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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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TMNT Out of the Shadows Video Game Teaser Trailer

Out of the Shadows is the first in a line of three games between Activision/Nickelodeon. Developed by Red Fly Studios, this looks to be a much more realistic TMNT game. It will feature 4 player-online co-op. Due out this summer for XBLA, PSN and Steam.

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 !!

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WAL-MART ‘DOLLAR STATIONS’ & TMNT SRI palletes, quick comic n’ NEWS ROUND-UP

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–>> If you check the “DOLLAR STATION” at your local WAL-MART store ( pending if they have one ), a large.. light blue pallet sales device with bins filled with low-cost nick-knack items on both sides of the station. A large variety of things like small utility baskets, pocket fragrances and lotions, combs & novelty items all about a dollar or so are in the bins. Innovative Designs has a large number of licensed stationary items in these bins as well ..all under 3 bucks. In fact every one of the things displayed on the table in the photo above was all priced at $1 each.

Pencil sets, sketching & notepad sets, jumbo erasers, temporary tattoos, stamping markers, memo pads, GIANT pens and pencils, pencil pouches ..and a cool dry-erase board –

..great for leaving a note for mom or dad, the kids, the dog, a honey-do list, or just listing various self-loathing character flaws.

SRI also has a TMNT specific licensing palette in WAL-MART stores with items for the whole family. Water bottles, tumblers, cups and dinnerware sets like two pack plates and kiddie bowls , children’s sleepwear, both kids and adult t-shirts, ball caps, adult boxer shorts, bed-wear with character head pillows and blankets, backpack danglers & more. These palettes may be be located near the dollar station bins.

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** Let’s do a quick, abridged ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Comic Round-up with Rich, great news as the MICRO SERIES format RETURNS focusing on KRANG and company !! ::

Rough breakdown of the schedule for releases ; the past few weeks ..at least in Colorado and further west IDW’s shipping schedule has been off in certain circumstances and at certain shops but for FEBRUARY 27 we have : Secret History of the Foot Clan #3; TMNT #50 Treasury Edition

I haven’t investigated the reason for the shipping delays and wonkiness, but i guess it’s going to depend where on the map you live and Diamond’s shipping issues. Hopefully this will be remedied soon.

MARCH 06 – TMNT Color Classics Micro-Series: Donatello One Shot; TMNT Classics, Vol. 4 TPB
MARCH 13 – TMNT Adventures, Vol. 4 TPB; Secret History of the Foot Clan #4
MARCH 20 – TMNT #20
MARCH ?? – TMNT Ultimate Collection, Vol. 4 HC; TMNT Animated, Vol. 1 TPB ..
April 03 – TMNT Color Classics Micro-Series: Leonardo One Shot
April 10 – Tales of the TMNT, Vol. 2 TPB
April 17 – TMNT Villain Micro-Series #1 Krang, the first Turtle villian Micro
April 24 – TMNT Color Classics: The Works, Vol. 1 HC; TMNT #21
May 01 – TMNT Color Classics #10
May 08 – TMNT Classics, Vol. 5 TPB
May 15 – TMNT Villain Micro-Series #2 Baxter Stockman; TMNT, Vol. 5: Krang War TPB
May 22 – TMNT #22
May ?? (Q2 2013) – TMNT Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5 HC

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Finally from **COWABUNGA CORNER ::

*** One last walkthru’ at the PLAYMATES BOOTH with CC ..

*** And this is not news many of us hadn’t suspected, but in case you hadn’t heard,video game power-house.. Activision has made it official. ::

“Video Games has always been a large part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles History. Starting back in the 1990’s with the Nintendo system, Arcade, and so much more. We’ve watch the Turtle games grow and change throughout the years. Since Nickelodeon has got the Turtles fans have been asking “Who will be doing the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game?” and today we got the answer as I saw on twitter from Nickelodeon UK PR‏ “Pleased to announce new global deal between Nickelodeon and Activision to produce Turtles video games.” This is big news for the TMNT fandom! Finally a TMNT game. .. .. “

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Landoll Publishing Company :: “PONIES” Coloring & Activity Book..art by Bruce Hatten, Ryan Brown, & Alzir Alves (( 2013 ))

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–>> Gotta hand it to Mirage/TMNT alumni Ryan Brown & Company.. they have become veritable “COLORING BOOK KINGS” the past several years.

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Working with major players like Disney, the TMNT themselves & Ryan’s cult classic cowboy property “The WILD WEST C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa”.

Several independant illustrated children’s coloring books for low-cost & discount stores with takes on many famous mythos & themes of the times from monsters to princesses to everyday heroes like police and fire-fightersare within’ Ryan’s repertoire. Here Ryan shares with us samples of their latest take and answer to the “My Little Pony” craze !!

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“Here is one of a new line of coloring books by Landoll Publishing Company.

First printing is sold out already. You should find them at your local Dollar Tree stores… ”

Cover/interior pencils by Bruce Hatten. Cover/interior inks by Ryan Brown. Colors by Alzir Alves.