LEE’S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 36 / “TOY FAIR 2004” , ‘TMNT – 2k3 Peek’ (( March 2004 ))

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 36 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek'  (( March 2004 ))

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–>> A handful of unproduced prototypes, or at least drastically altered figures to the extent of their final manufactured form appear on this spread. A rare look at a few of them.

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 37 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek'  (( March 2004 ))

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LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 36 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek' - "QUARRY" early prototype (( March 2004 ))

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–>> The paint on Quarry’s prototype is pretty cool, this is similar to an effect of what was finally produced OVER a year later than when it was originally to be released. I recall a “spitting” action feature announced for this toy. That was not realized on the final figure. I’m not sure if i recall an actual prototype showing that feature. This photo doesn’t seem to show it at all. The proto’s visual is much better ascetically than the final figure.

 

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 37 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek' - "FOOT MYSTICS" unproduced prototypes  (( March 2004 ))

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 Obviously the same sculpt, only the FOOT FIRE MYSTIC was made for whatever reason.

The more ambitious customizer could hypothetically obtain 3 more Fire Mystic toys and repaint them accordingly. These guys eventually would “manifest” in the MIRAGE comic books.

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 37 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek' - "SPACE HOPPIN' RAPHAEL" early prototype  (( March 2004 ))

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This EARLY prototype of the ‘Space Hoppin’ Raph’ toy is a more accurate to what appeared in the TMNT 2k3 T.V. show than what was actually manufactured and put into stores. These were the Teens’ stolen TRICERATON space suits in the show, you can see the suit’s “tail” in the back of the toy. The actual manufactured Space Hoppers

 

LEE'S TOY REVIEW #xx, pg. 37 / "TOY FAIR 2004" , 'TMNT - 2k3 Peek' - Unproduced Mouser 6-pack  (( March 2004 ))

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 No single carded 6-pack of April’s little robot “friends” was produced for this line. However multiple Mousers would come packed in one of the S.W.A.T. multi-figure/vehicle packs in the mid-aughts.

The Nick TMNT line does have a Multi-pack of Mousers.

 

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NY TOYFAIR ’15 COVERAGE continues, oi !!  ::

COWABUNGA CORNER :: TMNT-Colorforms-travel90COLORFORMS RETURN WITH TMNT ,interview !! 

More from Pixel-DAN & Playmates  !! ::

Teenage Mutant Half Shell Heroes Figures and Vehicles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-Machines Cars and Playsets

TOY ARK ::

Finally, special thank you to new ally of GGM, the WHITEFOOTSOLDIER ::

LoyalSUBJECTSxTMNTw2 peek

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ACTION FIGURE NEWS & TOY REVIEW : “PLAYMATES TREKS ON INTO 1997” pgs. 6 & 7 (( 1997 ))

ACTION FIGURE NEWS & TOY REVIEW : "PLAYMATES TREKS ON INTO 1997" pg.7 / .. MUTANT MASTERS TMNT (( 1997 ))

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ACTION FIGURE NEWS & TOY REVIEW : "PLAYMATES TREKS ON INTO 1997" pg.6 (( 1997 ))

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ACTION FIGURE NEWS & TOY REVIEW : "PLAYMATES TREKS ON INTO 1997" pg.7 / .. DINO TMNT (( 1997 ))

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Enough with a blast from Toy Fair’s past; we’re not just yet at Toy Fair 2015 and there’s already some striking images in the RELATED NOTES via Toy Ark. Starting off with the uber-limited and expensive; but beautiful ( pending your point of view ) PRIME 1 Studio offerings from Japan  starting off with peeks of production sample shots of the next two brothers in P1’s TMNT ’14 movie series..   ::

Prime-1-Studio-TMNT-2014-Michelangelo-Statue

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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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“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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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Collector’s Guide (( 1993 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Collector's Guide iv (( 1993 ))

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–>> Little collector guides like this have been pack-in check-list mainstays for action figures & toy lines since the 1980s in the very least; if not earlier. You prolly have several piling up from your current TMNT purchases with more than enough left over to give away to your pals & to line the bottom of the bird cage.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Collector's Guide ii (( 1993 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Collector's Guide iii (( 1993 ))

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: Collector's Guide i (( 1993 ))

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ToyFair Digital Round-up ::

 

HALF-SHELL HEROES
HALF-SHELL HEROES for the lil’ Turtle Fans

TOYARK ::

 Playmates is not allowing anyone to photograph the (PARAMOUNT) TMNT movie toys.

Any pics that leak out of the movie toys were done so in stealth and without permission of Playmates. We can’t post them on front page.

 

LEGO 2014 SPIDER BYTEZ
LEGO 2014 SPIDER BYTEZ

TNI & Pixel Dan ::

EXTRA ::

  • **TOY FAIR REVEALED A CASEY ROLEPLAY MASK, via & thanks to J.Jupiter ..thanks to Dakota :

Casey Roleplay mask

  • ** LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST.. 

We’ll keep you posted on all the TMNT goodies n’ hyperlinks ( to make you hyper )and headin’ your way in this crazy 30th year of TMNT !! !!

 

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