HOPE INDUSTRIES “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches (( 1988 ))

Posted on March 6, 2013 by tOkKa

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–>> Two watches given to Tokka in the 1990s by dear people in my life, a couple who are no longer here. Both of these have not worked in quite awhile.

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Mike’s name is inscribed on the inside of the watch, Raphael’s watch does not have this. I’m unsure on the variations of this.

The Raphael watch i actually had working in early 2012, but like a fool .. i wore it on a “special occasion”, going onto the fast paced “TMNT – SHELL SHOCK” ride at the NICKELODEON UNIVERSE park in the Mall of America and some other rides.

Whatever happened, perhaps the moisture from some the water rides or maybe the stress on the Turtle of an adult wearing a kids watch – or whatever .. .. by the end of autumn i noticed the battery on Raph cut out again and that i had busted the original wristband that came with it.

The Mikey watch has not worked since i got it. My friend gave me the watch piece only and the backer card.

Replacement watch batteries were obtained at Radio Shack & two, inexpensive.. water-proof replacement wristbands were purchased at Walmart. All of the new items were put into place.

Each Turtle has a flip-top cover, there is a small clasp on the back side of the shell to hold the cover down over the watch while you wear it. Mike’s cover was nice and tight, but Raph’s ..as i noticed last year, while it would stay down sometimes.. it would flip up often and was fairly loose. A small amount of super-glue on the clasp and some fidgeting up & down with the cover created a tighter hold on the clasp. It seems to have worked, hopefully the hatch won’t pop up unexpectedly now while wearing it.

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With the replacement parts, the watches are as good as new and fit me much better. Given the sentimental value of the pieces, i only will wear these on special occasions .. or maybe when i’m needing some cheering up & to remember the the love of the people that i’ve lost who gave them to me.

2 versions of each Teen were made into watches, a mold in the style of the counterpart vintage Toys, and a mold featuring “HAPPY” Teens. Apparently April, Shredder, and Splinter were made into watches as well. I cannot say i’ve seen anything but the SPLINTER watch. The molds for the watch covers also doubled for HOPE as they sold them in 2-pack sets of magnets. I only have the vintage Shredder / Mikey magnet set. I have no clue as to the entire variety in the line of the magnet sets. I presume the Shredder watch cover looks like the magnet sculpt. I have seen the Happy Mikey sculpt on a watch before.

Ironically, somewhere i came across a broken “Happy” Leonardo watch cover that i easily modified into a magnet for my fridge.

~ t

Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: FISHFACE { tOkKUSTOM PROTOTYPICAL fish-market WASH } (( 2012 ))

Posted on January 12, 2013 by tOkKa

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..custom painted to try to match the original prototype paint as close as Tokka possibly could, to the best of those abilities.

~ t

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FISHFACE

Shredder’s Underworld Underwater Thug

A thug with no equal, Fishface was once Xever, a street urchin recruited by the Foot Clan for his incredible criminal skills; Mutated by the Kraang, this crook’s become even more crooked, thanks to his hybrid body
Forced to rely on powerful, robotic legs and an external, water-breathing rig. Fishface may be a “fish out of water,” but that doesn’t stop him from being the Turtles’ most cutthroat enemy

• WEAPONS: Venomous Jaws, Sword and Knife
•TEAM: FOOT CLAN

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: PANDA KHAN / SCRAMBLED VARIANT (( 1990 ))

Posted on September 20, 2012 by tOkKa

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–>> A properly packaged Panda Khan is presented here ..

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and here we have a P.K. “SCRAMBLED VARIANT”. Not a “REAL” variant, but an unusual case of scrambled parts in a MOC package.

Li Yang’s broken appendages appear all over the insides of this plastic bubble either courtesy of Krang’s pan-dimensional brain scrambler device or one of Lord Shibo’s evil body-part mash-up spells.

This was received courtesy of P.K.’s courtesy of Li’s co-creator; Monica Sharp.

And it would appear the real culprit of this “variant” is poor assemblage. After Li left the factory – stress and settling during shipping just sent him all to pieces.

This really breaks Tokka’s heart so i’ve set to repair him.

Plus it gives us a brief glimpse at the inner workings of the construct of a vintage TMNT figure.

~ t

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PORTRAIT OF PANDA KHAN
The Samurai Bashin’ Bear!

VITAL PANTISTICS:

Accessories: Dragon’s Claws Sword, Battle Axe, Fusion Blaster, Gou Hook
Birthplace: A small out of the way dimension
Height: 8′
Weight: 350 lbs. (that includes all his fur)
Pet Peeve: People who say, “Who gave you the black eyes?”
Favortie Battle Hold: Bear hug

Descended from giant mutant Earth pandas, a thousand years in the future, Panda Khan is the Samurai ruler of a genetically improved tribe of battlin’ bears. Leaving his alien world in search of great adventure, Khan boarded a Tong pirate ship and using the ancient art of Ting Zing Pao, time-traveled to Earth, 1990. Landing in the sewers, Panda Khan linked up with the Turtles for an unbearably good time.

Living by the code of the Khan, Panda Khan “Khantinues” to help the Turtles combat crime and cruelty wherever he finds it. Outfitted with his protective chain mail and samurai armor, Panda Khan’s hard for the Foot Clan to bear.

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“TURTLE GAMES” TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: SUPER-SWIMMIN’ RAPH (( 1992 ))

Posted on August 12, 2012 by tOkKa

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PORTRAIT OF SUPER-SWIMMIN’ RAPH
The Paddlin’ Party Player!

VITAL FLOATISTICS:

Accessories: Anti-Foot Flipper Fins, Kowabunga Kickboard, Sewer Snorkel & Turtle Games Gold Medal!
Total Career Laps: 30 Turtle Trillion
Dive: The Splinter Splash
Total Water Displacement: One Turtle Ton
Style: The Turtle Tread
Fastest Lap: .000001 seconds (there was a shark in the pool!)

This all-American amphibian can swim sewer circles around the foul floatin’ Foot. With his Kowabunga Kickboard under his arm and nature’s own wetsuit on his back, Super-swimmin’ Raph’s a popular pick for floodin’ out the Foot and the competition. He’s got the Foot divin’ for cover – underwater, that is. But, look out! No water-logged Foot Soldier stands a chance against Raph’s Anti-Foot Flipper Fins. This Foot flippin’, lap leadin’ hero may be wet behind the ears, but he’s never at a loss for air with his Sewer Snorkel. On land or sea, Super-swimmin’ Raph’s got what it takes to go for the Gold. Let the games begin!

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..painted on medals and “sticker” medal variants ..

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: GENERAL BLANQUE (( 2005 ))

Posted on May 17, 2012 by tOkKa

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GENERAL BLANQUE
Military leader of the Federation!

This Federation General is known as “Battle-ready Blanque” – why? He always keeps an array of hand weapons nearby, his highly trained Federation troops stand ready for instant deployment and his war budget is nearly as limitless as his ambition! His goals? Stealing the Transmat teleportal and going to war against his most powerful enemies – the Triceratons!

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–>> Most all the the villains from this era of TMNT figs had the same cool but generic “Shredder & the bad guys” graphic background on the card even if they weren’t necessarily affiliated with the Foot Clan. Be it Bishop, Blanque, Baxter or whomever.

~ t