NECA Universal Monsters x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[inaheap]

Originally Posted by Kreim

It's funny because the fred wolf line was theoretically my dream line and I fell off it hard because of how overwhelming it was to keep up, both in cost and availability.

You know what though? I actually miss buying different versions of the turtles, I slowly realized that with fred wolf line, the turtles themselves are.... kind of the best part.

And I love it when the turtles are gross! Give me weird lookin' turtles. Bring on the variants. So this line is like an instant buy to me. Bonus points for maybe actually being able to grab these things easily.

You may want to check out the Super7 stuff if you are into turtle variants. That is if you haven't already.

[inaheap]

I attribute Donnie's rise in popularity to the rise in popularity of technology in general.

[Y2Josh]

Originally Posted by mikey see

I think the argument for Donatello being the best stems from the fact that he's the most useful. Like, what does Mikey bring to the table? Pizza recipes? Leonardo is the leader, fine, but leadership only goes so far. Same for Raph and his brawn. Donatello, on the other hand, can basically create anything and is able to figure out and fix any weird tech they come across, whether it's from Earth or not.

That's my interpretation anyway. Leo was always my favorite as a kid, purely because I like the color blue and prefer his katana to any of the other weapons. Donatello was probably third with Mikey being last (sorry Mikey).

I don't disagree with most of this, but boiling Leo down to "the leader" is perhaps a bit reductive.

In the Fred Wolf cartoon, I think this is certainly the case (and your point on Donnie is probably incredibly true there, as he builds some fantastical device in nearly every episode), but in other versions, Leo is portrayed as the most disciplined, the most adept fighter, the best strategist, etc. In his Mirage one-shot (and the 2k3 episode based off of it), even though he does eventually lose, he plows through a small army of Foot Soldiers by himself. I think the Fred Wolf cartoon gave Leo a bad rap as a more one-dimensional kind of "goody two-shoes" character, but he's actually just a significantly more complex character in most media.

[DonnieLaForge]

Donnie is the brains and thus the true leader. Everything Leo does is gonna be informed by Donnie, basically the most trusted advisor. He knows all the answers to the why, who, and how of every op. Thus he has more power than Leo, effectively. The other 3 Turtles might be able to fight ninjas and other basic toughs like champs but as soon as any kind of unsolved mystery or tech gap comes into play they are gonna get nowhere without Donnie!

[Dask]

I don't find Leo compelling as a leader, and its understandable that he was eventually replaced by Raphael in the later iterations (e.g. Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse, Rise of the TMNT etc.). Leo is neither here nor there and doesn't demonstrate the assertiveness or confidence to be the rightful leader. He desperately wants to be Splinter but keeps coming up short. He's also weirdly hesitant and neither humble nor proud in situations. Leo's not exactly neutral as he makes peculiar decisions, almost spontaneously, without rationale (as opposed to Don). He's also very easy to manipulate via potential love interest, be it Karai or Lotus (I suppose the same can be said of Raph and Mona or Mike and Renet, to a lesser degree).

Mike has the most natural talent (albeit wasted talent due to his laziness and general apathy), he's the best driver, the most agile, and perhaps, strongest turtle (later interpretations have him as non-viable and derped out). He's the stoner turtle that ironically became the face of the TMNT during the peak of America's anti-drug crusade.

I suppose Don can be viewed as the most logical, balanced and even-handed of the Turtles.

[mikey0]

Raphael as Frankenstein’s Monster is in Hong Kong: https://mobile.twitter.com/preternia...89576019726341

[mikey0]

Full Body Shot of Leonardo as The Hunchback at the Bottom: https://www.instagram.com/necaoffici...dium=copy_link

[donatello_tmnt]

Originally Posted by mikey0

Full Body Shot of Leonardo as The Hunchback at the Bottom: https://www.instagram.com/necaoffici...dium=copy_link

Looks like no Dracula Donnie, just Bride of Frankenstein April instead

[Dask]

Video Review of Raphael as Frankenstein:

https://toynewsi.com/139-41232

[DVD]

Awesome figure. Slightly out of scale with the previously released Monsters.. haha

[Dask]

Originally Posted by DVD

Awesome figure. Slightly out of scale with the previously released Monsters.. haha

I'm probably going to create a separate shelf with NECA's black and white monsters (Frankenstein, Mummy, hopefully Dracula gets the B&W treatment) along with the TMNT crossover.

[mikey0]

Judith Hoag’s likeness will be used for April as The Bride of Frankenstein. Trevor Zammit brought it up in yesterday’s FwooshCast.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by mikey0

Judith Hoag’s likeness will be used for April as The Bride of Frankenstein. Trevor Zammit brought it up in yesterday’s FwooshCast.

I like it!

[DVD]

That would explain why they only used an outline image in the promo material.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

I'm wondering if it will be on the official packaging-- Chinese bootleggers are already offering the Raphael Frankenstein figure and that pac laying just shows the silhouette.

[mikey0]

Commercial for Leo as The Hunchback:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DGDXAnima...64473629777925

Leonardo as The Hunchback is up for pre-order at BBTS and EE: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Produ...ampaign=Toybro

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/p...d=TO-711220268

Close-up of the package: https://mobile.twitter.com/Funko_lai...C40eOp35YpAAAA

[King Kahn]

Originally Posted by mikey0

Leonardo as The Hunchback is up for pre-order at BBTS and EE: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Produ...ampaign=Toybro

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/p...d=TO-711220268

Close-up of the package: https://mobile.twitter.com/Funko_lai...C40eOp35YpAAAA

I’m curious at who the figures are in the shadows.

[inaheap]

I love the Storage shell idea. I think these are going to look great.

[I Crave Pizza No More]

Originally Posted by King Kahn

I’m curious at who the figures are in the shadows.

Looks like some kind of April (confirmed), the last turtle, and Shredder to me.

[deadsy333]

Originally Posted by I Crave Pizza No More

Looks like some kind of April (confirmed), the last turtle, and Shredder to me.

Donatello as Dracula and Shredder/Casey as Van Helsing? That's the vibes I'm getting.