Something interesting/disturbing...

[Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle]

Pretty much we are going to get an Austraila release then. Which is fine by me. We'll all be happy to import it. However, I'm hoping Peter Laird can get 4kids to release it. But why not just stream it on NinjaTurtles.com? That wouldn't cost anything. That way we can watch it. That's the least they can do.

[Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle]

Originally Posted by TristJones

Dug this up from the distributor's website just a second ago (kinda surprised it was already there if Murph was just checking over the artwork today...).

The Turtles DVD's must have done some decent dollars here. There's a few different sets available in Oz that I'm pretty sure never came to the US. I've got a feeling what gets released and how all comes down to the distributors or licensees for each country. Remember, we got Insane in the Membrane aired as per usual, and the UK had those 2 Disc sets back when it all kicked off...

Anyway, here's the details:




TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES SEASON 5 BOX: NINJA TRIBUNAL
PG , 2007 , 276 minutes

Get ready to RAISE SOME SHELL in this awesome 3-disc box set featuring all 12 never-before-seen episodes from Season 5 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!


Abducted by the mysterious Ninja Tribunal and separated from Master Splinter, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo – are taken to a Tribal Monastery in Japan to begin a rigorous training program involving new weapons and powers. And they’re going to need all the training they can get, as the Turtles soon learn that they’ve been drafted into a battle against an ancient evil – the long-imprisoned spirit of the one true Shredder!


EPISODES
LAP OF GODS • DEMONS AND DRAGONS • LEGEND OF THE FIVE DRAGONS • MORE WORLDS THAN ONE • BEGINNING OF THE END • MEMBERSHIP DRIVE • NEW WORLD ORDER PART 1 • NEW WORLD ORDER PART 2 • FATHERS AND SONS • PAST PRESENT • ENTER THE DRAGONS PART 1 • ENTER THE DRAGONS PART 2


Format: DVD PAL
Packaging: DVD
Release Date (rent):
Release Date (buy): 07 Mar 2007
Audio: 2.0 Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Screen

What website did you find this? I want the exact link.

[Chris]

Here you go;

http://www.magnapacific.com.au/index...umber=DBX12542

And here's the list of all R4 TMNT DVDs;

http://www.magnapacific.com.au/index...=ninja+turtles

As you can see they have all the US Singles for Seasons 1 and 2, and then those same singles put together into box sets. That's the reason I asked Murphy if it would be possible for Mirage to suggest to Magna Pacific to include "Ninja Tribunal" on the set since it's really needed for the episodes to make sense! And if the Seasons 3 and 4 are eventually released in R4 if they're the same as R1 (as the first 2 seasons were) then they also won't include the episode!

Edit: Just noticed a small version of the box art has been posted on that first link!



Note the use of the movie logo! Clever promotional tie-in, seems 4Kids/Funimation could use some sense like Magna Pacific seem to be showing! The DVD set is also listed as released 7th March, so it seems they're really putting it out there with the hopes that the movie (along with any hype and advertising for the movie) will benefit the DVD set as well.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by Chris

That's the reason I asked Murphy if it would be possible for Mirage to suggest to Magna Pacific to include "Ninja Tribunal" on the set since it's really needed for the episodes to make sense!

Good suggestion. Don't know if they'll listen but it's a good suggestion.

Originally Posted by Chris

Just noticed a small version of the box art has been posted on that first link! Note the use of the movie logo!

Um, that's not the movie logo. It's one of the regular licensing logos. The movie logo is not allowed on non-movie merchandise.

[gobo]

Happy Thanksgiving, Murph! Have a good one.

^_^

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

I mean it's just really sad that nothing from Archie can ever see the light of day at least the hardcore Mirage fans can have that. Those of us who love characters like Armagon and Verm-x will never get to see them animated it's just a bit sad and it seemed like you where happy about it.

I'm with you, P and it's not just because I had a hand in the Archie storylines or helped create a lot of the secondary Archie TMNT characters. I just think those were great comics, full of action, adventure and humor... and by a creative team that for a couple of years was highly energetic and totally into the groove of putting out a monthly comic.

Mind you, it was a comic that the editors-publishers at Archie absolutely loathed (they wanted a TMNT comic series that mirrored the show, much like the 3-issue mini-series that started the Archie TMNT comics)... as well as a comic that few people at Mirage took seriously or even gave a crap about. Sad but true.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by raphaelprime

Ok, I'm sorry, I was thinking I had read somewhere it was more of Playmate's request to skip ahead, I must have misread.

No need to apologize. And note that I had used the word "force" in quotes. While Playmates can't force Mirage or 4Kids to enact certain changes, they certainly have the leverage to "strongly suggest" changes. Know what I mean?

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

I had no idea that FF figures sold at all. TRY and find a 2K3 toy here. I see that they're restocked and then gone again the next time I'm there. FF ones, uh... um, they're... always there. Tons of 'em. Dusty.

Same at my local TRU. Guess that proves a point re the validity of the switch to the FF storyline and re-branding...?

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by TerranigmaFreak

I know Ubi Soft is handling the new game based on the movie, but how much control does Peter have over who makes the game based the TMNT? Konami used to be the company responsible for making those great TMNT games from my childhood, but the company is no longer what it used to be. The true strength of Konami left the company and formed Treasure. Is it possible to get Peter to consider giving this company another chance to bring back that magic?

Well, it's not a matter of having "control" over who gets the license to make TMNT games. It's business. Ubisoft beat out Konami's offer for the TMNT movie license and presented Mirage with a very creative game play idea for their game based on the movie. To be honest, I don't know if Treasure was even considered.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by Gary

Has anyone considered marketing the show to an older audience? Or does no one want to invest in or buy the show other than 4Kids? TMNT hardly seems to be a kids show anymore. They can't seem to follow it, and all of the ideas for episodes, and half of the episdoes are "too heavy" for children.

I'm not sure but my guess is that the current group of partners behind the revival of the show decided to go for a broader audience (young) so that they could try to create (or, I suppose, recreate) an across-the-boards successful licensing launch (show, toys, video, etc.).

However, it is something worth considering in the post-FF world. And then there's the wild card that is the movie. No telling how its success or failure will affect the future of the TMNT on television.

Originally Posted by Gary

From what I've read, the change in the show hasn't changed the interest of the children. The ratings are about the same. (Lightening up the show doesn't seem to have done much good for anyone.)

Word.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by RAPH 'N' ROLL

I know what you mean, I haven't seen the teaser or a poster in a single cinema, yet I've seen Transformers posters, and that movie isn't due out until May. Besides the individual character posters, there doesn't seem to be an official TMNT movie poster, except for the one with the image off Ubisoft's TMNT game website, but that didn't look right because the turtles were just pasted into the backround, I hope that's not the official one.

Yeah, believe it or not there still isn't an official TMNT movie poster. We're hoping Warner Bros comes through by early December.

Meanwhile, I've just learned that the NEW TMNT movie trailer will be shown with the film Eragon slated to open in the US on December 15.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Meanwhile, I've just learned that the NEW TMNT movie trailer will be shown with the film Eragon slated to open in the US on December 15.

That's not a CGI or kids' film. Thanks for the early Christmas gift.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by IveyAngelo

I was just wondering if there is any number out there to show this, polls or anything. Just the general reactions is what I've gone by, online and at conventions where you're meeting the people behind not just the comics but the TV series and so on. There was millions upon millions of fans of the TMNT back in the 90's, and usually if you talk to those people to this day they still like TMNT, though some are not sure of the new stuff out there a lot have given it a try. Which is why I have a hard time saying that there would be that big of a difference in the fan bases.

I hear you. While I don't have any figures I know that Playmates does a lot of market research in terms of who's buying their products and I trust what they're telling us.

Related to what I posted earlier to you. I don't view the "passive viewer" audience as a fan base... but as, well, passive viewers, kids who watch the show for a year or two and hopefully buy some toys before growing up and moving on to another show or licensed property, or sports, or, better yet, getting into schoolwork.

[Murphy]

Originally Posted by gobo

That's not a CGI or kids' film. Thanks for the early Christmas gift.

You're welcome. (The new preview was supposed to have been attached to Happy Feet but apparently it wasn't completed in time.)

Happy holiday to all who partake. Back atcha on the 27th.

-m.

[IveyAngelo]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Meanwhile, I've just learned that the NEW TMNT movie trailer will be shown with the film Eragon slated to open in the US on December 15.

YAY! A movie I want to see!!!!! I don't have to go to that movie that was making me cringe when I saw the ads!!!!

THANKS FOR TELLING US THIS *HUGS* All my friends want to see this movie, so I won't have to go alone.

[Chris]

Thanks Murph! Hope Magna Pacific decide to include it if Mirage ask!

And sorry, it was small and I was in a rush (posting whilst having breakfast before work) and I just thought it was the movie logo as, to me, it looks much closer to the "TMNT" logo used by the movie than it does to the logo normally used by the 2K3 TV show. My bad!

Happy Thanks Giving to everyone who celebrates!

And I'll be very happy if the trailer is with the same film in the UK! I was going to see the film anyway, but a TMNT trailer would get me there on opening day.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Mind you, it was a comic that the editors-publishers at Archie absolutely loathed (they wanted a TMNT comic series that mirrored the show, much like the 3-issue mini-series that started the Archie TMNT comics)... as well as a comic that few people at Mirage took seriously or even gave a crap about. Sad but true.

I'm very glad you guys didnt go with what they wanted, archie was one of my favorite comics when I was growing up.

But I was also wondering if there are any plans to start up a TV related fast forward comic version? Its been a while sense we've had a TMNT comic that was based off of the current show.

[IveyAngelo]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Mind you, it was a comic that the editors-publishers at Archie absolutely loathed (they wanted a TMNT comic series that mirrored the show, much like the 3-issue mini-series that started the Archie TMNT comics)... as well as a comic that few people at Mirage took seriously or even gave a crap about. Sad but true.

Didn't know Archie was so against it. This series was GREAT! I'm going to be honest, as a kid I truly enjoyed it more than the Mirage comics. The story was solid, the characters were wonderful, and artist like Chris Allan and Ryan Brown just blew me away! I really grew attached to those characters, and when I would see them in the cartoons like Mondo Gecko and Wingnut I'd be disappointed at how much they're not like the characters we knew in the Archie comics. Only character I remember seeing on the show before in the Archie comic was LeatherHead, so it felt weird to see him good

I didn't become a fan of the Mirage comics till "City at War" I went back and read all of the Mirage comics back to back before going to Turtle Con 1992, and that's when I finally started to enjoy Mirage.

I really wish the Archie series didn't end, it was it's own world... no longer seen by fans as 'A part of the cartoon world' but a comic world of it's own. I miss the Mighty Mutanimals and Ninjara. I also miss April training with her sword

Well I'm off for now, hope everyone enjoys their ThanksGiving!!!!

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by IveyAngelo

Didn't know Archie was so against it. This series was GREAT! I'm going to be honest, as a kid I truly enjoyed it more than the Mirage comics. The story was solid, the characters were wonderful, and artist like Chris Allan and Ryan Brown just blew me away! I really grew attached to those characters, and when I would see them in the cartoons like Mondo Gecko and Wingnut I'd be disappointed at how much they're not like the characters we knew in the Archie comics. Only character I remember seeing on the show before in the Archie comic was LeatherHead, so it felt weird to see him good

I didn't become a fan of the Mirage comics till "City at War" I went back and read all of the Mirage comics back to back before going to Turtle Con 1992, and that's when I finally started to enjoy Mirage.

I really wish the Archie series didn't end, it was it's own world... no longer seen by fans as 'A part of the cartoon world' but a comic world of it's own. I miss the Mighty Mutanimals and Ninjara. I also miss April training with her sword

Well I'm off for now, hope everyone enjoys their ThanksGiving!!!!

Yea that's pretty much how I was also and how I feel to I also wish we would have seen more of Bellybomb I really liked that guy. And I also had no idea Archie was so against the comics it just goes to show you creativity and great ideas are never well received by companies.
I also find it funny how when most of us fans here about a tmnt wrestling episode we atomaticly think of stump asteroid.

[Aztec General]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Y

Meanwhile, I've just learned that the NEW TMNT movie trailer will be shown with the film Eragon slated to open in the US on December 15.

That's good news. That film will actually attract some more adult movie goers. I don't have a problem with them advertising to younger audiences (Ant Bully, etc.) but they also need to advertise to the older sci-fi/super hero crowd. Good call guys!