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Old 06-05-2020, 12:15 AM   #2241
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Did anyone prefer the Mondo figures to the Neca Mirage figures?

I thought Neca did a great job with the paint and sculpt on those Mirage figures. Maybe Mondo looks better in person, but it's hard to say.
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Old 06-05-2020, 09:18 AM   #2242
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Did anyone prefer the Mondo figures to the Neca Mirage figures?

I thought Neca did a great job with the paint and sculpt on those Mirage figures. Maybe Mondo looks better in person, but it's hard to say.
I prefer the NECA Mirage in almost every way. I do think Mondo outperformed when it comes to the variety of accessories though. Some of the extras were very cool.
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Old 06-05-2020, 10:42 AM   #2243
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I prefer the NECA Mirage in almost every way. I do think Mondo outperformed when it comes to the variety of accessories though. Some of the extras were very cool.
Good point. I haven't yet bought a Mondo TMNT figure, because I keep thinking that I prefer the Neca sculpt, but then I see the awesome accessories, like the mask-less head sculpt or the laser blaster and feel compelled.
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Old 06-05-2020, 12:49 PM   #2244
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They're very different figures. The Neca's depict the turtles in their early appearances (Mirage vol 1 #1-3 issues), the Mondo's show the turtles with their more standardized Eastman and Laird's look.
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Old 06-05-2020, 02:30 PM   #2245
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They were out of scale with other 1/6th figures. That was a huge mistake.
should have been 9 inches, not 10.5-11.

Bigger is not better in this case.
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Old 06-06-2020, 02:24 PM   #2246
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I prefer how the mondo figures looked, and is that I would buy ifbi had the money to buy one. I do wish they would do a smaller scale like neca did with there's.
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Old 06-09-2020, 06:24 PM   #2247
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I prefer how the mondo figures looked, and is that I would buy ifbi had the money to buy one. I do wish they would do a smaller scale like neca did with there's.
NECA and Playmates holds the license for the smaller scale. I'm pretty happy with my NECA and Playmates turtles so far.
If MONDO made 6" figures they would be $100 each plus shipping.
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Old 06-11-2020, 06:06 PM   #2248
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I always had a soft spot for this line because, until Super7 came along, they came the closest to replicating that vintage toy look with the different shades of green, and all the accessories they came with were a nice bonus. However, after I actually got them in hand, I was pretty disappointed because they are essentially scaled up 6" figures, and fairly lacking in poseability and play value. Still though, the Casey and Shredder they had lined up looked interesting, and it would have been nice to see the line continue just to have a greater variety of product out there, but given the relatively lackluster reception the turtles got it's understandable why they cut bait.
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Old 10-08-2020, 08:20 PM   #2249
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Any new news on this line? Still hoping for a Casey, foot, and Shredder to go with my turtles.
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Old 10-08-2020, 11:45 PM   #2250
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Good question. I havent heard from MONDO on here in ages. If you go back far enough you can directly contact the employee that posted here.
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Old 10-10-2020, 06:13 PM   #2251
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Good question. I havent heard from MONDO on here in ages. If you go back far enough you can directly contact the employee that posted here.
He doesn’t work for mondo anymore and has no info on them unfortunately.
I wouldn’t hold your breath on these. Sadly.
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Old 10-10-2020, 08:40 PM   #2252
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He doesn’t work for mondo anymore and has no info on them unfortunately.
I wouldn’t hold your breath on these. Sadly.
That’s too bad. I recently picked up the DreamEX Casey to go with my Mondo turtles but those Mondo protypes for Casey, Shredder and the foot were really nice looking. Here’s to hoping.
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Old 10-12-2020, 03:36 PM   #2253
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Any new news on this line? Still hoping for a Casey, foot, and Shredder to go with my turtles.
Its kinda been slow. Considering the Mondo 12 inches figures shouldnt be hard to make.
Perhaps they are redeveloping the line or finding a better factory to up their game?
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