Playmates Toys Future Looks Bright! Now w/ Release Date!

[Foot Soldier Clang]

Although impossible, I would love for the TMNT classics line to reach the point where characters who never got a figure finally received one. As a kid I loved REX-1 and the evil clone REX's. And I would love to see Lotus Blossom, or Tempestra. And I would love there to be more Foot Soldiers, specifically in the various disguises they wore throughout the series. And an Alpha One figure would rock!

... But alas, at this point I'm just reaching for a dream that will never come true

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by sdp

I am starting to warm up to them a lot, I'm just sad that this blend of "angry/OT" look means we won't ever get a real accurate OT representation or a grittier collector version of the original toyline since this is already meshing both styles together. I'll stop at that here since I don't want to sound like a broken record, i'll try to not bring it up at least .

As far as future waves, counting they're releasing the four turtles, I'm not sure how well other figures could sell on their own like that, I really want to see most main OT characters but I find it hard to beleive a wave of April/Splinter/Beebop/Rocksteady could be very popular, let alone other recurring villains like baxter/leatherhead etc. Keeping this line turtles only would probably keep some interest but people would also get bored of buying the same 4 turtles of "different" universes, A wave of 6 figures would be better you can release the turtles with two extra characters, or maybe mixing and matching turtle universes. I really hope the collectors line does well, while I'll take anything they release I really hope this goes as far as it it could possibly go, how is the Thundercats collectors line doing?

You also don't know that they may do exclusive for stores or comicon with different heads.

[Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by sdp

how is the Thundercats collectors line doing?

The 8 inchers didn't do too hot, but the new 6 inch versions seem to be selling quite well and are being well received by the fans.

With the amount of buzz these classic versions are getting I'm hoping that they'll be a major success and open the door for some more heavily tooled figures.

I'm thinking that the main cast that I would want to get made would be

Casey
April
Shredder
Bebop
Rocksteady
Krang
purple Foot Soldiers
Baxter
Leatherhead
Rat King

Then if they REALLY wanted to go into the Turtle-verse:

multi colored Foot
Tokka
Rahzar
Chrome Dome
Metal Head
Wingnut
Slash
Armaggon
Dirtbag
Karai
Fugitoid

But those are just some of my personal favorites, I'm sure once they started making auxiliary characters I'd just buy anything and everything they would make.

I'm sure that part reuse would be a factor in getting new characters and I was thinking that maybe Shredder, Casey and the Foot could use some of the same parts, while Bebop and Rocksteady could share a lot of parts (although Bebop would lose his fuzzyness).

[Foot Soldier Clang]

It would be cool to get a proper Chrome Dome, but he'd have to be a bigger figure and tower over the turtles like he did in the OT. And maybe not be made of that chrome plastic. It looks great, but chrome plastic flakes and cracks if you stare at it too hard

[TheMasterTurtle]

I hope scale also comes to play here... I forgot to mention that the turtles seemed a little on the large side when I watched the video which I dont mind. What I will mind is if the other characters such as Shredder dont get the proper treatment and he is the same size as the turtles..

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

Although impossible, I would love for the TMNT classics line to reach the point where characters who never got a figure finally received one. As a kid I loved REX-1 and the evil clone REX's.

Oh yeah, I would totally buy a REX-1 figure.

Although I'm not sure how many other people would, sadly enough...

[Chris]

Originally Posted by TheMasterTurtle

I hope scale also comes to play here... I forgot to mention that the turtles seemed a little on the large side when I watched the video which I dont mind. What I will mind is if the other characters such as Shredder dont get the proper treatment and he is the same size as the turtles..

I totally agree. As much as I love the Classic Turtles (have to admit they've grown on me a lot since I've got over them not being 100% OT accurate) they do look too tall for 6" scale. Hate to say it, but I think scale is going to be an issue for this line. But hey, I guess it is accurate to the classic line

I really hope the next wave (or two) is;

Splinter
April O’Neil
Casey Jones
Shredder
Krang
Bebop
Rocksteady
Foot Soldier

That'd cover all my "must haves" from the OT. Sure there are plenty more I'd like, but as long as those are covered I'll be happy. In all fairness I could even live without Casey as he was never a major part of the OT.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Oh yeah, I would totally buy a REX-1 figure.

Although I'm not sure how many other people would, sadly enough...

Not many outside of this board. Despite not being his biggest fan I'd get it for completions sake.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Chris

must haves[/I]" from the OT. Sure there are plenty more I'd like, but as long as those are covered I'll be happy..

Well I think that is most people's lists of "must haves" as well something close to that order. April, Shredder, Krang, Beebop, Rocksteady which if they sell well we might get. After that we'd get the recurring villains/characters like Leatherhead, Casey Jones, Rat King, Baxter, which if we got this far I'd be so happy. After that we'd get popular one[two]-off characters like metalhead, triceratons or monalisa which I'd also be happy to get and finally we'd get and after that we'd get less popular one off characters and S8-10 characters like Lord Dregg. Let's hope we make it that far, I want a Lord Dregg figure!

From other universes there's actually less characters I think, from the movies It'd be what the turtles, Casey Jones, shredder, tokka, rahzar, splinter and maybe april/tatsu/karai. 2k3 would have more but I doubt those figures would be that popular to warrant all the ones we'd need for that show. As much as I'd want some I doubt we'd get Next Mutation figures, maybe Venus if we're lucky.

Originally Posted by Powder

Not many outside of this board. Despite not being his biggest fan I'd get it for completions sake.

You know I'd buy almost everything in a classics line except outrageous/redundant variants or very minor characters which sadly Rex-1 would fall into. Then again if the line got to make a Rex-1 figure then that'd mean every other figure I wanted already probably got made and would get it just for completion sake as well.

Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

You also don't know that they may do exclusive for stores or comicon with different heads.

You know even after all my whining, I'd actually think twice about getting an "exclusive" with different OT heads, since it'd be the same figure I already own. I'd probably buy it anyway but I would debate it.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by sdp

After that we'd get the recurring villains/characters like Leatherhead, Casey Jones, Rat King, Baxter, which if we got this far I'd be so happy. After that we'd get popular one[two]-off characters like metalhead, triceratons or monalisa which I'd also be happy to get and finally we'd get and after that we'd get less popular one off characters and S8-10 characters like Lord Dregg. Let's hope we make it that far, I want a Lord Dregg figure!

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking. TMNT first, core characters next, recurring heroes and villains if the line does well. If we can get never made before characters like Dregg and Ninjara then we know the line has been a major success.

Originally Posted by sdp

From other universes there's actually less characters I think, from the movies It'd be what the turtles, Casey Jones, shredder, tokka, rahzar, splinter and maybe april/tatsu/karai.

I think we'd be very lucky to get Casey. The TMNT, Splinter, Tokka, Rahzar and Foot Soldier are all fair game (as well as any characters from the CGI movie), Shredder should be ok because he wears a mask. But unless they already have the likeness rights I wouldn't expect Casey or April, unless the line does so well that Playmate's can be convinced it'd be worth the cost.

Originally Posted by sdp

2k3 would have more but I doubt those figures would be that popular to warrant all the ones we'd need for that show. As much as I'd want some I doubt we'd get Next Mutation figures, maybe Venus if we're lucky.

I think 2K3 figures could easily have the same number of core/secondary characters as the OT, but I'd be amazed if they did any more than the core characters as the nostalgia value isn't anywhere near as strong (sadly this is even more true for the comics).

I'd love a set of TNM TMNT as well. I wouldn't be bothered about any of the villains (though I'd get them if they made them) but I really want the 5 TNM Turtles. As TMNT variants they have a chance (1 shared body sculpt/tooling and 4 heads for the TMNT, 1 new unique sculpt/tooling for Venus), but they're probably nearer the end of the line if they get made at all as Movie, 2K3 and Mirage would all likely sell better.

Originally Posted by sdp

You know I'd buy almost everything in a classics line except outrageous/redundant variants or very minor characters which sadly Rex-1 would fall into. Then again if the line got to make a Rex-1 figure then that'd mean every other figure I wanted already probably got made and would get it just for completion sake as well.

I agree with pretty much all of this. Hopefully the only variants we get in this line will be Mirage/OT/Movie/Image/TNM/2K3 etc. That way I will want to buy them all!

[Jester]

Hey, REX-1 was a 2 off character.
Heck, if they don't make one...I'll just ask JaffleMan

[Foot Soldier Clang]

Originally Posted by Jester

Hey, REX-1 was a 2 off character.
Heck, if they don't make one...I'll just ask JaffleMan

That's spectacular

[JaffleMan]

Originally Posted by Jester

Hey, REX-1 was a 2 off character.
Heck, if they don't make one...I'll just ask JaffleMan

Geez I forgot about him!

He has had 4 or 5 repaints since then! Had lots of problems with colours clashing and I gave up and moved onto my girlfriends lotr stuff which are a lot easier to paint since water colours work better and truthfully i'm not good with enamels.

I'll get him out maybe this weekend since i finished two of 4 projects I had sitting half unfinished and now have room on my work bench.

Also aquired an extra Robotic rocksteady so might do an evil rex while i'm at it :p

And who wouldn't buy a Rex -1 or an army of evil Rex 1's if Playmates were to produce them? They even made a coin for him back in the day!

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by mb1025

It looks like the new sewer play set is around that size. However we are talking about a round ball and not a straight up and down building.

Lets look at it this way though. They said in the video the line is strictly targeted at the older audience or the "dads" as they say. If you are walking down the isle at a Walmart, TRU, or your local toy store and you see a 4-5 foot remake of the Technodrome I bet you will buy it.

The safe bet would be to make it an exclusive internet item from either their website or some big online toy distributor. That way they don't make thousands and thousands of them and they don't sell because of price or lack of interest.

Originally Posted by Nelson

An in-scale Technodrome would measure around 1.5 meters in height...

Originally Posted by Jester

Almost 5 feet... that's huge!

Originally Posted by Jester

Because it's the size of a multi-story building. A in-scale Technodrome would be enormously cost prohibitive.

ah well, one can dream

[Uki]

I think if Playmates continues to rerelease the turtles in the Classics line alongside new waves of figures, we'll see the main cast (April, Shredder, Splinter, Krang, Benop, Rocksteady) and maybe even next tier characters like Baxter, Mousers, Rat King, Leatherhead, Casey, etc.).

Keeping the turtles in constant rotation is key, as kids will buy those up, but of course, we risk the short-packing of others...

[CyberCubed]

Do you think Playmates might release those Mirage figures with the all-red bandanas that they showed off a few years ago to compete against NECA's TMNT figures?

They never released them but they could release them now.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Do you think Playmates might release those Mirage figures with the all-red bandanas that they showed off a few years ago to compete against NECA's TMNT figures?

They never released them but they could release them now.

I'd hope they'd make them look better. They looked kinda like modified movie figures.

[Donnie]

I hope they do Splinter, April, Shredder, Krang, Foot, and Casey from the OT and then move on to the movies. I'm dying for a first movie line.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Donnie

I hope they do Splinter, April, Shredder, Krang, Foot, and Casey from the OT and then move on to the movies. I'm dying for a first movie line.

A OT Splinter is a MUST for me. It's one of the only times I have seen that character actually look very much like a rat. Instead of a dog/wolf.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Do you think Playmates might release those Mirage figures with the all-red bandanas that they showed off a few years ago to compete against NECA's TMNT figures?

They never released them but they could release them now.

Vaughn and I have stated several times that these figures have been permanently shelved. They were crappy figures, so it's really no loss.