Best Action Figure line

[nellyp]

The newspaper clippings are awesome.

Anyway back to the topic. I say Fred Wolf era hands down. The great sculpts, the bright vibrant paint apps, the creativity on display was fantastic.

Just looking at a pile of toys from the Fred Wolf era and the comparing it to the Nick turtles makes the Nick stuff seem so bland.

The next mutations line had some cool figures in it. The fact that it was right after the Fred wolf stuff means not a lot had changed at that point quality wise. The Elite Foot Guard is an honourable mention but the line never took off and had a chance to grow.

Where the Fred Wolf era stuff was a lot of the Mirage guys pitching stuff, whether it had a place in cartoons and comics or was its own thing, meant more in the way of creativity than trying to stay true to a show like Nickelodeon. Without this creativity we wouldn't have the great Canadian mutant hero Monty Moose.

The 4kids show got me back to collecting TMNT at that time and the quality started great but as Powder mentioned it fizzled out not too long after.

The new movie figures that just launched are some of the best stuff playmates has done in a while so it's great to see some effort being put in.

[NSP]

Playmates for sure. The number of different characters we got is just amazing. And then there's the nostalgia...😀

[JDragonM32]

id have to say the Michael Bay movie lines from whats listed,purely because the villians have the same decent articulation as the turtles of that line as opposed to the nick line were villians may as well be statues.

however id actually say the Mega Bloks ninja tutles line are the best (classics & current movie stuff due to articulation,nick stuff is kinda meh like the playmates toys)

[ToSte]

I'm orig toy line all the way, but I must admit these little Megabloks figs are really something else.

[Cjmart019]

The OG line! Nice designs, and great accessories! Vehicles (and the declas)were nicely designed as well

[Mew]

[Splinter]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Heck, even Jonah J. Jameson would approve.

[thundermaster612]

everybody hates NTTNM

[Etsyturtle2]

Originally Posted by thundermaster612

everybody hates nttnm

that a lie u monter!

[Candy Kappa]

The original line had some amazing figures and seemed very on-point for its time, the 2k3 stuff was pretty good too, mostly the earlier stuff. Nick had a great start, but it's been mostly downhill from there.

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

This thread is amazing. Good work, Powder and Snake. Heck, even Jonah J. Jameson would approve.

But there's no pictures of that menace Spider-Man!

[Powder]

Originally Posted by thundermaster612

everybody hates NTTNM

Not here.

Besides, objectively speaking, the toyline was pretty good, whether or not the show was.

[snake]

Spoiler:

Aside from Venus, I actually like Next Mutation as its own dumb little show. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's not nearly as bad as people say it is

[Etsyturtle2]

Originally Posted by snake

Spoiler:

Aside from Venus, I actually like Next Mutation as its own dumb little show. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's not nearly as bad as people say it is

Venus is actually the reason I like it. I couldn't care less about the show.

[Mew]

Originally Posted by Etsyturtle2

Venus is actually the reason I like it. I couldn't care less about the show.

I hate Venus but love the show. .-.

[miru]

OG line, hands down. It was pumped with originality: a great many of the best loved characters and vehicles come from this line. It defined what toylines would be like throughout the early 90s. It is full of detail and fun features. As toys evolved through the 90s, you'd expect them to as well. Every line since has in fact faltered underneath Transformers. 2003 line went with a more accurate, less detailed look, which unfortunately resulted in some very boring figures for those without interest in the show. The lack of articulation didn't help. But there were several quite good figures, but there was a clearer line between essentials and non-essentials. The current line had a great start but declined to near-Jazwares levels of suck as it went on. The first wave seemed like a logical evolution of the original line. And the 2007 movie stuff...

Groan.

[Freeman]

My vote went to 2Kids.
Despite admiting the wierd variety of figures we all enjoyed in the FW era, some of them seem to absurd for me, and the industry was not so developed back in the time to produce great articulated action figures.
So the 4Kids line lack this exotic stragavanza of marine turtles, adventure costumes etc but it's in my opinion a very loyal line to its cartoon conterpart, went deep enough into secondary characters and, in my memory, their turtles variations weren't as 'same thing again' as the present Nicks.

I also must admit the 4Kids line is the one missing in my collection, so maybe that makes me want them too much and not very absolutely objetctive about them

Nice pool aniways!