TMNT Classics Collection Wave 3

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by therealdon

lol thats what i just said

Great minds think alike

[Cowabungawolf89]

I'm curious about the back of packing too.

Maybe the back will use one of these photos

tmnt-2.jpg

tmnt1990movie.jpg

turtlemovie.jpg

[therealdon]

Originally Posted by Cowabungawolf89

I'm curious about the back of packing too.

Maybe the back will use one of these photos

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Man i hope its the movie poster one with them coming out of the manhole. But c'mon we really think playmates would do something as nice as that lol?

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by Cowabungawolf89

I'm curious about the back of packing too.

Maybe the back will use one of these photos

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It'd sure give me more push to buy these things!

[Donatello19]

Originally Posted by the fixer

I did a quick paint-over on one of the movie one figures to show how they could look with a more detailed paintjob.
I picked Michaelangelo since his facesculpt is the best of the four.
I added freckles, skin around the eyes and the actor's eyeslits (which were supposed to go unnoticed).
Oh, and I made the bandana a bit longer as it appears to be on the short side on Playmates' prototypes.

What do you guys think?

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps3aeec6db.jpg

Looks 8,927 times better than the official figure I would buy a whole set if they looked like this.

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

One thing i want to know is why have they used the 2012 series logo for the packaging? The movie used the 1987 logo, so why not just use that one?

I'm guessing it's to make sure people don't think it's the same wave, or something?

I really don't like this over marketing of the new serious on the CLASSICS collection. The nick or new movie logo or anything post 2012 should be. anywhere near this stuff. It's ruining the integrity and purpose of this line. I could deal with the little panflet at the bottom but that logo is overkill.

[StealthNinjaScyther]

I don't understand why their skin lacks any texture. It just doesn't look right. I really wish NECA were doing these because they know how to get the small details right.

[Cowabungawolf89]

They could look worst though.

[Agent 86]

@ the fixer

The corrected/updated Mikey looks awesome. If the Playmates figure looked like that, then I would buy it. But, for the moment, the movie action figures look too similar to the cartoon action figures for me to justify buying a second set of near identical turtles.

[Przem]

I agree with Agent 86. The sculpts are reused from the first wave with too little tweaks in my opinion to make these really stand out. I like the paint job on Mikey. See - just a little more effort amd these could be mich better.

I was looking at the Giant Movie Turtles for comparison and those guys look more movie accurate than this classics line.

http://www.tmnttoys.com/93figures/giantmovie/index.html

I also thought they would use more rubbery plastic like in the figures to capture the texture better.

[joefsas]

I find it hard to believe that you folks in the US are having trouble finding B&R.
I just walked into a local Argos (google it lol) and bought them there and then. And that's in the UK!!! I thought i'd never get em.

[Discogod]

Originally Posted by Przem

I agree with Agent 86. The sculpts are reused from the first wave with too little tweaks in my opinion to make these really stand out. I like the paint job on Mikey. See - just a little more effort amd these could be mich better.

Nope, they're 100% new sculpts from what I've been told. They share a joint layout with the cartoon Classics, but that's it. I mean, it's obvious if you compare the 2 figures side-by-side...

[Candy Kappa]

Yeah, you van use your own classics and compare. New shoulders, arms, etc.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by joefsas

I find it hard to believe that you folks in the US are having trouble finding B&R.
I just walked into a local Argos (google it lol) and bought them there and then. And that's in the UK!!! I thought i'd never get em.

I've seen them in multiple places myself (I'm in Canada) but I can't justify buying them at this point.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Discogod

It's already too late. The figures shown look like production samples, which would mean the tooling's already been made. It'd be far too expensive for Playmates to retool them at this point...

I know
I can hope though, looks like we'll have yet another customizing job on our hands.

[the fixer]

Hey guys,

Did a bit of a paint-over on Playmates' movie one Raphael figure this time...
Sadly, it isn't an easy fix like Mikey was... With all due respect- The original Playmates sculpt is way, way off. The worst of the four movie one Turtles, I think.
Adding freckles, skin around the eyes and a longer bandana didn't cut it here...
I had to change the shape of the head, the position of the eyes and ultimately decided to give ol' Raph a more... Raph-ish expression.

It's not perfect, but I hope my version is at least a bit closer to the Raphael from the movie.



And here's my Mikey paint-over from a few pages back for comparison:



cheers,

Cliff

[Luigiperps]

I think Mikey looks the best, so I'll just get him. He's the only one I have from the OT figures.

[VaughnMichael]

I don't know it looks a little too Raph.

[Shellrider13]

Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

I don't know it looks a little too Raph.

Quoted for truth

[billbot85]

Originally Posted by the fixer

Hey guys,

Did a bit of a paint-over on Playmates' movie one Raphael figure this time...
Sadly, it isn't an easy fix like Mikey was... With all due respect- The original Playmates sculpt is way, way off. The worst of the four movie one Turtles, I think.
Adding freckles, skin around the eyes and a longer bandana didn't cut it here...
I had to change the shape of the head, the position of the eyes and ultimately decided to give ol' Raph a more... Raph-ish expression.

It's not perfect, but I hope my version is at least a bit closer to the Raphael from the movie.

Spoiler:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...pscf5d4c90.jpg

And here's my Mikey paint-over from a few pages back for comparison:

Spoiler:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps3aeec6db.jpg

cheers,

Cliff

Now THAT'S the 1990 Movie Raph we all know and love. Excellent job, Cliff! Thanks for posting. If only this could be the final product.