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LEGO TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: “Mikey’s Mini-Shellraiser” (( 2014 ))

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–>> These famous little LEGO sets usually include a mini-vehicle or weapon of some kind along with the cool mini-figure at an affordable price point.

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This set still sells pretty affordably ( most of the time it seems ..) at most third party vendors and at auction .

Along with the “FLASHBACK SHREDDER” , this Michelangelo set may have been amoung the very last sets made available in late 2014 before LEGO relinquished the TMNT licence to Mattel’s MEGA BLOKS brand.

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ICYMI :: Way Post Toy Fair News & updates..

God, so much on the aggregate agenda today. So guys’ ..doin’ the best we can with so much crazy shtuff goin’ on.. But hey, as season 5, the final season of the Nick show as we’ve known it blasts into new episodes – but yeah, #ICYMI Toy Fair revealed important sneek peeks to wet fans’ appetites ( Usagi Yojimbo & Muckman anyone ?! ). Both TMNT 2012 show & non – – – -there’s more than enough TMNT diversity in to & merch purchases to appease almost anyone !! Mark Hamill’s popular KAVAXAS ( aka HOTHEAD remains speculative, Tokka has not thrown his hopes out tho.). From what i could tell – Mattel’s Mega Bloks brand did seem a little quiet on Ninja Turtles at Toy Fair but as we head into Spring and Summer – retailers tell a different story as harder to find product from earlier in the year is being re-released in some areas & the infamous **blindbag series 5 is due soon. We’ll see what the future holds for MEGA especially come SDCC 2017.

*** PIXEL DAN AND TNI’S MUCKMAN REVIEW AND GALLERY !!

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TOYARK‘s easy to navigate site becomes the primary source for our round-up ::

DreamEX TMNT Michelangelo and Donatello 1/6 Scale Figures

Toy Fair 2017 – Official NECA TMNT 1990 Leonardo Images and Info

** Entertainment Earth 90 MOVIE LEO Preoder link ..

again, NECA currently holds license to distribute the in-demand Classic Movie Turtles in North America only. Leo is again up for PRE- next month. Mike’s preorder has yet to be announced, International orders must be processed thru’ other arrangements and third-party sadly. But check this out..

.. sidenote :: The baby Henson Turtles on display at Toy Fair apparently ( ? ) are a separate release.

CREEP & UNDEAD SHREDDER WHERE ARE YOU ?! !!

Ok, i promise i’ll keep trying harder. More soon !! !! !! !!

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ACE NOVELTY :: “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” COLLECTOR PINS – No.3 ‘Shredder’ (( 1989 ))

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–>> Card back is identical on all the small, near 1″ pins with exception of character’s name on bottom of the card front.

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AnimeNEWS NETWORK :: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Platinum Games Listed by Ratings Board

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Our ..Friend MIRAGE & IDW TMNT alumni, Sophie Campbell is asking her fans to vote for her in CA’S best of 2015 ::

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ToyArk reports that **MONDO has a creative gift idea, featuring a BLANK limited run of Mike Mitchell’s 9-inch “Lil’ Mikey” vinyl figure.
ToyArk also reports on Mondo’s latest update with a video – ” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – First Turtle Vinyl Figure We get a look at the articulation on each version. They show the swap out heads and the packaging.”
October’s Toy Fair announcement of Mattel’s MEGA BLOKS brand returning to retake over the TMNT building toy license ( after over a decade ) was a disappointment to many LEGO fans. However, once everyone saw the NEW Turtles MEGA BLOKS product, MANY WERE BLOWN AWAY at the Mini-figs, accessories and building environments encompassing 3 distinct incarnations of the teens Nick’s insanely popular Ciro Nieli produced TMNT, the more kid-centric HALF SHELL HERO line, and the CLASSIC ’80s TMNT cartoon show.

TMNT Mega Bloks Blind Bag1 Via GGM’s HERO – –

SMYTH’S UK shop has a peek at the impressive first wave of Blind Bag offerings of the Turtle mini-figs featuring the Teens, a Crimson Shredder, Kraang Droid, and a basic Foot Soldier ( Look LEO comes with a SPACE HEROES comic book !! ).

MEGA-BLOKS-HALO blindbagSample

Suspecting these will make it to a North American release as well to parallel the larger box releases, no guarantees – – but Tokka predicts an affordable price range of $ 3 – 7 like the similar “CALL OF DUTY” ,HALO , ,MINIONS, HELLO KITTY, “Sponge Bob Squarepants” blind bags currently available & the past few years.

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CONQUER THE “EARTH DAY” :: Acme Superstore‎; BOSS KRANG Art Exhibit – LONGWOOD, FL .. APRIL 25, 2015

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“I AM SURROUNDED BY INCOMPETENCE !! !! !!” -Kraang Subprime

–>> With KRAANG SUBPRIME’s umm.. “defeat rate”, and as much KRAANG-TECH the Green Teens have trashed, he prolly should look into Electronic Recycling this Earth Day, cuz if he doesn’t do something to clean up the MAJOR mess from all his Trashed Mechas, there ain’t gonna be an Earth to conquer !! !!

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** Join Subprime and all his evil brainy Allies @ Acme Superstore’s ‎ ; BOSS KRANG Art Exhibit – LONGWOOD, FL .. APRIL 25, 2015 **

**Acme Superstore‎; BOSS KRANG Art Exhibit

– Longwood, Florida **

It’s coming, the show we’ve been needing to see in the states! BOSS KRANG is an art exhibit devoted entirely to that mush-mush brain from Dimension X, Krang!

Artist submissions are arriving from across the globe and we’re gearing up to have a wonderful show. There’s still time to submit and all inquiries need only send an e-mail to enzogarza@acme-superstore.com for further information.

The BOSS KRANG exhibit will begin April 25th and run two months. For those not able to attend the exhibit, be sure to join up anyways to ensure you catch all the updates and fantastic art on display! As well, joining the event will be the only way to be entered in to BOSS KRANG contests and access to the exhibit zine we’ll be producing for the show.

Be sure to check out our inspiration to do a Krang themed show with Espacio Moebius’ KRANG LSD exhibit. Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Espacio Moebius put on an amazing show- **SRC

A multitude of exceptionally talented artist contributed to a most stellar show. Many of which will be showcased in the BOSS KRANG exhibit as well!

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SLAMMED with TMNT news this month n’ week. GAW !! ::

Movie bits::

.. comic bites, next news ROUND-UP. KEEP IT GREEN, TEAM — as well as the Earth !! !!

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Tomart’s Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR ’97, PLAYMATES “NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION” (( April 1997 ))

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–>> Here’s some more Ghosts come to haunt the sewers from Toy Fair’s past !!

This artwork and early N.M. logo was being used by Mirage and Saban early on in the development of the live-action show. I recall seeing it multiple times on the official TMNT website.

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This has been rescanned at a higher rez, and broken down to hi-light a better look at the prototypes and such presented within’ the magazine spread.

There’s a bit going on here including early prototypes of Venus and Dragon Lord, logos, and a very “DARTH VADER” – like, early Shredder prototype that’s quite pointy.

Pink-bandanas on Venus and a really cool paint job on DRAGON SKULL a.k.a The Dragon Lord.

The very comic-book, “DOONEY STYLED” Elite Guard in this line was the first “Shredder Elite Ninja” ever to be sculpted into a toy.

The Elite Guards don’t look like this in the show at all as they do on the fig.

It’s not mentioned much, but the story was supposed to go in that after Venus defeated Shredder and the N.Y. Foot Clan was disbanded, the Shredder’s Elite were to join Dragon Lord’s “THE RANK” army in lieu of the absence of the FOOT. Hopefully when Oroku Saki was to return, they would have rejoined him once again betraying their new Dragon master.

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Connotations between “SHREDDER” and “Darth Vader” drove me nuts growing up – i heard it many times. But it’s pretty hard not to think of the Dark Lord with this early proto and SHARP version of Saki. The final figure looks immensely cool, one of my all time favourites.

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Venus’s proto included pupils and a pink coloured banadana and wrappings.

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One of my favourites from the Teens’ Rouges Gallery. One has to presume that the Dragon Lord’s final facial look was not ready by the time he went to sculpt. The masked version would be the only version EVER to be manufactured and the same sculpt is used on his TURTLEFLAGE deluxe figure. He never wore the mask in the show, as you may recall. A “sculpted dragon-head” was promised for a future figure, maybe it was even sculpted at one point. But who knows. Again, the line went away after the second wave.

The cool paint wash on this highlights the sculpt a bit better on the prototype than on the manufactured figure. You can even see the upper “GREEN” portion of his face just a bit peaking above the face mask. The final figure just makes it look like he’s wearing a full, white head mask.

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The Biker , MEGA MOTORIN’ “Elite Guard” looks suspiciously like he’s wearing similar looking garb to the Rank Warriors. And none of the villains on the show ACTUALLY get a souped up ride like the cool red n’ purple, stealthy lookin’ speedster. Raph’s bike looks kinda similar to how it looks in the live show.

The big fat Mutant Marauder would be rereleased in the TMNT 2003 line tho’ it was redecorated a bit and didn’t feature in the animated show.

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Early “T. Thrashers” protos include a pink-bandana Venus again, and she is wearing a top which actually looks cool on her.

For whatever reason, her final DLX Thrasher toy removed the top ( *GASP* ) and e’rythang just all umm — hangs OUT free-flowin’ in the breeze at the skate park.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early 'THUNDER THRASHERS' "pink bandana & tank top" 'BLACKTOP BOARDIN' VENUS" Venus (( April 1997 ))

..and there’s your buddy wandering his way thru’ the Toy Fair’s very own sewer system.

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N.Y. Toy Fair ’15 has wound down, but the hunt is just beginning for the collectors, kids, moms n’ dads EVERYWHERE !! ::

With Baxter-Fly, Turflytle, and Karai Serpent slithering onto Ebay; as per the pattern every quarter new toys invade stores – and as ol’ Tokkie always warns:: .. stay calm and bide your time as you hunt the pegs at your favourite brick & mortar store or online retailer. Avoid ebay at first if at all possible to maximize your spending power. The prices for figs at first on ebay are absolutely insane ..and are only for the most desperate.
Toy Ark :: ..on the higher end of the hunt – –
PRIME 1’s Donatello Statue

Back at Wonder Festival 2015, Prime 1 Studio showcased all four of their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Statues. Now we get a close up look at the Donatello Statue. **Prime 1 Studio has posted some official photos and some info for the upcoming release…-

Check out the full gallery on **TOY ARK and click ***Prime 1 Studio here for release info.

FLICKERING MYTH:: While we’re on topic with the movies .. UK Home Media release of the TMNT film brings an ..

Interview – William Fichtner talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, not playing Shredder and returning for the sequel
We have one more “GHOST” from Mutations & Toy Fair’s distant history set to publish for this time ’round. I’ll try to get to that in 24 or so. Plus i’ll try to squeeze in Rich’s Comic news. Stay Mean, Lean – and Turnip Green, my young friends !!

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ACTION FIGURE NEWS & TOY REVIEW : “PLAYMATES TREKS ON INTO 1997” pgs. 6 & 7 (( 1997 ))

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Enough with a blast from Toy Fair’s past; we’re not just yet at Toy Fair 2015 and there’s already some striking images in the RELATED NOTES via Toy Ark. Starting off with the uber-limited and expensive; but beautiful ( pending your point of view ) PRIME 1 Studio offerings from Japan starting off with peeks of production sample shots of the next two brothers in P1’s TMNT ’14 movie series.. ::