Mirage: OUR 25th Wish List..

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by The S

Good God, Winters! You gave me a heart attack of excitement! Next time you post that, make it true!

Ah, if I were in charge of the Turtles for a day...

To Dan: "Draw more comics!"
To Pete & Kevin: "Play nice! Even McCain and Obama can smile for the camera and "pledge" to work together for the common good!"
To Jim: Thanks for pulling the art load for so long and so much. But take a relaxing vacation to "find your true style."
to Murph: "The world is not going to end tomorrow (probably). Your blog can be a nice TMNT resource; we the fans really appreciate it. Censor those comments and call up Chris Allan to get that Forever War finished and polished."
To Ryan & Steve: "Ya'll just keep on doing your thing, dudes."
To Tristan and Paul: "Congratulations! You now have full freedom to write and draw Tales for a whole year straight! (Except when Dan and the newly reunited Peter & Kevin want to throw their hats in, that is!)"

What fan boy/girl doesn't have pipe dreams like that?

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by gobo

I'm not trying to start a fight, but what do you expect from everyone? As far as I can tell, everyone is getting ready to abandon ship. Are we supposed to quit using this forum to prove we don't think you're full of it though? Tell us so we won't think poorly of you. Besides, DrTooth was a pessimistic fan before there even was a TMNT. There's just no topping that.

Instead of restricting complaining to a message board that you assume people at Mirage are reading, you could try direct contact with them, through several possible means, to communicate with them.

While it is a safe assumption, things read here can also be easily ignored and passed over.

As the only person (that I'm aware of) who has actually contacted Peter Laird directly on the matter, I get pegged as the lone "bad guy/evil" fan. And that's getting beyond old and tiring.

[Mutated Turtle]

my wishlist: limted edition gold turtle four pack, special edition 1st comic! yay!

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Guitar_Raph

NT; TNM on DVD available for the US & Canada.

As much as a despise that show, I agree. The completist in me would like to have it on DVD, if only out of morbid curiousity.

Gary's too lazy. It's never going to happen while he's around.

Yes, I'm aware of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Dickery that will prevent it from happening. It's inexcusable, though.

[turkishproverb]

Originally Posted by Cipher

As much as a despise that show, I agree. The completist in me would like to have it on DVD, if only out of morbid curiousity.

Yes, I'm aware of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Dickery that will prevent it from happening. It's inexcusable, though.

I agree, but honestly what does it matter if it is inexcusable?

Despite the fact he seems to be deliberately not doing what is best for the company, he's still there and going to be there for the foreseeable future.

Frankly, some of his actions (like re granting the book license to a company that barely uses it because of a conflict of interest style relationship) would probably get him in seriously hot water if mirage were publicly traded.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by turkishproverb

Despite the fact he seems to be deliberately not doing what is best for the company, he's still there and going to be there for the foreseeable future.

Allow me to rephrase: I'd either like to see Gary's resignation, or a share of Mirage stock in my account.

[turkishproverb]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Allow me to rephrase: I'd either like to see Gary's resignation, or a share of Mirage stock in my account.

Mirage isn't publicly traded, otherwise there is a good chance Gary would be under serious scrutiny for the books deal. And when I say serious, I mean it as in "misappropriation of funds" "insider trading" style serious.

Still, I understand what you mean. I wish they'd offer stock now, simply because the market is weak enough we could probably get a good chuck of it in fan's hands.

[Jester]

I was gonna keep this between me and Vaughn...because it was a quick like 2 minute job but...here...

[sdp]

Companies rarely celebrate anniversaries in a good way. Either its forgotten or it gets some quick cash-in merchandise.

Did you know 2008 is Mickey (and Minnie) Mouse's 80th anniversary and all he got was a pez despenser.

[blue_angel99]

I would like the Mirage comic to continue. I love them so much. It's hard to believe he's going rap up all the stories in just six more issues.

[Leonardo87]

For me, I would love to see:

1. TMNT 1: Special Edition or Director's Cut on DVD.

2. Re-printed TMNT movie or classic posters.

3. Movie soundtracks with bonus score tracks that was never heard before or released.

4. A 25th Shellabration Hardcover book (sorta like those big Star Wars books) about the comics, cartoons, movies, etc. with descriptions and stories of what went on while making of it.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Jester

I was gonna keep this between me and Vaughn...because it was a quick like 2 minute job but...here...

I don't get it... at all.

[A little *too* Raph]

I think it's supposed to be dr evil and No. 2.

I could be wrong though.

As for the anniversary, I'd love to see TPB's of Vol 1 and archie

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by gobo

Besides, DrTooth was a pessimistic fan before there even was a TMNT. There's just no topping that.

No, I was a pessimistic fan when I came out of college and realized I coulda just thrown several hundred thousand dollars into a dumpster and set it ablaze and have the same effect.

All I want... All I want is for the DTV "special" to NOT be the last 3 episodes of BTTS.... And if they can't even deliver on that....

I'm stating to think this is just for casual fans with a little disposable income who enjoyed TMNT for about 2 years, and had their mothers throw out all their toys without complaint... People that grew out of it, and only like it now for the nostalgia factor.

[Ninjinister]

Y'know, I never realized it, but we're actually being pretty selfish in retrospect. People have been referring to (as sdp did) other properties that have had anniversaries, some of even larger magnitudes, that completely fly under the radar because they didn't do squat to promote it. As much as I'd like more and better things than we are already are getting... what we know is actually more than most properties get!

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by The S

Y'know, I never realized it, but we're actually being pretty selfish in retrospect. People have been referring to (as sdp did) other properties that have had anniversaries, some of even larger magnitudes, that completely fly under the radar because they didn't do squat to promote it. As much as I'd like more and better things than we are already are getting... what we know is actually more than most properties get!

This is a fair statement, but it still remains that we won't see things that should be no-brainers in non-anniversary years, pretty much due to Gary's business skillz. A lot of properties let anniversaries fly under the radar because they choose not to spend the money on it. Mirage is spending $1 million plus on this TMNT25 thing. The question will be, one year from right now, do you think they got their money's worth?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by gobo

I don't get it... at all.

Yes, it's a poorly cobbled together picture of Pete and Gary as Dr. Evil and Number 2.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

This is a fair statement, but it still remains that we won't see things that should be no-brainers in non-anniversary years, pretty much due to Gary's business skillz. A lot of properties let anniversaries fly under the radar because they choose not to spend the money on it. Mirage is spending $1 million plus on this TMNT25 thing. The question will be, one year from right now, do you think they got their money's worth?

Quite true. It also is inexcusable that things that obviously should have been released this year (Back to the Sewer figures, old toon Season 7) are being held onto until 2009.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by sdp

Did you know 2008 is Mickey (and Minnie) Mouse's 80th anniversary and all he got was a pez despenser.

Well, Disney has bigger cows to milk (we all know what I'm refering to, and Bob Igor's a piece of crap... worse than Eisner ever was). Of course, it wasn't until they took the Mouse and Co and put them into a preschooler show till they got back into the spot light. I wouldn't doubt that they'd have some 80th anniversary stuff at the Disney store... I just can't tell, since all those stores closed down near me.

But even with rereleased movies with no special features, rereleased action figures, and one DTV movie that may or may not be the last 3 episodes, we have it pretty damn sweet.

You know what Inspector Gadget got for his 25th anniversary? A 3 episode DVD that got pulled. I'd kill for them to rerelease one Gadget toy.

So as p**sed as we seem, it's much, much worse.

(and where's my Garfield's 30th book?)

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Jester

Yes, it's a poorly cobbled together picture of Pete and Gary as Dr. Evil and Number 2.

Oh. A'ight.