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[OA]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Those actually remind me of the City of War designed Turtles.

Actually, they remind me more of the cover to TMNT #1, Volume 4

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by TMNTerminator

Actually, they remind me more of the cover to TMNT #1, Volume 4

Actually, you're right. I retract my statement and mirror yours.

[IamtheKnight]

O_o I can't belevie that Playmates is making good TMNT action figures. I can't wait for these.

[Archon_Turtle]

I'm chiming in really late on this one because I'm sure most of you already know what I'm going to say.

Yes, it's screwed up that this is (alegidly) screwing up the neca deal.

Yes, it is too little to late.

Yes, it is terribly obvious that the ONLY reason Playmates is doing this is because of the success of the NECA toys.

No, NECA is not handling in a manner they should be if they care about their fan base.

As for the quality of this Playmates line. The jury is still out for me. Do I think that we will ever see the kind of quality and care that was in the original line? No, the Playmates of today is a completely different company than it was in the early 90's. But hey, if these Playmates Turtles do well, and they raise the bar a little on the entire line, then atleast theres that right?

No, this is not the ideal situation, but make do with whacha got kids.

Maybe this is a more passive stance then you would have expected from me in the past...but frankly...I'm tired of being angry.

[Dragon Turtle]

Originally Posted by Ectocooler

What, you guys are ok with these?

http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mo...ze=600&start=0

For kids' toys they look ok.

Wow. They look more like the movie figures than the original figures. And there's no way they have the same quality as the NECA figures. If I was NECA I'd be pissed too. NECA shouldn't have to work with Playmates on this, Playmates wasn't doing a comic line. They have the new cartoon, oh wait they're not making toys for that. They have the old cartoon, oh wait they just want to reissue toys for that. **** Playmates, and Mirage for sideswiping NECA.

Why should NECA be pissed? If the Playmate toys are being targeted at kids at retail stores and will cost about the same as the current figures, this shouldn't be much of a concern for NECA, whose figures are sold a specialty and comic shops and cost anywhere from $15 to $25 dollars, hardly mainstream items.

[A little *too* Raph]

If nothing else these will be decent turtles for customizing (perhaps decent BTTS customs?)

[BigApple3AM]

Originally Posted by cybershredderrulez

O_o I can't belevie that Playmates is making good TMNT action figures.

Yeah let me know when they make those. What I'm looking at is modified movie bucks with hardly any detailing and lots of photoshop. Look at their weapons for gods sake...

But yeah if these are based on the cover to vol 4 #1 they're not that bad. A sort of combo between Pete/Dooney's styles. But here's the print from toynewsi:

"Celebrate 25 years of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with figures designed after their original comic styling! These classic figures represent the origins of the Turtles and feature all their trademark style and accessories. Collect all 4 turtles, Shredder, Splinter, and the Foot, each packaged with a reprint of the original comic. Or choose from figures that recreate Playmates' original 10 figures, based on the classic television series, complete with classic accessories and detailing. Cowabunga! Blister card packaging."

So they come with the first issue of the original series. If that's what they're based on that's just plain sad.

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

post questions, i'll try and answer them the best I can.

Any ideas what size these are? From the new pics, it's pretty clear that their still movie/Marvel Legends size, but I'd like to know for sure. If they aren't in the same old movie scale, then it helps Playmates/Mirage's side that it doesn't affect NECA.

Anyone notice the text on TNI? EDIT: See Ectocooler beat me to it

Celebrate 25 years of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with figures designed after their original comic styling! These classic figures represent the origins of the Turtles and feature all their trademark style and accessories. Collect all 4 turtles, Shredder, Splinter, and the Foot, each packaged with a reprint of the original comic. Or choose from figures that recreate Playmates' original 10 figures, based on the classic television series, complete with classic accessories and detailing. Cowabunga! Blister card packaging.

Their coming with comics. That's neat, but I won't buy them for that as it's nothing I want to read. If it was Archie comics, then I'd be interested.

Really, the only thing I'm liking is the body sculpt. They look more like an update to the 88 Turtles than Mirage based ones. Has just the right amout of retro feel to them. However, with the movie tooling and with no variety of colors (I can not bring myself to buy 4 of the same figure without them being different colors), I doubt I'll get these.

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Blade Raider

Their coming with comics.

This makes me Lol cause now Rose has to buy them. Take that Rose! <3

[Leonardo19]

My pics are crappy. But here is the cover and 1st page pics.

[Leonardo19]

Again crappy pics on my part.

[Leonardo19]

A couple more

[Leonardo19]

Here is the last one

[BigApple3AM]

Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

For kids' toys they look ok.

Not much of a positive statement there, but I can agree somewhat

Why should NECA be pissed? If the Playmate toys are being targeted at kids at retail stores and will cost about the same as the current figures, this shouldn't be much of a concern for NECA, whose figures are sold a specialty and comic shops and cost anywhere from $15 to $25 dollars No single figure has cost $25, regular retail is about $13-15, hardly mainstream items.

NECA should be pissed because they ARE targeting their audience, and intentionally! I already mentioned some of the other more viable options Playmates could have done (like I dunno a cartoon that's brand new and on the air right now). Let me just give you a really good example of this happening in the past. SOTA Street Fighter were sold only at comic shops/specialty stores. They were about $15 as well. At the same time Jazwares who was actually working with SOTA watered down the sculpts a lot and sold them only at KBToys. The president of SOTA said that the Jazwares figures outsold their own figures by an incredibly large sum and was making more of a profit. The SOTA line didn't last too long after. Many collectors online were buying those Jazwares figures because they were cheaper even though the quality was fare worse. If you give people an option, especially in a recession, they're going to go with the cheaper option most of the time (hence why Wal-Mart is taking over our country). Then NECA can't compete. Sure there are many of us who would choose quality over quantity (NECA vs Playmates) but it's not enough to support a toyline even a specialty one.

NECA is just going to give up because they have tons of other licenses. I can't blame them, but I'd really like them to at least finish with series 2.

[Samhain]

awesomeness!

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by samhain88

awesomeness!

thank you so much for that insightful contribution to the conversation.

Ecto, I agree that that NECA has every right to be angry. And that SOTA example you gave was a great reference (hell, I have those Jazware figures )

But I still don't think that claming up like they have and stonewalling Mirage is the correct, or mature response.

[Blade Raider]

Isn't NECA starting a Street Fighter line? More irony.

[BigApple3AM]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

But I still don't think that claming up like they have and stonewalling Mirage is the correct, or mature response.

Yeah that's not very professional (though neither is sideswiping them). So no one wants to be the bigger man and swallow some ego/pride and get these figures out it seems. NECA has been just awful with customer service, I hear horror stories all the time. As a company I've never liked them, but their toys are 100x better than anything Playmates can put out so I have to side with them.

I'd give Mirage/Playmates some brand loyalty if they hadn't been force feeding people crap for so many years. Finally we get an option to get a turtle fix somewhere else and they stomp all over it like some sort of turf war.

My friends are all excited over these figures calling me and here I am being Mr. Downer but I can't help it.

And look at those repaints in the other thread... pantsless Shredder? WTF? I think that should be Playmates logo from now on. "The company that doesn't care enough to put pants on"

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Ectocooler

And look at those repaints in the other thread... pantsless Shredder? WTF? I think that should be Playmates logo from now on. "The company that doesn't care enough to put pants on"

Hey, I often do not care enough to put pants on...infact...

[Newton Gimmick]

You guys could at least credit my pics, por favor.

I think the figures look nice, I was surprised it took this long for anyone to talk about them. Nice that TNSI posted up some more pics.

I'm interested in the Shredder, Splinter and Foot figures.