“The sculpts that I posted below are from a custom action figure that a fella named Rick Dries did. These are all photos that he sent me yesterday.
When I saw them, I just about peed myself–
I mean, he nailed it- he really nailed it.
And it’s just done so well- right down to my patented shell texture and the lines that I always use on the ankles- it’s all there. I was giddy like a kid yesterday- still am.
So- with his permission here is the Lawson/Turtle action figure.”
–>> Time to rush off to your favourite shop as TMNT 6 & the first installment of INFESTATION 2 ( featuring the return of fan-fave.. GHOSTBUSTERS’ Tristain Jones to his ol’ TMNT stomping grounds ). Time to wrap your tentacles on all of this good, comicy TMNT stuff.
The Return of Tristian Jones, and all his friends !!
We’ll also checkin’ in with the awesome **RICH of TMNT – Ninja Turtles Comic blog once again on the points you’ll need if you’re collecting all the various covers & for fans on the international front. ::
..” Collects the three issue mini-series from the TMNT Archie series. This is the same content as the 25th Anniversary Edition of the same book published by Mirage a while back (although I think the cover will not contain the “25th Anniversary” stamp). Available on April 25, 2012. ..”
Again, special thanks to Rich, fastly becoming a valuable resource to the TMNT comic community & friend !! !! ~ t
The rumor floating around the sewers is that Rocksteady Games next comic book game will be a TMNT game. This information has not been confirmed by Rocksteady, so take this news with a grain of Parmesan.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Crisis is the alleged name of the title.
- Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are the four playable characters, each with their own varied move set and weapon of choice (sword, bo staff, sai, and nunchucku…respectively).
- Flashbacks are played as Master Splinter/Hamato Yoshi.
- Shurikens, smoke bombs, grappling hooks, and climbing foot spikes.
- Gameplay and story/stage progression similar to Batman: Arkham City.
- Classic characters such as Bebop and Rocksteady (warthog and rhinoceros), Dr. Baxter Stockman, Shredder (Oroku Saki), and Krang act as bosses and in the case of the humans-turned-mutants, you fight them in both forms throughout the story.
- The Turtle Van and Turtle Blimp will be present and with them and other gadgets, the Wii U build is expected to have touch screen controls for specific actions.
- Multiplayer is unknown.
- Graphics engine used is that of Arkham City.
- The game is expected to be more dark than slapstick, but the turtles themselves and their interactions with the Foot Clan, bosses, and story characters like April O’Neil and Casey Jones will still have comedy attached.
- Purportedly being in development for Wii U, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
- Careful selection of voice actors to bring the universe to life as well as Rocksteady did with their two Batman games.
- Manhattan Crisis shares a similar name to the 1991/1992 NES title, “The Manhattan Project”, but is very much its own title.
“As it turns out, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are components of an evangelistic gospel of “outright Hinduism, occultism and humanism” that teaches children “ideals that are contrary to Christian beliefs” with subversive merchandise like “pepperoni sticks.” At least, that’s according to a group of curiously coiffed Canadian men in an early 1990s propaganda film decrying the original TMNT animated series, Vanilla Ice, Bart Simpson and other alleged evils of the ancient world. “
–>> Via **Comics Alliance; as you ol’ snapper pal here tries to catch up from a series of physical & emotionally draining events, this interesting compilation of clips takes Tokka back to his own jaded past in recollection growing up in Religious household. Ultimately being hurt by those things that were considered to be “the truth” in what was forthright, holy, and eternal. These type of items of ‘warning’ came up now and again and were discussed with us kids on the “evils” marketed to youth & the potential for corruption on our fragile lives. Having been born and raised in what some would call an unofficial “Evangelical Vatican City” that is Colorado Springs it kind of is no surprise i guess.
For the most part i think my Ma & Pop trusted us kids to make relatively the right decisions in real life no matter what toy or doll was purchased.
With the exception of one incident in regards to the ransacking of my room when i was a kid, and the removal of all “negative” items in my personal belongings that were effecting my actions & thinking. Still i think in the end we got off relatively scot-free from this type of edict.
It might even be best to look at these type of items as ” Demonetization of Harry Potter moments “ ( for lack of a better way to put it ) in the context of the past 100+ years or so.
Be it the criticizing analysis of your famous Wizard friend in the early aughts, the terrible things the very early Mickey Mouse cartoons were in the 1930s around some Christian communities, the 1950s comic book trials and creation of the ‘Comics Code Authority’, hidden messages in the music of the Beatles, impurity implied by the way Elvis shook his hips, the practice of Devil Worship being applauded and hypnotizing youth by the band members of KISS and other rock grous of the ’70s & ’80s. Even as i was growing it wasn’t uncommon to be bombarded by messages on how evil He-Man, Thundercats, or Barbie dolls were.
TMNT or Pokemon, Harry Potter, the Muppets or Beyblade.. someone out there will read more into what’s really there at any given time history so it seems. And they will tout it down as vile devices of the world used to brain-wash children from leading a lifestyle similar to the path of Christ.
PARENTS, TAKE HEED !!
“No matter what it is that you do or say, there will always, always be someone somewhere who will find it offensive”. — ***Mark Pellegrini of TMNT Entity
“It’s witchcraft, pure and simple,” says one man in the film, which also objects to children’s candy in the shape of instruments used to create “rock music.” The clip was compiled by Four Four from an unearthed “VHS tape” of a propaganda film called Not Just Fun And Games which warned primitive man of the infernal dangers of children’s cartoons and assorted merchandise. It is a fascinating glimpse into an unremembered time in our distant past when humanity was first confronted with new and seemingly terrifying concepts like martial arts, anthropomorphized reptiles, and rap music.”
It should be noted, that obviously while these extreme type of views do exist even to this very day it is in a minority, maybe to an even more extreme extent nowadays. Hard for me to say. And while Tokka himself was hurt and has been left very disillusioned by Religion; that doesn’t count “PEOPLE” in his life. There’s is no broad paint-brush stroke to cover these complex topics of life.
Family members, friends, some friends in clergy & ministry, even members and dear friends in the TMNT community have a deep relationship and faith with Jesus Christ ( even GGM’s own wonderful Jester ) . And in spite of the fact that Tokka no longer adheres to those related practices of faith or of any religion, these people in my life truly do act & care with their hearts and not with their words or some push of religion. I see them in my opinion as Real Christians.
They accept me for who i am and love me for who i am. No, they won’t always agree with me – but the bigger picture of “family” has always been an important staple that some overlooked in the broader context of TMNT. This staple applies here.
Of coarse you will not always agree with those you love. But the love is still there, and if you truly mean something to them and they to you.. that love will remain eternal.
.. especially in regards to letters of criticism on the groundbreaking TMNT Adventures run of comics in the 1990s. This is a great, balanced read !! !!
If anything the predeceasing video montage, despite the fact on the religious types’ overwhelming chastising of the Turtles, one can watch and gawk with envy at the killer collection of old-school TMNT merch collected on their holy tables. Items that have castigated and doomed us all to hell!!
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~ t
P.S. It should be noted that M.C. Hammer is a minister of the Good Word himself. :p
–>> .. one of many pieces of promotional material from back in the heyday of Palladium Books & TMNT RPGs.
For load-time’s sake, highlights from this particular booklet are featured in this post ( since many of Tokka’s posts here are rather graphic dependent as it is ).
Chalk full of wonderful illustrations clear across the board & images from the now classic RPG books by Mirage Studios Alumni, legends and friends like Jim Lawson, S.R. Bissette, Kevin Long, Palladium founder Kevin Siembieda, and of coarse Eastman & Laird.
Of interest are illustrations from the books do include obvious Mirage staples like Lawson and Steve Bissette; but one contributor to the well established Palladium Illustrative pantheon would be Kevin Long, who goes a tiny bit unsung in TMNT fandom circles.
Kevin is long known as a very popular artist for Palladium in gaming communities on everything from Robotech to RIFTS for a near ten year run.
His explosive drawing & painting work on the TMNT related RPG books like Transdimensional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Truckin’ Turtles, & Turtles Go Hollywood are of exceptional comic-book quality and really holds up after all these years.
Long deserves a “truck-load” of praise for his exciting illustrations that added extra fun visual element to enjoyment to playing and/or reading the Turtles’ games !! Most of Long’s cool Robotech/Macross work is featured in this catalog.
–>> Do to continual requests & cult demand the past few years :with special permission from Ryan Brown, as time has allowed in my schedule.. i’ve posting the **first comic of the original WWCBMM mini-series & will be continuing the with the rest of the books in the series of their entirety over the coming weeks.
Some issues came into play tho’. Presentation and posting these books has been an awkward request as Ryan Brown is a friend and mentor; but with Ryan’s blessing we are in the clear.
Another issue would be that i would need to make the time post the comic pages a bit at a time on the website or on myTumblrsite or what. I just wasn’t sure and got a bit overwhelmed.
For the sake of my own sanity, yet to deliver on all the requests, i’ve decided to simply & quietly over the coarse of the weeks, when time allows.. scan a few pages here and there and post them on the **t2z Flickr. When a full book is completed i’ll announce the sets here as part of general announcements.
When all the books are done, i may bundle each book or ALL in the series as a downloadable PDF file. But will cross that desert when we get to it. >;p
Yeh, even Tokka’s been kickin’ himself for his inability ta go to the coolest event of the season; a Birthday celebration for the greatest Sci-fi mag in the world!!
But ya know.. you don’t have to be like this grumpy ol’ snapper. Sometimes it’s about doin’ the best that you can and doin’ the next best thing. That’s what makes technology and the internet so cool.
This is a really special & rare event.. so again if you can go DO; or at least admire from afar and show your support in spirit digitally cuz THIS IS IT for this special engagement !!
Special thanks to Digger T. Mesch for his kindness and inspiration during the event & Stephan; our C E Oh of the base of operations at GGM headquarters for all the hard work on keepin us up-to-date out there at Meltdown !! !! !! !!
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