sculpting on old toon toys

~~[email protected]~~ · 09-18-2004, 08:00 PM

They did not sculpt Traag, gengis frog, slash, fugitiod (he was in the comics and not on the old show), Rat King, napleon bonafrog, and Baxter Stockman like they did on the old cartoon show. What I am saying is that playmates did not make them look exactly like what they looked like on the cartoon. How did that happen?

Bebop was on the borderline of not looking like his cartoon counterpart.

JDavis · 09-18-2004, 08:11 PM

MOST of the old figures were inaccurate to their show versions. The turtles, Splinter, Shredder, April, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady and Bebop, Usagi Yojimbo... practically all of the figures were inaccurate, some more than others.

~~[email protected]~~ · 09-18-2004, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JDavis

MOST of the old figures were inaccurate to their show versions. The turtles, Splinter, Shredder, April, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady and Bebop, Usagi Yojimbo... practically all of the figures were inaccurate, some more than others.

the turtles, splinter, shredder, foot soilder, rocksteady and usagi seemed fairly accurate. The figures I mentioned were totally inaccurate.

*Weapon X* · 09-18-2004, 08:14 PM

Practicly none of the figures were cartoon acsurate not even the toon turtles were that good. I wish playmates did make them look just like they did in the cartoon. Theres a guy on internet that makes customs and he made cartoon accurate turtles and there really good.

Midnight_Tanuki · 09-18-2004, 08:28 PM

and then there was the "Naked Umpire"... toon shredder was an improvement but he was still stuck in that pose

JDavis · 09-18-2004, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

the turtles, splinter, shredder, foot soilder, rocksteady and usagi seemed fairly accurate. The figures I mentioned were totally inaccurate.

Nah.

The Turtles' heads were way more like they were in the Mirage comics than on the toon.

Splinter was WAY more rat-like and WAY less human-like than on the cartoon, and his head looked nothing like it should have.

April was mostly accurate, with the only gripe being that her hair had way less body on the figure.

Good goongala, man, don't get me started on Shredder! They made him scrawny, messed up his helmet, left him shirtless, AND colored his various metalic "armor" blue and purple!

Foot Soldier... well, the sculpt was fine but the colors were way off, again with the blue and purple!

Rocksteady's figure was way more muscled than his beer-gutted cartoon counterpart, and his head was hideous. Plus they colored his shirt wrong.

I mentioned Usagi simply because he's always the first to come to my mind when it comes to inaccuracy in the old toy line. The old cartoon was fairly accurate to the comics with Usagi's appearance (even more so than the new show!), but the toy left A LOT to be desired. The head was hideous, looking nothing like Usagi! The armor... I don't know WHAT they were thinking with THAT. Perhaps they were trying to depict him in this armor, but if that's what they were trying to do, they failed. Antarctic Press did a much better job on their Usagi figure.

moonfog · 09-18-2004, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by weapon x

Practicly none of the figures were cartoon acsurate not even the toon turtles were that good. I wish playmates did make them look just like they did in the cartoon. Theres a guy on internet that makes customs and he made cartoon accurate turtles and there really good.

i'd like to see that if you have a link

*Weapon X* · 09-18-2004, 09:55 PM

Yeah here it is: http://members.aol.com/zobovor/kitbashes.html#TMNT

JDavis · 09-18-2004, 10:13 PM

Zobovor's kit bashes are pretty good, though I can't say I'm as pleased with his Usagi or Fugitoid as with the others. He hasn't done the turtles themselves yet, as weapon x's post suggested (though he has done Slash and Metalhead).

*Weapon X* · 09-18-2004, 10:24 PM

I meant he 's done figures from the turtles line. But I E-mailed him and he said he was going to make the turtles, splinter, and a first movie accurate sred.

FALLEN ELDOR · 09-19-2004, 02:40 AM

I usually preferred the toy version because the sculpt was always more detailed, something the new line lacks...The only exception is with Casey and Usagi, I always hated Casey's single broken bat...Pissed me the hell off! And Usagi looked way to different and way to angry, still he was my favorite!

Oh and shredder's paint and sculpt was kinda cheep...I always preferred the look of Super Shredder or the Wacky Action one I never had.

moonfog · 09-19-2004, 05:23 AM

oh that site... ive seen it before, i only wanted to see it because you mentioned toon accurate turtles... oh well, i've thought real hard about doing it but i keep getting mental blocks making me think its not possible, if someone else makes one before me, that would help alot

Jed · 09-19-2004, 05:54 AM

None of the pictures on that site will work for me

I just get a domain hosting picture instead, for Fortune City.

09-18-2004, 08:00 PM	#1
~~[email protected]~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plymouth NH Posts: 637	sculpting on old toon toys They did not sculpt Traag, gengis frog, slash, fugitiod (he was in the comics and not on the old show), Rat King, napleon bonafrog, and Baxter Stockman like they did on the old cartoon show. What I am saying is that playmates did not make them look exactly like what they looked like on the cartoon. How did that happen? Bebop was on the borderline of not looking like his cartoon counterpart.

09-18-2004, 08:11 PM	#2
JDavis Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ada, OK, USA Posts: 212	MOST of the old figures were inaccurate to their show versions. The turtles, Splinter, Shredder, April, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady and Bebop, Usagi Yojimbo... practically all of the figures were inaccurate, some more than others. __________________ Everyone should read MNT Gaiden, by Tigerfog

09-18-2004, 08:28 PM	#5
Midnight_Tanuki Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 185	and then there was the "Naked Umpire"... toon shredder was an improvement but he was still stuck in that pose __________________

09-18-2004, 10:13 PM	#9
JDavis Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ada, OK, USA Posts: 212	Zobovor's kit bashes are pretty good, though I can't say I'm as pleased with his Usagi or Fugitoid as with the others. He hasn't done the turtles themselves yet, as weapon x's post suggested (though he has done Slash and Metalhead). __________________ Everyone should read MNT Gaiden, by Tigerfog

09-19-2004, 02:40 AM	#11
FALLEN ELDOR Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 298	I usually preferred the toy version because the sculpt was always more detailed, something the new line lacks...The only exception is with Casey and Usagi, I always hated Casey's single broken bat...Pissed me the hell off! And Usagi looked way to different and way to angry, still he was my favorite! Oh and shredder's paint and sculpt was kinda cheep...I always preferred the look of Super Shredder or the Wacky Action one I never had. __________________ The first movie was a perfect balance between the adult comics and the children's cartoon!

09-18-2004, 08:14 PM	#4
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Practicly none of the figures were cartoon acsurate not even the toon turtles were that good. I wish playmates did make them look just like they did in the cartoon. Theres a guy on internet that makes customs and he made cartoon accurate turtles and there really good.

09-18-2004, 09:55 PM	#8
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Yeah here it is: http://members.aol.com/zobovor/kitbashes.html#TMNT

09-18-2004, 10:24 PM	#10
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	I meant he 's done figures from the turtles line. But I E-mailed him and he said he was going to make the turtles, splinter, and a first movie accurate sred.

09-19-2004, 05:23 AM	#12
moonfog Thug Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 50	oh that site... ive seen it before, i only wanted to see it because you mentioned toon accurate turtles... oh well, i've thought real hard about doing it but i keep getting mental blocks making me think its not possible, if someone else makes one before me, that would help alot __________________ i play with toys

09-19-2004, 05:54 AM	#13
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	None of the pictures on that site will work for me I just get a domain hosting picture instead, for Fortune City. __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.