How were you introduced to tmnt?

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Powder

They're the "Toon Turtles", official toys. Raph's head spins, Donnie's bandana spins, Leo's eyes pop out, & Mikey has a retractable tongue. Though that version Mew posted is a variant that lacks the action feature & has a different coat of paint, it came with the "Toon Cycle".

http://www.tmnttoys.com/93vehicles/tooncycle/3768.jpg

& the original wave:

https://houseofgeekery.files.wordpre...toys-toons.jpg

Hm, it might be those.
Though, I distinctly remember, that Don had a spinning head, not a spinning bandanna. Might have been some kind of bootleg or something.
They were sold without any kind of packaging in a newspaper booth. And I remember there were some other toys, not sure if they had anything to do with TMNT or not, though, they looked quite similar.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I always wanted that Toon Shredder over the original '87 Shredder as a kid mainly because he looks like the show. He actually wears a shirt and has a silver helmet/mask!

What was Playmates thinking making their original Shredder toy with no shirt and a bare chest?

Because a lot of people think shirtless asian dudes are hot, even Disney agrees.


Also:

[NeonTurtledude]

I was introduced to TMNT through the 2003 series, it would air on a breakfast programming block on citv called action stations (similar to toonami on cartoon network), then years later I got interested in 80s/90s cartoons which led to me finding the fw series.

[Cowabung-Gal]

The 2003 series. But I hated it, and I hated Raph because he was such a bully toward Mikey, who was the only character that I liked in that show.

When the 2012 series starting airing, I started to like TMNT. What sold me was the episode “New Girl In Town”. From that point on, I was an official TMNT fan.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

The 2003 series. But I hated it, and I hated Raph because he was such a bully toward Mikey, who was the only character that I liked in that show.

When the 2012 series starting airing, I started to like TMNT. What sold me was the episode “New Girl In Town”. From that point on, I was an official TMNT fan.

I'm surprised at how many people claim to have gotten into TMNT after what can reasonably be called childhood.

Don't get me wrong, it's hardly the worst thing ever and I get it more than people who claim they got into TMNT through the Fred Wolf cartoon after childhood, but it's a pretty mediocre creation when judged on it's own merits and the budgetary failings are quite obvious. Aside from tickling nostalgia feathers by the connection to the larger TMNT franchise, I don't really see why an adult would be intrigued or impressed by anything it does, considering how generic it is.

When I watched it, I remember just being annoyed by how it kept running in circles and how bog standard the stories were, not to mention some questionable writing decisions and weird attempts to make up for it's lack of budget. Maybe if I was like 5-12 it might have been more impressed by it, but I was already too familiar with kids cartoon clichés, too old to think screaming works as a punchline and I had already learned what bad writing was to recognise it.

[CyberCubed]

I was 3 years old and watch the original cartoon in the late 80's. Here I am 30 years later. I guess it did something right.

[TheUltimateBum]

I think I might have been introduced to them via the arcade games. Either that or the 90's movies, can't remember well, but it was one of those.