![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER i (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6524094081_5758c97a7f.jpg)
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER / box (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6524089205_f8d2e636d7.jpg)
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER iii (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6524101793_680bb8fe09_m.jpg)
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER iv (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6524105585_65ba5b4ed8.jpg)
![NUTCKURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER ii (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6524097735_e28e6555ec.jpg)
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER v / ..tail lever (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6524108577_baf00d2d0e.jpg)
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–>> .. interestingly, this Raphael has a tail that serves as the lever. As you may know, traditional nutcrackers have a lever that when lifted ..the character’s mouth will open & metaphorically or literally a nut can be placed in the jaws of the figure and it can be cracked ( .. a ‘nut’ cracker :p ).
Obviously, this is no traditional nutcracker and the “cracker” portion of the figure is underneath Raph’s fully sculpted head and chin & above his plastron. The head feels like a hard resin, plastron is a painted vinyl strip, and the rest is a mix of wood and fabrics and metal name plaque.
When you move the tail up, the central part of Raph’s chest barely moves down a quarter of an inch. You couldn’t really put anything in there to crack ( not that you’d want to.. this is not a functional item but for decor, durr. XD ) let alone a nut.
Hmm.. well maybe a small sunflower seed.
~ t
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER xi (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6525119583_24048f3d50.jpg)
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![NUTCKURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER xv / ..with NORA, Reindeer First Class; NORTH POLE (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6525141293_9ffeaf4fa5.jpg)
![KURT S. Adler :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES "RAPHAEL" NUTCRACKER xvi (( 2008 ))](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6525145811_8ef7acb68d.jpg)