What is the intrest level to other collectors on...

[Master Leo]

What is everyones opinion, thought, addiction ( if any) to ODDBALL TMNT items from the original series?

There was some WEIRD things produced, mirrors, lamps, electric toothbrushes, slippers, PJ's, B day candles, masks, costumes, role play items. The list goes on and on.

Anyway, my question to those of the site is this;


How Collectable are these items? How much collector intrest is there?

[Leonardo_]

Right, there are some weird things, but I think for little kids its ok.
I myself would like to have the mirrors I find the turtles are cute painted on them.

[Ecto Jedi]

Incidentally, I distinctly remember having a pair of Ninja Turtles undies when I was young. Ahh, good times, good times...

[MrPliggins]

I can tell you that back when the old toon was in its prime, I used to collect everything TMNT that I could. I mean everything, even pie wrappers and popsicle sticks lol. Now that I'm older, I don't really have a use for that stuff so alot of it I've gotten rid of or its sitting in my closet. I simply don't have the space for huge collections at the moment, and while I'm interested in watching the shows and reading the comics, I'm not into the collecting oddball items anymore.

[Hamato Yoshi]

http://groups.msn.com/TheDragonenter...to&PhotoID=241

These are very rare if they're still sealed , esp the candy figurines

[OA]

In my opinion, overall, there is not a tremendous interest in those "wierd" items...I,myself, do collect these things...looking at my current "miscellaneous" list (i have my action figure, vehicle, movie list, etc. as well) I currently have 241 items, which includes things from bathroom/bedroom supplies to board games, camping items, car air freshners, food wrappers to party items, pool items and pez... but thats just me..

From what I see on ebay, theres are tons of these goodies floating around but alot of it goes without a bid and the ones that do go for very little money (as compared to the Toys and Comics)...there are a few items, however, they can command a bit more money, some downright expensive...

[cowabunga14]

Well, I don't have many oddball items. I have a belt, two vintage Pez Dispeners, a Michelangelo pillow, some birthday candles, and two plush Turtles. I sorta wish I had more. I don't use my the Pez Dispeners but they're nice collectibles. My guinea pig uses my Mikey pillow (with his towel on it) when I take him out to watch TV or whatever. He takes pretty good care of it. I'll probably take the pillow to the upcomin' 80's party at my youth group. The belt is blue and it has the Old Toon Turtles on it around a manhole and the Old Toon logo. I got the mini lush Raphael and the large plush Leonardo. I only found two of my birthday candles. I know I have Shredder and the Turtles, though. The ones I found are Raph and Mike.

[Jaf]

These days, I only collect comic-related items, which can be costly enough to prevent any interest to expand this collection to other goodies. However, I do search for pre-first-toon rarities from the 1984-1987 era.

I used to have a lot of other items from the big craze of '88-'92, but they didn't survive my teenage years...

[OA]

Or as I call my teenage years, the "Dark Age" of my collecting...

[TheShowstoppa]

I have an old school TMNT cookie jar (plastic) with the cookies still inside, but it's still in shrink wrap. I think it's circa 1991. Does anyone want some 14 year old cookies? My Treat!

[MrPliggins]

Originally Posted by Jaf

These days, I only collect comic-related items, which can be costly enough to prevent any interest to expand this collection to other goodies. However, I do search for pre-first-toon rarities from the 1984-1987 era.

I used to have a lot of other items from the big craze of '88-'92, but they didn't survive my teenage years...

Those pre-first toon items are damn hard to find, even on ebay...Ever see the iron ons? I saw them go for over 100 dollars each on ebay once. I finally found the Leo glow in the dark shirt a few months ago. The easiest to get are probably the Dark horse miniatures, thanks to Ebay.