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Courtesy of Littlewoods. Here’s a scan of the ‘Hero’ Turtles jumper and bandana knitting pattern from way back in the day.
Perhaps anyone who loves making awesome things from wool might want to give this a try and bring this fashion well into the present day!
Whilst having a clear-out, I came across this postcard from an old collection.
UK art retailer Athena at one stage had a wide range of Hallmark style shops across the UK dealing in various print media. During the original ‘Hero Turtles’ craze the company produced a range of Posters, Postcards, Greeting Cards and Plastic wallet size cards featuring in-house produced artwork of the brothers.
With the postcard pictured above, you can see UK censors have also been at it again. Donatello’s bo-staff has been edited out and replaced with a long piece of jerky.
Some more of Athena’s Turtle art can be viewed via this ebay auction here.
-HERO
Move over Baron Greenback! A new wartcovered warmonger’s in town! 🙂
Playmates’ Attila figure has been found in hand at Tesco and listed on various UK scifi store ebay listings. I GOT ONE! More on him soon. -Hero
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.
Ninja 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
Never too early to plan for Christmas! (say’s I anyway)
Now available through Hooked on Hallmark are the 2015 TMNT Christmas Ornaments from Charlton, featuring the Nickelodeon designs stood atop a smashed bauble ($14.95 ea) and a classic design ‘MAGIC’ Donatello ($24.95) that plays the original theme song.
All items are currently pre-order and set to ship September 7th.
http://www.hookedonhallmark.com/search.asp?keyword=Turtles&search=GO&sn=160462956
