Classic movie turtles v2

[jimbob_2003]

Hey,

not saure if this has been posted on here yet as I have been away for a week but glad i missed the first verison of these as with the changeable heads these become alot more appealing now

http://toynewsi.com/ig.php?mode=albu...art=0&sl=26174

[Powder]

These awful things are already being discussed in the 2016 figures thread.

[jimbob_2003]

Fair play.

I was 50/50 on originals and saw people had taken to swapping and re-painting heads but think i will pick these up when they are out

[Ninjinister]

Powder just seems to really want people to abstain from buying these, to force Playmates to either step up their game, or give up the ghost completely.

[Powder]

I'm hardly the only one. It's frustrating to not only have lackluster options but to see those who share that opinion support the product anyway. It's like voting a president whose policies you hate in for a second term. People seem to forget Playmates' poor choices & bad attitude are why it took this long to see alternatives, & even with that being said, they're in funky scales or are overpriced international releases, at least for the time being. Should they involve themselves in the adult collector's market once again & feel that they have a place there, they could exercise their right to hold an iron grip over the toy license & knock out the competition. Then we'd have nothing at all but crap like this, which a lot of folks here outright say isn't up to par, but buy anyway. Those same people would in turn be the ones ranting & raving about how X, Y or Z got cancelled or faded off prematurely, without realizing they had a hand in it. You gotta speak with your wallet.

If some people like them, that's fine, they're totally entitled to that. But if you want better, you shouldn't support worse.

For what it's worth, I have tried to be objective towards this release, too. The accessories are great, the concept itself (alternate heads, props from the films, etc) is wonderful, there's nice box design, but they ultimately cheap out on both paint & accuracy, again taking one step forward & two steps back.

[the fixer]

Totally agree with Powder.

Still, I can live with the body sculpts. It's the heads that are way off.
Guess it was Let-the-interns-sculpt-a-Turtle-head-day at Playmates...

[psychturtle]

I don't care and am not mad that Playmates made these honestly. We all have the power to choose to buy them or not. I see them as cheap figures for cheap collectors. It's fine if some want these. I'd just rather spend my money on good collectibles such as Mondo, hot Toys, NECA, etc.

The boxes look cool but nothing about these makes me want to buy them. Again, depends on if turtle fans care about quality or not. These are good for the fellow shell heads that play with toys still.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Powder

It's like voting a president whose policies you hate in for a second term. People seem to forget Playmates' poor choices & bad attitude are why it took this long to see alternatives, & even with that being said, they're in funky scales or are overpriced international releases, at least for the time being. Should they involve themselves in the adult collector's market once again & feel that they have a place there, they could exercise their right to hold an iron grip over the toy license & knock out the competition. Then we'd have nothing at all but crap like this, which a lot of folks here outright say isn't up to par, but buy anyway. Those same people would in turn be the ones ranting & raving about how X, Y or Z got cancelled or faded off prematurely, without realizing they had a hand in it. You gotta speak with your wallet.

If some people like them, that's fine, they're totally entitled to that. But if you want better, you shouldn't support worse.

Got you covered, man!

[Huzzah]

It's basically like choosing between keeping someone on life-support but not letting them fully live, or just pulling the plug. It boils down to preference, and their equal numbers who will say pull it while others may say let them live. Neither answer is fully right nor is it fully wrong.

[Candy Kappa]

Bandai's ThunderCats Classics died out within its first wave for being subpar and not living up to its potential. They even tried to revive it with a Lion-O in 6" scale rather then 8", but it was too late.

[go_ninja84]

i kinda want these, the accessories look cool and well thought out FINALLY PLAYMATES

[beardcore84]

#MakePlaymatesGreatAgain

[OrokuYoshiFilms]

No you choose to receive me that way. I like EVERYONE here. Whether you agree with me or not. At the end of the day we all like TMNT. That's how it is around here. If your not with the herd. Any opinion to the contrary of you know it alls automatically suggests I have anything against you as if you're someone to have anything against. It happens EVERY TIME. Bottom line we're talking toys here. Get over yourself. I like em, I'll be buying em. Not because they're God's gift to turtle toys but because they're pretty cool to me.

Comparing these figures to live and death situations is beyond me. It's sinful to suggest you like anything from Playmates.

I don't play the condescending sarcasm game here. I'm literally serious in my inquiry. Do you guys really hate these particular figures THAT much? Like I really wanna know from you guys but all you seem to take from my comments are "strawmanning" and being a "smartass" no one has bothered to give me a single seriously thought out answer.

[wtferrell]

I really want those.

[Huzzah]

If you've got Mondo and Figuarts coming I'm pretty sure it'd be easy to pass up Playmates attempts.

[imevilduckie]

Originally Posted by Huzzah

If you've got Mondo and Figuarts coming I'm pretty sure it'd be easy to pass up Playmates attempts.

Indeed. But I had to get Donnie to hold me over until the NECA version comes out.

By the way, I have a complete MISB set of movie turtles (version 1) available. If anyone is interested, let me know.

[turtlefanforever]

found these in walmart today. only 2 of them randomly sitting next to the other turtle stuff. a lot bigger than i expected. Looking fot Michelangelo still.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Found them! Went to Wal-Mart yesterday, and they had an entire new set of shelves just for the new Bay-movie turtles and these guys. Bought Mikey (of course) because at 20$ a pop, a full set might be pushing it. I already spent almost 30$ on the three "costume" Bay-movie turtles (Leo in the hoodie, pirate Mikey, and Raph in the wingsuit) which they also had. So I might pass on the other three classic ones, though I gotta say, I LOVE them so far! Pulled Mikey out of the box, and he is really much more impressive out of the box than the pics have shown. Articulation is nice- even fingers and toes! (Sorry, I don't have the cash to throw at the "high-end" figs that have such things) The "doughnut box" and "combat cold-cuts" were so cool, and I love the extra heads. Though they could have made them a BIT more different, as two look very similar. The only issue is that one shoulder joint is very stiff and won't move fully- I'm hoping to loosen it up somehow, but otherwise, he's great! Fingers are a little loose, too, but not terribly so.

I also saw a Technodrome AND the new Tortuga truck from the movie, and I REALLY want the truck- and I'm torn on the Drome, since my Krang needs his drome, but Do I really have the space or cash for it? Ah, these are the problems of apartment-living....

[VaughnMichael]

Well I drove all over Pittsburgh today trying to find a decent set of these since I plan to keep these in the box.
I found a Good Leo & Don at my first stop (Carnegie, PA) sadly Mikey and Raph had horrible running eye paint.
Second stop (Washington, PA) had the 4 of them just sitting on the shelves all had very bad paint jobs and Raph's box was dented in.
Third stop (South Hills, PA) didn't have them out yet or a stock boy bought them.
Fourth stop (Century 3, PA) just got the box of 4 figures in on the truck and the nice woman went and got them for me sadly Raph's box was crushed so I got Mikey who looked way better.
Fifth stop (Robinson, PA) had the shelf ready for them but they didn't get their shipment yet.
Sadly I still need a Raphael now because of the dents, and bad paint jobs.
If you're picky like me you're going to want to look these over real good before purchasing them.
It's pretty sad that at $21.00 after tax that these don't have flawless paint jobs.
It should also be noted that it seems that each store only got one box of these in.
I'm going to have to keep checking back as I hope Playmates isn't dumb about this and sends a bunch of these to stores for the release of the new movie.

[Huzzah]

All the Mikey's I've seen are terrible which makes me sad. I've gotten and repainted Leo and Raph, and I'm surprisingly happy with the figures. It'll be couple weeks until I get Mikey and Donnie.