"What the heck were they thinking" Officially Licensed Merchandise

rufus · 10-08-2011, 12:18 PM

Credit goes to Jester for this thread. I did a search of the forum and did not see any threads like this. I figured it would be a great thread.

What were they thinking by adding 2k3 splinter to whats supposed to be 87 turtles. I wonder if any kid who never knew about the FW turtles and recieved this dvd thought that it was a bootleg?

*CyberCubed* · 10-08-2011, 12:34 PM

The Season 1 DVD also has lyrics to the 2k3 theme song on the back.

Logan · 10-08-2011, 12:54 PM

Yeah, I noticed that too when I first got it. The first season also has the ninja "rules" from the 2k3 theme song on the back of the package.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 10-08-2011, 06:40 PM

Pizza Crunchabungas. Those things were terrible. I remember having them in my lunch once as a kid, and I really had to force them down. I wasn't a picky eater either!

*Slap-Happy* · 10-08-2011, 07:03 PM

I think we all know this one...

Archon_Turtle · 10-08-2011, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Chicken Whisperer

I think we all know this one...

You know, Steve Murphy and I got into a heated argument over this one. He was doing all merch approvals at the time, and I sent him an email basically saying "Did you seriously approve this?" and hes like "yeah, why?" Anyway, long story short, he did not see any adult connotation to the phrase at all.

**Jester** · 10-08-2011, 09:22 PM

Wow...Surprised at Murph's naivete.

BoggleKng · 10-08-2011, 09:59 PM

Well, I guess Murph doesnt eat out much

lol j/k Murph is a nice guy

*oldmanwinters* · 10-08-2011, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

You know, Steve Murphy and I got into a heated argument over this one. He was doing all merch approvals at the time, and I sent him an email basically saying "Did you seriously approve this?" and hes like "yeah, why?" Anyway, long story short, he did not see any adult connotation to the phrase at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Wow...Surprised at Murph's naivete.

Believe it or not... neither did I.

I am continuously shocked by how many things are actually dirty references of which I am unaware.

**Jester** · 10-09-2011, 01:31 AM

Not sure when I first heard the phrase myself...probably right before the magnet.

**Jester** · 10-10-2011, 12:52 AM

Ok...as Rose has said, even the "retro" art of the guys coming out of the man hole ain't so retro anymore. If you look closely you can see that the heads are photoshoped. Mikey and Raph's heads are almost identical (except that they are mirror images of each other.), sans bandana ties, same with Leo and Donnie. Also the buckles are modified, and Donnie's straps are removed (which is the only bit that really doesn't bother me. And I just noticed on both...what's up with Mikey's shell?
Here's the original, as made popular by Luzmagica.

and here is the modified image as it appears on the Turtley Awesome merch:

Why did they need to do this? The original is pretty awesome and there's really no need for it.

EDIT: And if they are gonna modify it, why not fix Raph's elbow pad?

*Slap-Happy* · 10-10-2011, 01:08 AM

Wow, what's the point of changing the art if they're gonna be lazy about it and just reuse two heads and make mistakes in coloring?

*Powder* · 10-10-2011, 01:24 AM

I hadn't noticed any of that, but now that I see the differences it bothers me a little. Oh well, I'll still wear the shirt.

Cryomancer · 10-10-2011, 01:49 AM

I would guess that they had to make a new vectorized version for shirt printing. So copy/pasting the heads would have been to save time and effort, same for not doing the straps (which sort of stand out in the original anyway, maybe they just wanted em out for consistency), and the arm is just a coloring mistake. I doubt they tried all that super hard on this, basically.

**Jester** · 10-10-2011, 01:52 AM

Vertorized Version? Whazzat?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powder

I hadn't noticed any of that, but now that I see the differences it bothers me a little. Oh well, I'll still wear the shirt.

Yeah, I'll still wear my shirts. I have 2 with it on...
The Turtley Awesome one and this:

I had the original on a shirt years ago, but I wore it to ribbons.

EvilStarLegacy · 10-10-2011, 01:01 PM

Vector graphics are mostly used for printing. Either they would have made a giant 300+dpi version of the Ninja Turtles image to fit on a shirt(and I doubt they would have gone through the trouble of doing that since the original picture's resolution is nowhere near what's needed) or they do it in Illustrator, get a fully resizable picture, and can print it anywhere. They did do a little bit of copy and paste, and they would have definitely put more work into it.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/abo...tmapvector.htm

Here's a good explanation of the different between bitmap and vector graphics.

*pannoni1* · 10-11-2011, 03:25 PM

On the Topps Series 1 card set, Card 69 says "Rocksteady's Revenge" when the card shows Bebop instead! Those dimwits!

10-08-2011, 12:18 PM	#1
rufus Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lawrenceville,Georgia Posts: 780	"What the heck were they thinking" Officially Licensed Merchandise Credit goes to Jester for this thread. I did a search of the forum and did not see any threads like this. I figured it would be a great thread. What were they thinking by adding 2k3 splinter to whats supposed to be 87 turtles. I wonder if any kid who never knew about the FW turtles and recieved this dvd thought that it was a bootleg? __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/edgartooms ^TMNT Stopmotions.

10-08-2011, 12:54 PM	#3
Logan Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 483	Yeah, I noticed that too when I first got it. The first season also has the ninja "rules" from the 2k3 theme song on the back of the package. __________________ We're a team; and as a team let's go kick some ass! -Leonardo Logan the Layman Critic, a youtube channel for movie reviews and animation appreciation. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjn...xrKPml1WlYh6Mw

10-08-2011, 09:22 PM	#7
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Wow...Surprised at Murph's naivete. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

10-08-2011, 09:59 PM	#8
BoggleKng Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, Ma Posts: 1,224	Well, I guess Murph doesnt eat out much lol j/k Murph is a nice guy __________________ You guys mind telling me what you're doing to my little green pal over there, hm? -Casey Jones, TMNT movie...

10-09-2011, 01:31 AM	#10
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Not sure when I first heard the phrase myself...probably right before the magnet. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656 Last edited by Jester; 10-10-2011 at 04:08 PM.

10-08-2011, 12:34 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	The Season 1 DVD also has lyrics to the 2k3 theme song on the back.

10-08-2011, 06:40 PM	#4
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	Pizza Crunchabungas. Those things were terrible. I remember having them in my lunch once as a kid, and I really had to force them down. I wasn't a picky eater either!

10-08-2011, 07:03 PM	#5
Slap-Happy Bad Boy Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,911	I think we all know this one...

10-10-2011, 12:52 AM	#11
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Ok...as Rose has said, even the "retro" art of the guys coming out of the man hole ain't so retro anymore. If you look closely you can see that the heads are photoshoped. Mikey and Raph's heads are almost identical (except that they are mirror images of each other.), sans bandana ties, same with Leo and Donnie. Also the buckles are modified, and Donnie's straps are removed (which is the only bit that really doesn't bother me. And I just noticed on both...what's up with Mikey's shell? Here's the original, as made popular by Luzmagica. and here is the modified image as it appears on the Turtley Awesome merch: Why did they need to do this? The original is pretty awesome and there's really no need for it. EDIT: And if they are gonna modify it, why not fix Raph's elbow pad? __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

10-10-2011, 01:08 AM	#12
Slap-Happy Bad Boy Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,911	Wow, what's the point of changing the art if they're gonna be lazy about it and just reuse two heads and make mistakes in coloring?

10-10-2011, 01:24 AM	#13
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	I hadn't noticed any of that, but now that I see the differences it bothers me a little. Oh well, I'll still wear the shirt.

10-10-2011, 01:49 AM	#14
Cryomancer Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,090	I would guess that they had to make a new vectorized version for shirt printing. So copy/pasting the heads would have been to save time and effort, same for not doing the straps (which sort of stand out in the original anyway, maybe they just wanted em out for consistency), and the arm is just a coloring mistake. I doubt they tried all that super hard on this, basically. __________________ Final Boss of translation group Opentrain. We do videogame comics and TMNT stuff. http://opentrain.theyear199x.org/

10-10-2011, 01:01 PM	#16
EvilStarLegacy Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 27	Vector graphics are mostly used for printing. Either they would have made a giant 300+dpi version of the Ninja Turtles image to fit on a shirt(and I doubt they would have gone through the trouble of doing that since the original picture's resolution is nowhere near what's needed) or they do it in Illustrator, get a fully resizable picture, and can print it anywhere. They did do a little bit of copy and paste, and they would have definitely put more work into it. http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/abo...tmapvector.htm Here's a good explanation of the different between bitmap and vector graphics. __________________