How did you get back into the TMNT

tmntpower2003 · 11-04-2003, 01:41 PM

The reason I got back into the tmnt was when I was reading a issue of toyfare in sep 2002 and they said the turtle toys would be back alongside a new cartoon. They showed one of the cell drawing for raph and I like how he was cutting edge, muscular and looked like he could kick ass, he also had the brown pads which I always liked more because its a throwback to the movie and it is just more realistic. Then the next month I found this and the official site and I couldnt help but stare at the proto figs for the new line b/c they looked the exact way the cartoon cells were drawn. I stayed around the web site listening to the old school guys then I decided to join on the 1st of Dec. I had many cool discussions w/ the kats here and I read the preview of each of the characters for the cartoon and I was pshyced. Another reason I got back into the tmnt was because Collcting the line gave me a bit of nostalgia and I kinda felt like a kid again. Well anyways thats just my personal story on how I got back into the tmnt in the 2k3. How did you get back into it?

*jeff the cheff* · 11-04-2003, 02:07 PM

It was like two years ago when I found a leonardo magnet on my fridge and realized how cool the tmnt used to be...then I found a copy of the first movie and watched it. it brought back so many memories and I loved it. so i looked online and figured out they were making a new show. It was great, tmnt were coming back as soon as i started to like them again.

tmntpower2003 · 11-04-2003, 02:17 PM

Yeah thats bad ass man, the same thing happened to me when I saw that mag b/c I watched the movie the day before fr the first time in like 7 years.

*Bowser_Koopa* · 11-04-2003, 02:29 PM

i got back when i remembered they existed, started checking on the net for pics and stuff, it inspired me a lot!, then i just, then i went to the official site, which inspired me even more, then i found this place, then i joined

Sparvid · 11-04-2003, 02:51 PM

Saw the Collected Books for sale. Thought "Hey, why not? I read somewhere that the original comics was pretty good". Bought them.

Casey Jones 101 · 11-04-2003, 03:04 PM

The color reprint GNS or the Collected Ones that are in black and white? If the latter then where did you get them?

Krangfan · 11-04-2003, 03:17 PM

I read about TMNT coming back in a magazine and it caught my interest. I had also seen the toys. Then I watched the first new episode. I liked it a lot, but still not as much as the original.

Mikeys_Chuks_22 · 11-04-2003, 03:18 PM

I got back in when one day I was looking for my old figures, and decided to search online for pics of them, so then I can upon the TMNT's official site and after looking at almost EVERY toy ever made, I went to the TV section and saw an odd looking logo, clicked it and come to find out A NEW SHOW WAS STARTING IN FEBRUARY! I looked at character pics, and waited till the day they would return to ma life.

RskimB · 11-04-2003, 03:24 PM

I never stopped being a turtle fan, even when most my friends stopped liking them, but I'm different than most people

*Mars-Chan* · 11-04-2003, 03:29 PM

I never gave up on the turtles...even when the series went off the air in the eighties.

MTN889 · 11-04-2003, 03:33 PM

I was always into it until 3rd grade... where i thought i was too "cool" for everything...
I got back into it in 5th grade, then got out.
I got back into it in 7th grade, bt the video games and all other cool stuff.
Then i got almost everyone i know to remember the tmnt and also remember how cool the 80's was!

Ps now im in 9th grade

*Bowser_Koopa* · 11-04-2003, 04:26 PM

i was so confused, i thought the cute lil punk was still in kinder garden.....i'm just kidding!!!

*J Legault* · 11-04-2003, 04:30 PM

Between 1998-2001 was when TMNT seem to be old school.

I went to Blockbuster and when I found the first TMNT movie I deside to rent it. Note: I never seen the movie before I was too young when it came out in theaters. I watched it and liked it. Around 2002 I bought the other 2 sequal on video and it was my first time watching the sequals.

I did web searches on TMNt when I found the offical Website. I learned more about the TMNT. In Oct. 2002 news about a new TMNT coming in Feb. 2003. I started watching the new series and today I'm a more true TMNT fan then I was before.

So yep I'm going to be a supporter of TMNT for now on.

*Kid Icarus* · 11-04-2003, 04:35 PM

Pojo.com had a news piece on how there was gonna be a new TMNT 'toon, so I cracked out the old movies and realized that TMNT 1 wasn't really just for kids.

Found out there was a comic series that stared it all, redeucated my self about the turtles, and so on.

MTN889 · 11-04-2003, 04:43 PM

also the day the 1st DVD came out i waited like 2 hours in line... it was worth it...

*jeff the cheff* · 11-04-2003, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTN889

also the day the 1st DVD came out i waited like 2 hours in line... it was worth it...

Why was there such a big line? was this for the new dvd's or the movies dvd's?

MTN889 · 11-04-2003, 04:56 PM

Movie DVD's.
And i was WAY overexadgerating(sp?) it was only like 10 mins, because there was about 50 people (it was a a huge business) so it took about 10 mins... and i bet 1/2 the people were probably buying other DVDs they sold.

*Jephael* · 11-04-2003, 05:34 PM

The only time I ever stopped thinking about the TMNT was in highschool when I started getting into The Simpsons. I got back into them about a month after I gratuated in 1999 when I started going online.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-04-2003, 06:54 PM

Ready for an essay?

Like whoever already said it, in truth I never really stopped being a TMNT fan, there was just a short period of "dormancy" for about 2-3 years. I call it that because even though I THOUGHT I'd lost interest in it, something always kept bringing me back to the games and other lost media. It was also during this time that I had the wildest idea ever...it was for a new TMNT video game called "TMNT 2000" (since it was around '98 or '99 when I thought this up), which only recently turned into a fanfic idea. What I have in mind is pretty earth-shattering in terms of story and outcome, but no spoilers yet as I still have yet to begin writing it. I just hope it's so good that someone will want to commit to making a CGI fan movie out of it, with my directorial supervision, that is

I had gradually began to regain interest in TMNT starting around the middle to end of my junior year in high school (about a year and a half ago) when one of my friends informed me of the official site and the CGI pilot for the proposed show. You have no idea how many times I kept watching it over and over again! This was, of course, while I was still a bit ignorant of the original Mirage series, but I thought it was awesome nonetheless, and, to be honest, I thought it would blow the original cartoon away since it was more "mature" in its content.

Anybody who's been here for a while knows that during one time I planned on making a TMNT mod for DOOM 2 since a while before I joined the Technodrome. Before that project was aborted, I needed sound clips and a general idea for this mod to take ground. With the discovery of MAME and the TMNT arcade ROMs, the idea was taken care of, all that was left were the sound clips. This was also before I learned how to use my sound card to cap sound clips off episodes, so I had to depend on clips found online. During the search, I stumbled upon the sound clips page on this site, but was a bit dissatisfied with the quality of the clips (nobody can beat my 1337 capping 5|<i11z

), but figured they had to make do for the time being.

Lo and behold, what do I notice on the side menu bar? A link to a forum! I decided to check it out and, after seeing the contents, decided to join. Usually I don't join forums since most of the time I won't end up posting due to lack of real interest, but this I knew I could keep coming back to since it was something I DEFINITELY had real interest in! The rest, as they say, is history on here

All of the above in conjunction with discovering episodes on Kazaa (before I learned how to use IRC) and keeping up with TMNT news from the official site and other sources are what re-kindled my interest and passion for TMNT, and since discovering both the original and new Mirage comics, I have a much wider and better taste in it than I ever did before...you could say I'm MORE of a TMNT fan today than I was when I was 5, heh.

*Bowser_Koopa* · 11-04-2003, 07:00 PM

i can't believe i just read that

my first long long post *writtes in note pad, count long long post read:1, ignored: 7.653.215*

why did you abort the making btw?

11-04-2003, 01:41 PM	#1
tmntpower2003 Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gotham City Posts: 418	How did you get back into the TMNT The reason I got back into the tmnt was when I was reading a issue of toyfare in sep 2002 and they said the turtle toys would be back alongside a new cartoon. They showed one of the cell drawing for raph and I like how he was cutting edge, muscular and looked like he could kick ass, he also had the brown pads which I always liked more because its a throwback to the movie and it is just more realistic. Then the next month I found this and the official site and I couldnt help but stare at the proto figs for the new line b/c they looked the exact way the cartoon cells were drawn. I stayed around the web site listening to the old school guys then I decided to join on the 1st of Dec. I had many cool discussions w/ the kats here and I read the preview of each of the characters for the cartoon and I was pshyced. Another reason I got back into the tmnt was because Collcting the line gave me a bit of nostalgia and I kinda felt like a kid again. Well anyways thats just my personal story on how I got back into the tmnt in the 2k3. How did you get back into it?

11-04-2003, 03:04 PM	#6
Casey Jones 101 Mouser Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 12	The color reprint GNS or the Collected Ones that are in black and white? If the latter then where did you get them? __________________

11-04-2003, 03:17 PM	#7
Krangfan Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 434	I read about TMNT coming back in a magazine and it caught my interest. I had also seen the toys. Then I watched the first new episode. I liked it a lot, but still not as much as the original. __________________ "Home is where you hang your hat" -Krang's favorite phrase Krang owns!

11-04-2003, 03:24 PM	#9
RskimB Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: west coast Posts: 302	I never stopped being a turtle fan, even when most my friends stopped liking them, but I'm different than most people __________________ leswrite.com

11-04-2003, 03:29 PM	#10
Mars-Chan I'LL BE THE HERO!!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Practicing Alchemy in Risembool Posts: 6,297	I never gave up on the turtles...even when the series went off the air in the eighties. __________________ clings to award THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! cries in joy RED DAAAAAAAAAAAAWWN!!!! PROUD Member of the Risembool Rangers! (icon made by bakergirl69 on glitter-graphics)

11-04-2003, 02:07 PM	#2
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	It was like two years ago when I found a leonardo magnet on my fridge and realized how cool the tmnt used to be...then I found a copy of the first movie and watched it. it brought back so many memories and I loved it. so i looked online and figured out they were making a new show. It was great, tmnt were coming back as soon as i started to like them again.

11-04-2003, 02:17 PM	#3
tmntpower2003 Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gotham City Posts: 418	Yeah thats bad ass man, the same thing happened to me when I saw that mag b/c I watched the movie the day before fr the first time in like 7 years.

11-04-2003, 02:29 PM	#4
Bowser_Koopa Very yes Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not so far, go back a little Posts: 1,849	i got back when i remembered they existed, started checking on the net for pics and stuff, it inspired me a lot!, then i just, then i went to the official site, which inspired me even more, then i found this place, then i joined

11-04-2003, 02:51 PM	#5
Sparvid Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Östersund, Sweden Posts: 860	Saw the Collected Books for sale. Thought "Hey, why not? I read somewhere that the original comics was pretty good". Bought them.

11-04-2003, 03:18 PM	#8
Mikeys_Chuks_22 New Recruit Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1	I got back in when one day I was looking for my old figures, and decided to search online for pics of them, so then I can upon the TMNT's official site and after looking at almost EVERY toy ever made, I went to the TV section and saw an odd looking logo, clicked it and come to find out A NEW SHOW WAS STARTING IN FEBRUARY! I looked at character pics, and waited till the day they would return to ma life.

11-04-2003, 03:33 PM	#11
MTN889 Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I would tell you, but i fear an attack of AOL Trial CDs. Posts: 665	I was always into it until 3rd grade... where i thought i was too "cool" for everything... I got back into it in 5th grade, then got out. I got back into it in 7th grade, bt the video games and all other cool stuff. Then i got almost everyone i know to remember the tmnt and also remember how cool the 80's was! Ps now im in 9th grade

11-04-2003, 04:26 PM	#12
Bowser_Koopa Very yes Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not so far, go back a little Posts: 1,849	i was so confused, i thought the cute lil punk was still in kinder garden.....i'm just kidding!!!

11-04-2003, 04:30 PM	#13
J Legault Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West Coast Posts: 2,054	Between 1998-2001 was when TMNT seem to be old school. I went to Blockbuster and when I found the first TMNT movie I deside to rent it. Note: I never seen the movie before I was too young when it came out in theaters. I watched it and liked it. Around 2002 I bought the other 2 sequal on video and it was my first time watching the sequals. I did web searches on TMNt when I found the offical Website. I learned more about the TMNT. In Oct. 2002 news about a new TMNT coming in Feb. 2003. I started watching the new series and today I'm a more true TMNT fan then I was before. So yep I'm going to be a supporter of TMNT for now on. __________________ I am a fan of TMNT and I'm still one today. I got into the habbit back in 1992 or 93' when I was little. I would like to thank my 2 year older cousin for getting me in the habbit. 2001 was when I revised my knowledge on TMNT. And today I'm a bigger fan than I was years ago. I have all 3 TMNT Movies, current Toon, and old school Toon on DVD.

11-04-2003, 04:35 PM	#14
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	Pojo.com had a news piece on how there was gonna be a new TMNT 'toon, so I cracked out the old movies and realized that TMNT 1 wasn't really just for kids. Found out there was a comic series that stared it all, redeucated my self about the turtles, and so on.

11-04-2003, 04:43 PM	#15
MTN889 Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I would tell you, but i fear an attack of AOL Trial CDs. Posts: 665	also the day the 1st DVD came out i waited like 2 hours in line... it was worth it...

11-04-2003, 04:56 PM	#17
MTN889 Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I would tell you, but i fear an attack of AOL Trial CDs. Posts: 665	Movie DVD's. And i was WAY overexadgerating(sp?) it was only like 10 mins, because there was about 50 people (it was a a huge business) so it took about 10 mins... and i bet 1/2 the people were probably buying other DVDs they sold.

11-04-2003, 05:34 PM	#18
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	The only time I ever stopped thinking about the TMNT was in highschool when I started getting into The Simpsons. I got back into them about a month after I gratuated in 1999 when I started going online. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

11-04-2003, 06:54 PM	#19
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Ready for an essay? Like whoever already said it, in truth I never really stopped being a TMNT fan, there was just a short period of "dormancy" for about 2-3 years. I call it that because even though I THOUGHT I'd lost interest in it, something always kept bringing me back to the games and other lost media. It was also during this time that I had the wildest idea ever...it was for a new TMNT video game called "TMNT 2000" (since it was around '98 or '99 when I thought this up), which only recently turned into a fanfic idea. What I have in mind is pretty earth-shattering in terms of story and outcome, but no spoilers yet as I still have yet to begin writing it. I just hope it's so good that someone will want to commit to making a CGI fan movie out of it, with my directorial supervision, that is I had gradually began to regain interest in TMNT starting around the middle to end of my junior year in high school (about a year and a half ago) when one of my friends informed me of the official site and the CGI pilot for the proposed show. You have no idea how many times I kept watching it over and over again! This was, of course, while I was still a bit ignorant of the original Mirage series, but I thought it was awesome nonetheless, and, to be honest, I thought it would blow the original cartoon away since it was more "mature" in its content. Anybody who's been here for a while knows that during one time I planned on making a TMNT mod for DOOM 2 since a while before I joined the Technodrome. Before that project was aborted, I needed sound clips and a general idea for this mod to take ground. With the discovery of MAME and the TMNT arcade ROMs, the idea was taken care of, all that was left were the sound clips. This was also before I learned how to use my sound card to cap sound clips off episodes, so I had to depend on clips found online. During the search, I stumbled upon the sound clips page on this site, but was a bit dissatisfied with the quality of the clips (nobody can beat my 1337 capping 5\|<i11z ), but figured they had to make do for the time being. Lo and behold, what do I notice on the side menu bar? A link to a forum! I decided to check it out and, after seeing the contents, decided to join. Usually I don't join forums since most of the time I won't end up posting due to lack of real interest, but this I knew I could keep coming back to since it was something I DEFINITELY had real interest in! The rest, as they say, is history on here All of the above in conjunction with discovering episodes on Kazaa (before I learned how to use IRC) and keeping up with TMNT news from the official site and other sources are what re-kindled my interest and passion for TMNT, and since discovering both the original and new Mirage comics, I have a much wider and better taste in it than I ever did before...you could say I'm MORE of a TMNT fan today than I was when I was 5, heh.

11-04-2003, 07:00 PM	#20
Bowser_Koopa Very yes Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not so far, go back a little Posts: 1,849	i can't believe i just read that my first long long post writtes in note pad, count long long post read:1, ignored: 7.653.215 why did you abort the making btw?