Neca TMNT SDCC Video Game sets

[degausser]

price jumped up on the AE sets.

[TurtleManiac]

With a simple repaint, these turtles figures could be 100% toon accurate!

[Powder]

Wow, excellent work, man. Makes me appreciate the sculpts a lot more, they looked very awkward to me beforehand. I thought they were oddly proportioned, for example, but that seems not the case at all. Must've been the pixel styling throwing me off. The standard release pupils are way too big, your more appropriately sized ones look perfect. I'd go for these in the event NECA released variants of the same kind.

[Lil Karai]

Nice Work!!

[The Purple Dragon]

got my set to day.got a littel smackd in the box😡i was thinking the same.if it was painted correct it woued be
The best toon tmnt.better than Sh figuarts

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

With a simple repaint, these turtles figures could be 100% toon accurate!

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8173/2...11485da2_z.jpg

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8786/2...ea0fa2e5_z.jpg

Haha, remarkable work! But I have to say if I had invested a big wad of cash on those NECA sets, I'd be very reluctant to mess with them, even if it did turn out amazing!

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

With a simple repaint, these turtles figures could be 100% toon accurate!

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8173/2...11485da2_z.jpg

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8786/2...ea0fa2e5_z.jpg

They're really nice.

I bet they have a set or two like that at NECA, and Randy sheds a single tear every time he sees them.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

That's better! I would love to see someone do the 80s figure skin tones.

[DVD]

Getting a second set to paint up. Ok- have painted up by a friend!! Those look amazing.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by DVD

Getting a second set to paint up. Ok- have painted up by a friend!! Those look amazing.

With toon look? or 80s figures look?

[DVD]

I plan the 80s toon tones. Each figure is the same color. Only reason the toys were different colors was to make sure parents knew they were buying four different toys.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by DVD

I plan the 80s toon tones. Each figure is the same color. Only reason the toys were different colors was to make sure parents knew they were buying four different toys.

I know that LOL, but you should be different and do the 80s tones. Much more interesting. If I had a couple of sets, that's what I would do.

[Discogod]

The SNES version of "Turtles In Time" actually let you choose between colour schemes - "cartoon" was standard, and "comic was a darker palette, with the Turtles having the same skintones as the 80s figures. So it wouldn't necessarily be inaccurate!

[Lil Karai]

Here's a little write up about them. Includes some nice comparison images.
http://thefwoosh.com/2016/08/neca-sd...-ninja-turtles

[TurtleManiac]

Originally Posted by Powder

Wow, excellent work, man. Makes me appreciate the sculpts a lot more, they looked very awkward to me beforehand. I thought they were oddly proportioned, for example, but that seems not the case at all. Must've been the pixel styling throwing me off. The standard release pupils are way too big, your more appropriately sized ones look perfect. I'd go for these in the event NECA released variants of the same kind.

Thank You! I too was a bit thrown off by the pixel paint, that's part of the reason I decided to repaint them, in order to see what the sculpts truly look like with normal paint style. The pupils in the actual game looked pretty big so I think that's why they were painted that way, all part of the video game look.

Originally Posted by Lil Karai

Nice Work!!

Hey thanks!

Originally Posted by The Purple Dragon

got my set to day.got a littel smackd in the box��i was thinking the same.if it was painted correct it woued be
The best toon tmnt.better than Sh figuarts

I agree, if only they could release these in toon style, they'd be the best toon TMNT figures ever!

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Haha, remarkable work! But I have to say if I had invested a big wad of cash on those NECA sets, I'd be very reluctant to mess with them, even if it did turn out amazing!

Thanks! Hehe yeah, I know what you mean, I was reluctant at first, but seeing those sculpts in person I simply couldn't resist taking them to the next level in toon accuracy!

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

They're really nice.

I bet they have a set or two like that at NECA, and Randy sheds a single tear every time he sees them.

Thank You! Yeah I wonder if these were sculpted with the intention of being painted toon accurate, but then the licensing issue prevented that.

Originally Posted by TheBlueTurtle1

That's better! I would love to see someone do the 80s figure skin tones.

I agree that would be interesting to see, if I had an extra set of these I would probably do that. Been thinking of painting the Playmates Classics in that color scheme, it would make sense because they are by Playmates.

Originally Posted by DVD

Getting a second set to paint up. Ok- have painted up by a friend!! Those look amazing.

Yes, they will look awesome once painted!

Originally Posted by Discogod

The SNES version of "Turtles In Time" actually let you choose between colour schemes - "cartoon" was standard, and "comic was a darker palette, with the Turtles having the same skintones as the 80s figures. So it wouldn't necessarily be inaccurate!

Yes I remember that! I would always choose comic cause it was almost like seeing the toys in the game, but only the skin tones and eyes changed, they forgot the shells and belts.

I honestly think these figures were sculpted with the intention of being painted toon accurate TMNT, but the licensing issue prevented that from happening so they had to pixelate them. Even the initials on the belt buckles were sculpted on, but left unpainted since they do no appear on the game. So why would Playmates not allow these to be released in toon colors? If they would only appeal to adult collectors, I don't see how that would affect Playmates. But then again I'm not in the toy marketing business so I don't really know how that works.

[go_ninja84]

are you interested in doing more repaints?

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

I honestly think these figures were sculpted with the intention of being painted toon accurate TMNT, but the licensing issue prevented that from happening so they had to pixelate them. Even the initials on the belt buckles were sculpted on, but left unpainted since they do no appear on the game.

Yeah, I'm sure Randy from NECA is looking at all possible solutions to release these in a normal color scheme. they did that with the Michael Keaton Batman, he was first released colored as the NES game in the Video Game Appearance line.

Sadly Playmates seems to be more paranoid then Warner Bros, so the Home Media release loophole can't be used with TMNT.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by Lil Karai

Here's a little write up about them. Includes some nice comparison images.
http://thefwoosh.com/2016/08/neca-sd...-ninja-turtles

Really nice article, now if someone wants to gift me a set? I am burnt out on the SH figarts

[Oculus Orbus]

Those repaints are excellent. It seems very clear to me that NECA sculpted the toys hoping to eventually find the way to release them with cartoon accurate colors.

[TurtleManiac]

Originally Posted by go_ninja84

are you interested in doing more repaints?

Of the same kind? Probably not. I only got one set of these turtles.

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Yeah, I'm sure Randy from NECA is looking at all possible solutions to release these in a normal color scheme. they did that with the Michael Keaton Batman, he was first released colored as the NES game in the Video Game Appearance line.

Sadly Playmates seems to be more paranoid then Warner Bros, so the Home Media release loophole can't be used with TMNT.

That's too bad that Playmates is so strict with NECA. Since they already got those amazing 1990 movie figures coming out, maybe Playmates fears too much competition from NECA.

Originally Posted by Oculus Orbus

Those repaints are excellent. It seems very clear to me that NECA sculpted the toys hoping to eventually find the way to release them with cartoon accurate colors.

Thanks! Yeah hopefully they eventually can release them in toon accurate colors, I would definitely get them.

It looks like the life-size Leo that NECA made is almost an exact replica of this arcade Leo, the facial expression and everything looks the same, except the colors of course.