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


KENNER:: "LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT".. " - NIGHTMARE" i (( 1998 ))

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–>> One last bit of BATMAN crossover fun with a 2-part print ad from Kenner’s 1990s powerful “LEGENDS of THE DARK KNIGHT” toy line.

KENNER:: "LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT".. " - NIGHTMARE" ii (( 1998 ))

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Related notes and more TOY FAIR ’16 bits — more like CHUNKS !!::

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TOYARK::

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Toy Fair 2016 – The Loyal Subjects – TMNT, My Little Pony, MOTU

 

TOY NEWS INTERNATIONAL :: LOOK   – – We’re getting SLAMMED with TURTLE related product in 2016 and i’m really overwhelmed here, so screw it. I trust Dan’s reviews and just am gonna post the imperative walk-thru’s he made with the companies offering the impressive pieces so many will want to add to their collections.

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• More –  Toy Fair 2016: NECA Toys Product Walkthrough With Randy Falk & Pixel Dan

  • Pixel Dan’s PLAYMATES Turtles Walk Thru’ ..

..possibly partially due to the leaks on the TMNT 2 movie product last month and from mandate by Paramount, no Movie products and toys are in this walk thru.

  • Pixel Dan’s Funko Walkthbru: ..

  • Pixel Dan’s TMNT MEGA BLOKS Walk Thru’ ..

  • Pixel Dan’s KID ROBOT Walk Thru’ ..

=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oal_KPIJazA”

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..special thanks to Pixel Dan, TNI, and Toy Ark for assistance on this post.

 

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LEE’S TOY REVIEW #xx :: pg.x TOY FAIR ’98 – PLAYMATES’S ‘ZORRO’ & NT: THE NEXT MUTATION. Turtleflage & SHADOW NINJAS (( xx 1998 ))

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx ::  pg.x TOY FAIR '98 - PLAYMATES'S 'ZORRO' & NT: THE NEXT MUTATION. Turtleflage & SHADOW NINJAS / Unreleased 'SHADOW NINJA TMNTS' (( xx 1998 ))

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–>> .. included on this random page are Varner Studio’s ZORRO and NEXT MUTATION offerings for 1998.

I don’t believe this proposed second ZORRO wave was ever produced. The infamous wave that included fan-fave LADY RAWHIDE.

You may or may not recall : The NEXT MUTATION “Turtleflage” assortment would make to retail for the most part. The basic Turtleflage teens made it to store pegs, tho i never saw the basic CAMO TMNTs myself locally. However, 3 of the four main villains from that wave ( Simon Bonesteel, the Eastman designed Silver the Gorilla, and Vam Mi ) were readily available with the Wave 1 assortment at a local Walmart, i snagged them quickly and the three are now the hi-lights of my collection of figures and dust. Infamously, Dr.Quease – Dragon Lord’s mad scientist, the fourth villain in the wave would not see release.

All this was happening as the Next Mutation’s first and only season was going into hiatus. The remaining months leading to K•B closing out the line of toys seemingly exclusively with the Deluxe TURTLEFLAGE Dragon Lord and Teens, the basic Next Mutation figs, and the popular classic TMNT reissues showing up in the big grated discount bins in front of K•B’s old mall stores.

Important note on this page:: You get a fleeting shot of Dr.Quease here with the basic Camo Teens and bad guys with a faint peek as to what his weapon would have looked like. We also have painted prototypes on the display stands that the young lady is holding at the Playmates booth, the SHADOW NINJAS!! These most impressive figures would into hiding, never to be released. They were due possibly upon the arrival of a hypothetical second season of NEXT MUTATION. That was not meant to be so Varner’s incredible, heavily martial arts themed Teens went back to California and into the Varner vaults seemingly forever. With the exception of Raph, we are given a blurry view of Venus and the rest of the team. I recall publication of more images of the Shadow Ninjas elsewhere ( maybe an older Playmates Catalog ) but that may be just wishful thinking in this ol’ Snapper’s untrustworthy brain. This page was, for me – the only verification that these toys existed. 16 years later at SDCC 2014, at the VARNER STUDIOS booth – the unpainted prototypes from Steve and his team themselves had put the Shadow Ninjas out on display for the public to see in time for the Teens 30th birthday.

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  A pretty good shot and rare image of the unproduced – painted “SHADOW NINJA” Raphael proto.

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 I brought these images up to hi-rez best i could, but it didn’t do much good. Well a little bit. Whatever- you get a better grasp at the color scheme of the Teens in their awesome SHADOW NINJA martial arts gear. Varner Studios can make ANY Turtle look really cool.

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LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx ::  pg.x TOY FAIR '98 - PLAYMATES'S 'ZORRO' & NT: THE NEXT MUTATION. Turtleflage & SHADOW NINJAS / 'TURTLEFLAGE' asst. (( xx 1998 ))

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 Again i attempted to enlarge a portion of the photos in the article. Dr.Quease looks like he may be holding some kind of pincher-like projectile launcher or something. His scalpel-like arm weapon appears to have been a clip-on as it appears on the opposite arm of the prototype pictured from the back of the TURTLEFLAGE packages. The blood-splatter design on his jacket appears a little different than on the package image as well. But it is hard to tell as the article image is a bit blurry even when enlarged.

Still you get some good ideas as what could have been if he was released to retail.

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LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx ::  pg.x TOY FAIR '98 - PLAYMATES'S 'ZORRO' & NT: THE NEXT MUTATION. Turtleflage & SHADOW NINJAS / 'TURTLEFLAGE' Don & Leo's Camo Blitz Bike  (( xx 1998 ))

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Finally in the breakdown of the page, here’s a small shot of the cool TURTLEFLAGE LEO and his CAMO BLITZ CYCLE, a really neat bike. I beleive that toy is actually rather sought after nowadays along with the DLX Donatello vehicle from the same series. A good shot of the creepy-cool basic TURTLEFLAGE DON appears too – the article mentions his camo mask lookin’ like it’s from SILENCE OF THE LAMBS .. EEEEEeessh !!

Well just call me Clarice O’Neil .. :{

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RELATED NOTES ::

 

February, 2015
02TMNT Annual 2012 Deluxe Limited Edition HC
25TMNT New Animated Adventures #20; TMNT: Mutanimals #1; TMNT #43

March, 2015
04TMNT New Animated Adventures #21; TMNT: The IDW Collection, Vol. 1 HC
11TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #3
18TMNT: Mutanimals #2
25TMNT #44

April, 2015
08TMNT New Animated Adventures #22
15TMNT #45; TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #4; TMNT Classics, Vol. 10 TPB
22TMNT: Mutanimals #3; TMNT/Ghostbusters TPB

May, 2015
02 – FCBD 2015TMNT Prelude to Vengeance – FCBD 2015

06TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #5; TMNT New Animated Adventures, Vol. 5 TPB
13TMNT New Animated Adventures #23
20TMNT #46; TMNT/Ghostbusters Director’s Cut
27TMNT: Mutanimals #4

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??Secret History of the Foot Clan, Deluxe Workprint Edition HC

Steve Lavigne

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2luUrtwOyo4&sns]

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FOX KIDS VIDEO :: NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION – EAST MEETS WEST ..VHS cover (( 1998 ))

FOX KIDS VIDEO :: NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION - EAST MEETS WEST ..VHS cover (( 1998 ))

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They’re LEANER … They’re GREENER…
and this time, they’ve got COMPANY!

From the darkened sewers of New York to the mysterious splendor of China and beyond our world to the spiritual Realm of Dreams…shell-ebrate the return of Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello with “Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation”!

The most radical superheroes on the planet are now full-grown Ninjas, and in this brand new live-action adventure, “East Meets West,” they discover a new enemy, the Nefarious Dragon Lord – and a new freind, Venus de Milo, a female Mutant Turtle!

Like her Ninja counterparts, Venus fell into the same toxic ooze at birth, but was raised in Shanghai as a Shinobi mystic. and unlike the boys, who were raised in the way of body and might, Venus’ greatest weapons are the powers of the mind and heart!

Together, the Turtles must outsmart and defeat the Dragon Lord and his warriors before they carry out their evil plans to achieve total invincibility and conquer the universe!

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** NINJA TURTLES : THE NEXT MUTATION v.1 .. NEW ON DVD TODAY from SHOUT FACTORY !! !! **

TIGER ELECTRONICS :: “NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION” ELECTRONIC LCD GAME (( 1998 ))

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TIGER ELECTRONICS :: "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION" ELECTRONIC LCD GAME i (( 1998 ))

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TIGER ELECTRONICS :: "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION" ELECTRONIC LCD GAME ..INSTRUCTION MANUAL (( 1998 ))

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TIGER ELECTRONICS :: "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION" ELECTRONIC LCD GAME ..INSTRUCTION MANUAL  pg.13 / RESET DIAGRAM (( 1998 ))

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–>> The LCD display has a complex dynamic with the same graphics shared by different characters & different moments of attack and movement during any moment of game-play ( like most LCD handhelds ).

Shredder, Dragon Lord, the Foot & Rank Soldiers, Venus, & the Turtles share the same graphic with slight alterations to the graphic depending on which character you choose, who you are fighting, and what is happening during play.

Only the obstacles, power-ups, weapons, bikes, Hummer ( The Mutant Marauder ), Splinter, Bonesteel, city, and portal are specific to certain levels.

Rotating between side-scroller levels and the Hummer driving levels.. the programing on the little device is pretty complex when you think about it.

And actually, the noisy little game itself is $%@#’n hard ! !

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TIGER ELECTRONICS :: "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION" ELECTRONIC LCD GAME ..INSTRUCTION MANUAL  pgs.14,15 (( 1998 ))

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“Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation” :: ‘NINJA TURTLES – MUTATION NATION’ Official Membership Card / Phone Card (( 1998 ))

"Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation" :: 'NINJA TURTLES - MUTATION NATION' Official Membership Card /  Phone Card (( 1998 ))

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–>> Part of the N.M fan club. membership kit.

I like how Donatello claims to have ‘rigged the membership card with his “phonalator distometer” for 5 free minuites of phone time.

The number on here still works, tho’ the minutes and member i.d.# code expired eons ago.

Well that and the line is simply a quick pre-recorded advert for some part line.

So don’t expect to get into some “FUN LOCAL Live-CHAT” with Venus or anything kinky like that.

I barely recall the original recording.

Some funny little kid’s recorded voice said :

“Welcome to the Ninja Turtles Mutation Nation !! COWABUNGA!! “

.. then you were prompted to enter your I.D. # to make your 5 minute or less phone call.

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