TMNT Mini Mutants 2008 pics MIB

[VaughnMichael]

There ya go.

[ToTheNines]

Cool, thanks for posting those pictures.

That's such a cool idea, having a street level and a sewer level. Also, it looks like the TMNT have pupils in these variants. Jeez make up your mind

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Cool, thanks for posting those pictures.

That's such a cool idea, having a street level and a sewer level. Also, it looks like the TMNT have pupils in these variants. Jeez make up your mind

Sure, and I'm sure allot of it has to do with Playmates and Peter Laird going back and forth and bickering.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

Sure, and I'm sure allot of it has to do with Playmates and Peter Laird going back and forth and bickering.

Actually, it has more or less to do with the fact the heads are too small to have that much detail.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Actually, it has more or less to do with the fact the heads are too small to have that much detail.

I don't think that's the case oh wise one because some of them do have pupils.

[Drtooth]

Or, of course, they could have done those prototypes first, and added pupils on the others. I dunno. These are prototypes, and sometimes Protos have a lot more detail than the final product. I know one line specifically, but I can't recall which one it was.

it all depends on the final product.

Though I could see pupils not being added due to size and detail restrictions. Much like the micro line.

[jestergoblin]

Playmates has lost it completely.

If you're going to do 8 figures for the launch and you pick Foot Tech Ninja, Rat King, Hun and a Triceraton, something is wrong. Plus the black suits, which have never appeared so far, should not be used at a launch level.

I am wondering about these being finalized since there's no bar code on the package (maybe on the bottom?). But they went with Hun and a foot Tech over Shredder and the standard foot ninja? No April or Casey. This is a launch, launch with the big guns! And releasing two troop builders each packaged with a turtle? Idiocy! So much is being done wrong with this line from what I see. And before you go off on what do I know about marketing, it is my major in college.

Ugh.

I'm betting these won't be in scale with SHS and will be slightly bigger and sell for $6.99 price point. These seem to be more along the lines of mass retail mini-figs that were available at dollar stores.

[HalfcourtGame]

In which episodes of the new TMNT series does the Rat King appear?

[Chris]

Rat King appeared in "I, Monster" early in season 4.

Maybe this is our first hint at the 2008 season main villains? Nah, more likely Playmates just want us to fork out money on the playsets for basic TMNT, Shredder and Foot Ninja.

The toynewsi.com article only says that the Battleshell has no figures so I'm guessing the rest come with the figures they are pictured with;

Normal Raph and Mike with their vehicles and the four parts of the playset, Don and Bigfoot, Leo and Shredder, Raph and General, Mike and Foot Ninja. This kinda sucks as I don't have room for the playset (cool as it is) but would love the normal TMNT, Shredder and Foot Ninja.

Not counting variants we know of 15 characters in the line so far;

Leo
Raph
Mike
Don
Splinter (confirmed by Murphy)
Shredder
Hun
Foot Ninja
Foot Tech Ninja
Multi-Arm Shredder Clone (previewed by Murphy)
Triceraton
Rat King
Drako (previewed by Murphy)
Stone General (the large one from the looks of it, I can never get their names straight)
Big Foot

If the line takes off like Star Wars Galactic Heroes then I'm sure we'll see the regular Turtles and at least Shredder and the Foot Ninja repacked in the basic line (though I'm not sure how much of a guarantee that is these days). Hopefully we'll get characters like April, Casey, Karai, Baxter, Bishop, etc. if the line continues.

[Triglyph]

You know...I am still really digging the 2k3 styled characters, but I can't see myself getting hun, triceraton, etc without having the possibility of getting turtles that match.

I may buy the sets and ebay off the movie characters in hopes that we see some toon stuff released later. I don't want to miss the rat king and the other cool villians.

fall 2008 can't come fast enough for me (new cartoon episodes!!!)

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

I'm thinking that since we're seeing prototypes of these, as well as the mutations, they MIGHT start showing up before Christmas. Dan and Murph both told me that there wouldn't be anything (that was the word from Playmates), but Playmates seems like they change their minds very often.

[jestergoblin]

plus launching a toy line is january would be really bad for business.

Then again, the wal-mart nearest me doesn't even stock TMNT anymore.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

Then again, the wal-mart nearest me doesn't even stock TMNT anymore.

It's funny allot of the Wal-marts here in Pa don't either...it's strange to me considering they where one of the last places to sell tmnt figures when no one else did.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

Playmates has lost it completely.

If you're going to do 8 figures for the launch and you pick Foot Tech Ninja, Rat King, Hun and a Triceraton, something is wrong. Plus the black suits, which have never appeared so far, should not be used at a launch level.

I am wondering about these being finalized since there's no bar code on the package (maybe on the bottom?). But they went with Hun and a foot Tech over Shredder and the standard foot ninja? No April or Casey. This is a launch, launch with the big guns! And releasing two troop builders each packaged with a turtle? Idiocy! So much is being done wrong with this line from what I see. And before you go off on what do I know about marketing, it is my major in college.

If they get all the A characters out of the way, the rest of the line will feature mainly b and c characters. While it could hamper the launch, doing the opposite will hurt it in the long run. We clearly will see the others if this does well.

[jestergoblin]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=2911079

Mini mutant Battleshell online and in the wild.

[Spitfire]

Not terribly impressed with these, though I never saw the purpose of mini-figures. I guess if I get a Big Foot and the mini-movie turtles Big Foot will be scaled properly...

[Extreme_Enigma]

Yeah I think I'll just get the Don pack and leo pack just for the villains, and the battle shell. Anyway, do you think Playmates will continue to make TMNT toys in 2009?

[VaughnMichael]

Jus so you guys know they're out I got the Don & Fot Tech Ninja one tonight it was the only one of that one they had but the other they had allot of.
Btw I got it at Toys R Us for 5.99

[Roseangelo]

Oooh, to Wally World and TRU I go tomorrow!

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Donatello_1214

Yeah I think I'll just get the Don pack and leo pack just for the villains, and the battle shell. Anyway, do you think Playmates will continue to make TMNT toys in 2009?

That would seem logical...I'm doubting it, but does anyone think there is a chance of Neca taking over the tmnt line? Or are they a company that would probably move onto other things quickly instead of staying with one property?