Buried treasure

Midnight_Tanuki · 07-11-2004, 11:21 PM

Behind my house there's this shed.. old, decrepit, moldy, vermin infested almost tomblike. So, being me I decide to explore it. (cue Indiana Jones theme) and there's these spare doors we never used in the way so I try and push em out, but they almost fall on me, I'm lucky I didn't get hurt. I find this old chest half-buried in the ground. So what would any curious kid do? I dig it out and bring it to my garage, I start to open it.. (cue scene from Ocarina of Time when Link finds an important item and the chest's all glowy) DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! it's full of Vintage turtles and a Stretch armstrong. It gets weirder, these were the exact turtles I needed to complete my collection. The stretch armstrong is long since gone, but the turtles live on at my shelf. by the way, I kept Stretch's head and his filling in a bucket.

Sara · 07-11-2004, 11:24 PM

Oooh, that's super lucky! I remember breaking my armstrong and playing with the contents until my parents took it away from me.

How old do you think the figures are?

Midnight_Tanuki · 07-11-2004, 11:25 PM

I looked at their foot/butt, and it said about 1990-1992

Sara · 07-11-2004, 11:28 PM

*envy* I want one ;_;

Those would go quick on ebay.

Zelda · 07-12-2004, 09:43 AM

Wow! Who would bury that kind of treasure??? @_@ LUCKY FIND!

*Zachatello00* · 07-12-2004, 11:41 AM

Wow, Stretch Armstrong? Do you remember the Stretch TMNT they made?

Aaron · 07-12-2004, 04:21 PM

Holy crap! That is awesome!

*KROW* · 07-12-2004, 05:47 PM

You lucky sonuva...!!!

Midnight_Tanuki · 07-12-2004, 07:42 PM

kitsunedit: I just discovered the names of a bunch of the figures I found thanks to Playmates' toy database

sewer spitting raph
green beret raph
night ninja don (with ALL accesories complete)
movie star splinter
road ready leo
sewer spitting don
metalhead
the original turtles (2 sets, softhead and hardhead)
leo the Sewer Samauri
mondo gecko
ace duck
leatherhead
slash
tokka and rahzar
bebop and rocksteady
merdude
ray fillet
2 genghis frogs
talking leo and raph
imperial guard with samurai warhorse
vern
surfing mike
skating mike
detective donatello
mutating splinter/hamato yoshi
movie 3 april
april
ninja action leo (it's broken, so I repainted it into mirage leo)
heavy metal raph
wingnut and screwloose
muckman
cheapskate

*cqb101* · 07-12-2004, 07:46 PM

Nice find!

Krangfan · 07-12-2004, 08:07 PM

Yeah what a great find!

Congradulations. And man I remember Stretch Armstrong, but I only had the dog and his green villain (the one w/ no legs and the claws) good times

07-11-2004, 11:21 PM	#1
Midnight_Tanuki Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 185	Buried treasure Behind my house there's this shed.. old, decrepit, moldy, vermin infested almost tomblike. So, being me I decide to explore it. (cue Indiana Jones theme) and there's these spare doors we never used in the way so I try and push em out, but they almost fall on me, I'm lucky I didn't get hurt. I find this old chest half-buried in the ground. So what would any curious kid do? I dig it out and bring it to my garage, I start to open it.. (cue scene from Ocarina of Time when Link finds an important item and the chest's all glowy) DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! it's full of Vintage turtles and a Stretch armstrong. It gets weirder, these were the exact turtles I needed to complete my collection. The stretch armstrong is long since gone, but the turtles live on at my shelf. by the way, I kept Stretch's head and his filling in a bucket. __________________

07-11-2004, 11:24 PM	#2
Sara Random Punk Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 22	Oooh, that's super lucky! I remember breaking my armstrong and playing with the contents until my parents took it away from me. How old do you think the figures are? __________________ [x]livejournal

07-11-2004, 11:25 PM	#3
Midnight_Tanuki Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 185	I looked at their foot/butt, and it said about 1990-1992 __________________

07-11-2004, 11:28 PM	#4
Sara Random Punk Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 22	envy I want one ;_; Those would go quick on ebay. __________________ [x]livejournal

07-12-2004, 09:43 AM	#5
Zelda Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 364	Wow! Who would bury that kind of treasure??? @_@ LUCKY FIND! __________________ ~Zelda~ Author of Judgment: Volume I http://www.myspace.com/zellieberraine Inspired by what I love best about TMNT: character dynamics, superheroes that aren't of the Superman variety, genetics, etc

07-12-2004, 11:41 AM	#6
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	Wow, Stretch Armstrong? Do you remember the Stretch TMNT they made? __________________ "You're still news!"

07-12-2004, 04:21 PM	#7
Aaron Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 357	Holy crap! That is awesome! __________________ "Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki"

07-12-2004, 05:47 PM	#8
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	You lucky sonuva...!!! __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

07-12-2004, 07:42 PM	#9
Midnight_Tanuki Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 185	kitsunedit: I just discovered the names of a bunch of the figures I found thanks to Playmates' toy database sewer spitting raph green beret raph night ninja don (with ALL accesories complete) movie star splinter road ready leo sewer spitting don metalhead the original turtles (2 sets, softhead and hardhead) leo the Sewer Samauri mondo gecko ace duck leatherhead slash tokka and rahzar bebop and rocksteady merdude ray fillet 2 genghis frogs talking leo and raph imperial guard with samurai warhorse vern surfing mike skating mike detective donatello mutating splinter/hamato yoshi movie 3 april april ninja action leo (it's broken, so I repainted it into mirage leo) heavy metal raph wingnut and screwloose muckman cheapskate __________________

07-12-2004, 07:46 PM	#10
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	Nice find! __________________ Facebook

07-12-2004, 08:07 PM	#11
Krangfan Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 434	Yeah what a great find! Congradulations. And man I remember Stretch Armstrong, but I only had the dog and his green villain (the one w/ no legs and the claws) good times __________________ "Home is where you hang your hat" -Krang's favorite phrase Krang owns!