does the person in this video post here?

[Kendamu]

This should be stickied.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Krueger

It has nothing to do with being lazy. I hang in the toys section mostly and not in the general discussion thread hence I'm not too familiar with it. Repeated subjects come up all the time and generate as much of a discussion as much as they did the previous time. I just had bad timing with it. How am I supposed to find out that video has been posted already? Should I search "crazy tmnt fan?" Just chill out, bro. It was a mistake. Why are you so bothered by it?

It's not the fact that you posted it, it' the fact that more attention is being given to such matters that don't need it.

Originally Posted by Neutrino

http://simma.ytmnd.com/

What????? I can't hear you now that I'm deaf.

Originally Posted by Goongasnootch

This should be stickied.

If it does I'm leaving.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

just in time

Was that guy trying to be the Rat King?

[Kendamu]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Was that guy trying to be the Rat King?

That's what I was wondering.

[IveyAngelo]

*blink*

Wow, this is being brought up a lot here... Not sure why it's getting brought up more.

Heh I don't get around on the net too much more of a lurker, but the emails of replies on this topic keep getting me to come out of lurking here. hehehe

[GK Punk]

Only recently. I'm surprised at how much it does come up lately though, you rarely get mentioned. Now it's a daily thing!

[Andrew NDB]

Looks like she's in need of help!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-di...85138fd11e985a

[ResidentEvil7]

After about 5 years after I met Ms. Ivey and her other friends in Chicago during the 25th Shell-anniversary stop, she and I started to become enemies. The girl would flip out at the slightest disagreement and would start taking posting feature rights away from me up until she just banned me entirely. I would talk about political stuff (which I didn't know better back then you don't do) and talk about WWE or current events and if she didn't like it, she would get mad. One time, she was blathering about something, I forgot what, and I responded with "whatever" and she gets highly offended just by that single word. She is so politically correct that everything offends her, including politics, comedy, wrestling.

The girl needs psychological help. Thank god her forum site is gone; it didn't deserve the hell it gave me before I turned to MGTOW.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by ResidentEvil7

The girl would flip out at the slightest disagreement and would start taking posting feature rights away from me up until she just banned me entirely. One time, she was blathering about something, I forgot what, and I responded with "whatever" and she gets highly offended just by that single word.

Maybe she has changed and needs the help. Reach to her with an olive branch.

[IndigoErth]

Well, I wish them well and luck with that, I'm sure suddenly having to move probably sucks big time.

Lucky for her, unlike most people in that kind of situation, if she still owns some of the pieces she had which would probably very easily sell, they do have an option there for some of the funds should she choose to prioritize important life matters.

[Andrew NDB]

I think most of her collectibles were lost or damaged in a giant flood. Or am I imagining that?

[CyberCubed]

I feel like I've seen this thread about 10 times over the last two decades.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I think most of her collectibles were lost or damaged in a giant flood. Or am I imagining that?

Oh, right, I do vaguely recall something about that being mentioned once.

[Roseangelo]

DO NOT ever give Michele Ivey money.

Michele is a selfish person who is only interested in connections that benefit herself. She doesn't even participate in any TMNT forums unless they are "hers." She will try to tell you how much she gives back to the "community," but she doesn't.

If you "befriend" her, she will find a way to take money from you or will guilt you into giving her TMNT things she doesn't have.

She has made no effort to support herself since she has had the excuse of being "disabled." She spent all the Worker's Comp money she got on TMNT things and going to conventions. She still goes to conventions, and guilts people into "sponsoring" her so that she can.

Her solution to every situation is to ask for money. She refuses to sell items that she can't even properly store anyways. She really doesn't even take care of the items that she has.

There was a flood situation a few years ago, but I believe the majority of her collection has been in storage lockers. Lockers that she has been using all of her disability money to pay for while her family literally sits at home starving.

She never faces any consequences for her actions, because someone is always there to bail her out. She knows who will and she seeks those people out.

Don't be that person. Do not give her money.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by sdp

She has done SO MUCH for the TMNT community and is underappreciated!

And what has she done, exactly?

[IveyAngelo]

Hiya,

Yup the email alert that this topic is active got me to look again. First I want to say Thanks to anyone who does help. Now to address some of the replies, as I really have nothing to hide.

ResidentEvil7... we're enemies? Because I was enforcing the "rules" of TMNT-L? I didn't know, never took it personal. Just doing my job. Don't recall coming after you on any post about wrestling, seeing as how we had the off topic area where anyone could share their other fandoms... even I would talk about Anime and the Monkees. The two things that ended up getting you banned because you didn't follow the rules about was bringing outside fights to TMNT-L and Politics. Both were things listed in the rules of TMNT-L, that was with the forum before Fugitoid took it over in 2005.

Sorry you think there was anything personal there. I just can't let even friends break the rules, they were there for a reason.

Oh dear Roseangelo, you can't help yourself in coming out to lie about me? Fine, I've stayed quiet about this long enough.

Roseangelo and I use to be friends, can you all believe it? But in late 1997 she got into some personal drama with another friend of ours, and I refused to take sides. I felt that the friends that should've had the debate were both adults and could make up their minds knowing the facts for themselves. But that drama grew so big that the chat room we were a part of got split right down the middle.. and many left. Myself and 3 others never took sides in this fight, and each of us were hurt by Rose afterwards. She left the chat room in 1998, but we stayed in touch till 2000... when she did a website full of lies about me for holding a booth at a convention to bring back the Turtles.

Those lies included that I was doing it so there would be more TMNT stuff for me to buy; If that was the case why is my real collecting goal to get every item in the Turtle Treasury book? No one has everything from the early boom of the TMNT. The real reason I did it was because the TMNT helped me so much as a kid, and when I finally met other TMNT fans online I found how many other people that they helped, this is a media I did not want to see just vanish as I felt they could help future generations. To this day I meet fans who credit TMNT for helping them through are times, young and old. I have no regrets in holding the booths.

Another lie was that I was stealing from the donations, we raised $2,000 to hold the booth, the total cost was $3,000 in which I took a loan from my grandma to cover the extra cost. The booth made less than $300, which was used to start paying my Grandma back. My grandma was paid back in full by me, and we managed to hold the booth at the convention two more times. The reasons the first booth was so much money was I did not go into it wisely, I thought if we had merch to sell at the booth that the booth would pay for itself yearly. I had a lot of merch made up, and barely sold. So I was in the red, and it was my own mistake. One I learned from.

After this Rose and I stopped being friends. But unlike her I don't go reading all her stuff and attacking her every time a window opens up... in fact this is my first time sharing that much of our history here. Why? Because I got better things to do in my life than keep up with someone who hates me; but I'm sharing now because I am a bit tired of how much she attacks me and talks about me.

By the way everyone, Rose is the reason why I lurk on most groups including here. When she attacked me in 2000 I took it hard. I went quiet on TMNT-L, didn't join any other groups till around 2004. I joined Mikey's TMNT Forum and started getting active again on TMNT-L, at that point I asked myself why I let her chase me out of something I really enjoy. In 2005 the owner of TMNT-L was going a different directly so my friend Fugitoid and I took it up, till Fugitoid left the internet, so TMNT-L is down now.

I post and talk on mostly Facebook groups now (which I do not run), but I luck more than I post. I post on Instagram more than anywhere else, which isn't anyone's group. It's just sharing to share without being limited to a single group.

Now what have I done for the fandom?

I started out young going to events and was lucky enough to start to hang out at the studios. When the internet came around, I joined TMNT-L and met other TMNT fans. Including Rose. I informed all those fans of the Words & Pictures Museums, helping encourage other fans to get the chance to meet him and how he would go to those parties. People from TMNT-L did jump into this and got to meet Kevin, and I even arranged a tour of Mirage Studios for those that went in 1999.

I have held booths at conventions, loaned parts of my collections to exhibits, and even volunteered in 2009 to go across country with the TMNT 25th anniversary tour where I went to each stops and the crew would send TMNT fans to me to answer the questions they didn't know. When TMNT-L was around I would post convention updates around the world for people to know which TMNT guests where coming to their area and when. And often I carry autographed TMNT cards or comics on me, which are given away randomly to TMNT fans I meet on the street. I've helped fans build their collections, meet their favorite guests, and even find other friends in the fandom. I've helped guests get into conventions, and even brought some guests out of hiding to where they are now part of the convention guest lists.

Am I really disabled?

Seems to be questioned here.. and I'm attacked for it, as if I can hold a real job. I have a condition called CRPS. I was injured 20 years ago, which destroyed so much of my life and has caused me major depression. The nerve damage I have is not something you can see just by looking at me, unless you know what to look for. My right arm is losing bone and muscles. If it was just the pain in my arm, maybe then I could hold a job. Though I go through non epileptic seizures which can last anywhere from one hour to seven hours... I have full memory and am fully aware during these attacks. I can't talk, need help with breathing, can't walk or even sit up. I can't even hold a drink during these attacks. I have anywhere from 2 to 4 a week... 3 is normal.

What are triggers for these attacks? Cold, wind, touch, vibration, and stress are the biggest ones we've come to realize. Do the attacks happen right away after a trigger? No, like I can go swimming but I know within 2 to 3 days I will have an attack because I went swimming.

Have I lost stuff I really wanted to do because of this? ALL THE TIME... here's an example, I worked for a mascot company before I was injured and they got the rights to do TMNT appearances right after I was injured. They called me up only a few weeks later asking me to take part and I told them what happened to me... that was in 2004. In 2007 they called me again asking if I was healed yet, I told them no and they said they have a gig they wanted me to do... it was for the White House, I still had to say no because I won't have an attack in a costume in front of kids.

Why haven't I sold the collection? First of all, it's a big part of my anti depressant. Second in 2014 Nickelodeon started talks with me about doing a real TMNT Museum... yes, more than one conversation was had. Though my father was ill so I couldn't move for a museum as long as he needed me. In 2020 my dad passed away, but COVID also hit. I haven't had any talks with Nickelodeon since then. Though a part of me still hopes it could become a reality some day (and yes, I have read what some have said here on this forum about the museum ; I still believe it can happen).

Am I trying to find another income to get off of disability. Oh Hell yeah! I hate this fixed income stuff. I always worked 2 to 3 jobs before I was hurt. So not only am I still hoping for a museum, but I am working on my own si-fi book novel. It's an alien story and I have already written 6 books. I can't wait to publish the first book, which I have worked very hard on. I am getting a head of myself, so that my CRPS won't make me fall behind in publishing after book one is released.

Conventions; They are my anti depressant. I tried quitting a few but friends found out and they were the ones who offered to pay. I have been to a handful of conventions this year, but no friend paid for them as I managed to not only get badges for myself and my sister, but also friends in ways where no one had to spend money on those badges. At most a friend helped with gas/hotel for Fanboy Expo, but I got his badge for him and a group photo with the guests. And I had help from some friends for gas to London Comic Con. I don't twist any ones arm, and often try to do something in return for their help.

Okay... so I wrote a bit of a novel here... sorry about that. RE, I never saw you as an enemy, just someone who hates rules. It was never anything personal on my side.

Rose... it's been over 20 years since we been friends... okay, we get it, you hate me. But don't you have anything better to do with your time? Let it go and move on... stop feeling you need to attack me, every time someone mentions me here.

The GoFundMe is for those who want to help... it's not something I'm going and posting on any forums or groups.. my mother is running it... I shared it on my personal FB page and my Instagram page. Those are the only two places that I will personally share the link. It's hard asking for help, we HATE doing it, and even tried to get through this move without asking. We're hoping once this move is over we'll finally be able to breath for the first time since 2014.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

It's nice to see this legend make a post on here in the modern day. I think that you're awesome Michelle! Don't stop being you.

[ZariusTwo]

That feature was the talk of the town when it went viral, good memories. Happy to know Ivy hasn't grown out of her hobbies or habits like a lot of super collectors.

[CyberCubed]

It's hilarious there is fandom drama here going back 25-30 years from people who are now pushing 50 years old in real life.

[IMJ]

Wow! Someone named Josh has deep pockets and donated 50 dollars to help her!

Must be a crypto investor..... Very cool though.