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Old 09-13-2023, 01:19 AM   #4661
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From what I've seen you'd likely be disappointed with any fleshy figure past wave 1. They stopped painting skin and instead just left it bare waxy plastic. It looks awful and doesn't match the (from what I hear) perfect wave 1 Duke. Very Super7-y of Super7.
As much as I love the Super 7 Ultimates for TMNT, one of my biggest gripes (besides rising prices) is how each wave had less paint applications, so the 4 brothers don't even fully match. I'll defend the sculpts until I'm outta breath, but the paintjobs definitely seem to leave something to be desired.

It's kinda funny, though... Super 7 cheaps out on paint, and NECA uses too much paint (to the point of it flaking off when you move joints). I think the only one that gets it right in this department might be Loyal Subjects. Too bad I don't like their sculpts for the turtles themselves (but I love all the other characters that they've made so far).
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Old 09-17-2023, 06:22 AM   #4662
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Leo and Don will most likely be the first 2k3 Ultimates going by this photo: https://twitter.com/booyakabungaIa/s...40273050493091
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Old 09-17-2023, 04:32 PM   #4663
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Leo and Don will most likely be the first 2k3 Ultimates going by this photo: https://twitter.com/booyakabungaIa/s...40273050493091
Is this image from a Super7 sponsored event or does booyakabungIa drop hints like that? That would be cool if true.
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Old 09-18-2023, 07:23 AM   #4664
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Leo and Don will most likely be the first 2k3 Ultimates going by this photo: https://twitter.com/booyakabungaIa/s...40273050493091
That's quite the leap.
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Old 09-18-2023, 12:36 PM   #4665
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Lol. That pic is clearly centered around Playmates product, not S7 product. So that could indicate there are Playmates 2K3 reissues in the pipeline. Otherwise yeah quite a leap to infer anything about S7.
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Old 09-18-2023, 02:59 PM   #4666
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Lol. That pic is clearly centered around Playmates product, not S7 product. So that could indicate there are Playmates 2K3 reissues in the pipeline. Otherwise yeah quite a leap to infer anything about S7.
Rat King was supposed to be a part of the Classic Collection reissues, but Playmates pulled it back around the time S7 cancelled theirs.
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Old 09-19-2023, 03:27 PM   #4667
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GITD Slash is shipping soon: https://twitter.com/FwooshVeeBee/sta...92657432662028
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Old 09-19-2023, 06:23 PM   #4668
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Leo and Don will most likely be the first 2k3 Ultimates going by this photo: https://twitter.com/booyakabungaIa/s...40273050493091
Where is that pic from? Can you share more info, please? Thanks!!
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Old 09-23-2023, 01:48 AM   #4669
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GITD Slash in package: https://twitter.com/NinjaTurtleLair/...67360213479884

https://twitter.com/NinjaTurtleLair/...76095812051028
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Old 09-26-2023, 03:23 PM   #4670
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There are only nine toy-only characters in the entire Playmates line:

Sgt. Bananas
Pizzaface
Walkabout
Monty Moose
King Lionheart
Doctor El
Sandstorm
Hotspot
Halfcourt

And that's out of 400ish figures! Everyone else appeared in other media.

A handful of them even appeared in pin-ups with the old newspaper strip.

I would love to get a Bebop sized Chote/Shoate figure in this line.
If you want to be technical, there are also four toy-only characters in the 2007 movie line (though 2 are species); Buzzrok, Dumpjumper, Multiflex, and Thrashmor.

There’s also the Mega Mutants & various buddy figures, and Pizzaface also got a Nick incarnation.

Anyway, I’m thinking about scoring one of these guys some day.
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Old 09-26-2023, 05:17 PM   #4671
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Super Cyborg Krang’s Android Body is coming soon: https://twitter.com/super7store/stat...2Fpaged%2F4%2F

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Old 09-27-2023, 08:00 AM   #4672
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Super Cyborg Krang’s Android Body is coming soon: https://twitter.com/super7store/stat...2Fpaged%2F4%2F
11" tall...so basically the same as or shorter than the actual vintage large one. Pretty ultimate, no???
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Old 09-27-2023, 09:57 AM   #4673
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BBTS jumped the gun on this a while ago - it's a Super Cyborg style figure, not Ultimates. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Produ...ils/250798?o=4

Here's a bunch of the figures: https://super7.com/collections/super7-cyborg
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Old 09-27-2023, 11:27 AM   #4674
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Old 09-27-2023, 11:50 AM   #4675
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I called it! The Super Cyborg is faithful to the vintage deluxe Krang! Great, this will work with the Ultimates line.

Too bad I'm broke...
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Old 09-27-2023, 12:17 PM   #4676
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Definitely cooler than I was expecting but not something I need. I've got the vintage figure and I'd rather save the money to put towards NECA's giant version.
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Old 09-28-2023, 02:44 PM   #4677
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11" tall...so basically the same as or shorter than the actual vintage large one. Pretty ultimate, no???
Not an Ultimate, but it scales nicely with Ultimate Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady. This may be the closest thing we get to an Ultimate of the 1994 Krang’s Android Body.
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Old 09-28-2023, 07:38 PM   #4678
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The Krang is cool and I pre ordered, I also think the New Neca Krang will be a good stand in. I however don't understand what's going on with this line of Ultimates. It seems to be pretty straight forward, make Ultimate editions of the vintage figures. What am I missing here? Were
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Old 09-29-2023, 06:38 AM   #4679
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The Krang is cool and I pre ordered, I also think the New Neca Krang will be a good stand in. I however don't understand what's going on with this line of Ultimates. It seems to be pretty straight forward, make Ultimate editions of the vintage figures. What am I missing here? Were
It's not an Ultimate. It's a completely different line (Super Cyborg). It's not meant to scale or fit in with the other Ultimates figures (though aesthetically it's not bad).

As for what IS going on with Ultimates, nobody knows. The next wave will be very telling, we'll get to see if S7 smoothed anything out with Playmates or if they are killing the vintage-looks Ultimates line and being forced to come up with their own designs. My money is on the latter unfortunately.
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Old 09-30-2023, 03:58 PM   #4680
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If anything, I'm actually at least slightly less worried now (but still worried for a multitude of reasons), if only because this Krang's android design is straight-up the vintage Playmates Krang's android. Sure, it's not an Ultimates! figure, but it's still Super 7 using a vintage Playmates design.
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