Archon's Major Collection Milestone!

Archon_Turtle · 09-29-2008, 11:08 PM

Hey gang! Very exciting personal news for me! This is an announcement 20 years in the making for me!

As of today I own every single Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figure and vehicle produced by playmates from 1988 to 1998 (variants, mini-playsets, and roleplaying items excluded).

In the coming days I am going to be photographing EVERYTHING individually and creating one MASSIVE photo album, which I will share with you guys upon it's completion. I just had to make the announcement as I was bursting at the seams to share this! SO EXCITED!

*Roseangelo* · 09-29-2008, 11:13 PM

Yahoo!!! Congratulations!!!

*MrPliggins* · 09-29-2008, 11:18 PM

Awesome, dude..so, what will you conquer next?

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2008, 12:10 AM

Sweet! I can't wait to see the photos!

OA · 09-30-2008, 08:48 AM

Congrats man! How many figures is that?

Buffy · 09-30-2008, 09:22 AM

Wow, that's a lot of figures.

Congratulations!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-30-2008, 10:10 AM

Do you have every figure from 2003 and later too?

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by J 1982

Do you have every figure from 2003 and later too?

You mean the crappy ones? No. I stopped caring when Playmates stopped caring.

As to how many figures it is, I'm not really sure yet...I'm counting as I take pictures

I hope to finish the photographing tonight.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-30-2008, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

You mean the crappy ones? No. I stopped caring when Playmates stopped caring.

As to how many figures it is, I'm not really sure yet...I'm counting as I take pictures

I hope to finish the photographing tonight.

Do you collect som other TMNT stuff, if: What?

A little *too* Raph · 09-30-2008, 12:23 PM

Congrats, man. Do you have everything on display? That has to take up quite a bit of space

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by A little *too* Raph

Congrats, man. Do you have everything on display? That has to take up quite a bit of space

I've got most of it on display. You can see a lot of it here

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

You mean the crappy ones? No. I stopped caring when Playmates stopped caring.

As to how many figures it is, I'm not really sure yet...I'm counting as I take pictures

I hope to finish the photographing tonight.

Well, I see you have some 2003+ figures. I take it you're just collecting the ones you like, then?

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The S

Well, I see you have some 2003+ figures. I take it you're just collecting the ones you like, then?

yeah, I'm not doing the completitionist thing with the new stuff. The post new movie stuff is pretty unacceptable.

*odupianist* · 09-30-2008, 02:13 PM

was 98 the last year for them? Congrats by the way

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by odupianist

was 98 the last year for them? Congrats by the way

yes, a lot of people (including me) thought it was 97, but there were atleast two toys from the Next Mutation series I have found so far that were marked 1998. So I believe the toys! And Thank you!

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

yes, a lot of people (including me) thought it was 97, but there were atleast two toys from the Next Mutation series I have found so far that were marked 1998. So I believe the toys! And Thank you!

Which were those?

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The S

Which were those?

Don's Hydro Skimmer and Leo's Camo Blitz Cycle. I'm at work right now, otherwise I'd take a pic of mine, you can find pics of them here though:

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1997.htm

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

Don's Hydro Skimmer and Leo's Camo Blitz Cycle. I'm at work right now, otherwise I'd take a pic of mine, you can find pics of them here though:

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1997.htm

Ah, yes, the Ultra-Rare, Uber-Awesome repaints.

Archon_Turtle · 09-30-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The S

Ah, yes, the Ultra-Rare, Uber-Awesome repaints.

you know I wasnt that thrilled with them till I actually got my hands on them. They form fit into their vehicles...so they blend into them pretty well. It is a neat effect. They're definately my favorite Next Mutation figs.

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

you know I wasnt that thrilled with them till I actually got my hands on them. They form fit into their vehicles...so they blend into them pretty well. It is a neat effect. They're definately my favorite Next Mutation figs.

It's a shame that the coolest figures are so hard to obtain.

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