot85]

I hope that the Retro line returns to TRU. I still need Splinter and Don.

A manager at my TRU told me that the Classic Collection and the Retro Party Wagon were discontinued, but that the Retro figures were still active in their system. I'm hoping she's mistaken, especially since the 1990 Movie Turtles are coming out for the Classic Collection. It doesn't make sense to discontinue the Classic Turtles and B&R already...

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by billbot85

I hope that the Retro line returns to TRU. I still need Splinter and Don.

A manager at my TRU told me that the Classic Collection and the Retro Party Wagon were discontinued, but that the Retro figures were still active in their system. I'm hoping she's mistaken, especially since the 1990 Movie Turtles are coming out for the Classic Collection. It doesn't make sense to discontinue the Classic Turtles and B&R already...

I could prob trade retro don if you got doubles of something or one you wanna get rid of. Also no way they discontinued with all This success.

[billbot85]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

I could prob trade retro don if you got doubles of something or one you wanna get rid of.

Unfortunately, I don't think I have anything to trade you at the moment. If I do I'll PM you. Thanks!

[Cowabungawolf89]

Here they are guys they showed them after all
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[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

i need those now

[DonatelloFan]

I'm just not liking them. So far, I haven't really liked any of the Classic Turtle figures.

[Cowabungawolf89]

Originally Posted by FellowChucker

Thank you ... they actually look WAY better there.

Did you snag any pics of the regular sized 2014 Turtles?

I'm still looking for those. I know some people hate these expressions on the 2014 thread but you know, I still want them. I love the live action movies so I want these figures plus I love how they still have the 34 points on articulation like the cartoon ones. I still hope we get the Next Mutation and 2k3 in the style too but first I still want Shredder and Splintr.

[sdp]

They're about as bad as the OT turtles, only at that time people thought Playmates had changed. Only now everyone see's that they're up to their usual tricks.

How long does Playmates have the license for? Are there even any chances of them losing the license? How are toysales? I'm guessing if they're good they'll continue making ****** toys. Nick will only care once Playmates refuses to make toys. What's a good company to make figures? BanDai isn't great but it's doing better than Playmates. Jazzwares and Hasbro can be pretty bad on their own rights.

Too bad the turtles aren't popular enough in japan for them to get the SHFiguarts/Figma/Revoltech treatment.

[Cowabungawolf89]

Originally Posted by sdp

They're about as bad as the OT turtles, only at that time people thought Playmates had changed. Only now everyone see's that they're up to their usual tricks.

How long does Playmates have the license for? Are there even any chances of them losing the license? How are toysales? I'm guessing if they're good they'll continue making ****** toys. Nick will only care once Playmates refuses to make toys. What's a good company to make figures? BanDai isn't great but it's doing better than Playmates. Jazzwares and Hasbro can be pretty bad on their own rights.

Too bad the turtles aren't popular enough in japan for them to get the SHFiguarts/Figma/Revoltech treatment.

Playmates won't lose their license they had the turtles since the 80s so there's no chance they'll lose them now and figuarts would charge an arm and leg for them.

[Candy Kappa]

And they still label it as a collector line. We should expect quality, not lay flat on the floor and suck playmates toes for chucking out less then subpar product when others manage to make proper figures.

[The Fifth Turtle]

Picking up Leo and Mike.

[billbot85]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

And they still label it as a collector line. We should expect quality, not lay flat on the floor and suck playmates toes for chucking out less then subpar product when others manage to make proper figures.

I couldn't agree more. These 1990 Movie Turtles don't have anything unique or detailed about them, just very generic looking. But knowing Playmates, this is what we're gonna get.

[Agent 86]

I'm torn on the 1990 live action TMNT movie action figures.

I really want to support the "Classic Collection" so that it is expanded to include Shredder, Foot Soldiers, Splinter, April, Krang, Casey Jones, etc but they're just not impressing me as much as I expected them to.

I guess I thought they'd be a little grittier or with a colour scheme closer to the vintage 1990 movie turtles. While the differences between these are the cartoon classics are there, I'm not sure they're different enough to warrant two sets of near identical action figures.