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Tomart’s Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR ’97, PLAYMATES “NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION” (( April 1997 ))

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early N.M. logo (( April 1997 ))

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–>> Here’s some more Ghosts come to haunt the sewers from Toy Fair’s past !!

This artwork and early N.M. logo was being used by Mirage and Saban early on in the development of the live-action show. I recall seeing it multiple times on the official TMNT website.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION (( April 1997 ))

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This has been rescanned at a higher rez, and broken down to hi-light a better look at the prototypes and such presented within’ the magazine spread.

There’s a bit going on here including early prototypes of Venus and Dragon Lord, logos, and a very “DARTH VADER” – like, early Shredder prototype that’s quite pointy.

Pink-bandanas on Venus and a really cool paint job on DRAGON SKULL a.k.a The Dragon Lord.

The very comic-book, “DOONEY STYLED” Elite Guard in this line was the first “Shredder Elite Ninja” ever to be sculpted into a toy.

The Elite Guards don’t look like this in the show at all as they do on the fig.

It’s not mentioned much, but the story was supposed to go in that after Venus defeated Shredder and the N.Y. Foot Clan was disbanded, the Shredder’s Elite were to join Dragon Lord’s “THE RANK” army in lieu of the absence of the FOOT. Hopefully when Oroku Saki was to return, they would have rejoined him once again betraying their new Dragon master.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early "VADER-esque" 'SHREDDER' (( April 1997 ))

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Connotations between “SHREDDER” and “Darth Vader” drove me nuts growing up – i heard it many times. But it’s pretty hard not to think of the Dark Lord with this early proto and SHARP version of Saki. The final figure looks immensely cool, one of my all time favourites.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early "pink-bandana" Venus (( April 1997 ))

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Venus’s proto included pupils and a pink coloured banadana and wrappings.

NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION :: VENUS ..card backer ii ; signed by Mitchell A. Lee Yuen - "RAPHAEL" in N.M. (( 1997 ))

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Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early "DRAGON SKULL" the 'DRAGON LORD' (( April 1997 ))

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One of my favourites from the Teens’ Rouges Gallery. One has to presume that the Dragon Lord’s final facial look was not ready by the time he went to sculpt. The masked version would be the only version EVER to be manufactured and the same sculpt is used on his TURTLEFLAGE deluxe figure. He never wore the mask in the show, as you may recall. A “sculpted dragon-head” was promised for a future figure, maybe it was even sculpted at one point. But who knows. Again, the line went away after the second wave.

The cool paint wash on this highlights the sculpt a bit better on the prototype than on the manufactured figure. You can even see the upper “GREEN” portion of his face just a bit peaking above the face mask. The final figure just makes it look like he’s wearing a full, white head mask.

NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION :: "CAMO-CAPE TURTLEFLAGE" DISGUISING DRAGON LORD ..card backer ii (( 1997 ))

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Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..Eastman, vehicles & 'THUNDER THRASHERS TMNT' (( April 1997 ))

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Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early Cycle assortment & 'Mutant Marauder' (( April 1997 ))

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The Biker , MEGA MOTORIN’ “Elite Guard” looks suspiciously like he’s wearing similar looking garb to the Rank Warriors. And none of the villains on the show ACTUALLY get a souped up ride like the cool red n’ purple, stealthy lookin’ speedster. Raph’s bike looks kinda similar to how it looks in the live show.

The big fat Mutant Marauder would be rereleased in the TMNT 2003 line tho’ it was redecorated a bit and didn’t feature in the animated show.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early 'THUNDER THRASHERS' asst. (( April 1997 ))

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Early “T. Thrashers” protos include a pink-bandana Venus again, and she is wearing a top which actually looks cool on her.

For whatever reason, her final DLX Thrasher toy removed the top ( *GASP* ) and e’rythang just all umm — hangs OUT free-flowin’ in the breeze at the skate park.

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..early 'THUNDER THRASHERS' "pink bandana & tank top" 'BLACKTOP BOARDIN' VENUS" Venus (( April 1997 ))

Tomart's Action Figure Digest #xx :: pgs.26, 27 TOY FAIR '97, PLAYMATES "NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION / ..Eastman in the showroom sewers (( April 1997 ))..and there’s your buddy wandering his way thru’ the Toy Fair’s very own sewer system.

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N.Y. Toy Fair ’15 has wound down, but the hunt is just beginning for the collectors, kids, moms n’ dads EVERYWHERE !! ::

Back at Wonder Festival 2015, Prime 1 Studio showcased all four of their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Statues. Now we get a close up look at the Donatello Statue. **Prime 1 Studio has posted some official photos and some info for the upcoming release…-

Check out the full gallery on **TOY ARK and click ***Prime 1 Studio here for release info.

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DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; “LEONARDO” Vinyl Bust Bank (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank i (( 2014 ))

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**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Bust Bank

 Diamond Select Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vinyl Bust Banks

–>> Very roughly 8″ scale; Art Asylum’s sculpt of these fully functioning coin banks is darn near dead on T.V. show accurate; paint and all. Each bank is semi-articulated allowing for a limited range of posability on your shelf or wherever the bank is displayed, keep in mind that certain poses may tip the balance of the bank and will not work.

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank ii (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank iii (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank iv (( 2014 ))

The elbow structure and weapon positions need to be placed to offer support to the bank. You should be able to position the bank in a cool n’ fun pose without it tipping over, you’ll just have to play with the arms and poses ’til you find something that works to your choosing.

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank v (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank vi / ..head rotates (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank vii / ..articulates at shoulders & wrists (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank ix / ..functioning coin bank (( 2014 ))

Weapons are of a decent, tho in Leo’s katana case — the plastic is a bit flimsy. Each bank needs a small amount of assembly to put the weapons in the Turtle’s hands correctly. Mike’s nunchuckus have a real chain.

 

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank x / ..weapon assembly (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xi (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xii (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xiii (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xiv (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xv (( 2014 ))DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xvi (( 2014 ))

One can definitely see this being a fun change savings device for kids but again it is not necessarily a toy. Parents should prolly use some discretion if getting this for their children, especially if the little savers are very young. These are defiantly awesome pieces for the bigger kids & TMNT fans to save their pennies in the tradition of high quality standards of Art Asylum and DST.

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“The Ninja Turtles are still raising shell! Twenty-five years after their debut, the TMNT are as popular as ever, and this 8-inch vinyl bank depicts team leader Leonardo in full action mode, wielding a pair of katana swords. Insert coins through the slot in his back! A Diamond Select Toys release. Designed by Art Asylum!”

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xvii / ..Wicked Cool Toys 4" scale LEO Bank '13 (( 2014 ))

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES; "LEONARDO" Vinyl Bust Bank xviii (( 2014 ))

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 Related notes ::

NYCC Nick TURTLES PANEL from NYCC in case you missed it, courtesy evan2000; HUN,RENET,MYSTIC TURTLES,CAR DON, BEBOP n.ROCK –  -et. al.. ..

TMNT movie BlueRayRAPHstatue

  • JAKKS PACIFIC MIKEY GIANT FIGURE showing up at TRU – via Mike D…thanks, Mike!!

MIKE Giant Fih at TRU

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“NOTEBOOK RULED NINJA” by SHANE (( 2013 ))

“NOTEBOOK RULED NINJA” by SHANE (( 2013 ))

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–>> Every year during San D, Tokka is usually able to get at least ONE REAL QUICK illustration from Kevin Eastman. At the “0” hour of closing, everyone was cleaning up, SDCC’s security was about to beat and arrest me and Tokka’s head was about to explode into 25 billion little HD Technicolor Pixels. It just wasn’t gonna happen.

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 :: VARNER STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; HEAVY METAL BOOTH - Shane creating a Turtle for TOKKA

Then suddenly this young chap stepped-up to the plate, one of Heavy Metal Magazine’s rising STARS – SHANE .. and here we have a quick and cool TMNT masterpiece for Tokka to add to his TURTLE art-collection in the same genre o’ black & white vibrancy that started the whole EASTMAN Legacy in the first place !!

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 :: VARNER STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; HEAVY METAL BOOTH - Shane creating a Turtle for TOKKA• •

..where to start with the news after such an absence the past several weeks, Tokka ??

H’mm   – -Step at a time, lets start with the end of summer toy and collectible news ::

 

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 :: VARNER STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; "COMIC BOOK #TMNT" peek ; MICHELANGELO

TOY ARK (Thank you T.A. for your valuable assistance in my updates ) :

 

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 :: VARNER STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; "COMIC BOOK #TMNT" peek ; MICHELANGELO

..Playmates COMIC TMNT peeks by VARNER STUDIOS.. 

San Diego CHAOS CONUNDRUM 2014 :: VARNER#TMNT/ STUDIOS Booth, SDCC '14; "COMIC BOOK TMNT" peek iii..i’ll try to summarize the movie related FLOOD of merch and such we got this summer and hopefully get to comics AND MORE ORIGINAL CONTENT YOU REALLY ONLY FIND HERE in the coming days and posts !! Yup, that’s my testimony n’ i’m stickin’ to it.

Bare with me again please, still trying to rebound. Also trying to build back a little bit of a team and network here like we started with when Stephen first founded this ol’ place. We’ll do the best we can.

Also apologies personally if i promised to incorporate your news info in my updates and have failed or not gotten to it yet. Please forgive me, it has been a very traumatizing year, let alone summer.

Back soon !!

 

~ t

ARCHIE COMICS :: ‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES’ THE MOVIE; “- ..A FULLY PAINTED COVER BY KEVIN EASTMAN .. – -” (( 1990 ))

ARCHIE COMICS :: 'TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES' THE MOVIE; "- ..A FULLY PAINTED COVER BY KEVIN EASTMAN .. - -" (( 1990 ))

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**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

Cover: Kevin Eastman & Steve Lavigne

Adaptation: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

Script: Peter Laird

Layouts: Kevin Eastman

Pencils: Jim Lawson

Inks: Eric Talbot, Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman

Colors: Barry Grossman

Letters: Gary Fields

First Printing: Summer, 1990

Cover: Kevin Eastman

Adaptation: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

Script: Peter Laird

Layouts: Kevin Eastman

Pencils: Jim Lawson

Inks: Eric Talbot, Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman

Colors: Steve Lavigne

Letters: Gary Fields

First Printing: Summer, 1990

Mirage Studios’ adaptation of the first TMNT movie. Two editions were published, one in regular comic book format, and a “prestige” format that was printed on better quality paper and featured painted coloring by Steve Lavigne on the interior pages.

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–>> Prestige format cover pictured in ad. **Rich has the full details on IDW’s TMNT Original Motion Picture Special Edition HC available July, 16

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Courtesy of TMNT Hunter :: TMNT Movie Crush promo, Fryes Keaychains

..fellow Instagramer TMNThunter209 has found some interesting finds recently on his travels  ::

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TNI & Pixel Dan save the day AGAIN with your NERDO COSPLAYERS in a 1/2 – shell::

.. alright – gotta work .. back soon.

 

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“Cap and Logan vs. Sentinel” ..unfinished pin-up by KEVIN EASTMAN (( 1985 ))

"Cap and Logan vs. Sentinel" ..unfinished pin-up by KEVIN EASTMAN (( 1985 ))

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–>> .. 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 ! !

June, 2014 04 – TMNT #34; TMNT, Vol. 8: Northampton TPB **#34 preview on COMICVINE 18 – TMNT: Turtles In Time #1; TMNT #35 25 – TMNT Annual 2014; TMNT New Animated Adventures #12 July, 2014 02 – TMNT, Vol. 1: Change Is Constant 2014 TPB; TMNT Micro-Series, Vol. 1 2014 TPB; Tales of the TMNT, Vol. 5 TPB; TMNT Annual 2012 Deluxe Limited Edition HC; TMNT Animated, Vol. 4 TPB; TMNT Heroes Collection Oversized HC 09 – TMNT New Animated Adventures #13 16 – TMNT: Turtles In Time #2; TMNT: Utrom Empire, Vol. 1 TPB; TMNT Original Motion Picture Special Edition HC 30 – TMNT #36 August, 2014 06 – TMNT Adventures, Vol. 8 TPB 13 – TMNT New Animated Adventures #14; Secret History of the Foot Clan, Workprint Edition HC 20 – TMNT: Turtles In Time #3; TMNT Color Classics: The Works, Vol. 3 HC 27 – TMNT #37

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TMNTv4 #32

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***Nick “NITRO” , superfan and friend has a really impressive and ambitious “HARD CORE TMNT” FAN COMIC project going on that needs a little love and support on PATREON ; check’it. This is really cool !! !!  ::

 

***Donate if you can, every lil’ bit helps !! !!

 

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HOT-VWs / TMNTVAN Article !!

  • 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 !! ::

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Quick Toy notes::

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