Playmates TMNT 2-Packs

*mikey0* · 05-10-2021, 10:16 AM

The Toys On Fire toy store in Ottawa, Ontario has pre-orders for more 2-packs by Playmates (non-Cobra Kai related).

There is Leonardo vs. Rocksteady, Michelangelo vs. Bebop, Donatello vs. Shredder, and Raphael vs. a Triceraton.

Link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/preternia...58333951021056

These will be based on the classic television show.

italianice388 · 05-10-2021, 11:19 AM

i sense TMNT collector fatigue in our future

coreyrc87 · 05-10-2021, 11:41 AM

$50 two packs? From Playmates?

*IMJ* · 05-10-2021, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by coreyrc87

$50 two packs? From Playmates?

You're right! LOL I didn't notice the price when commenting on that "perfect world scenario" just above....

There goes that component of the perfect world scenario! omg

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-10-2021, 11:51 AM

man Playmates is so desperate. Are they gonna reuse the same old boring sculpts they do for all their recent releases?

*IMJ* · 05-10-2021, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

man Playmates is so desperate. Are they gonna reuse the same old boring sculpts they do for all their recent releases?

That's what I was wondering as well. Basically just re-release their "articulated classic's" from some years back that they claim where "animated' but in fact were just articulated, taller versions of the 1980's toys.

*Coro* · 05-10-2021, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by coreyrc87

$50 two packs? From Playmates?

Awww Playmates...thats cute. You think you are NECA quality now...

Tossled · 05-10-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by italianice388

i sense TMNT collector fatigue in our future

I'm fast approaching

*mikey0* · 05-10-2021, 05:11 PM

I hope this means that Classic Collection Shredder will see the light of day.

King Kahn · 05-10-2021, 06:56 PM

So these packs are purely to now try and keep neca out of retail.

I expect the same classics figures they have brought out numerous times with maybe the truce region being a remold of bebop or rocksteady. Even then that’s more effort than playmates has put into tmnt for years. But it’s still all to specifically go to the same price point/scale neca is at to snuff them out at retail.

There’s a reason neca is at the price point, scale, and section of target they are at.

inaheap · 05-10-2021, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by King Kahn

So these packs are purely to now try and keep neca out of retail.

I expect the same classics figures they have brought out numerous times with maybe the truce region being a remold of bebop or rocksteady. Even then that’s more effort than playmates has put into tmnt for years. But it’s still all to specifically go to the same price point/scale neca is at to snuff them out at retail.

There’s a reason neca is at the price point, scale, and section of target they are at.

I got my issues with NECA. But if this is the case, and it probably is, I won't be buying any Playmates.

*Discogod* · 05-11-2021, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mikey0

I hope this means that Classic Collection Shredder will see the light of day.

There is zero chance that ever happens.

Lordmylar06 · 05-11-2021, 06:50 AM

Offering a $50 2 pack based on the original cartoon when Neca is already doing that is a dick move. It's also pretty much a guarantee the playmates stuff won't be nearly as good as the Neca stuff.

*IMJ* · 05-10-2021, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mikey0

The Toys On Fire toy store in Ottawa, Ontario has pre-orders for more 2-packs by Playmates (non-Cobra Kai related).

There is Leonardo vs. Rocksteady, Michelangelo vs. Bebop, Donatello vs. Shredder, and Raphael vs. a Triceraton.

Link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/preternia...58333951021056

These will be based on the classic television show.

Wouldn't it be an incredible surprise if Playmates suddenly churned out Fred Wolf animated style two packs that were terrific and at probably half the price point of NECA's stuff?I'm just saying that in a perfect world that would be an amazing surprise given Playmates history. But watch these toys instead just be two-pack re-releases of those articulated 6" toys from some years back that we all had high hopes for. NOTE TO MIKEY0 - that last sentence was just supposition. I'm not actually asserting that Playmates is re-releasing the old 6" toys as two packs now, alright?

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Originally Posted by italianice388

i sense TMNT collector fatigue in our future

Already there in some ways, man. Especially with the boutique foreign toys all over the market as well.

*sdp* · 05-10-2021, 09:56 PM

I'm confident someone could've posted this as a leak and it's just as believable because, well, it's playmates.

*IMJ* · 05-10-2021, 10:11 PM

-shakes head-
Ahhhh.... SDP.... we can always count on you.... for..... something.

Last Ronin · 05-12-2021, 09:36 PM

50 bucks for these? Oh helll no

*mikey0* · 05-12-2021, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by last ronin

50 bucks for these? Oh helll no

For $42.03 usd, Playmates is really going to have to up the ante with these figures.

Slime State Alumni · 05-15-2021, 01:22 PM

LMAO $50 for tired recasts with shittier paint jobs. No thanks.

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-25-2021, 09:39 AM

2 of Two Packs are revealed just those classic collection ones

05-10-2021, 10:16 AM	#1
mikey0 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,098	Playmates TMNT 2-Packs The Toys On Fire toy store in Ottawa, Ontario has pre-orders for more 2-packs by Playmates (non-Cobra Kai related). There is Leonardo vs. Rocksteady, Michelangelo vs. Bebop, Donatello vs. Shredder, and Raphael vs. a Triceraton. Link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/preternia...58333951021056 These will be based on the classic television show.

05-10-2021, 11:41 AM	#3
coreyrc87 Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Tupelo, MS Posts: 417	$50 two packs? From Playmates? __________________

05-10-2021, 11:51 AM	#5
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 8,284	man Playmates is so desperate. Are they gonna reuse the same old boring sculpts they do for all their recent releases? __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

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Lordmylar06 Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hurst, TX Posts: 952	Offering a $50 2 pack based on the original cartoon when Neca is already doing that is a dick move. It's also pretty much a guarantee the playmates stuff won't be nearly as good as the Neca stuff. __________________ http://jmylarart.myportfolio.com/work

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05-10-2021, 11:19 AM	#2
italianice388 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 668	i sense TMNT collector fatigue in our future

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mikey0 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,098	I hope this means that Classic Collection Shredder will see the light of day.

05-10-2021, 06:56 PM	#10
King Kahn Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 629	So these packs are purely to now try and keep neca out of retail. I expect the same classics figures they have brought out numerous times with maybe the truce region being a remold of bebop or rocksteady. Even then that’s more effort than playmates has put into tmnt for years. But it’s still all to specifically go to the same price point/scale neca is at to snuff them out at retail. There’s a reason neca is at the price point, scale, and section of target they are at.

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05-12-2021, 09:36 PM	#17
Last Ronin Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 415	50 bucks for these? Oh helll no

05-15-2021, 01:22 PM	#19
Slime State Alumni Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Slime City Posts: 458	LMAO $50 for tired recasts with shittier paint jobs. No thanks. __________________

05-25-2021, 09:39 AM	#20
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 8,284	2 of Two Packs are revealed just those classic collection ones __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.