What's the geekiest thing you've ever done as a TMNT fan?

[neatoman]

Not anything in particular that I can recall.

Buying the Hedden/McWeeny issues just to see if they if they really were that bad as well as trying to keep a complete collection I suppose qualifies. That's pretty geeky behaviour, to get things you know will suck just because they're part of a series.

[Jephael]

I've been using an old school TMNT side-loader backpack as a gym bag.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Dirty Blond

Wearing this shell backpack almost everywhere I went a few years ago.

Spoiler:

https://www.meroncourt.co.uk/images/...42833tmt_3.jpg

Is that you, Zack?

[Eurydemus]

My phone's wallpaper and lockscreen and home/work desktop and laptop backgrounds are all TMNT-oriented. I haven't reach the point where I'm displaying figurines of the guys on my work desk, but I will as soon as I find a second set of Revoltechs for cheap.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

Are you gonna post your flash video on your YouTube channel, or is that a "..nah.." because I would love to see it. I know that you posted a few videos on your channel and that's why I asked.

I may do, but it's set to an Elvis Presley song so it might get annihilated by the © bots.

[DarkFell]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

I may do, but it's set to an Elvis Presley song so it might get annihilated by the © bots.

Ah..good point. I forgot that YouTube pulls videos for the copyright infringement stuff..

[Mewzard]

Probably helping start a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles podcast. Not my first fandom to do that for, but it's a nerdy endeavor overall.

I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.

I suppose my growing comic collection is a good sign of nerdiness (which will grow even more starting tomorrow when Winter's Soul finally comes in, then Saturday is Secret History of the Foot Clan HC day...and Amazon tells me Monday will give me that HC of the 2012 TMNT Annual).

There's probably stuff from when I was real little that I don't remember.

...Does watching the NT: The Next Mutation/Power Rangers in Space crossover count? Because I kinda own that on DVD thanks to that box set.

Also enjoyed reading Ross Campbell's non-IDW TMNT stuff.

My TMNT collection is directly next to my HCs of Jack Kirby's Fourth World, that should show how much I love it.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'd say the geekiest thing I ever did was write a fanfic on about 300 sheets of notebook paper, before I even had the internet (or a computer) or knew people even wrote fanfics. My wife (then-girlfriend) and I were just lamenting around 2000 or so how TMNT was more or less "dead" as a franchise and there were no new stories, so I wrote one, just for the two of us to read.

I'd say that's pretty "geeky".

Hah, I've got you beat, Leo- I wrote one back in 1990 shortly after the movie came out! Not only was there no "fan-fiction" at the time (AFAIK) but no internet, either. It was my first attempt at a novel/fan story. Certainly not the last, though.

Originally Posted by Eurydemus

My phone's wallpaper and lockscreen and home/work desktop and laptop backgrounds are all TMNT-oriented. I haven't reach the point where I'm displaying figurines of the guys on my work desk, but I will as soon as I find a second set of Revoltechs for cheap.

Heh, I've got so much TMNT art and screen-shots on my PC I've had to organize them all by series and characters, including comic and movies. Pretty geeky, indeed....


Oh, and my PC's tower is now a battlefield for my 2014 turtles and several of the Nick baddies!

Originally Posted by Mewzard

I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.

I suppose my growing comic collection is a good sign of nerdiness (which will grow even more starting tomorrow when Winter's Soul finally comes in, then Saturday is Secret History of the Foot Clan HC day...and Amazon tells me Monday will give me that HC of the 2012 TMNT Annual).

There's probably stuff from when I was real little that I don't remember.

...Does watching the NT: The Next Mutation/Power Rangers in Space crossover count? Because I kinda own that on DVD thanks to that box set.

I still have my VHS of all three movies, and they still work. But I DID play the heck out of them just the same. Also recorded the COoOST on cassette from a friend of mine's copy so I could listen to it, and still have THAT, too! My comic collection is growing pretty big now, too.

I'd say, yeah, TNM certainly counts. You've GOT to be a geek/fan to sit through any of that series, much less the MMPR crossover.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by Mewzard

I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.

I did that. I remember having to turn the volume up to max just to be able to hear anything, and you know how videotape stretches and warps, and then the sound warbles up and down in pitch. I think it finally snapped in the VCR when I rewound it.

[jenna]

Geekiest thing? Too many to list. Probably the top of the list is making my own video documentary about the TMNT, which really served no purpose other than to create a collection of clips from multiple incarnations in one place and analyse the character traits and psychologies across the different versions.


I only really shared it with my family and to this day don't know whether to be proud of it or deeply ashamed of how many hours of work I put into it and the fact that I was in my late 20s at the time

[Eurydemus]

Originally Posted by jenna

Geekiest thing? Too many to list. Probably the top of the list is making my own video documentary about the TMNT, which really served no purpose other than to create a collection of clips from multiple incarnations in one place and analyse the character traits and psychologies across the different versions.


I only really shared it with my family and to this day don't know whether to be proud of it or deeply ashamed of how many hours of work I put into it and the fact that I was in my late 20s at the time

Psh. There are many things you can be ashamed of like stealing Halloween candy from children and running a TV ad on Christmas Eve proclaiming Santa doesn't exist.

Being a huge TMNT fan ain't one of 'em.

[Nameless]

made a duct tape shredder costume and wore it for an expo. also wore it for halloween out to the bars. good times good times...

[Mew]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

I did that. I remember having to turn the volume up to max just to be able to hear anything, and you know how videotape stretches and warps, and then the sound warbles up and down in pitch. I think it finally snapped in the VCR when I rewound it.

Lol!
I have a TMNT 3 tape I used to LOVE!
Now, its silent, and has large white lines down the middle of the screen.
If your lucky, the video channel might cut out for minutes at a time!

[DarkFell]

Originally Posted by MewMeow

Lol!
I have a TMNT 3 tape I used to LOVE!
Now, its silent, and has large white lines down the middle of the screen.
If your lucky, the video channel might cut out for minutes at a time!

Walmart sells it on DVD for dirt cheap. I think it sells for $5.
Heck, I bought a copy of the original movie for the same price.

[Mew]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

Walmart sells it on DVD for dirt cheap. I bought a copy of the original movie for $5.

Yes.
I have the movie 4-pack.
It was about $10 if I remember correctly.
I'll still keep it though, to display it in it's sleeve.

[Warhorse]

Probably either being on this site, at 36 years of age, or maybe buying a song I heard on a youtube TMNT fan made video. I am serious when I say, I would never have become a Linkin Park fan if it wasn't for TMNT fanvids.

[BuffoTheClown]

Originally Posted by Powder

Does making more than 16,000 posts on a TMNT forum in 6 years count?

If not, I've got this TMNT tattoo, so maybe it.

Spoiler:

http://i61.tinypic.com/29life0.jpg

Beautiful work!!! Bravo!!!

I guess the geekiest thing I do is wear knee high turtle socks during sex.

[Toitlefan]

I went to a Halloween party dressed as Casey Jones. About half of the people there had no idea who Casey Jones was even after it was explained. I remember being legitimately upset that they had never heard of him. I asked myself the rest of the night "how could someone not know of Casey Jones".

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by BuffoTheClown

Beautiful work!!! Bravo!!!

I guess the geekiest thing I do is wear knee high turtle socks during sex.

I think that's one of the most original posts we've seen in this thread thus far.

So, out of curiosity, is this like... something you do every time, or a once-in-a-while thing?

[miru]

Considering viewing BayTurtles. I've also watched a bit of TNM.