–>> ** The first 4 editions of this figure are sold out on MONDO’s shop site & need to be purchased 3rd party at this point.
In 1983, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were doodling on napkins, playing around with an idea that initially began as a joke. Little did they know what started as a sketch, would turn into the phenomena known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Mondo is proud to honor the history of the Turtles with a figure based on the very first illustration of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, as drawn by Kevin Eastman. Featuring 5 points of articulation, and illustration-accurate details, The First Turtle is perfect for TMNT and comic history fans alike!
This version features a color paint scheme with an orange mask.
Note: This item is a PRE-ORDER and is estimated to ship the 4th Quarter of 2015.
material: PVC
size: Approx. 6.5″
“I can not think of a better way to honor and celebrate the ART of the medium we all work in. ..A special event, in a gallery setting created for our ART, while raising money to help the ARTISTS in need who originally inspired us!” — Kevin Eastman
Tokka’s MUTANIMALS cover for the 100 project will be featured at this show..i’ve lighh
You may remember Langdon Foss’s IDW TMNT #20 Cover – Bobby, Tom and crew incorporated Langdon’s “KRANG MECH” design on the cover into the story-line of Krang’s war with the Neutrinos as the giant robotic-holographic BRAIN-Beast attacked Zak & the Turtles.
Foss’s design is now has been utilized in last week’s TMNT:MUTANTS IN MANHATTAN big video game release & is now known as MEGA KRANG !!
TMNT ENTITY ::
My artist buddy Timothy Lim (Ninjaink) and I have done some officially licensed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirts and merch designs before, but this is our first foray into the TMNT comics! This is our variant cover for TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #1.We did this as a joint venture with Heroes & Fantasies (San Antonio’s largest comic shop) and the Palladium IMAX theater (hence the movie parody; you can guess the source material). The cover will be released on June 1st. Tim will be at the Palladium IMAX in San Antonio on June 4th for a signing, coinciding with the release of TMNT: Out of the Shadows. (Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, I won’t be able to make the signing.)If you can’t make it to Heroes & Fantasies or the Palladium IMAX, then Tim will be selling copies directly via the Ninjaink Facebook page. Just shoot him a PM and he can hook you up.
It was a lot of fun; thanks to the guys at IDW and Nickelodeon who approved the design and were such good sports for the parody! — Mark Pellegrini
–>> Original & basic, limited edition 8″ JUMBO LEO vinyl figure from Nickelodeon’s booth at SDCC 2015. A SCALED-UP version of the original 3″ vinyl LEO. This particular design is based off the skateboard painting Tokka did in turn based off Joe Allard’s illustrative design for the vinyl character itself.
The broken deck piece was also given to Allard as a gift in California in July 2015 in regards and honor to all his stellar hard-work for Loyal Subjects.
All decor on the jumbo fig exaggerates the original deck image even more. The katanas are able to enter Leo’s frontal lobe with relative ease. Also an abdomen “seppuku” wound allows for the inserten and extration of the swords. 4 Ninja-Star “Shuriken open-wounds” allow for the stars to be inserted and removed into the back of his noggin. left ankle, right arm, and the upper-back of his shell -just above his scabbard.
The hole in the back of the shell for the scabbard has been “roughened-up” to add a little more restraint so that the piece doesn’t fall out as easily. ~ t
“Take a Turtle-y awesome trip back to the Time of Dinosaurs with Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past! Join Leo, Donnie, Raph, and Mikey as they make new dino-sized allies, battle aliens from the future trying to rule the galaxy, save the day, and get back home! Dinobunga!”
The Triceratons have destroyed present day Earth! Help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles travel back in time, battle alien space creatures from beyond the known Universe and save Earth in this furiously-fast puzzle fighter game for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch!
Based on artist Mike Mitchell’s series, Just Like Us, Lil’ Mikey is a direct translation of his take on Michelangelo. Featuring an articulated head, and accurate TMNT ice cream on a popsicle stick.
In case ya been “buzy” ( like Tokka ) and in case you missed it all — we’ve been slammed with toy news this month between Austin’s MondoCon & NYCC ’15.
The cool kids at Toyark have us covered on the imperative bits from NYC ::
Here’s a quick look at some shots we caught of MONDOCon ’15 & the Toy display of Mondo’s new Classic Comic 1/6 scale TURTLES figures.
The display was slightly different than the past summers SDCC ’15 Mondo booth with the Comic Casey mask and Mouser figures absent, but a new UTROM figure popped up with a T.C.R.I. canister. One would wonder if this is one of Mondo’s exclusive accessories for one of the next Turtle offerings.
Thank you for your patience the past few months, things have gotten very busy and in some regards very complicated and even good for Tokka. Thanks to HERO for filling in the gaps here while i’ve been swamped with issues n’ work.
We’ll keep pluggin’ away & working hard to bring you the very best we can and the msot unique TMNT content out there !! !!
–>> Well, hello there !! Post Memorial Week — the TMNT-30 TURTLE Summer kicks into a high gear and celebration with the penultimate release of the much anticipated ( or dreaded; pendin’ who ya ask – -not that i did.. ) Paramount TMNT Movie !! In the mean time Tokka’s still playin’ catch-up while he’s ahealin’. Well now there, in the mean time – -be still my beady lil’ heart .. .. why it’s
Our ol pal.. **PIXEL DAN is back at it as once again kids n’ T-geeks are gonna fight it out forPlaymates’s next batch of supporting characters while waiting for their favourite LARP TURTLES.
Up for Dan to review in the newest wave due soon online and on the pegs are Newtralizer::
Slash ::
DOJO SPLINTER::
..ans the best for last — RAHZAR !! ::
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Random fun NEW FLICK bits to read from MOVIE PILOT ::
..’kay look between healing my damned-able broken ol’ beaky-bones and my typical SDCC panic attacks that hit me in preparation for the summer this time of year — again i’m playin’ catch-up. So grab a hot dog n’ a burger n’ some fries from the barbie ( can you BBQ french fries ?? ) and some KETCHUP this lovely Sunday summer day — i’ll be back with a round-up of the comic news in a bit and some EXCLUSIVE vintage MIRAGE Era art !! !!
–>> Zippin’ back from Tokka’s injury earlier this month. Memorial Day weekend is a great time to kick off the GGM Summer Season and for Tokka to play catch-up to the GREEN TEAM TOY news and a special look at the TMNT inspired Disney Vinylmation Zooper Hero – ZIPPY the Rocket Turtle !!
Vinyl or PVC, TMNT in 2014 is the place to be – we gotta a toy news ROUND UP that’s been piling up WAY HIGH since Tokka’s accident so here’s that’s been brewin’ the past few weeks. It’s gonna make your pocket-book cry tears of joy and/or jeer ::
Getting back to vinyl toys – t his third quarter of the year and into the fall we’re getting hit with more Vinyl TURTLE TOYS than you can shake a PVC pipe at !! Starting NOW with three major companies producing or continuing popular lines of brand NEW figs re-envisioning the classic Cartoon Teens and their friends/enemies from the Mirage books in highly stylized plastic forms !! !!
The new Bebop and Rocksteady designs as confirmed by a slip on the Playmates website (now taken down). Looking good! Thanks to Steve Minar for informing me.
..and the following courtesy of Jon J. :: “Playmates Toys: Wave 10: Robotic Foot Soldier,Tiger Claw,Bebop, and Rocksteady… Wave 12:Baxter Fly Undetermined Releases: Karai, Mutant Wasp, Pizza Face, Chrome Dome”