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Hero here,
Here’s the 2nd in a series of Vision Quest portraits I’ve been working on. Last time I did Donatello, now it’s Forest Mikey’s turn!
Some of the layers in this were actually photographed last October on location at The Forest of Dean. The Forest of Dean is a notable vacation spot here in the UK and also a popular area for movie production – with Star Wars: The Force Awakens being a recent big feather in its cap!
Mikey being still. Raph would approve.
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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 ::
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. 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.
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Hero’s back with some tidbits from the land of Blighty!
TMNT Megabloks Blindbags s1 are now surfacing at £2.99 each, and have so far only been found in Smyths stores. There is no idea yet when the first wave of toys will surface yet, but Spring is a good assumption.
On a personal note, I imported in the Baxter’s Laboratory Set from Amazon US. In short I am very impressed with the MegaBloks handling of the TMNT brand so far. It had a reasonably good run with Lego, but now the construction is under new management. I hope merry ol’ England and neighboring Europe does not have to wait too long for TMNT Mega Bloks!
Rob WIlson has reported in with some ASDA figure finds including: Mutant Shredder 2-pack, Mondo Gecko, Savage Mikey and the Casey Slamboni vehicle/figure set.
On the subject of ASDA, their exclusive 2-packs featuring Raph VS Shredder, Mikey VS Rocksteady and Leo VS Bebop have all been reduced from £17 to £12 each. On the flipside, rival store Tesco are offering basic assortment figures at a reduced £7 each. January bargains galore!
With a new episode from Season 4 set to air and lots of positive feedback from the internet fanbase regarding the new MegaBloks this has been a positive weekend for TMNT! May 2016 bring in many more.
Out of the Shadows is only 139 Days away.
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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
2015 Playmates Toys Mutant Shredders Figure Review
BUILDING HAS MUTATED CONTEST !!
MOVIE BITS ::
TORTUGAS NINJA LATINO AMERICA ::
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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 :: 
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.
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