Familiar Poses from a Sales Flyer?

TurtleGuy · 09-30-2016, 09:15 PM

I saw this picture on a retro Playmates sales flyer.

I noticed that it looked familiar and I remembered where: The VHS cover of "Hot Rodding Teenagers"(which the Season 3 DVD cover is based off of):

Outside of the fact that there are two Donatellos, the other 3 poses match up albeit mirrored.

Does anyone know if the VHS cover based it off of these poses or did someone just "retro-rize" the art? Is the art even from a real sales flyer?

*oldmanwinters* · 09-30-2016, 09:20 PM

I'm pretty sure the promo flyer art came first, as you can see they hadn't yet finalized the colors for Mike and Don. The Donatello with no belt I think is even a little older than the other three turtles. When the VHS tapes came out it seems like used those poses as inspiration for the cover.

*CyberCubed* · 09-30-2016, 09:28 PM

I love that old vintage art, sometimes its so funny to think of how "weird" the Turtles originally looked before they settled on standard designs.

*neatoman* · 10-01-2016, 03:19 AM

Why are there two Donatellos?

*Powder* · 10-01-2016, 03:50 AM

Wow, I've seen that art over & over my entiiiiiire life, I even own that flyer print, + the fan club insert that features it.

Yet I've never noticed it has two Donatellos.

thundermaster612 · 10-01-2016, 07:56 AM

That classic old Mikey with Donnie's stuff figure.

09-30-2016, 09:15 PM	#1
TurtleGuy Foot Soldier Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 231	Familiar Poses from a Sales Flyer? I saw this picture on a retro Playmates sales flyer. I noticed that it looked familiar and I remembered where: The VHS cover of "Hot Rodding Teenagers"(which the Season 3 DVD cover is based off of): Outside of the fact that there are two Donatellos, the other 3 poses match up albeit mirrored. Does anyone know if the VHS cover based it off of these poses or did someone just "retro-rize" the art? Is the art even from a real sales flyer?

09-30-2016, 09:20 PM	#2
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,497	I'm pretty sure the promo flyer art came first, as you can see they hadn't yet finalized the colors for Mike and Don. The Donatello with no belt I think is even a little older than the other three turtles. When the VHS tapes came out it seems like used those poses as inspiration for the cover. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

10-01-2016, 07:56 AM	#6
thundermaster612 Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Ninjago City Posts: 1,214	That classic old Mikey with Donnie's stuff figure. __________________

09-30-2016, 09:28 PM	#3
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,869	I love that old vintage art, sometimes its so funny to think of how "weird" the Turtles originally looked before they settled on standard designs.

10-01-2016, 03:50 AM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,954	Wow, I've seen that art over & over my entiiiiiire life, I even own that flyer print, + the fan club insert that features it. Yet I've never noticed it has two Donatellos.