05-05-2023, 12:42 PM | #1 |
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MOTU x TMNT Origins - Turtles of Grayskull
Source: https://foreternia.com/2023/05/filma...s-are-revealed
Mattel orders are coming due and some interesting new mashup line has been discovered: Turtles of Grayskull. MOTU Origins meets TMNT. Turtles of Grayskull- MOTU/TMNT Mashup Wave 1 (expected Q1 2024)
Turtles of Grayskull- MOTU/TMNT Mashup Wave 2 (expected Q2 2024)
There was a canceled MOTU x TMNT comic planned, designs could be inspired by Freddie Williams work. |
05-05-2023, 01:04 PM | #2 |
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I'd be interested in a Origins style Casey Jones using the origins buck
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05-05-2023, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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I saw this rumor this morning over on the Fwoosh. If this is true then I'm super pumped. MOTU Origins is one of my favorite lines right now and I'd love to see what Mattel can do with the turtles and that form factor. I hope it does well enough that we get more than just the brothers. It could open up some pretty cool possibilities for Mattel Creations.
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05-05-2023, 02:40 PM | #4 |
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These wild days in which we live!
Maybe one day Freddie Williams' crossover pitch can finally become a reality in print or animation?
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05-05-2023, 02:44 PM | #5 |
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Came here to post this, but should've known you guys would beat me to it. Very excited about this wave.... I'm all in.
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07-26-2023, 03:25 AM | #6 |
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Here are the first images of Leo, Krang’s Android Body, He-Man, and Man-At-Arms: https://twitter.com/FreshFromSewer/s...07218151329794
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07-26-2023, 04:24 AM | #7 |
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WHAT IS HAPPENING Y'ALL
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07-26-2023, 04:30 AM | #8 | |
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07-26-2023, 05:55 AM | #9 |
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I am sure Mattel was looking to reuse/recycle ANY mold they could find laying around, haha! Very Franken-figures!
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07-26-2023, 06:21 AM | #10 |
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Crazy to think that these toys are aimed almost exclusively at people in their 40s, and maybe some in their 50s. What a world.
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07-26-2023, 07:36 AM | #11 |
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Dang. Those don't look great. Very strange, as that looks like a lot of all new sculpt to me, I'm not recognizing much from the Origins line in there. I'll wait until we see glamour shots to decide if these are for me or not but right now that looks like a pass.
Also, if this is a one-and-done 5-figure wave or pack then it will suck to only have two of the turtles. |
07-26-2023, 08:56 AM | #12 |
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The TMNT revival has reached its mid-to-late 90's era analog, where they all just looked weird and nobody bought them and now 30 years later because they were crappy and underpurchased they are now rare and valuable. Except in 30 years we'll all be dead and nobody remaining on the planet will care.
I assume these will be just cheap enough that I'll be tempted to buy at least the ones that resemble turtles, because I now have nostalgia for bonkers ugly TMNT variants as a result of those days. |
07-27-2023, 07:03 PM | #13 |
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These are an easy pass, which makes me sad because I like both properties.
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07-27-2023, 07:50 PM | #14 |
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I'm excited for these. I'll get the four turtles least, I have most of the Origins figures so why stop now
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07-27-2023, 09:03 PM | #15 |
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On that note, what the hell is up with Bolt Man? He's not available anywhere, and I just got a notice from Entertainment Earth cancelling my order because they say that Mattel isn't going to produce anymore?!?
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07-28-2023, 08:38 AM | #16 |
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It's going to be funny if the Rulers of the Sun figures turn out the be the rare and valuable items from Origins. So many of them have pegwarmed hard.
Anyway, back to turtles, looking at the photos again it occurred to me that they're leaning more heavily on vintage TMNT style than on MOTU style. When I heard there was going to be a cross-over I assumed we'd be getting turtles in the muscley squat He-Man poses but it looks like they're maybe going the other way? Either way I can't wait to get better pictures because those leaks look rough. |
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07-29-2023, 06:23 AM | #18 | |
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When the new He-Man cartoon launched and it turned out Teela was the main character, some people got so hurt and said things like, "Can't we just keep politics out of toys/cartoons!?", as if so many of the older shows and toys lines weren't overtly political in their own way. Anyway, growing up I caught the tail-end of MOTU and TMNT consumed me as a kid, and I love both toy lines. But these don't in any way appeal to me. Sort of incredible it hadn't already been done. |
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10-01-2023, 11:34 AM | #19 |
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Turtles of Grayskull Leonardo mock-up: https://toynewsi.com/13-49932
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10-01-2023, 11:55 AM | #20 |
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Still Really excited to get mashups of my two of my childhood favorites like this. Can't wait to see more.
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