TV Show VS Toys

[GoGreenMachine2014]

Does anyone know why on the show the turtles are basically all the same green color and for the action figures they are all different green colors?

[Powder]

Playmates knew parents wouldn't buy 4 toys that look almost identical, so they added the varied skin tones to differentiate them further.

I would assume this decision was made post/mid production, hence the show not reflecting that.

[CyberCubed]

A better question is why the original Shredder figure isn't wearing a shirt and why his helmet is blue and purple.

Whereas in the show he's wearing a gray ninja gi and has a silver helmet.

[Wildcat]

Also why do the original toy turtles resemble more of their comic design than their cartoon likeness? It wasn't til ToonTurtles that they became more accurate.

Nick's line basically did the same with Wave 1.

[Shark_Blade]

Variety and creative freedom.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

A better question is why the original Shredder figure isn't wearing a shirt and why his helmet is blue and purple.

Whereas in the show he's wearing a gray ninja gi and has a silver helmet.

These are the burning questions of our lives.

[thundermaster612]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

A better question is why the original Shredder figure isn't wearing a shirt and why his helmet is blue and purple.

Whereas in the show he's wearing a gray ninja gi and has a silver helmet.

Cliché young girl appeal?

Least they fixed it in Toon Shredder

[ABrown]

It was the 80's. Lots of toys didn't look like their cartoon counterparts. With Transformers, take a look at Ironhide's toy compared to what he looked like in the show.

[nellyp]

Napoleon Bonafrog really had creative liberties taken with his figure while Genghis looked fairly toon accurate...then they never did the other 2 frogs.

[neatoman]

Here's a question, the toys had the blank white eyes and were presumably always meant to have the blank eyes, why didn't the animation models for the Turtles have the blank eyes?

If it was because "it looks better for animation", it certainly didn't prevent Batman from keeping his blank eyes for at least 19 years of animation before TMNT, or since for that matter.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

A better question is why the original Shredder figure isn't wearing a shirt and why his helmet is blue and purple.

Whereas in the show he's wearing a gray ninja gi and has a silver helmet.

The blue helmet might've been to make him a little more appealing instead of "boring" grey. The shirtless thing is really weird, if you look at the concept art on the back he looks more like a wrestler and that's what they were going for but the crouching stand didn't really fit with what they were going for. His metal plate for his mouth looks more like a piece of cloth too. Definitely artistic liberty with him.

[CyberCubed]

The Toon Shredder figure afterward colored him correctly and he looks much better.

[GoGreenMachine2014]

Originally Posted by Powder

Playmates knew parents wouldn't buy 4 toys that look almost identical, so they added the varied skin tones to differentiate them further.

I would assume this decision was made post/mid production, hence the show not reflecting that.

That makes a lot of sense

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Powder

Playmates knew parents wouldn't buy 4 toys that look almost identical, so they added the varied skin tones to differentiate them further.

I would assume this decision was made post/mid production, hence the show not reflecting that.

But Powder, remember the flipped color schemes of Donnie and Mikey?

[Powder]

Yeah, why do you ask?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I still can't wrap my mind around the color-swapped Mikey and Don...