–>> ** The first 4 editions of this figure are sold out on MONDO’s shop site & need to be purchased 3rd party at this point.
In 1983, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were doodling on napkins, playing around with an idea that initially began as a joke. Little did they know what started as a sketch, would turn into the phenomena known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Mondo is proud to honor the history of the Turtles with a figure based on the very first illustration of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, as drawn by Kevin Eastman. Featuring 5 points of articulation, and illustration-accurate details, The First Turtle is perfect for TMNT and comic history fans alike!
This version features a color paint scheme with an orange mask.
Note: This item is a PRE-ORDER and is estimated to ship the 4th Quarter of 2015.
material: PVC
size: Approx. 6.5″
“I can not think of a better way to honor and celebrate the ART of the medium we all work in. ..A special event, in a gallery setting created for our ART, while raising money to help the ARTISTS in need who originally inspired us!” — Kevin Eastman
Tokka’s MUTANIMALS cover for the 100 project will be featured at this show..i’ve lighh
You may remember Langdon Foss’s IDW TMNT #20 Cover – Bobby, Tom and crew incorporated Langdon’s “KRANG MECH” design on the cover into the story-line of Krang’s war with the Neutrinos as the giant robotic-holographic BRAIN-Beast attacked Zak & the Turtles.
Foss’s design is now has been utilized in last week’s TMNT:MUTANTS IN MANHATTAN big video game release & is now known as MEGA KRANG !!
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My artist buddy Timothy Lim (Ninjaink) and I have done some officially licensed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirts and merch designs before, but this is our first foray into the TMNT comics! This is our variant cover for TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #1.We did this as a joint venture with Heroes & Fantasies (San Antonio’s largest comic shop) and the Palladium IMAX theater (hence the movie parody; you can guess the source material). The cover will be released on June 1st. Tim will be at the Palladium IMAX in San Antonio on June 4th for a signing, coinciding with the release of TMNT: Out of the Shadows. (Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, I won’t be able to make the signing.)If you can’t make it to Heroes & Fantasies or the Palladium IMAX, then Tim will be selling copies directly via the Ninjaink Facebook page. Just shoot him a PM and he can hook you up.
It was a lot of fun; thanks to the guys at IDW and Nickelodeon who approved the design and were such good sports for the parody! — Mark Pellegrini
–>> Gonna go ahead and drop this during your TMNT II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE 25th anniversary week – – featuring the Tokka that started it all for your ol’ Snapper pal here ;” THE MOST ‘HATED’ Turtle ARTIST IN COMICS “ !!
TMNT-Ninjaturetles Blog ; More Spring-Time IDW Comic Schedule from the Rocky Mountain’s Turtle Comic Connisuer , RICH. With this post – we reintroduce Rich’s updates into the regular aggregation queue !! ::
–>> ‘Nuther drudgingly awful and blatantly unholy relic from the **t2z archives..
Seeing the past few week’s comic incidents have lead Donatello to a whole new level of interest and “Saintly-hood” now that he’s dead AGAIN. A Satanic little Tokka-snake is keepin’ an eye on things just to keep things real and perhaps make this post somewhat ironically appropriate this fine Easter day.
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..finally an official hard-copy North American release for the popular 2003 4kids run of Turtles post PARAMOUNT’s ‘ TURTLE FOREVER ‘ release darn near 5 years ago.. It’s not much, but it’s a start, perhaps in time a collected version of the entire series could manifest. If you already have your old FUNIMATION releases, ya may want to hang on to that. If not, these budget priced releases may be kinda fun for you !! Read on ..
Toy Fair ’15 is here !! High-end collectables are already in the mix and news. If it fits your muse & budget .. there are some beautiful and cool offerings to cram into your swanky, sewer-hipster abode.
TOYARK:: Prime 1 Studio is showing some new products off at Wonder Festival 2015. Our sister site TFW2005 has been covering their Transformers reveals. On hand are their upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Statues, which are based on last years live action film. This is our first look at all four Turtles together, as well as the first time we’ve seen Master Splinter.
Istagram user CARTOONFANBOY shares a carded shot of the much anticipated BAXTER FLY in the same line as our carded SERPENT KARAI friend posted last week by U.K.’s Hero. Apparently he’s showing up in Austria right now, so keep your eyes peeled to the pegs GLOBALLY !!
North America’s NYC TOY FAIR slams this weekend, we’ll round-up the most imperative of the TMNT related bits n’ bites of the exciting Turtle tid-bits that are destined to decimate your TURTLE TEEN TOY BUDGET in the next few days. Gee after 31 years have durn near put this ol’ Snapper in the Poor Sewer. Er.. yeah.
But hey, we’ll also we’ll have some “Ghosts” of TMNT Toy Fair’s past !! So watch this space, Tokksters n’ Shellheads !!
–>> .. Rich, our Rocky Mountain TURTLE Comic-guru has got your SUMMER comic schedule from IDW, click the link of each corresponding issue to get the details from Rich himself ! !
Power Rangers alumni, Stuntman & owner/operator of TMNTVAN.COM, Jason Ybarra has a nice write-up about his famous TMNT PARTY WAGON in the latest issue of **HOT V.W.s, check it at your local news stand !! !!
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"Uh - i left my wallet in my other pair'a pants,Toitle."
Great reading – – check these articles for some TMNT 30 related gud’ness !! ::
As usual, the drum i pound each and every-time until the damn drum breaks breaks: ” patience is key “. More power to the individual collector or ones of extraneous circumstances who can afford the really wacky and sometimes unreasonable prices any particular dealer offers for advanced product. Not to chastise any particular dealer, i’m sure they price things based on demand. More power to them too.. But if you stay vigil and PATIENT the same product should, in most cases be available locally in your area soon, if not very soon. This includes product based on the current T.V. Show from Playmates ( Rahzar, Slash ,LARP TMNT, et al. ), Kidrobot Vinyl releases, ect. When these items show up online in auctions or the toy reviewers receive them from the companies for critique, that’s when you keep a calm and cool eye – best you can on your local store pegs. I know it’s not easy .. but even if i like or not – -it’s the nature of the hunt. Staying cool and collected and learning / recognizing the patterns and signs of product releases makes good sense for getting EVEN THE COMPLETEST everything they want for their particular collection. and you don’t have to break the bank and sell the farm and stress out to make that happen. I’m tellin’ you this cuz Tokka’s gotta tell himself the exact same thing in regards to collecting all the time. 🙂 And if all else fails.. yes yes.. THERE’S ALWAYS EBAY. Real quick, our friend Powder showed us a glimpse of the newest MOVIE T.V. spot with a new Shredder viewpoint. I’ll try to post that soon. ~ t
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Check out TMNT/BATMAN’s Freddie Williams II’s TMNT shop for HOT original art that’s going FAST !! !!
BIG BAD TOY STORE :: Preorders have begun for all the popular and anticipated releases – BANDAI 
TOY CHEST NEWS :: **Good Smile’s “JAMES JEAN” TMNT PVC Figure Line Kicks Off With Leonardo & Michelangelo
