Playmates Toys Future Looks Bright! Now w/ Release Date!

[Hero]

Originally Posted by ersico

thanks but no. im not, but if you have a link i would love to seee that, i beet some small revolteck joints would be easy and fast to install. i would do it if i had some on hand

Can't find the thread about it. The guy in the vid used Revoltech joints from HLJ.com.

[Donatello19]

Has anyone gotten the new Power Sound FX figures?

[Cowabunga Carl]

I'm not sure I want them, but I haven't seen them in person yet either. I want to hear how they sound before I make my choice.

[Agent 86]

So, no news on either the new cartoon series or the classic cartoon series from SDCC?

I guess it was too much to hope for a confirmation of a second series of classics at this early stage, but it still would have been nice and it may have helped to drive more sales of the first series if consumers knew they would eventually have a "Shredder" (or another villain) to challenge the turtles.

[MaxGoof]

I went on an insane quest to find the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last week, and after a ridiculous number of trips to Target and Toys R Us, I finally found the whole series. I wasn't planning on opening Splinter first, but that was the way things worked out, so he's the first of the new TMNT to get a review as well. Unfortunately, I have a hunch he may end up having the worst review of the whole first set...

[I can't post the full version of this review here without Google flagging me for duplicate content, but you can access the prettied-up version of this review on my daily toy review blog with the full photo gallery by clicking right here.]



Pros:

• Master Splinter is a mainstay of the TMNT, so he is rightfully in the first series of figures. He's packed 2-per-case, so he hopefully won't be too difficult to find at retail.
• Splinter's fur has had a drastic redesign and he looks unlike any Splinter that we've seen before, with red, black, and white fur! I hated this at first glance, but I actually think it's very striking and stylish after I looked at it a little bit. I can live with the new design.
• The sculpting on the figure is very good, and I love his long "Kung-Fu Master" goatee. The sculpting on the feet, wrists, robe, and bandages on his forearms is also nice.
• Splinter has 13 points of articulation, which sounds pretty decent on paper. (More on this later.)
• The packaging for Splinter is super-bright and extremely eye-grabbing. You get an old-style bio card for Splinter on the back. I'm a sucker for biographies on cardbacks, so I love this--I wish more companies still included this kind of thing.

Cons:

• Splinter's lower-body articulation is pretty useless because of the plastic robe. If you try to turn his swivel waist too much, it keeps knocking his tail off. And if you try to move his ball-jointed hips, he has a horrible time balancing due to the lack of any kind of ankle joints.
• The upper-body articulation isn't much better. Maybe I'm spoiled, but most lines give you a ball-jointed neck now and at least hinge elbows or swivel wrists or something. Just the ball-jointed shoulders, swivel neck, and swivel forearms isn't enough to get dynamic ninja poses--especially without any weapons...
• Splinter only includes one accessory, and absolutely no weapons. The sticker on the bubble says he includes a "ninja arsenal", but none of the Splinters I've seen so far in stores have included anything besides Splinter's walking stick.
• The walking stick is molded in a crazy transparent green! What the heck, Playmates?! This looks really wrong to me, and the radioactive walking stick makes zero sense.

Overall: This Splinter figure is unfortunately just not that good. He has no true weapons, and the only accessory he does have is an awkwardly-colored walking stick. His lower body articulation is terribly compromised by the plastic robe, and it can be hard to get his legs positioned so he can stand firmly in place. I really like the new design for Splinter, and the packaging and bio card are both really nice, but I just can't get behind this figure. As much as I love Ninja Turtles, this Splinter figure is definitely below-average compared to most of the big toy lines on the market today, and I really can't recommend him.

GRADE: D

[JonesyKitty]

Saturday was my bday, luckily my family got the last 4 nick Turtles and the 11in. Raph for me at toys r us im hoping to find the other nick characters and the retros since my mum said if i find them shed buy them. I'll probably buy myself a few doubles to open since theyre so cheap

[ersico]

[Donatello19]

[QUOTE=MaxGoof;971366]



The walking stick is molded in a crazy transparent green! What the heck,
Playmates?! This looks really wrong to me, and the radioactive walking stick makes zero sense.



the only accessory he does have is an awkwardly-colored walking stick.

Splinter's walking cane is green crystal in the show, so it's not playmates toy's fault. Great review by the way!

[Timmetry]

MaxGoof, Splinter's walking stick is crystal green in the new series so that is on Nickelodeons end. Hopefully it will be explained why it's an odd color.

*Ninja'd

[The Purple Dragon]

good news fore the people that has put in a preorder from bbts. bbts has the nic turtles and started to ship out hope it is not longe before they get the classic

[Powder]

On Saturday I hit Toys R Us & was able to get every figure short of Mikey. Not bad at all.

[Donnie]

I haven't seen the Sound FX figures in stores, but I got the Storage Shell Donatello. I'm not sure if I'll pick up the Sound FX yet...if I do I'll only be getting Don. If they're priced as high as the Storage Shell figures, then I probably won't.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Splinter's cool looking! i'll be getting him for sure

[Redrumh2o]

BBTS has the classics back up for preorder (just the set of 4, not cases). I got a set of 4 w/ collector's grade and it was $72 shipped. Not bad as I paid $68 from Amazon to get demolished figures.

[cloud]

Originally Posted by Agent 86

So, no news on either the new cartoon series or the classic cartoon series from SDCC?

I guess it was too much to hope for a confirmation of a second series of classics at this early stage, but it still would have been nice and it may have helped to drive more sales of the first series if consumers knew they would eventually have a "Shredder" (or another villain) to challenge the turtles.

Playmates said in Toy Fair that they will see how well the Classic Turtles perform before deciding on any more 6" figures.

[Cowabunga Carl]

That is why I plan on buying at least 2 sets. One to open, one to leave closed. And I might get some more to customize, I'm not sure.

[encline_designs]

Originally Posted by Hero

Can't find the thread about it. The guy in the vid used Revoltech joints from HLJ.com.

it's in the custom section fellas!

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=38184

[tone-master21]

Got my classics in the mail today Leo and Raph's cards were damaged, but Mike and Don's were not.

[LincolnHawk]

Originally Posted by tone-master21

Got my classics in the mail today Leo and Raph's cards were damaged, but Mike and Don's were not.

yeah...a couple of the corners on mine were frayed a little bit

[Cowabunga Carl]

That is the risk taken when you order online.