Author: tOkKa

tOkKa :: infamous snapper, hench-mutant, & bungle-brain ,beakie-buzzard,snappin' snap-head ..n' chow-chump,enemy of Ninja Turtles. A invertible anomaly in the TMNT fandom unto himself. As a schizophrenic Pop-artist ; tOkKa ..:: Fan-fave ,shunn-'ED'/ lauded by masses, Misunderstood by high percentages.. a cult following has developed by the guy that just doesn't seem to fit into any single category Never-mind his 'Foot Fetish' @ terrible2z.com .. !! "Quoting Macbeth since 1991.."

TIGER ELCTRONICS :: “BATMAN” Handheld LCD VIDEO GAME; “CAN YOU OUTWIT THE JOKER ?” (( 1989 ))

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–>> POST the big game weekend and FAT TUESDAY, let’s have some more BATMAN crossover fun featuring one of the Dark Knight’s greatest films of all time and a famous TIGER ELECTRONICS spot-ad of handheld LCD game on the same film.

In the mid to late 1990s, some may recall TIGER Picked up the TMNT license for handhelds based on the classic Turtle show & NEXT MUTATION.

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Related bits ::

..in case you missed the BIG KRAANG/TECHNODROME TMNT: OUT OF THE SHADOWS movie reveal during the game –

( yeah, sure ya missed it .. )

• MUCKMAN NOT CANCELLED !! Following up on ** Nacho’s TMNT Latin America report on MUCKMAN being an AMAZON EXCLUSIVE, i was able to reach out to Aubrie at **Playmates finally and get the REAL info on what the heck is going on with releases like Muckman and all the other confusing supposed “cancellations” some fans seem to fly off the handle with and upset everyone about..

– [ in regards to Mix and Match Leatherhead, ect. ] Our Mix N Match figures are currently on HOLD so that we can push new TV characters from the show on Nickelodeon, which is in Season 4. – MEANING THE LINE AND LEATHERHEAD ARE NOT CANCELLED, just on hiatus..~ t

– [ in regards to Half Shell Heroes Rahzar & Roach, and possible Kriby, Mutagen Man, and hopefully Karai ] The HSH Rahzar and Cockroach is shipping and should be hitting shelves at major retailers mid-February.

– [ in regards to the Basic Triceraton, looks like we may ONLY be getting Mozar — maybe this wiull change but for now ] The “Basic Triceraton” is Mozar. He was an Exclusive to Walmart in the month of December, stopped shipping for January and will be hitting shelves in all major retailers now.

Atilla and friends — Muckman and friends

– [ Dream Beaver DIRE ] Dire Beaver and Dark Beaver should be hitting shelves in June at all major retailers.

– [ TMNT sidekick 3-pack – perhaps a restructuring of distribution is in order for this one.. ] The Icecream Kitty, Cluckingsworth and Spike Turtle 3 pack was removed from Target’s website and we are no longer moving forward with it.

– [ MUCKMAN ] Muckman is set to be released in 2017.

– [ KRAANG PRIME, this was never promised for release – only his prototype was released ] We are no longer moving forward with the KRAANG PRIME.

..keep in mind things ALWAYS change in this business, and Nickelodeon & Playmates are constantly in a state of flux with these decisions. Fan input is important, and speculation run amok isn’t going to help anyone. If you are really concerned about your favourite release being cancelled – – it’s best to be calm, polite, respectful, patient and direct with your concerns and go straight to the horse’s mouth to get the answers you need. I’ll keep you posted as i learn more.

More from Nach and TMNT Latin America ::

WIZ KIDS’s **TMNT HEROCLIX sets are now giving – – *** UPDATED PACKAGE INFO AND A REAL MIRAGE LOOK with Michael Dooney inspired displays !!

White Foot Soldier ::

2016 Playmates Toys Fugitoid Ship Video Unboxing and Review
More movie toy fun from DVD – –

TMNT Out of the Shadows Basic Line and Technodrome Action Shots

TOY NEWS INTERNATIONAL / PIXEL DAN ; Reviews and pre-TOY FAIR highlights. ::

More from DVD in China – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Movie Figures & Playsets Revealed Including A Technodrome

Wonder Festival 2016: Prime -1 Studio Arkham Knight & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 Movie Turtles

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KENNER:: “LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT”.. ” MASSIVE – ” (( 1998 ))

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–>> Batman’s crossing-over all OVER the place, even here on GGM !! Card art by famous concept, storyboard, comic, and graphic illustration artist, ** Dermont Power.

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RELATED NOTES ::

BOOM BOX POST :: THE ICE BEHIND THE ICE DRAGONS !!
KIDROBOT :: TMNT WAVE 2 ; SS KAKAROT on T-drome forums..

I had not seen these before, new vinyl figures and keychains (including two large figures) based on the original cartoon.
The website Ami Ami has listed a July release date.

Sgt.Bananas, Rahzar and some guy named TOKKA & MORE !!

The latest TMNT Dimension X waves ( ROBO BUG, CASEY, & April ), The Retro inspired Sewer Spitters , and New MIX n’ MATCH MUTATIONS ( Rahzar, Foot Bot, & hopefully DogPound – tho’ i have only seen the prior 2 carded so far ), The Half Shell Heroes T-REX & Donnie , and the interesting soft-play T-Blasts Barrel Blasters and talking cannon sets should be blasting on to Toy shelves right now — and near you !!
TVSHOWSONDVD :: In case you missed it –

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES:-HALF-SHELL HEROES: BLAST TO THE PAST,March 15, 2016 – -press release.
The White Foot Soldier:: ..has lots of fun stuff for us !!
2015 Playmates Toys Atilla the Frog Figure Review
2016 Minimates Ivan Steranko Figure Review
2016 Minimates Vision Quest Splinter Figure Review
TMNT Mega Bloks Blind Bag Codes and Tips << !! !!
..more on the recent Dimension X wave .. –
2016 Playmates Toys Dimension X April O’Neil Video Unboxing and Review
2016 Playmates Toys Dimension X Casey Jones Unboxing and Video Review
2016 Playmates Toys Robug Figure Unboxing and Review
2016 Playmates Toys Fugitoid Ship Video Unboxing and Review

1AM GALLERY, San Francisco CA :: THE CHEECH WIZARD TRIBUTE SHOW

1AM Gallery is pleased to present a Cheech Wizard Tribute Show “I Am What I Am” by artist Mark Bode, and the Official San Francisco Release of “Cheech Wizard’s Book of ‘Me’” opening Thursday, February 4th from 6:30-9:30pm.

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Nickelodeon “HISTORY OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” FEATURING LEONARDO – Paramount Movie LEO ’14 (( 2015 ))

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–>> Here we go, wrapping up this break-down of the “History- ” set with 1 final installment..

2014’s movie Leo release is Another figure that retains minimal modification, possibly due to it’s more recent release of the carded version. Updated copyright info, the threaded pegholes, and potentially a slightly off-molded head. The changes are so small compared to the carded retail version

I mostly use the “Paramount Movie” tag to distinguish the 2014 movie reboot from the original films. Not that it’s hard to do that. My “tOkKustom” repaint of the standard carded Leo figure was to heighten the details of the Varner sculpt, not necessarily to go for hyper-detailed movie accuracy. It suffices i suppose.

The two noggins on the toy seem slightly different. But i highly suspect a manufacturing issue on that note.

..here’s lotsa Movie Leo figures, for fun.

Were you lucky enough to find this set under your tree last month ??

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Related notes, step-at-a time ::

White Foot Soldier ::The Last Mondo Turtle: Raphael Tuesday 1/19 **THAT’S TODAY !! !! You better check it out on MONDO’S SITE to see NON-SUBSCRIPTION STATUS !!

2016 Mega Bloks Classic Series TMNT Review

Nacho’s LAS TORTUGAS NINJA ::

FIGURAS TAMAÑO 11 PULGADAS DEL FILM FUERA DE LAS SOMBRAS , T-drome’s DVD gives us another peek at movie 2 toys with the 11″ scale teens, Bebop & Rocksteady.
¡Y OTRO MERCHANDISE MÁS!, JAKKS PACIFIC –

I do not know if one should be satisfied or already tired of each new line Trading coming out of the Ninja Turtles, the fact is that Jakks Pacific, maker of figures 30 or so centimeters high, [they] announced that among its new lines, the figures will [be] Ninja Turtles. No news yet on what version were based [on] … It was not until the next info [at] NEW YORK TOY FAIR.

..bottom line, aside from the Giant KID-SIZED TMNT figures we’ve seen during the Holidays from JAKKS ( Mikey and Leo so far ) – – we may see other scale figs. Jakks has been putting out larger Nintendo, ZELDA, MARIO, STAR WARS, WWE, HALO and the like. There may be another scale offered by Jakks akin to those other franchise lines. We’ll see. NY TOY FAIR is around the corner.

TOYZMAG:: French toy news – Les nouveautés 2016 chez Funko : Playmobil, POP!, Fabrikations, Dorbz, MyMoji; Funko’s Playmobil, POP!, Fabrikations, Dobz, MyMoji, & PLAYMOBIL offerings !!

Funko-16-Peek-Moji-PlayM — Striking new things continue to pour out of Funko including the cute MyMoji blind assortment and a collaboration with the legendary PLAYMOBIL line.

PIXEL-DAN:: TMNT MiniMates Exclusive Announcement – Series 4 Revealed! – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Nickelodeon “HISTORY OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” FEATURING LEONARDO – Nick LEONARDO (( 2015 ))

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–>> Down to two more in this set, for part 7 of the “History- ” set, Nick’s own Ciro Nieli LEONARDO from 2012 appears.This guy translates alright, but again is not without a tiny bit of modification. The most notable mod is in the bigger whites of his EYES. The change from the smaller molded eyes of the original 2012 also appears on carded retail 2015- reissues of that standard Leo Nick toy.

The explanation prolly lies in another budget issue with Playmates and a small money saving tactic.

A “throwback” variant of the same sculpts of the 2012 first wave of Turtles with “retro” colored knee/elbow pads, initials on their belts like the classic ’88 Turtle toys, and show accurate pupils that replace the “WHITE” blank eyes of that initial wave. Leo’s eyes on the 2012 were apparently too small so the Varner sculpted noggin has had the eyelets widened to compensate for the pupils on the Playmates touted “NEW DECORATION” Leo version of this figure and the 2015+ reissues. They use the wide-eye head for both versions.

Aside fro the noggin’s eye sockets, updated copyright info and threaded foot pegs, all’s in order for this guy.

For fun – the 3 versions of the sculpt together. Not too much of a difference. But the eyes of the central toy with the set show the transition from the 2012 figure on the left to the 2015 redeco version on the right. We see what was done to widen then eyelets for the pupil inclusion on the redeco,

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

**Last August, Hero reported that the TMNT sidekick 3 pack – Dr. C, Icecream Kitty, and Spike was listed on the TARGET website. If a Target exclusive release or what have you – – these guys still have not come out and have completely been removed from the site itself. ***THEY MAY be in the process of being reworked to distributed at a later date or completely canceled. I’ll try to look into it.
TMNT MASTER :: Oh snap, the battle is on! #TMNT vs @PowerRangers! Let’s represent, Turtle fans!!! http://at.nick.com/1JIMWJg
WhiteFootSoldier ::

2016 Mega Bloks TMNT Blind Bag Micro Figure Review; WFS, may also have the correct codes / tips for you to help you in your hunt to find EXACTLY which Mini figure you WANT in this review.

2015 Playmates Toys Mutant Shredders Figure Review

MEGA BLOKS ::

BUILDING HAS MUTATED CONTEST !!

MOVIE BITS ::

PONCHO EL REX Tortugas Ninja 2 – Primera imagen de Krang

ComingSOON.net ::
Michael Bay Confirms He Will Direct Transformers 5; KRANG movie mention

TORTUGAS NINJA LATINO AMERICA ::

FIGURAS TAMAÑO 11 PULGADAS DEL FILM FUERA DE LAS SOMBRAS. ; DVD comes through again with peeks at the 11″ TMNT2 movie figure line.

Nickelodeon “HISTORY OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” FEATURING LEONARDO – ‘TMNT : FAST FORWARD’ LEONARDO (( 2015 ))

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–>> Part 6 of the GGM “History — Leo” set takes back into the future to about 10 years ago. So prolly more accurately a 2006 year imprint should appear on the back of this box. However, the planning for the FAST FORWARD phase of the TMNT 2k3 series prolly started in 2005. This is more Michael Dooney style-guide art printed here – used for earlier on in the 2003 era. But since it’s the same continuity, it does suffice.

Representing another interesting turning point in the 2003 series as the actually, somewhat short-lived, “futuristic” and lighter TMNT: FAST FORWARD line marked the start of a shift in the Toys and animated worlds of the Turtles. All of this was both praised and shunned by many fans of the show. Cut off by the TMNT 2007 film toy line, a whole wave of unreleased characters and fun Turtle variants never made it past TOY FAIR.

Another “alright” reproduction – this one was kind of hard to remove from the base. But it may have just been mine. Small paint apps are missing such as below the knee. Leo’s futuristic katanas were partly made of a translucent blue plastic with a painted metallic handle ( representing the lazer-like, Lightsabre-ish weapons of the show ). Here they are cast in solid silver. The scabbard on his back is completely blue, the original’s scabbard is silver-metallic. While it may just be MY particular figure, it does appear that the head on my repro FF Leo is just a tad off-mold.

As usual, for the set, peg-holes are threaded and copyright info is updated but moved to the lower back of his shell.

The noggin, again on my FF Leo reproduction toy seems just slightly off. Not a big deal, but it just doesn’t look 100 % correct. The forehead particularly seems off-mold.

Just for fun, here’s DARK LEO. The vile alien Shape-shifter, Sh’Okanabo made evil clones of the Teens to help defeat ’em.

Dark Leo is a particularly effective evil counterpart Ninja Turtle, and he makes a really cool evil Toy.

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More toy bits & related ::

ToyArk ::

First Look at Painted ThreeZero Kevin Eastman Designed TMNT ::

In the latest issue of Clutter Magazine, they have a look at some upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures. These 1/6 scale figures were designed by TMNT creator Kevin Eastman and will be produced by ThreeZero. We’ve previously seen then base sculpts, but the magazine features our first look at the fully painted and articulated figures.

They also have a great interview with both Kevin Eastman and ThreeZero’s Kim Fung Wong about the creation of these newly designed Turtles. In the article, they talk about the future of this line as well. Kevin Eastman mentions he’d specifically like to do a newly designed Casey Jones next, and Kim Fung Wong mentions that they would like to create an entire line well beyond the initial four TMNT figures.