TMNT Classics Collection Wave 3

[The Fifth Turtle]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

It's official for spring

Same with mine man! I love it too because that means they'll keep pumping them out and hopefully get more in depth with the lines

One can only hope. We need Shredder in some form!

[Agent 86]

Originally Posted by Zachatello00

That makes me wish they'd pump some more energy into the line so that we all could support it better.

Me too. I'm hopeful that they had a lot of their resources working on the 2014 live action movie line and with that now soon due for release, they'll be able to move those resources across to the "Classic Collection" action figures.

As great as the 1990 live action movie figures may be (based on the Leonardo prototype), I really want to see more characters from the classic cartoon, including Shredder, Krang, Foot Soldier, Splinter, April O'Neil and many, many others.

I really hope that Playmates' TMNT "Classic Collection" line doesn't suffer the same fate as the NECA TMNT line or the Bandai Classic Thundercats line.

[Dākunaito]

That sucked the NECA turtles were the best action figures ever produced.

[Shred87]

Originally Posted by Dākunaito

That sucked the NECA turtles were the best action figures ever produced.

Not to get off topic but why were the neca's scrapped?

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Turtle

One can only hope. We need Shredder in some form!

If we can get shredder Krang and splinter and that articulation I'll be set.

[Dākunaito]

Originally Posted by Shred87

Not to get off topic but why were the neca's scrapped?

I'm not real sure, I heard they weren't selling well overseas, but to return to topic I'm excited about these 90s movie turtles.

[Shred87]

Originally Posted by Dākunaito

I'm not real sure, I heard they weren't selling well overseas, but to return to topic I'm excited about these 90s movie turtles.

Lol these potentially could be my all time favorite toy line... Anyone have any issue with leos mouth?? Is it me or do his teeth seem a little goofy?

[Dākunaito]

[QUOTE=Shred87;1208583]Lol these potentially could be my all time favorite toy line... Anyone have any issue with leos mouth?? Is it me or do his teeth seem a little goofy?[/QUOTE

A lot of people switched his head with don I had trouble with raphs sais trying to get them in between his fingers actually broke one on one of the sets I have.

[Zachatello00]

Originally Posted by Shred87

Not to get off topic but why were the neca's scrapped?

I don't remember this exactly, but I seem to recall it had to do with Playmates getting in the way. Which is sad because the next wave was to include Shredder, an Utrom, a foot ninja, and an Elite Ninja. They looked amazing.

Then to add insult to injury, Playmates released images of their own (significantly less cool) comic figures line, which never saw the light of day either.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Shred87

Not to get off topic but why were the neca's scrapped?

Playmates made it so that NECA couldn't release their turtle figures in regular toy stores.

But. NECA is notorious of dropping toy lines after first wave, so they aren't perfect angles that got screwed, it's a little bit of both probably.

[rickwj324]

Originally Posted by Zachatello00

Playmates released images of their own (significantly less cool) comic figures line, which never saw the light of day either.

I've never seen or heard about this....any ideas on where to find the pics?

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by rickwj324

I've never seen or heard about this....any ideas on where to find the pics?

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=20&itemid=13789
http://www.ninjapizza.net/2009/02/ny...d-figures.html

Google is your friend.

And those figures was a direct insult compared to NECA's work.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=20&itemid=13789
http://www.ninjapizza.net/2009/02/ny...d-figures.html

Google is your friend.

And those figures was a direct insult compared to NECA's work.

Those figures look more like the 2003 turtles to me.

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

Those figures look more like the 2003 turtles to me.

But to be honest I probably Would have bought them. Especially If I was walking by a toy isle and just saw them sittin there. Very supseptable to impulse buys! Plus I'd much rather buy things in person anyway.

[turtlefanforever]

But what do you think they'll do next for classics and retro? I would love a retro of the magic figures for lack of a better word. With sorcerer splinter, and such.

[Cowabungawolf89]

Just four days left now and its possible we'll see them

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by Cowabungawolf89

Just four days left now and its possible we'll see them

As soon as they are out there they will be posted here I'm sure.

[Cowabungawolf89]

One of the senior members will show everyone.

[Discogod]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

But what do you think they'll do next for classics and retro? I would love a retro of the magic figures for lack of a better word. With sorcerer splinter, and such.

The Retro line (ie, the reissues of the 1988 figures) is dead.

The Classics line has the 4 1990 movie turtles next, with the following wave strongly rumoured to be Splinter & Shredder (although we don't know which versions, but I'd assume they'd also be from the 1990 movie).

[cinzel]

Originally Posted by Zachatello00

I don't remember this exactly, but I seem to recall it had to do with Playmates getting in the way. Which is sad because the next wave was to include Shredder, an Utrom, a foot ninja, and an Elite Ninja. They looked amazing.

There are/were images of these figures? Neca's Shredder especially... Never saw any and I would love to!