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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

Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: METALHEAD { tOkKUSTOM JUNKYARD Rust WASH } (( 2012 ))

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METALHEAD

Sewer-Built Robotic Turtle Ally

Built to last; built to blast, Metalhead is a “mutant” machine like no other; Created by Donatello from salvaged Kraang tech, Metalhead is one of the Turtles’ most powerful weapons against evil
The turtle-like Don Droid is practically indestructible! Cloaked in impenetrable armor and laser-lancing arm cannon; Metalhead’s a force to be reckoned with, Turtle style !

• WEAPONS: Flame Thrower, Missile Launcher
•TEAM: Ninja Turtles

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Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: METALHEAD xxvii / FIREPOWER (( 2012 )) ☣ ☣☣ ☣

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” { TOS } // TMNT PRESS PHOTO (( 1988 )) [[ Courtesy of Michelangelo-sama ]]

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–>> Clean-ups on this fairly recognizable and popular screen-cap photo courtesy of the Sama-Brothers.

~ t

Tara Toy Corp. :: “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” – COLLECTORS CASE (( 1988 ))

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approx. 10 x 12″, 4″ depth

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–>> One of two Turtles collector cases made by Tara i know of. The slightly larger 1990 “DELUXE” TMNT case boasts holding 20 figures and has more familiar Lavigne/Brown style guide art decor.

This one boasts holding 12 figures & accessories, but i guess that’s theoretically true depending on the size of the figs & how many weapons and such are crammed into the 2 brittle, plastic inner trays.

I barely remember when i obtained this, it was so long ago. I think might have twisted my ma’s arm to pick it up for me at the Salvation Army for like 50 cents when i was still in high school or summin’.

This case here with the weird lookin’ Turtle graphics has seen allot of action and ware. It came without the cheap plastic handle the deluxe case has ( or similar, vintage collector cases for like Hot wheels, Real Ghostbusters, He-Man or G.I. Joe. ect. also made by Tara ).

Those handles are awful anyway and in my experience with them when i was a boy was that they always fell out if TOO MUCH WEIGHT of the toys within’ gave gravity the advantage. The dang case would fall off from the handle in transit with dropping the case on the ground. Sometimes the case would open spilling the toys.

The top inner tray was the most damaged and is still cracked, but the worst of the cracks have been repaired with some household epoxy and clear packing tape.

Initially for years the handle i had used an old ribbon that just didn’t really quite work well as a holding mechanism and looked like crap.

Within’ the past year i replaced the ribbon with a jury-rigged handle made from shipping twine & and a broken piece of an old leather belt.

The old box still shows it’s age and ware, but the newer handle looks ascetically a little bit better. With the repairs, the ol’ case still does the job.

~ t

‘THE CATALOG OF PALLADIUM BOOKS 1988-89 Catalog’ (( 1988 ))

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–>> .. one of many pieces of promotional material from back in the heyday of Palladium Books & TMNT RPGs.

For load-time’s sake, highlights from this particular booklet are featured in this post ( since many of Tokka’s posts here are rather graphic dependent as it is ).

** The Entire Catalog is Available here for viewing on this t2z – flickr set **

Chalk full of wonderful illustrations clear across the board & images from the now classic RPG books by Mirage Studios Alumni, legends and friends like Jim Lawson, S.R. Bissette, Kevin Long, Palladium founder Kevin Siembieda, and of coarse Eastman & Laird.

Of interest are illustrations from the books do include obvious Mirage staples like Lawson and Steve Bissette; but one contributor to the well established Palladium Illustrative pantheon would be Kevin Long, who goes a tiny bit unsung in TMNT fandom circles.

Kevin is long known as a very popular artist for Palladium in gaming communities on everything from Robotech to RIFTS for a near ten year run.

His explosive drawing & painting work on the TMNT related RPG books like Transdimensional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Truckin’ Turtles, & Turtles Go Hollywood are of exceptional comic-book quality and really holds up after all these years.

Long deserves a “truck-load” of praise for his exciting illustrations that added extra fun visual element to enjoyment to playing and/or reading the Turtles’ games !! Most of Long’s cool Robotech/Macross work is featured in this catalog.

~ t