TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE’S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY (( 1991 )), #RiseOfTheTMNT news round-up, ect.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY i (( 1991 ))

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MIKE’S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY (( 1991 ))

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–>> Don’t worry ..GGM’s still hummin’ along into 2018 – so happy belated NEW YEAR everyone!! Kinda the case with only two-full time staff-members. Meh  – complaining is for dumm-dumms. Feature posts will be the name of the game for the foreseeable future at least from Tokka. I was recently  granted a few more keys to our social media kingdom by the out founder which will get far more frequent updates than the main GGM.

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 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns i (( 1991 ))

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Whatever the case may be, the GGM site is an important part of the news aggrigate fan base here, and this update has been about 6 months in the making so enjoy !!

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Mike’s Kowabunga Surf Buggy

The Dune-drivin’, Sand-Surfin’ Beach Machine

Whoa, dude! Grab your board and slip into some skimpy shorts, cuz Mike’s takin’ his Kowabunga Surf Buggy to blue heaven, curl city, water wonderland – you know, the beach. Strap yourself in and take the most radical ride of your young life as Mike drives off dunes and skids in sand. But don’t worry, the sand skiddin’ traction tires never lose their grip. And with the reciprocatin’ surfboard bumper, bumps bite it before you ride it. While Raph fires on the Foot with the soakin’ soda can machine guns, you can chill it, and snag yourself a sand snack or some frozen fire power from the chillin’ ammo chest. What if the Foot don’t fall, you say? Well, keep it cool, cuz if Raph don’t fizz ’em, then you can slam and jam ’em with the detachable spiked beach ball bomb. And to end your bodacious day at the beach, you can watch Mike waste some waves on the Surf Buggy’s wave wackin’ super surfboard. Kowabunga, Dudes!

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY ..box ii (( 1991 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY ..box iv (( 1991 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY ..box, 'PETER PANDA' CHILDREN'S PALACE price tag (( 1991 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY ..instructions (( 1991 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns vi (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns vii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns viii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns ix (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns x (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns xi (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns xii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns xiii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / .."Detachable Wave Wackin' Super Surfboard" i (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / .."Detachable Wave Wackin' Super Surfboard" ii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns ii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns iii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY .. turns iv (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / ..vs. NECA SDCC '17 Foot Bot (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / ..beach buggin' i (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / ..beach buggin' ii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / ..beach buggin' iii (( 1991 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MIKE'S KOWABUNGA SURF BUGGY / ..beach buggin' iv (( 1991 ))

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Let’s cut to the chase so i can get this out of the way, “RISE OF THE TMNT” is all the talk GOOD AND BAD of coarse on the interwebs. I’ll discuss this past week’s leak briefly i can and elaborate a bit of what i personally know.

  • The “Tumbling Turtle” Tumblr blog released this supposed licencing expo cell pic that kinda weren’t supposed to release. Tokka had seen this  a couple months back but remained quiet as i was still trying to process how i would phrase what i have learned about the Toonier Andy Suriano inspired designs of the new show. In the end i was specifically trying to time it out as long as possible as to not get in the way of the official NICKELODEON reveal and to not get anyone in trouble ( . and for respect of the Nickelodeon group whom i have to high regards for at this point, sorry). This person has been trying to pry as much info as they could out of me for a number of months now. Being the pussycat that i am, i was trying to be polite as i could without spilling everything i learned. The stress from the pressure from was barely averted – but here we are at the official reveal.

Follow the link above for the live feed of Eric Bauza’s hosted reveal on FB at 1 PM EST.

TOKKA DOES ADVISE YOU TO BE AS OPEN-MINDED as you can to the show’s new direction !! i know it’s not easy, but try !!

So ICYMI , here’s more on RISE –  ::

.Elaborating slightly on what i understand of the show.. ::

  • Sha-T'o, the FOOT Water MYSTIC :: Season 1 { " Return to New York parts 1 - 3 " } [[ Courtesy 4kids TMNT Blog ]]

Echoes of prior animated productions like Lloyd Goldfine’s 2003 4KIDS TMNT show take shape in Ant Ward’s newer 2D production, the Foot Clan may seem to emanate newer powers, “MIST – LIKE” powers not to dissimilar from the FOOT MYSTICS in the 2k3 toon. Be that in “magical powers” in general or in teleportation remains to be seen.

 


  • TMNT: Back to the Sewer :: Ancient One [[ Courtesy 4kids B T T S Blog ]]
    Sean Schemmel’s “THE ANCIENT ONE” from TMNT 2k3 , Splinter’s  super-elder sensei looks to be a slight influence on Rise’s Eric Bauza Splinter. Prolly will be a more serious character than the “eternally youthful” teacher. Then again, if you know Eric  – – Splinter may be even more fun & humorous than we think !! !!

  • Some of the new designs of the most iconic villains in the RISE – show remind me of classic, cartoon “EXECUTIONER” tropes.

  • An all new cybernetic, corpulent mutant villain of gargantuan proportions may come to play in this new series. Could this be one of Maurice LaMarche’s hillariously disturbing vocal roles  ( as part of one of the veteran TMNT VAs brought in by Rob Paulsen !! ) ?!

I’ll elaborate more when i feel comfortable to do so, when it is appropriate and won’t get in Nickelodeon’s way. We’ll see.

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TMNT Bulkyz Collection Donatello (Big Boys Toys – 2018)

 

 

**Available soon from BIG BOYS TOYS HK **

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Rocky Mountain Rich’s TMNT Collection 1st quarter TMNT comic schedule !!::

Updated DEC 27 11:55 MT – dates subject to change
December, 2017
06 – TMNT #77Batman/TMNT II #1TMNT Adventures, Vol. 14 TPBTMNT, Vol. 02: The Darkness Within TPB
13 – TMNT Amazing Adventures: Robotanimals HC
20 – TMNT Universe #17Batman/TMNT II #2

January, 2018
03 – TMNT Universe #18TMNT: Dimension X TPB
10 – TMNT #78
17 – Batman/TMNT II #3

February, 2018
14 – TMNT Universe #19
21 – TMNT #79TMNT, Vol. 18: Trial of Krang TPBBatman/TMNT II #4
28 – TMNT: The IDW Collection, Vol. 6 HC

March, 2018
07 – 
14 – TMNT Universe #20TMNT Universe, Vol. 03 TPB
21 – TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: Expanded Edition HCTMNT, Vol. 18: Trial of Krang TPB;Batman/TMNT II #5
28 – TMNT #80TMNT/Ghostbusters II TPB

April, 2018
18 – TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 01 TPB
25 – TMNT Ultimate Collection, Vol. 02 TPB;Kevin Eastman’s Underwhere TPB

TBD
?? – Kevin Eastman’s Roninbebop TPB

• TMNT #73 Hand-Colored Alert !! – UPDATED 01/08/2018tmnt-ntmnt-

Again, i’ll try to be back here on GGM ASAP. Thanks for followin’ us on Social Media, your continued patience and support !! Ya Cowabungholes !! !! >;}

More later. ~ t

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–>> Happy holidays, gang. Playing catch-up here. The final quarter of 2016 was really rough on lots of us. Here’s to may more healthy 2017, with positive\ity, love, respect for the planet and each other. I know it ain’t easy, but trying is also half of THAT battle. More reoccurring news aggregation and updates start soon. Sorry for the lapse.

 

**Here’s a special update from Randy and your friends at NECA ..

NECA :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "DONATELLO" 1990 Movie 1/4 scale / ..Twitter peek - with LEONARDO (( 2016 )) [[ Courtesy of NECA ]]

 

More later, have a peaceful night !!

 

~ t

Hero’s first ever Fan-art. (1990)

Over the years, I’ve lost various bits and pieces of my Ninja Turtles collection. I lost mostly comics and collections of various artwork I drew in celebration of my favorite halfshell heroes. .

This is why I am proud that I still have the first ever TMNT Drawing I produced in 1990 at the age of 12 during ‘8th Grade’. Despite being 26 years old, going through various home moves and survived a bottle of aftershave being spilled on it (the smell has gone now!) I have been able to immortalize this for more to see.

firsteverRaph1Ninja Turtles back then for me was at times more of a closet thing. I was dictated to by peers and adults that 12 was not an appropriate age to be liking ‘this sort of thing’. I defied that Status Quo, but at times hedgehogged away with my love of drawing and these characters – just to keep the peace from the ‘populars n plastics’. There is only so many times one can serve detentions and suspensions.

Pop Culture that many years ago seemingly wasn’t as accepted as it is today. Looking back, I can’t help but be smug about also being told I would grow out of ‘this sort of thing’ in the next 20 years.

So, I proudly showcase once again my simple ‘from reference’ illustration of Raphael popping up from the ‘Manhatten’ Sewers. I am just as proud of the Ninja Turtles brand today as I was back then, only without the occasional ‘hedgehogging’.

-HERO

“MEGA MUTANTS” TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: “ARMY ANT” / ..unreleased M.M. toy (( 1990 )) [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - 2up & Resin clay sculpt proto (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]–>> **David Arshawsky**, one of the most noted, and unique sculptors of the classic ( and even 2003 era ) TMNT line recently shared a “lost” extension of his ANAGLYPH Sculpture, early 1990s run of the popular and BIG-TIME TMNT “MEGA MUTANTS” vehicle/figures. What follows the 2up and Resin clay sculpt of the would-be toy are the “ARMY ANT’S” designs and alternate takes before what was actually sculpted came into being !!

"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: NEEDLENOSE xxxvi / ..with Tokka (( 1990 ))

"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - blog logo (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

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"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - Ant design i (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - "cockpit seat" (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - Ant design ii (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

tumblr_nlnoouQ8AR"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - Ant design iii (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

tumblr_nlnoouQ8AR"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy - Ant design v, Rotten Picnic Theme (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

tumblr_nlnoouQ8AR"MEGA MUTANTS" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "ARMY ANT" / ..unreleased M.M. toy -  Little 'Secret Forces' Ant Pal; "ZERO"  (( 1990 ))  [[ Art and courtesy of D. Arshawsky ]]

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Related notes ::

 

  • More comic Hi-lights from Rocky Mountain TMNT collector, RICH ..::

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**The TURTLES Animated REVAMP, TMNT Amazing Adventures #01 (IDW)**

May, 2015

27TMNT #46; TMNT #45 2nd printing; TMNT/Ghostbusters Director’s Cut; TMNT: The IDW Collection, Vol. 1 HC

June, 2015
03TMNT New Animated Adventures #23; TMNT Animated, Vol. 6 TPB; TMNT: Mutanimals #4; TMNT, Vol. 11: Attack on Technodrome TPB
10TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #6
17TMNT #47
24TMNT New Animated Adventures #24; TMNT: Casey & April #1

July, 2015
01TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #7
08Tales of the TMNT, Vol. 7 TPB
15TMNT: Casey & April #2
22TMNT #48; TMNT Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6 HC

August, 2015
05TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #8; TMNT Adventures, Vol. 10 TPB
19TMNT Amazing Adventures #1; TMNT: Casey & April #3; TMNT: Mutanimals TPB
26TMNT #49

Final movie related bites for the day, toy bites next post::

 

..blessings, thanks  and peace this Memorial Day to all.

 

~ t

WIZARD PosterMania! 2003 :: Poster #47; DREAMWAVE “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” ..art by Pat Lee & Ramil Sunga (( 2003 ))

WIZARD PosterMania! 2003 :: Poster #47; DREAMWAVE "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" ..art by Pat Lee & Ramil Sunga (( 2003 ))

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–>> Two ill-fated publishing house markings linger on this mini poster version of one of the more “STAND-OUT” variant covers of DW’s short lived TMNT animated #1 book. Peter David and Lesean Thomas’s first book boasted at least a couple variants. This Lee illustrated / Sunga coloured piece also made it onto a print offered by comic shops luckily sans all the logos.
At the moment i cannot recall where else this image may have been printed aside from the variant cover. . However it has been one of the more popular wrap-arounds in the fandom for over a decade now. Hmm – I do have a comic-shop exclusive Print of this piece sans the logos i will have to locate.

Tokka cannot offer the best critique of these things, but off the cuff: Lee’s “Muscular” style; love it or hate it renders Splinter, Casey and the Teens really well.

Shredder’s ominous presence in the background is perfectly balanced on the fold-out, even a little creepy with the one striking pupil focused on the viewer behind a classic clenched fist like pose. Half the bladed gauntlet obscured showing in front of Saki’s/Ch’Rell’s masked face and Ramil’s digital, painterly “POP-OUT” colours are two of my favourite items in the piece. Interestingly Michelangelo kind of takes the lead on the cover in kind of a smirky but mighty pose. The NYC cityscape in the background looks more familiar in that old DW styling.

This may be one of coolest covers from that era. Defiantly one of the most memorable.
The Wizard and DW logos bothered the hell out of me tho’ on this particular format. But that’s how it goes with these posters books Wizard put out. The 40+ poster fold-out magazines were printed with the images back to back. If you had a favourite character / artist’s poster who you wanted to tack up on the wall and on the back of that poster was an equally fave Comic book character and artist you’d run into problems. Just short of buying a whole other “PosterMania! ” issue of the same book.

Again the books’ images were meant to be utilized and hung up to promote the years’ upcoming titles. You did have to lift the staples out of the center of the mag to remove all the posters, let alone one that had your favourite character on it buried under the other pages.. That was always was bloody murder on my finger-tips and nails just short of using a butter knife or stapler-remover

It appears in some cases, these books & the 2003 PM! book can be kind of pricey and hard to come by.

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Related notes ::  The Mystic TURTLES from last weeks’ popular T.V. episode are magically and slowly showing up on pegs ( shown here are pix from a Walmart ).

The first real basic toy offerings for 2015 show us previews of figs you got to peek at last year like Dire & Dark Dream Beaver, Baxter Fly, and Mike as Tur-Flytle. But fresh sneak-peeks on characters new for season three including Napoleon Bonafrog, the first EVER Attila the Frog, and the New but NEUVO – CLASSIC styled MUCKMAN. New TMNT Collection pack-in Pamphlet caps provided by Instagram user TMNTLEATHERHEAD.

 

 

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..while not entirely unique like the classic PLAYMATES TMNT cards ..

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: WINGNUT & SCREWLOOSE   ..card backer i (( 1990 ))– – the UNIFIED PACKAGING takes a slight cue from the 2005 – 2006 card backs giving the Teens themselves more personalized packaging for specific Turtles. But also freshens up the secondary characters, villains and supporting cast cards for the new year.

"MYSTIC FURY" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MYSTIC FURY LEO ..card backer i (( 2005 ))

"PALEO PATROL" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES:: SAVANTI ROMERO.. card backer i (( 2006 ))

HSH_DojoRaph_pu1..HALF SHELL HEROES..

  basic_PartyVan_pu1..and this old thing.

I’ve just got back from the UK Toy Fair, and spent most of my time on the Flair stand, drooling over all the TMNT stuff…

There wasn’t nearly as much as last year (makes sense, since last year the focus was on the movie), and most of what was shown was either old, or non-figure related. Also, none of the people I spoke to were particularly knowledgeable about TMNT.

Basic Line:

Everything shown has already been released, apart from Wave 3 2015 (Due October in the UK, no doubt much earlier in the USA):

Head Droppin’ Turtles – yeah, they’re doing these in the smaller scale. Pretty crappy, the gimmick didn’t work all that well and the paint apps are reduced even further (the ankle & wrist wraps weren’t even painted). All 4 brothers are due, although Raph was missing for some reason…

Monkey Brains – I think we saw a pic of him at SDCC, the figure’s nice and big but has a very simple sculpt & paintjob. The figure I saw was a proto, I’m told the final figure will have some kind of action feature.

Dream Beaver – Fairly basic, barely articulated red beaver dude. Again, the paint apps have been cut – he’s didn’t even have the design on his stomach!

Attilla the Frog – Looked like a happy meal toy. Articulated at the shoulders only, he’s hollow to accommodate his action feature – flip a lever on his back, and his tongue sticks out.

Shredder Clones (?) – No one knew much about these, apparently they’ll come as a 2-pack. One was normal size, orange with lobster claws, the other was a smaller unarticulated neon pink dude with some kind of tendrils/tentacles coming off him. Both had metallic blue armour.

Non figure stuff:

Mutations – there’s a new line of Mutation figures where each Turtle turns into his signature weapon. Neither turtle nor weapon mode looked very good (unless you’re into half-arsed mecha turtles). I got to play around with Mikey, and he was very tricky to convert, and his weapon mode is basically 2 10″ sticks that are a bit floppy in the middle. Only Leo & Mike were on display, but all 4 will be made.

T-Machines – think TMNT Hot Wheels. Cars featuring the main cast (each car comes single-packed or in multipacks, and each has multiple colour schemes). There’s also a range of playsets, a sewer lair, streettop and Shredder attack. Admittedly, these looked quite fun.

Giant Leo Playset – this was by far the coolest thing I saw at TF. It’s a massive, 2′ tall articulated Leo figure that folds out into a massive playset, with several different areas. It’s not as tall as the Sewer Lair, but its footprint is about 4 times bigger. It’s scaled to the regular figures.

I’ll get some pictures of the catalogue up tomorrow, but there’s not a lot in there that we haven’t already seen.

~ t