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As for the oversized heads, I imagine the original head molds from the late 80s were starting to show their age. So, Playmates used rotocasting to make the oversized heads because it’s less expensive to do. Those are the only reissue changes I can think of right now. Quote:
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Thanks for the explanation mikey0.
Oversized heads and different legs/colors are all ticks in the wrong column as far as I'm concerned. |
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Another tick is how Playmates adds 1 to 2 new characters that we haven’t seen for some time. This is the third instance of Baxter Stockman being re-released. Seeing the Slash reissue was a real eye opener in 2009 when I saw him at Toys R Us Express. Not so much this time around. I wish Playmates would make repros of the lesser known mutants, robots, and aliens like Anthrax, Halfcourt, and Hot Spot. I have a feeling that the next box set after the Movie Star Collection figure set will have mainly turtle variants in it. The second subject that old-time collectors of the original Playmates toyline discuss, after the first basic wave, are all of the turtle variants. It would be nice if the next theme was Shogun Ninja TMNT or Undercover TMNT, but Playmates has not gotten around to the Mutant Military or Mutant Military 2 turtles yet. Last edited by mikey0; 01-15-2021 at 09:09 PM. |
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01-15-2021, 09:27 PM | #45 |
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Or maybe, just maybe, it’s not the same people buying them over and over. Look at the secondary market sales on a lot of these releases, they go for 1.5-2x the original sale price. Many, including myself have missed out or passed on previously releases. Then this comes out, in a cool box to boot, and a different set of buyers dive in. That’s where I’m at. I’ve passed on these in the past because it hasn’t been a priority. I’m stoked for these.
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Nah, it totally is the same people buying them over & over again. I'm in a ton of collectors groups & these guys have brand loyalty like you wouldn't imagine. They sh*t on every iteration of TMNT but 1987, & buy the same toys one after another for decades at a time. Many such cases. Sad!
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I wish Playmates would paint the entire plastron. The rim around the plastron looks to be unpainted like on these like the turtles from the SDCC 2020 exclusive and some of the other reissues from this century so far (I.e. - the Family Dollar mini 2-packs). The repros in 2020 were very lackluster compared to the Classic Collection Retro Collection figures from 2013 to 2016. This makes me worried for collectors of the re-releases. What will happen next? Will Playmates leave the entire plastron flesh-toned in 2062 and call that set the Retro Spirit of the TMNT Collection?
I don’t think that will ever happen, but the quality seems to decline from each decade to the next decade. That’s where I was getting at. Frank_one, also, noticed the lack of paint on the plastron in the Walmart Playmates fred wolf Mirage repaints the turtles shredder and splinter thread. I’m not liking where this is headed. Last edited by mikey0; 01-16-2021 at 04:57 PM. |
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For one reason or another I have not been able to get any of the previous re-releases of these figures. It's possible, now I don't want a Shredder and would rather have a single package version with the original weapons rack but if this is the only way for me to get these figures I just might. Then again I don't know what the giant heads thing means, so these re-releases have bigger heads of cheaper plastic? Did I get that right?
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Yes, these reissues have oversized soft heads made from cheaper plastic. The bottoms of the oversized rotocast turtles’ heads from the SDCC 2020 Exclusive Retro Rotocast Party Wagon Figure Set match those of the original 1988 soft head turtles, so it will be the same way for the Retro Rotocast Sewer Lair Figure Set. The retail version of the SDCC 2020 Exclusive Retro Rotocast Party Wagon Figure Set has been said to have harder standard plastic heads. I imagine that the retail Retro Rotocast Party Wagon Figure Sets have been staying in warehouses with low temperatures (meaning the oversized soft heads got harder). It is to the best of my knowledge that all Retro Rotocast Party Wagon Figure Sets (both retail and Comic Con exclusives) have carded soft head turtles, Splinters, and Shredders. Yes, even the Previews exclusive sold on sites like Amazon and Walmart are supposed to have oversized rotocast heads (also known as giant soft heads).
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Which characters from the original Playmates toyline would everyone like to see with oversized rotocast heads?
For me, it would be Leo, the Sewer Samurai, Mondo Gecko, Leatherhead, General Traag, the Storage Shell turtles, Scratch, Ace Duck, Anthrax, Ray Filet, Shogun Shoate, the Undercover TMNT, Jim Lee TMNT, and Wyrm. Playmates is making the Foot Soldier, Baxter Stockman, Krang, Slash, and the Movie Star turtles already, so I left them off the list. Last edited by mikey0; 01-16-2021 at 10:09 PM. |
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Buying these new sets, as the only Playmates Turtle reissue sets that I’ve ever bought, somehow makes me a shill? You know that no one is forcing you to buy these right? We get it, you don’t like them. Then STFU and don’t buy them, problem solved.
Exactly. I’m in the same boat. I go in and out of collecting all toy lines, Turtles included. Mix in getting married, moving/buying houses, having a little kids, having kids with medical issues, etc means that sitting around buying TMNT figures haven’t been priority #1 for the past decade. But hey I want to get these, and since I haven’t bought any of the previous reissues, that makes these super attractive.
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As for the Toon Turtles, the Animated Toon Television would be a regular Television like the one that came with the Toon Mike reissue made in ‘99 (if the Televisions are even included). The 2020s Toon Turtles repros would not be glittery like the originals either, but they would have oversized soft heads setting them apart from even the early 2000s Toon Mike. The gimmicks would probably be gone. Last edited by mikey0; 01-17-2021 at 02:49 PM. |
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I’m on the fence with these. A part of me would like to see my most liked characters with soft heads (even if they’re oversized), but the other re-releases have had the traditional regular size hard heads and the original Playmates toyline was not exactly the Mattel 1982 Masters of the Universe line. Playmates needs to really lose the rotocast heads.
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