PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES “EGG RACER” (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" i (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" / ..box A (( 2016 ))

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–>> Simple, weird, wacky, fun Easter Egg car & Mini-figure float !!

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" ii (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" iv (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" v (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" vi (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" vii (( 2016 ))

PTI Group, Inc. :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "EGG RACER" viii / Mini-Figure Parade Float (( 2016 ))• •

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Of coarse i’s post this, ya know yir ol’ Snapper pal all to well!!

STRAIGHT OUTTA WONDERCON’s Official TMNT Panel yesterday !! !!

Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "CHOMPY" .. production art by x (( 2016 )) [[ Courtesy of TMNT Master ]]

 

“In episode 13, called “Ever Burning Fire,” fans will meet two new characters.

The first is Chompy Picasso, a cute little alien turtle that becomes Raphael’s new pet, replacing the former Spike.
The second will be familiar to fans of the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze – Tokka! Only, “This version of Tokka is a little bit different,” Auman said. He’s a giant, magma rock kaiju monster that breaths fire. In the main storyline, this Tokka safeguards the third and final fragment of the black hole generator!”

Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "TOKKA" .. production art by x (( 2016 )) [[ Courtesy of TMNT Master ]]

update ::
Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "TOKKA" ..details (( 2016 ))

 

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

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches i (( 1988 ))

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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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches ii (( 1988 ))

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES"  :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ii  (( 1988 ))

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ..card backer ii (( 1988 ))

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HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ..card backer ii (( 1988 ))

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HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch iii  (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch i (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch ii (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch iii (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches iii (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: SHREDDER & MICHAELANGELO i (( 1988 ))

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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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: SHREDDER magnet (( 1988 ))

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.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: 'HAPPY' MICHAELANGELO magnet (( 1988 ))HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: 'HAPPY' LEONARDO Digital Watch // ..broken cover; modified into magnet (( 1988 ))

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

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MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } :: Michaelangelo and Klunk 1985 Custom Action Figures by Kevlar Palsh (( 2012 )) • https://gogreenmachine.org/?p=6208

MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #1 { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } :: Michaelangelo and Klunk 1985 Custom Action Figures i by  Kevlar Palsh (( 2012 ))
MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #1 { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } // .. entire wrap-around cover; art by Kevin Eastman (( 1985 ))

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“This is a custom Michaelangelo figure I made for a contest for Figure Realm that came in 3rd place. Its a version of Michaelangelo from a one shot comic book from 1985 called, ‘Michaelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in “The Christmas Aliens”‘

The base figure I used was a Michaelanglo figure from the new Nickelodeon line. I had to do a ton of dremeling on this guy. All of his knee and elbow pads were completely removed. I grinded down his shell a bit, along with his feet and hands. When I had the base figure grinded down to a size I wanted I then began sculpting his clothes over the base. His head has a high grade earth magnet implanted into it to hold his hats firmly on his head. The hats also have magnets implanted in them making the fit extra snug. Both skullcap and Santa hats were completely sculpted from scratch. In order to get the hats to fit perfectly on Mikeys head and to be removable I made a soft rubber cast of the head and sculpted on to the soft rubber. When the apoxie sculpt was hard I was able to flex the hats off the rubber. I then had perfect negatives to fit on the original head. Klunk the cat is also sculpted from scratch. The Lil Orphan Alien toy canisters are made from painted wooden dowels. The graphics on the canisters are digital drawings done on Adobe Illustrator and were printed out on water slide decal paper.

MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #1 { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } :: Michaelangelo and Klunk 1985 Custom Action Figures ii by  Kevlar Palsh (( 2012 ))

The scarf is made from a piece of felt fabric. Overall when I was done sculpting I was pleasantly surprised to find the apoxie sculpt had added a nice hefty weight to the toy.
I worked for MANY hours on this custom and I would love to see Mikey go to a good home.
.. .. ” — K. Walsh

** BIDDING HERE **

MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #1 { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } :: Michaelangelo and Klunk 1985 Custom Action Figures vi by  Kevlar Palsh // ..work detail (( 2012 ))

MICHAELANGELO #1, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #1 { ORIGINAL MICRO-SERIES } :: Michaelangelo and Klunk 1985 Custom Action Figures iv by  Kevlar Palsh (( 2012 ))

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PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA porcelain miniature prototypes (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes i (( 2009 ))

approx. 3 cm, a little over an inch

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PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes ii (( 2009 ))

–>> French prototypes from **PRIME, a gift from this past holiday season from a friend. Possibly due to the nature of the items being prototypes, some damage had occurred. Or perhaps with this kind of small item breakage may be common. Not sure.

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes iii (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes iv (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes v (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes vi (( 2009 ))

The trinkets arrived with all the figures intact with exception to Shredder, Standing Raph, and the Sword wielding stanced Leo. Repairs and restorations were made to the broken trinkets with paint applications and glazes reapplied to the best of my abilities.

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes vii / scale (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes viii / LEONARDO - A  (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes x / LEONARDO - A  (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes ix / LEONARDO - A  (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xi / MICHELANGELO - A (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xiii / DONATELLO - A (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xv / RAPHAEL- A (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xvi / LEONARDO - B (( 2009 ))

From what i can tell, the prototypes appear to be almost exactly the same miniatures appearing in French stores,online, in bakeries or what have you. The words “PROTO No 1” or “PROTO MOD1”, however appear on the bottom of the figures’ bases except for the standing Raph one which is blank.

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes ixx / MICHELANGELO - B (( 2009 )) PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxiii / RAPHAEL- B (( 2009 ))

These types of minis can be bought separately for collecting , but the traditional usage of these trinkets are as fèves or “BEANS” for King Cakes in celebration of the Epiphany during the Christmas time from countries like Belgium, France, and Mexico and elsewhere leading up to Mardi Gras & Carnival. At least in countries where it is legal to put non-edible items in food.
PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxi / DONATELLO - B  (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxii / DONATELLO - B (( 2009 ))

The Epiphany ( January 6th ) is looked upon as Christ becoming human on Earth and / or the visitation of the Magi or Three Wise Men to the Christ Child. Growing up Catholic, if i recall correctly this was a feast day and “Holy Day of Obligation” and usually one is required to attend church services, acknowledge the holiday and worship.

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxv / SPLINTER (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxvi / SPLINTER (( 2009 ))

The ” 12 days of Christmas ” come from the leading days to Epiphany – starting on Christmas Eve and ending on the Epiphany holiday.

***Pulled from a wiki due to my exhaustion ::

.. “Tradition holds that the cake is “to draw the kings” to the Epiphany. A figurine, la fève, which can represent anything from a car to a cartoon character, is hidden in the cake and the person who finds the trinket in their slice becomes king for the day and will have to offer the next cake.

 

Originally, la fève was literally a broad bean (fève), but it was replaced in 1870 by a variety of figurines out of porcelain or—more recently—plastic. These figurines have become popular collectibles and can often be bought separately.

 

Individual bakeries may offer a specialized line of fèves depicting diverse themes from great works of art to classic movie stars and popular cartoon characters.

The cakes are usually sold in special bags, some of which can be used to heat the cake in a microwave without ruining the crispness of the cake. A paper crown is included with the cake to crown the “king” who finds the fève in their piece of cake. To ensure a random distribution of the cake shares, it is traditional for the youngest person to place themselves under the table and name the recipient of the share which is indicated by the person in charge of the service.” .. ..

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxvii / SHREDDER (( 2009 ))

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxviii / SHREDDER (( 2009 ))

Growing up an ignorant North American, Catholic white-boy, Tokka doesn’t recall Epiphany being as ‘major’ a holiday as Christmas itself ..at least in my family. However we usually were required to go to church on the holy day. I certainly don’t recall “King Cakes” or little bean-beings being pulled from them in celebrations on January 6th.

MiniStPRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxix / SHREDDER (( 2009 )) However this tradition has been a major device in holiday celebrations overseas and in South America for a VERY long time.

PRIME :: TORTUES NINJA  porcelain miniature prototypes xxx / SHREDDER ..with PLAYMATES '03 SHREDDER (( 2009 )) I am sure some areas in North America may also partake in the breaking of “KING CAKE” to guide the Magi to the Baby Jesus and a special porcelain treasure being found by “THE KING or QUEEN for the DAY” in their special cake.

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