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approx. 5 1/2″ x 8 1/3″ folded ..
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Category: Merch
“NINJA CHILLIN’ ” by Ron English (( 2012 ))
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“This summer some of the news that was released was the new designer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Merchandise line coming out. With watches, shoes, and shirts are some of the things we’ll be seeing for TMNT. This is bringing out new styles of art that we have yet to see on the official side of store sales. One of the artist who did some of these pieces is Ron English. At San Diego Comic Con International a lot of us fans saw some of Ron’s artwork get released to the public on shirts, which was a promotion for the Ninja Turtle watches that he designed. At New York City Comic Con we were able to catch up with Ron to ask him about .. ..
![FLÜD x Ron English X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle "Grin" Sketches - ORIGINAL LEONARDO SKETCH (( 2012 )) [[ ..courtesy of POPaganda ]]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8292664319_dcb12a7002_m.jpg)
A good friend and fellow Ninja Turtle fan Tokka, joins me as the co-host in this interview. Tokka is a fan of Ron English, so he knew a lot of areas that I did not know about with Ron’s work. It was great to have Tokka on the show. A lot of fans may know him for his posts on Go Green Machine, Twitter, Facebook and so many other places on the internet. Tokka is an artist, who was even published by Mirage as one of the pin up pages in Tales of TMNT Volume 2.
Tokka and I talk to Ron about his history in art, how he originally learned of Ninja Turtles, and how he is now involved in the future of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We also talk a bit on how the fans of the Classic TMNT are reacting to this new swing with the Turtles.”
–>> In case ya missed it, watch Tokka play the FOOL as one of the most distracted Ninja Turtle zombies in history.
The RON x FLÜD collab- releases parallel this years FILA/TMNT releases. Ron also hints at his future with Nick, FLÜD, and the Turtles & soon-to-be released TMNT work in follow ups to the now infamous LEONARDO as MONA LISA piece ( made available as am exclusive poster at SDCC ’12 ). Hurry before Tokka collapses into a useless puddle of undead, toxic goo and gets toxic Mutagenic fluids all all over your fancy watch there.
~ t
CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed (( 2012 ))
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12″ x 9″ , frame approx. 12 1/2″ x 15″
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12″ x 9″ , frame approx. 12 1/2″ x 15″
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–>> Here’s a fun project for TMNT do-it-yourselfers !!
A simple department store frame slightly larger than the completed puzzle was used here. **Traditional puzzle saving methods with MODGE PODGE water-based sealer glue was used. HOWEVER, only a few coats on the BACK OF THE PUZZLE were used.
Any variety of puzzle-saver glue or MODGE PODGE should suffice !!
The principles of the lenticular puzzle pieces are of a more ridged plastic than the standard cardboard jigsaw puzzle. Once a lenticular puzzle is completed, at least at this scale and with this many number of pieces ..you can carefully flip the completed puzzle over. A larger number of pieces in a lenticular puzzle, that may require additional assistance or flipping tricks to turn that type of puzzle over.
Once the sealer had been coated on the back of the puzzle a few times, simple matting and framing was implemented with a background of Nick TMNT gift-wrap under the puzzle. You don’t have to do this obviously, it’s just what i did to add to the visual theme of the puzzle. Again i did not laminate the front to keep the original 3d effect of the puzzle. Sealing the front could potentially ruin the effect.
The puzzle in this particular frame is a little tight. You have to use the sealant carefully as if you use to much and/or unevenly .. it can warp a puzzle. I may have done that slightly to this puzzle, i’m not sure. Still i managed to get the piece to fit in the frame. YOU WANT THE PUZZLE TO BE AS FLAT AS WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY FINISHED IT WHEN SEALING WITH THE PUZZLE SAVER.
The completed effect is a unique and cool looking piece of 3D wall art !!
~ t
** FUNKO TMNT WACKY WOBBLERS BBTS preorder **
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** FUNKO TMNT & OTHERS WACKY WOBBLERS up for PRE-ORDER ON BBTS **
–>> One of the coolest announcements from last month’s TOY FAIR was the inclusion of the “RETRO TMNT” license into ***FUNKO’s massive licensing catalog !!
Since the late 1990s, Funko has become the go-to place for pop culture memorabilia.
You name it, ..from your favourite comic-book characters, live-action & cartoon or T.V. shows, movies, restaurant and food mascots, video game icons – with their signature Wacky Wobblers line & immensely popular POP VINYL figures .. FUNKO has made it or prolly will make it.
Youdon’t need me to tell you that. You’ve seen their products the past number of years from your local comic shop to major retailers like TOYS R US, TARGET, and Barnes & Noble.
These are much different than the NECA Head Knocker bobble head series. Obviously ..aside from the fact they are vinyl based.
..always larger than life, Tokka’s come to really admire Funko’s efforts.
Finally we get to see Shredder, Splinter and your favourite teens presented in fun Vinyl perfection the only way FUNKO can pull off !!
~ t
HOPE INDUSTRIES “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches (( 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Ironically, somewhere i came across a broken “Happy” Leonardo watch cover that i easily modified into a magnet for my fridge.
~ t