Tag: Playmates Toys

“Look at Krang” ..art by DAVE GARCIA (( 2013 ))

"Look at Krang" ..art by DAVE GARCIA (( 2013 ))

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–>> Related notes ::

WALMART s.3 preview

 

NICK TMNT MOVIE SITE

  • In case ya missed it, ( Tokka did, I’m pathetic — )

**Nick’s OWN TMNT MOVIE SITE**

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Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner i (( 2012 ))

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–>> Iconic toy sculptor, STEVE VARNER of ** VARNER STUDIOS crafted all 4 of Nick’s initial 2012 TMNT figure wave bodies and all, with one noted exception.. Michelangelo.

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner ii / ..with 3 other rejected Mikey heads (( 2012 ))

Stefan Varner, son of Steve and fellow toy designer at VARNER was in charge of creating Mikes noggin. Four ( or more ? ) attempts were made to get Mikey’s face just right. The fifth head passed Stefan’s and Nickelodeon’s expectations and that is the current noggin you’ll find on main Mikey figures in production worldwide. This particular sculpt is etch signed by the artist.

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner iii (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner iv (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner v (( 2012 )) (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner vii (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner viii / ..signed  (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner ix / ..with manufactured Mike head  (( 2012 ))Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner x / ..with manufactured Mike head  (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner xi / ..with manufactured Mike head  (( 2012 ))Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner xii / ..with manufactured Mike head  (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner xiii / ..with manufactured Mike head  (( 2012 ))

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner xiv / ..set atop manufactured MIKE body  (( 2012 ))

..the rejected head set atop the manufactured PLAYMATES Mike body.

Nickelodeon  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: MICHELANGELO ..rejected noggin; sculpt by Stefan Varner xvi / ..set atop manufactured MIKE body  (( 2012 ))

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  • TARA returns with a new Collector’s case for Playmate’s NICK TURTLES !!

Tara Toy Corp. :: "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" - COLLECTORS CASE xxvi / jury-rigged handle (( 1988 ))

Minae Noji-KARAI

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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 !!

 

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“MUTANT MILITARY 2” TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH iv (( 1992 ))

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"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH i (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH ii (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH ..card backer i (( 1992 ))

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"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH ..card backer ii (( 1992 ))

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PORTRAIT OF YANKEE DOODLE RAPH
The Sewer Civil War Hero!

VITAL YANKTISTICS:

Accessories: Bodacious Bed Roll, Removable Belt, Reptile Rifle with Sai Bayonet, Foot Firin’ Flint Pistol, Cool Canteen with String-a-long Strap
Favorite Food: Yankee Pot Roast Pizza
Favorite Saying: Don’t fire ’til you’ve eaten all your pizza!

It’s good to have the one and only classic Military Mutant Yankee Doodle Raph on your side. His ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War – and that’s how he got his good ol’ American name. Yankee Doodle Raph represents all that’s right with out heritage – apple pie, pizza pie, octipi… and all that other stuff. The Foot will retreat when this rebel with courage comes forward. Raph’s ready with his Foot firin’ flint pistol and reptile rifle – with weapons so radical, the Foot will surely stay away from the sewers. So let the drum and fife play loud and play proud. Yankee Doodle Raph can’t be stopped, cuz he marches over all borders with good on his side!

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH v (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH vi (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH vii (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH ix (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH x // ..with MM2 "Kookie Kavalry Leo" '92 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xi // ..with MM2 "Kookie Kavalry Leo" '92 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH viii (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xiii // ..with WACKY WILD WEST TMNT "Chief Leo" '92 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xii // ..with WACKY WILD WEST TMNT "SEWER SCOUT RAPH" '92 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xiv // .. vs. MM2 "Dimwit Doughboy Rocksteady" & "Private Porknose Bebop" '92 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xv // .. vs. NINJA TURTLES Movie "SHREDDER" '14 (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xviii // ..fake TURN OF THE CENTURY (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xvii // ..fake TURN OF THE CENTURY (( 1992 ))

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH xvi // ..fake TURN OF THE CENTURY (( 1992 ))

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Pixel Dan rounds out the final 3 figs in the first wave of the new TMNT movie toys .. ::

SHREDDER ..

FOOT SOLIDER ..

Splinter ..

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !!

"MUTANT MILITARY 2" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: YANKEE DOODLE RAPH iii (( 1992 ))

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“NINJA TURTLES” Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } i (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER i (( 2014 ))

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–>> The “NINJA TURTLES” title on the cards reflects early design and production by Playmates before “TEENAGE MUTANT” was added back to the title of the reboot film. Cards and promo material had already been produced or were already moving forward in production by the time name change was made so i presume it was kind of too late to go back and change the first wave releases. That may change on cards in future releases later this year/ next year.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER ii (( 2014 ))

I believe this has happened to Playmates before, for example when they had the Peter Jackson “KING KONG” license. KING KONG related products and toys had “KONG : THE 8th WONDER OF THE WORLD” labeling, toys that rolled out at this time i think represented an earlier title to that film. Until just simply “KING KONG” became the film’s title. The early design and production by the toy companies had already had “8th WONDER – ” labels and cards. Playmates was not the only company effected by this. Tho’ i doubt the Film title changing issues really go into effecting the parallel product line’s sales. Other factors on the other hand do tho’.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER ..card backer i (( 2014 ))

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..this card image is the same for all non-TURTLE characters.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER ..card backer ii (( 2014 ))

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"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER ..card insert (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } ii // ..with standard FOOT SOLDIER (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } iii // ..with standard FOOT SOLDIER (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } vi // ..masks (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } v // ..masks (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } vii // ..serial killer (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } viii // ..serial killer (( 2014 ))

I’m finding that the the basic Movie Foot is pretty creepy so i ‘ll have one AS-IS.. it’s doubtful that the FOOT are wearing translucent masks in the film. They might, but amoung the first real villains we were able to sneak-a-peek at fully last year was the standard “PARAMILITARY” – like Foot Soldiers. I tried to make one as movie accurate as i could, and it really wasn’t that hard and didn’t take too long. This is just what i did, you can do whatever you want or nothing at all, of coarse.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } x // ..tried to make movie accurate (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } ix // ..firearms (( 2014 ))
"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } x // ..Foot Tactical Shield (( 2014 )) Using metallic silver, Krylon Fusion “hammered-look” COPPER spray paint for plastics ( on mask ), and some various washes and minor paint on his scarf & metallics on the boots – i think i did okay. The survival knife and firearms have just a metallic wash over them and weapons & figure are coated in a simple sealant even a glue-like substance like Modge Podge rubbed on the figure will work. That final step is not 100 % necessary, but if he’s gonna be handled allot for play and display, i do suggest it.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } iv // ..arsenals (( 2014 ))

Since the Foot seem to be going all G.I.Joe in this movie, expanding the Soldier’s arsenal was just an obvious & easy option. For his cannon, battering ram, shield and bullhorn i easily customized/metalized the “stolen” weapons from one of the cheap DOLLAR TREE “MILITARY ACTION FIGURES” available in the toy isle of most of those stores. The weapons aren’t perfect, but add a fun display option. The one displayed on the right is the toy i cobbled these weapons from. The frogman looks like he has some cool weapons to RAVAGE as in the future !!

New Dollar Store Military

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xi // ..Foot Tactical Shield (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xiii // ..Foot Battering Ram (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xii // ..firearms (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xiv // .. Foot Heavy Rapid Repeat Cannon (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xv // .. Foot Heavy Rapid Repeat Cannon (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xv // ..Foot Bullhorn (( 2014 ))

..maybe i did Ok ?! Or maybe the Foot looks more like DESTRO from G.I. Joe, or Michael Myers from HALLOWEEN. H’m.. you tell me.

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xvii // ..with Foot Soldier '88 & Foot Soldier '03 (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xix // ..with TMNT movie Foot Soldier '07 & NICK TMNT Foot Soldier '12 (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xviii // ..with 'MOVIE STAR' Foot Soldier '92 & M.S. Foot Soldier BOOTLEG '14 (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xx // .. vs. NECA TMNT Leonardo '08 (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xxi // .. vs. NECA TMNT Leonardo '08 (( 2014 ))

"NINJA TURTLES" Movie :: FOOT SOLDIER { tOKKustom PARAMILITARY wash } xxi (( 2014 ))

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  • Walmart--movie-Pallette ..More movie product is being released in more and more stores as you may have seen by now. Wal-marts are getting these pretty hefty palettes with tons of Movie figs: basic, DLX and large scale, april, and Raphael in Disguise. You will also find the newest of the standard Cartoon waves & re-releases in these palette displays ( i.e. Rahzar, Newtralizer, Slash, Dojo Splinter, and Cockroach T. reissue ).
  • Pixel DAN’S  Movie toy reviews of the Teens and the Assault Van.

 

Assault Van..

Raphael ..

Raph in disguise ..

Mike ..

Leo ..

Donnie T. ..

April ..

SLASH!!

 

Bricks and Bloks:: LEGO Ninja Turtles Movie Sets Discounted & Up for Order! B & B states that the Movie sets have already been available on hand at LEGOLAND Theme parks.

Nick Turtles PEZ display ..

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