TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL’S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL i (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL ii / .. Playmates catalog listing '92  (( 1992 ))  [[ Courtesy of Vaughn Michael ]]

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Now you no longer have to imagine how it feels to hold the Official Football of the Turtle Football League, because it’s available now! It’s Raph’s one and only Sewer Sports Football. It’s perfect for backyard quarterbacks and sewer scrimmages. Now you can amaze spectators as you go out for a bomb. Raph’s an easy catch and a guaranteed Turtle touchdown. Don’t break the huddle without it!

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL / ..original label & wrapping A (( 1992 ))  [[ Courtesy of Hot Collector Network ]]TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL / ..original label & wrapping C (( 1992 ))  [[ Courtesy of Hot Collector Network ]]TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL / ..original label & wrapping G (( 1992 ))  [[ Courtesy of Hot Collector Network ]]

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL iii (( 1992 ))TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL iv (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL v (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL vi (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL vii (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL viii / ..original sculpt by Varner Studios (( 1992 ))

..original sculpt by VARNER STUDIOS .

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL ix / ..original sculpt by Varner Studios (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL x / ..with SEWER SPORTS BALL 'RAPHEL'  (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL xi / ..with Creepy gridiron goofball  (( 1992 ))

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: RAPHAEL'S SEWER SPORTS FOOTBALL xii / ..vs. T.D. TOSSIN' LEO  (( 1992 ))

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KAY•BEE TOY STORES :: Christmas in October // COMPLETE ad set (( OCTOBER,8 1989 ))

KAY•BEE TOY STORES :: Christmas in October pg.1 // ..KAY•BEE logo isolated  (( OCTOBER,8 1989 ))

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–>> Trivial observation: while it may have been a basic design choice, most K•B ads from back in the day..say 1980s and 1990s that Tokka recalls were illustrated like what we see here in this complete ad set. That may have been a cost saving measure as well. Or maybe it was just a printing choice of many retailers at the time. Countless stores had illustrated newspaper print ads for decades. You’ll still find them on occasion in newspapers and the like today. Most newspaper ads it seems are mostly photographic nowadays however.

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I recall black & white print ads in newspapers say like in a classified page that were also illustrated for the toy store. I don’t think i have any photographic ads in my archives for K•B ( formerly ‘KAY•BEE’ ), unless they are from the late 1990s or early 2000s.

KAY•BEE TOY STORES :: Christmas in October pg.1 // ..TMNT toys isolated  (( OCTOBER,8 1989 ))

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Not 100% sure, but this may be my only complete circular set for K•B nay for some random and loose pages. I don’t always get to post these COMPLETE ads as there is very time consuming process that takes a bite into my personal work. However, in the long run they are important pieces of TMNT advertising and toy history, if not just Toy history in general. A glimpse into the past of retail toy shopping in a per-internet shopping era.

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Guessing things like this just really didn’t survive many recycling bins or rubbish collections just short of microfiche or someone saving them or what have you. It’s prolly beneficial to all when i do make the time to post ’em digitally.

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KAY•BEE TOY STORES :: Christmas in October pg.4  (( OCTOBER,8 1989 ))

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Sometimes i am asked of the fate of K•B after the final bankruptcy and demise of the once iconic Mall TOY retailer in 2008.

TOYS ‘R’ US came in a year later to purchase all intellectual properties, names, iconography, logos, licenses, et al. like they had with the operations of the FAO Schwarz brand the same year.

Last seen K•B was used in SOME labeling within some TRU stores to possibly a lesser degree than the FAO Schwarz branded boutique set-ups in the retail stores right now. I’m not sure what products received that labeling or if that continues currently or into the future. Time will tell.

KAY•BEE TOY STORES :: Christmas in October pg.4 // ..TMNT & BAYOU BILLY games isolated  (( OCTOBER,8 1989 ))

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The stores became a staple for shopping centers and malls in North America for decades and has burned into countless childhood memories including mine.
I’m sure a portion of the value of that iconography is what lead to the TRU purchase in ’09. That value may resonate into a major return of the K• B brand in some form or fashion some day.

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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 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.

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