CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed (( 2012 ))

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed i  (( 2012 ))

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12″ x 9″ , frame approx. 12 1/2″ x 15″

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CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle ..box i (( 2012 ))

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CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle ..box ii (( 2012 ))

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CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed ii  (( 2012 ))

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12″ x 9″ , frame approx. 12 1/2″ x 15″

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–>> Here’s a fun project for TMNT do-it-yourselfers !!

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed iii  (( 2012 ))

A simple department store frame slightly larger than the completed puzzle was used here. **Traditional puzzle saving methods with MODGE PODGE water-based sealer glue was used. HOWEVER, only a few coats on the BACK OF THE PUZZLE were used.

Any variety of puzzle-saver glue or MODGE PODGE should suffice !!

The principles of the lenticular puzzle pieces are of a more ridged plastic than the standard cardboard jigsaw puzzle. Once a lenticular puzzle is completed, at least at this scale and with this many number of pieces ..you can carefully flip the completed puzzle over. A larger number of pieces in a lenticular puzzle, that may require additional assistance or flipping tricks to turn that type of puzzle over.

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed iv  (( 2012 ))

Once the sealer had been coated on the back of the puzzle a few times, simple matting and framing was implemented with a background of Nick TMNT gift-wrap under the puzzle. You don’t have to do this obviously, it’s just what i did to add to the visual theme of the puzzle. Again i did not laminate the front to keep the original 3d effect of the puzzle. Sealing the front could potentially ruin the effect.

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed v  (( 2012 ))

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed vi  (( 2012 ))

The puzzle in this particular frame is a little tight. You have to use the sealant carefully as if you use to much and/or unevenly .. it can warp a puzzle. I may have done that slightly to this puzzle, i’m not sure. Still i managed to get the piece to fit in the frame. YOU WANT THE PUZZLE TO BE AS FLAT AS WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY FINISHED IT WHEN SEALING WITH THE PUZZLE SAVER.

CARDINAL :: Nickelodeon TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 48 Piece Lenticular Puzzle // tOkKustom matte & framed vii  (( 2012 ))

The completed effect is a unique and cool looking piece of 3D wall art !!

~ t

Turtle Power – Fan-made Rap based on IDW Comic series

Greetings!

A fellow Turtles Fan named ‘Sulfur’ created his own TMNT rap based on the storyline of the IDW, chronicling the origins of the Hamato family’s reincarnation and their encounters with the Shredder… It’s got a fantastic beat, the lyrics are clean – definitely check it out.

Sulfur’s also got a website going of other projects, And you can get this song as a free download, so be sure to see what else he and his posse’s been up to. Just be informed, language is a lil bit saltier there. 🙂

http://sulfurmusic.com/

Cheers!

~Machias

HOPE INDUSTRIES “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches (( 1988 ))

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches i (( 1988 ))

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–>> Two watches given to Tokka in the 1990s by dear people in my life, a couple who are no longer here. Both of these have not worked in quite awhile.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches ii (( 1988 ))

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES"  :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ii  (( 1988 ))

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ..card backer ii (( 1988 ))

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HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch ..card backer ii (( 1988 ))

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HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO Digital Watch iii  (( 1988 ))

Mike’s name is inscribed on the inside of the watch, Raphael’s watch does not have this. I’m unsure on the variations of this.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch i (( 1988 ))

The Raphael watch i actually had working in early 2012, but like a fool .. i wore it on a “special occasion”, going onto the fast paced “TMNT – SHELL SHOCK” ride at the NICKELODEON UNIVERSE park in the Mall of America and some other rides.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch ii (( 1988 ))

Whatever happened, perhaps the moisture from some the water rides or maybe the stress on the Turtle of an adult wearing a kids watch – or whatever .. .. by the end of autumn i noticed the battery on Raph cut out again and that i had busted the original wristband that came with it.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: RAPHAEL Digital Watch iii (( 1988 ))

The Mikey watch has not worked since i got it. My friend gave me the watch piece only and the backer card.

Replacement watch batteries were obtained at Radio Shack & two, inexpensive.. water-proof replacement wristbands were purchased at Walmart. All of the new items were put into place.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" :: MICHAELANGELO & RAPHAEL Digital Watches iii (( 1988 ))

Each Turtle has a flip-top cover, there is a small clasp on the back side of the shell to hold the cover down over the watch while you wear it. Mike’s cover was nice and tight, but Raph’s ..as i noticed last year, while it would stay down sometimes.. it would flip up often and was fairly loose. A small amount of super-glue on the clasp and some fidgeting up & down with the cover created a tighter hold on the clasp. It seems to have worked, hopefully the hatch won’t pop up unexpectedly now while wearing it.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: SHREDDER & MICHAELANGELO i (( 1988 ))

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With the replacement parts, the watches are as good as new and fit me much better. Given the sentimental value of the pieces, i only will wear these on special occasions .. or maybe when i’m needing some cheering up & to remember the the love of the people that i’ve lost who gave them to me.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: SHREDDER magnet (( 1988 ))

2 versions of each Teen were made into watches, a mold in the style of the counterpart vintage Toys, and a mold featuring “HAPPY” Teens. Apparently April, Shredder, and Splinter were made into watches as well. I cannot say i’ve seen anything but the SPLINTER watch. The molds for the watch covers also doubled for HOPE as they sold them in 2-pack sets of magnets. I only have the vintage Shredder / Mikey magnet set. I have no clue as to the entire variety in the line of the magnet sets. I presume the Shredder watch cover looks like the magnet sculpt. I have seen the Happy Mikey sculpt on a watch before.

HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: 'HAPPY' MICHAELANGELO magnet (( 1988 ))HOPE INDUSTRIES "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" Magnets :: 'HAPPY' LEONARDO Digital Watch // ..broken cover; modified into magnet (( 1988 ))

Ironically, somewhere i came across a broken “Happy” Leonardo watch cover that i easily modified into a magnet for my fridge.

~ t

LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :: “TMNT” ..animated shorts (( 2013 ))

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–>> THE LEGO TMNT battle SHREDDER, BAXTER, the KRAANG, DOGPOUND & the FOOT CLAN in these brand new, SUPER COOL ANIMATED SEWER SHORTS !!

 

~ t

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AMERICAN GREETINGS :: “NICKELODEON” TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – VALENTINE STICKER CARDS (( 2012 ))

AMERICAN GREETINGS :: "NICKELODEON" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - VALENTINE STICKER CARDS i (( 2012 ))

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x 32 cards, 8 designs

AMERICAN GREETINGS :: "NICKELODEON" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - VALENTINE STICKER CARDS ii (( 2012 ))

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AMERICAN GREETINGS :: "NICKELODEON" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - VALENTINE STICKER CARDS iii (( 2012 ))

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AMERICAN GREETINGS :: "NICKELODEON" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - VALENTINE STICKER CARDS iv (( 2012 ))

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AMERICAN GREETINGS :: "NICKELODEON" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - VALENTINE STICKER CARDS v (( 2012 ))

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