Why were so many action-figures and vehicles never in any comics, TV-series or films - Page 2

*lonewarrior20* · 09-20-2016, 05:57 PM

personally i'd love to see a robot chicken animator or someone do a stop motion parody of the wacky racers using some of the vehicles. i mean just look at the shredder mobile.

if thats not dick dastardly style i don't know what is.

*Powder* · 09-20-2016, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Considering how they didn't produce toys for about half of the seasons of 2K3...

Barring BTTS, what were they slacking on? To my memory, pretty much every key character you'd want a toy of, had one...

*Ninjinister* · 09-20-2016, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Barring BTTS, what were they slacking on? To my memory, pretty much every key character you'd want a toy of, had one...

Nothing from Lost Season, either. And half of the Fast Forward stuff never got past toy shows.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 09-20-2016, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Barring BTTS, what were they slacking on? To my memory, pretty much every key character you'd want a toy of, had one...

No Chaplin, no Tribunal Acolytes or "Shredder Variants". Those immediately come to mind.

*Powder* · 09-20-2016, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Nothing from Lost Season, either. And half of the Fast Forward stuff never got past toy shows.

Weren't the Mystic Fury turtles based on the Lost Season, or am I mixing things up? & yeah it's a shame the Inuwashi Gunjin got cancelled but we got a pretty good assortment of FF figures.

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No Chaplin, no Tribunal Acolytes or "Shredder Variants". Those immediately come to mind.

Did more than like 5 people want those, though?

I mean, Playmates knows their demographic has never been too big on human toys, barring the classic characters. I see where you guys are coming from, though.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 09-20-2016, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Weren't the Mystic Fury turtles based on the Lost Season, or am I mixing things up? & yeah it's a shame the Inuwashi Gunjin got cancelled but we got a pretty good assortment of FF figures.

Did more than like 5 people want those, though?

I mean, Playmates knows their demographic has never been too big on human toys, barring the classic characters. I see where you guys are coming from, though.

Yeah, the Mystic Turtles were about the only thing Playmates did for the Lost Season.

I wouldn't have wanted a Chaplin, but Joy, Feragi, and the other two? Sure. Wasted character potential, didn't do much in the series... wouldn't mind them getting revamped by IDW someday.

*Ninjinister* · 09-20-2016, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Weren't the Mystic Fury turtles based on the Lost Season, or am I mixing things up? & yeah it's a shame the Inuwashi Gunjin got cancelled but we got a pretty good assortment of FF figures.

The Mystic Turtles were released closer to Mutant Nightmare so I always assumed that if that wasn't supposed to be a preview for Season 4, that they ended up porting them from the game to the series.

In addition to the Gunjin Leader and the Turtles variants planned, Biggles, President Bishop, Starlee, Triple Threat, Street Phantom, and Kanabo Splinter were shown.

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Did more than like 5 people want those, though?

I mean, Playmates knows their demographic has never been too big on human toys, barring the classic characters. I see where you guys are coming from, though.

I am still convinced that more people want stuff like that than Playmates says. And if they didn't want to just release the Acolytes as regular figs, they could have had Mutations ones that became their totems. Could've done that with Shredder and the Turtles, too. Could've had a two-pack with Splinter in his new duds plus Ancient One, could've had all of the Tribunal, a bunch of the monsters and stuff introduced in the season, the Justice Force members that never got made.... I think after watching the season I had estimated about 30 or so unique figs that could have been made, not including variants.

*Powder* · 09-20-2016, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

In addition to the Gunjin Leader and the Turtles variants planned, Biggles, President Bishop, Starlee, Triple Threat, Street Phantom, and Kanabo Splinter were shown.

I am still convinced that more people want stuff like that than Playmates says. And if they didn't want to just release the Acolytes as regular figs, they could have had Mutations ones that became their totems. Could've done that with Shredder and the Turtles, too. Could've had a two-pack with Splinter in his new duds plus Ancient One, could've had all of the Tribunal, a bunch of the monsters and stuff introduced in the season, the Justice Force members that never got made.... I think after watching the season I had estimated about 30 or so unique figs that could have been made, not including variants.

Wait, all those characters had prototype toys shown? I'd love to see pics, if there are any! I don't mourn 'em, though.

As for the others, yeah, I'm sure some people did, maybe even a decent amount, but probably not enough to warrant making them. That's one thing I will side with Playmates on. Agree to disagree, I suppose.

*CyberCubed* · 09-21-2016, 01:50 AM

They showed a toy for Cyber Shredder from BTTS that never came out either.

Would have also liked a figure of Khan. I liked the speculation that he was one of the 4 Elite Guards which is why his character didn't seem like he came out of nowhere. Plus 4kids played the Elite Guard theme music everytime he fought in BTTS.

*Ninjinister* · 09-21-2016, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Wait, all those characters had prototype toys shown? I'd love to see pics, if there are any! I don't mourn 'em, though.

Here's a few courtesy of our buddy Vaughn

*CyberCubed* · 09-21-2016, 01:58 AM

That Street Phantom looks hilarious.

*Powder* · 09-21-2016, 02:18 AM

Huh! How 'bout that. It's not often something like that escapes me, but there they are. As expected, virtually no articulation, but the paint & likenesses are mighty fine. I guess it's too bad they never made it to market, though I personally would probably have skipped all of them. Thanks for posting the shots!

*wpugh2424* · 09-21-2016, 07:25 AM

Those are sweet

*CyberCubed* · 09-21-2016, 05:16 PM

I'm surprised Starlee was going to get a figure when girl figures typically don't sell well in boys lines.

*snake* · 09-21-2016, 05:19 PM

Triple Threat is a cool looking figure. Him and President Bishop are the only real losses from those pics

TMNTFanatic4Life · 09-21-2016, 05:58 PM

Purple Dragon

*pferreira* · 09-22-2016, 09:03 AM

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Which was odd because the tv show was made to sell the toys.

Fred Wolf says on the Turtle Power documentary he wanted to avoid making the cartoon just another toy commercial. Unfortunately we don't get to see him elaborate on that. Perhaps there's some truth in what he said? More power to him I say. The writers didn't seem to care much for the Playmates toyline. There's an episode which features the toy trashcan that flings trash and the writer makes fun of it by having the thing be completely useless.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-27-2016, 02:54 PM

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There's an episode which features the toy trashcan that flings trash and the writer makes fun of it by having the thing be completely useless.

Corporate Raiders from Dimension X. Not really useless when it sprayed a lot of water onto several brainwashed businessmen in a single time.

*pferreira* · 09-29-2016, 09:03 AM

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Corporate Raiders from Dimension X. Not really useless when it sprayed a lot of water onto several brainwashed businessmen in a single time.

I remember it flinging rubbish and completely missing it's target. Everyone seemed unimpressed.

*miru* · 09-16-2018, 04:42 PM

Heck, even the 2007 line had a few of these. For example, the Alien Hunter line. There were also going to be some in the Sub-Sewer line and the cancelled "Global Mutant Missions" line, as well as some other cancelled stuff. However, these newcomers had quite a different flavor from the old ones, and don't seem to be remembered fondly. And yeah, they should have released the Starlee figure, perhaps as a 2-pack with Cody Jones (to possibly open up a line slot for another villain character?)

09-20-2016, 05:57 PM	#21
lonewarrior20 Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: pekin,IL Posts: 1,691	personally i'd love to see a robot chicken animator or someone do a stop motion parody of the wacky racers using some of the vehicles. i mean just look at the shredder mobile. if thats not dick dastardly style i don't know what is. __________________ congratulations on Alopex and Mona Lisa tying for first this year. "If the sun comes up tomorrow, it is only because of men of good will. That is all there is between us and the devil." Kenny O'Donnell https://www.deviantart.com/lonewarrior20 my fan comic/episodes of the lost season, weird ideas and my collection pics

09-21-2016, 02:18 AM	#32
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	Huh! How 'bout that. It's not often something like that escapes me, but there they are. As expected, virtually no articulation, but the paint & likenesses are mighty fine. I guess it's too bad they never made it to market, though I personally would probably have skipped all of them. Thanks for posting the shots! __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

09-21-2016, 07:25 AM	#33
wpugh2424 Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Triceraton Republic Posts: 1,525	Those are sweet __________________ "Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!"

09-16-2018, 04:42 PM	#40
miru Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,874	Heck, even the 2007 line had a few of these. For example, the Alien Hunter line. There were also going to be some in the Sub-Sewer line and the cancelled "Global Mutant Missions" line, as well as some other cancelled stuff. However, these newcomers had quite a different flavor from the old ones, and don't seem to be remembered fondly. And yeah, they should have released the Starlee figure, perhaps as a 2-pack with Cody Jones (to possibly open up a line slot for another villain character?) __________________ Proud Digimon nut.

09-21-2016, 01:50 AM	#29
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	They showed a toy for Cyber Shredder from BTTS that never came out either. Would have also liked a figure of Khan. I liked the speculation that he was one of the 4 Elite Guards which is why his character didn't seem like he came out of nowhere. Plus 4kids played the Elite Guard theme music everytime he fought in BTTS.

09-21-2016, 01:58 AM	#31
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	That Street Phantom looks hilarious.

09-21-2016, 05:16 PM	#34
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	I'm surprised Starlee was going to get a figure when girl figures typically don't sell well in boys lines.

09-21-2016, 05:19 PM	#35
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,230	Triple Threat is a cool looking figure. Him and President Bishop are the only real losses from those pics

09-21-2016, 05:58 PM	#36
TMNTFanatic4Life Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 678	Purple Dragon