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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.

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 ::  VARNER STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; TMNT protos - Unreleased "SHADOW NINJAS" NEXT MUTATION protos

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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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 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

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

Steve Lavigne

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

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MONOGRAM INTERNATIONAL :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; COLLECTIBLE FIGURINES { FAMILY DOLLAR EXCLUSIVE } (( 2014 ))

MONOGRAM INTERNATIONAL :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; COLLECTIBLE FIGURINES i  (( 2014 ))–>> Hope everyone had a good holiday !! Welcome to the Winter Holiday season and the rest of your Cyber week  !!

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Related notes; and there’s lots of ’em !! ::

 

  • Comic Book Men: Episode 407; – special scene with Smith & his Crew  With  Eastman ::

[youtube:http://youtu.be/95nB87Yeswg]

SEWER-DEN 24days'14

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK; Cassette Tape // Signed by Partners in Kryme’s RICHARD USHER & KEVIN EASTMAN (( 1990 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK; Cassette Tape // Signed by Partners in Kryme's RICHARD USHER & KEVIN EASTMAN i (( 1990 ))

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–>> .. ain’t no foolin’ this April, ** PARTNERS IN KRYME is back on the case, better hurry up – there’s no time to waste.

During February’s **Jared’s Epic Party ***& last month’s D-Lux Expo P.I.K.’s Richard Usher ; an iconic musician from the first and third TMNT movie soundtracks revealed some very cool TURTLE RELATED  music items.  He’s fesh off the soundtrack to Activision’s TMNT: OUT OF THE SHADOWS video game – – he’s in a current of anold-school re-surge of legendary musicians with now famous & classic TMNT movie relates songs, with fresh takes and variations on those classics & brand new material ..  – –

JARED'S EPIC PARTY! :: TMNT2 Movie Experience; Alamo DraftHouse Cinema // EASTMANS, Richard Usher of Partners in Kryme, Ernie Reyes Jr. & Tokka  (( February 21, 2014 ))
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..in fact Richard’s been performing his brand new “T – U  – R – T – L – E POWER” 2.0 live ;

“ROCK THE HALF SHELL”.

– .. If things go according to plan and negotiations work out, ROCK THE HALF SHELL WILL APPEAR on the new soundtrack for PARAMOUNT’s TMNT film due in August.

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Related notes ::

In from  bricksandbloks ::

THE TURTLES ARE BIG IN JAPAN AGAIN !! !!

REVOLTECH-Raph

Hi-lights from this past weekend’s ニンジャタートルズ TMNT 2k12 Japan premiere Party ( thanks to Zimmer & Pachira, and via TMNT-C !! )) ::

 

Via Pachira ::

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** AGENT 88 :: “88 KICKS A SECOND WITH ERNIE REYES JR !!!” **

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–>> ** AGENT 88 KICKSTARTS into her final hours for support, raising the last funds needed to finalize post-production on a one-of-a kind, hysterical ACTION-ROMP by Art Asylum founder DIGGER T. Mesch.

The much talked about & anticipated web series about worlds’ deadliest Assassin who also happens to be an 88 British Dame of shopping cart eloquence & an Alzheimer’s sufferer.

88 post-production supervisor & TMNT fan, Santino Ramos will also be acting in the series – and has pulled out the big guns; as mentioned earlier .. Ernie Reyes Jr.!!

For the first time ever these literal BROTHERS-IN-ARMS will be acting and working on the project together !!

** AGENT 88 has some killer incentives for you – including limited edition 88 Mini-Mates, DVDs, Hoodies & Tees, and the exciting “ART OF 88” from Heavy Metal !! With Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley, David Mack, Kay D’arcy, Peter Mayhew, ( n’ some psychotic Snapper you just might just know & loathe ) and so many more behind the project .. you just can’t go wrong !!

Every little bit helps !! But this is YOUR LAST CHANCE TO JOIN IN !!

HEAVY METAL Presents: The ART of 88 - Shoppin' Buggy Shredder
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** DIGGER T. MESCH presents : “AGENT 88 ” – Kay D’Arcy,Kevin Eastman, PETER MAYHEW,ERNIE REYES JR., + MORE **

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–>> OK, you TMNT guys n’ girls n’ gouls might wana take a close look at this.

** AGENT 88 **

Kay D’Arcy (CRIMINAL MINDS) stars as AGENT 88 ; Agent 88 is the story of the world’s deadliest assassin… an 88-year-old British woman on the verge of Alzheimers.

An eclectic cocktail of KILL BILL, CRANK and MR MAGOO, { and maybe one-part TMNT 😉 ~ t } AGENT 88 is a dark action comedy that meshes wry wit with cutting-edge martial arts action, slick visual effects and the conviction that……….”

Cameos and guest stars include Ninja Turtle icons like Kevin Eastman & Ernie Reyes Jr. !!


** ” SUPPORT THE AGENT 88″ KICKSTARTER PROGRAM** ;

.. pledge as little as a buck; 18 bucks starts the ball rolling for special prizes & KILLER INCENTIVES GOODIES including Rare and special edition MINIMATES, Hoodies & Tees, DVD EXTRAS, & “Heavy Metal presents the ART OF 88” featuring AGENT work by KEVIN EASTMAN, SIMON BISLEY, DIGGER, SANTINO RAMOS,David Mack and more of an amazing mix of 88 high-profile artists ( n’ one highly suspectable Snapper n’ Foot Clan allegianciaire >;p   )  !!

Check it out n’ support, gang as the series reaches a boiling point for this one-of-a-kind ambitious n’ hilarious action romp from 88 Tranzmedia, Dig Deep Entertainment, Hurricane Entertainment and Red Earth Productions !!

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