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Old 09-24-2008, 02:48 PM   #1
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TMNT Sidekicks

I was really in to TMNT (or TMHT) as a kid and the little sidekicks like Mutant Fly Friend were a fascination of mine. My collection currently focuses on small non-articulated figures (like MUSCLE men) which fits in nicely with TMNT companion figures.

I may add the Monster Trapper Companions at a later date and also go for the Sewer Heroes' Companions in all colors...but for now check out the website:


I hope you guys like it!





I borrowed the Ooze display pictures from an old ebay auction...if they were yours I hope that's okay!
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Old 09-24-2008, 03:36 PM   #2
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that's a cool little site. good job
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Old 09-24-2008, 04:04 PM   #3
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That is awesome! Good to see the lil' fellas get some recognition.
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Old 09-24-2008, 04:24 PM   #4
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Haha! That's awesome. I totally forgot about those little guys.
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Old 09-24-2008, 04:55 PM   #5
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All of those are TMNT figures but the Yellow one, what in the world is that from.
You could have added Raph's pittbull buddy.
Fun stuff though and i always thought they had been great also, just wish they had been fully painted.
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Old 09-24-2008, 05:38 PM   #6
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^ You can click on each picture, then under the next-page's pictures it will give the figure that Buddy came with.

And Raph's dog is there, too.
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Old 09-24-2008, 06:09 PM   #7
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^ You can click on each picture, then under the next-page's pictures it will give the figure that Buddy came with.

And Raph's dog is there, too.
Well hell, learn something new every day! I didn't know those lame roll playing things came with little mutants!
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Old 09-24-2008, 06:13 PM   #8
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Well hell, learn something new every day! I didn't know those lame roll playing things came with little mutants!

I was surprised by that too (didn't recognize those first few either, and then found the reason why -- being with those R.P. Sets).
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Old 09-24-2008, 09:10 PM   #9
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Most excellent site. I have almost all of these mini figures except the goggle and belt figures. I didn't even know those existed! I really like the snake guy holding a dagger behind his back. I wasn't displaying a lot of these figures in my classic tmnt display, but maybe I'll pull them out of the accessory bin and display them proudly.
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Old 09-25-2008, 07:08 AM   #10
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Fun stuff though and i always thought they had been great also, just wish they had been fully painted.
I was pretty disappointed that they didn't do that to Earthworm Jim as well (except for Evil the Cat, Bob the Goldfish and Peter Puppy)... I had to chose between a red tgun and a red snot or a green snot and a green gun...
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Old 09-25-2008, 07:16 AM   #11
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I was pretty disappointed that they didn't do that to Earthworm Jim as well (except for Evil the Cat, Bob the Goldfish and Peter Puppy)... I had to chose between a red tgun and a red snot or a green snot and a green gun...

Yeah, they did some stuff like that (as you note) for Earthworm Jim, with the smaller characters packaged with their bigger companions/minions. Too bad the line didn't continue, as early pictures of the next group of figures had at least one more of those combos (I think, at least).
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Old 09-25-2008, 08:26 AM   #12
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Most excellent site. I have almost all of these mini figures except the goggle and belt figures. I didn't even know those existed! I really like the snake guy holding a dagger behind his back. I wasn't displaying a lot of these figures in my classic tmnt display, but maybe I'll pull them out of the accessory bin and display them proudly.
Ever since I set up my TMNT display shelves, I've had the ones I could find displayed alongside the other figures (which are Screwloose, Larry the Lemur, Sewer Snake Buddy, and Biting Bulldog Buddy).
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Old 09-25-2008, 08:52 AM   #13
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Yeah, they did some stuff like that (as you note) for Earthworm Jim, with the smaller characters packaged with their bigger companions/minions. Too bad the line didn't continue, as early pictures of the next group of figures had at least one more of those combos (I think, at least).
Looking back on it... only the ones that came with Jim Himself (all three versions of Snot... including random fish shape) weren't painted. I seem to recall Major Mucous being painted... though I'm not too sure.

I Know the three I listed were...
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I've got a couple of these guys in prototype form if youd like pictures for your site. Off the top of my head Ive got:

*Screwloose unpainted resin cast hardcopy
*Jailbird Unpainted Resin cast hardcopy
*Walkabouts little kangaroo guy (whos name escapes me) hand painted by the original sculptor, hard copy.

I'll take pics when I get home.

Edit: I have the retail version of the Mighty Bebop bunny too.
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Old 09-25-2008, 02:30 PM   #15
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I've got a couple of these guys in prototype form if youd like pictures for your site. Off the top of my head Ive got:

*Screwloose unpainted resin cast hardcopy
*Jailbird Unpainted Resin cast hardcopy
*Walkabouts little kangaroo guy (whos name escapes me) hand painted by the original sculptor, hard copy.

I'll take pics when I get home.

Edit: I have the retail version of the Mighty Bebop bunny too.
I'd love pictures of your prototypes (and Harey the Beefed up Bunny!), thanks a lot, that would be amazing! Where did you get them from? I love seeing prototypes of figures, I've just added some Trash Bag Bunch proto images to Toypedia and have some Bad Eggz Bunch ones to add too.

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Thank you all for your comments, I'm pleased you like the site

I'm also glad there was a couple of figures that some of you hadn't seen before, I thought that all you guys might have seen it all before!

There's more pictures of the belt & goggles mutants in the 'info' section like these:





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Looking back on it... only the ones that came with Jim Himself (all three versions of Snot... including random fish shape) weren't painted. I seem to recall Major Mucous being painted... though I'm not too sure.

I Know the three I listed were...
one of the the coolest companion figures was also not painted , Runt Zerb!

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Old 09-25-2008, 02:39 PM   #16
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i think they look better painted. it makes them pop.
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Old 09-25-2008, 06:13 PM   #17
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wow awesome idea. well done.
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Old 09-26-2008, 06:34 AM   #18
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one of the the coolest companion figures was also not painted , Runt Zerb!
Runt Zerb was awesome. He crossed over into other realms when I used him lol
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Old 09-27-2008, 07:49 AM   #19
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Cool stuff!

All the little buddies that came with some of the TMNT figures were boss! I wish they had been painted, like they showed on the back of the packages too.

I remember I use to always buy the G.I.JOE's that came with little pets too (Gnawgahyde and his warthog, Spearhead and Max the bobcat, etc.).
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Old 09-27-2008, 08:15 AM   #20
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These are great, I remember the MUSCLE Men, they rocked.
I had a bunch of them and I also loved the Battle Beast!
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