NECA Figures Unboxed!

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Yesterday I finally received the phone call I've been waiting for - My comic shop had received the case of TMNT NECA action figures I had ordered through them! A whole case! MINE!!!


But alas, I'm not keeping the whole case. That's a bit excessive even for me (not to say that it isn't tempting!). After some time with a box cutter, I had myself four Turtles.


If you aren't lucky enough to have your comic shop deliver these fantastic figures virtually to your door, they are now being spotted in several retail stores. Suncoast is one store where they've been seen, but due to the closure of many Suncoast stores in recent years, you may have better luck looking for a Hot Topic, where they've also been seen. And if all else fails, they're now available on Hot Topic's Web site, here.

TMNT NECA Figures Now Shipping!!!

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Many TMNT fans today received the unlimited edition box set of NECA's new TMNT figures. This is the box set that includes just the Turtles and their standard weapons; no extra accessories. The individual figures, with all accessories included, should be available within the next few weeks. And don't forget that if you're going to New York Comic-Con you can get an exclusive box set that includes all four Turtles AND all of the additional accessories!

Picture above provided by StealthNinjaScyther - Thanks!

New TMNT NECA Packaging Variant

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In the comments section of The 5th Turtle, rm posted a link to Big Bad Toy Store that features the above picture of Leonardo in a really neat tube packaging. They say that these figures will only be packaged with each Turtle's signature weapons and no additional accessories. Considering how neat this looks, I don't think the lack of other accessories really matters!

The Leo in the pictured package, if you couldn't tell, isn't the final product.

Boxed NECA TMNT + NYCC Exclusive!

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The 5th Turtle today revealed the look of the upcoming boxed set of all four NECA TMNT figures. Not only that, but it was also revealed that there will be a New York Comic-Con exclusive boxed set that will include all of the figure bases and accessories (the regular set only comes with the weapons).

And bonus for those lucky enough to attend NYCC: Both Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird will be at the show (and you'd be a fool not to get 'em both to sign your box)!

2008 ToyFair Round-Up

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Ah, Toy Fair. It's one of two or three times a year where fanboys and fangirls everywhere gather around their computer monitors to drool over pictures of little plastic dust collectors. Naturally, I love it! ^_^

While the TMNT showing at Toy Fair is never huge, this year felt particularly disappointing. Well, half good, half bad. The display of the new NECA figures was nice, but nothing particularly new (especially for readers of The 5th Turtle). We did get to see the painted April prototype for the first time (with mousers!). Perhaps best of all is the numerous Web sites photos of these figures showed up on, giving the figures wider exposure to collectors at large.

But then there's one of the longest constants in the world of the TMNT: Playmates Toys. Their TMNT display, to quote Steve Murphy, was.. lame. The entire display consisted of the Mini-Mutants line and (brace yourself) re-issues of the old MECH Wrekkers figures (now called Shell Shifters), this time with movie figures thrown into the center. I will admit to purchasing the original MECH Wrekkers Michaelangelo, but only because I found it on clearance at Target for $10 (possibly less)! What kind of idea is it to rerelease toys that didn't sell well in the first place? I digress...

In the Mini-Mutant department, it was revealed that Playmates isn't just dressing the Turtles in stupid extreme sports gear, but also secondary characters like Drako. Yay?


I suppose I shouldn't complain too much; this just leaves me with more money to spend on the cool stuff that was shown at Toy Fair. Let's see, there's General Kenobi, 12" Indy, Indy Mighty Muggs, Doctor Who Mini Mates, Flight Control TARDIS, Doctor Who Weeping Angel (I'll need 4 of these), Padme Evolutions set, and more Galactic Heroes than I can count.

What do all of these toys have in common? Absolutely none of them are dressed in made-up costumes and all of them are awesome.

NECA TMNT Figures Fully Revealed!

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After being initially revealed in the current issue of Lee's Toy Review, NECA has now posted pictures of all four Turtles with their display bases on their website. You can check all of them out here.

NECA's TMNT figures are scheduled to ship in April and many retailers are now taking pre-orders.

For a preview of what's in store for the line after the four initial Turtles, check out The 5th Turtle where Murphy has given a sneak peak of the planned April O'Neil figure.

Lots of New Toys Shipping to Retailers

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Now that retailers have survived the Holiday shopping season, it's time for them to clean out and restock. As such, the new product that trickled into stores just before Christmas is now hitting all stores in waves. Here's some awesome camera phone pics of what you can expect to find.

Above is the Mini Mutants Battle Shell.

Ninja Battle Gear: These are basically the same as the old boxed sets, but now you also get ooze (the same ooze that's included with the Mutations figures.
Mike | Leo | Raph | Don

Mini Mutants Motos:
Mike | Leo | Raph | Don

NECA TMNT Figures Make The Cover

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The current issue of Lee's Toy Review features a fantastic picture of the upcoming TMNT figures from NECA. Inside you can expect to find more exclusive pictures of these great-looking figures.


Thanks to batman27 for the original picture and a slew of other TMNT fans who spread it like wildfire.

Mini Mutants Playsets Now Shipping

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The TMNT Mini Mutants playsets are now shipping and have been spotted at Toys R Us for $19.99. Each playset comes with two exclusive Mini Mutants figures.

Pictured to the left are Leo's Ninja Dojo (with Leonardo and Shredder figures) and Raph's Iron Pumpin' Gym (with Raphael and General Mono figures).

Also available are Don's Secret Survelliance Lab (with Donatello and Bigfoot figures) and Mike's Kickin' Crash Pad (with Michaelangelo and Foot figures).

TMNT Code Green Sweepstakes

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Playmates is sponsoring a new "Code Green" sweepstakes in partnership with 4Kids.tv. Game cards are available in the new Alien Hunters and Mutations action figures. There are eight different cards (pictured above), each of which has a code on the back redeemable at 4Kids.tv/codegreen.

Prizes are:

• One (1) Grand Prize: A trip to New York City, a visit to the 4Kids Productions studio to do a TMNT voice recording and a full set of Spring 2008 TMNT toys from Playmates.
• Twenty Five (25) First Prizes: A complete set of Playmates Spring 2008 Toys.
• One Hundred (100) Second Prizes: One (1) Raphael Alien Hunters action figure.

To receive a free game card, send a postcard with your name, full address and phone number postmarked by May 30, 2008 to:
TMNT Code Green Sweepstakes
P.O. Box 928
New York, NY 10159-0928

Must be age 3-17 and a resident of the United States to win. For full contest details and eligibility requirements, visit 4Kids.tv/codegreen.

New Mutations Action Figures Now Shipping

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The new movie-based Mutations action figures are now shipping and have been spotted at Toys R Us. These figures come with a canister of ooze and a trading card from the new "Code Green" promotion. The TRU price tag on these is $10.99, but don't be surprised to see these for $9.99 when they show up at Target and WalMart. Of course, if you can find 'em before the end of the month, you can use the UPCs to send away for a Bigfoot action figure.

Mike is pictured above, here are the other Turtles:
Mutating Don
Mutating Leo
Mutating Raph

Free Bigfoot Action Figure Offer Expires Soon

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Time is running short, but it's not yet too late to snag a Bigfoot action figure from Playmates for the low, low price of 3 UPCs + $5 for shipping. The offer is good through the end of the year, December 31, 2007.


You can download the certificate for Bigfoot here.

NECA Figures: Final Sculpt & Paint

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This is old news now, but to the left you'll see the final sculpt and paint for the upcoming Leonardo figure from NECA. All four Turtles will be available in the spring.

You can read NECA's press release on the figures on their Web site.

Mini-Mutant Figures Now Shipping

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The new Mini-Mutant 2-packs have been sighted at Toys R Us stores for $5.99. Pictured to the left is the mini-Foot Tech Ninja with his larger counterpart.

Thanks to Putrescent for the tip and photo!

Alien Hunters Figures Now Shipping

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These two figures from the Alien Hunters series have appeared on eBay, bringing about the natural conclusion that these are now shipping to stores and the lucky Turtle fan might be able to find them in time for gift-giving - or maybe a little gift-buying for yourself.

NECA: First Glance at Final Version

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The image to the left comes from the December issue of Previews, Diamond's comic shop catalog, and is from NECA's up-coming series of TMNT comic book-based figures. Items in the catalog are scheduled to ship in February 2008.

Hopefully we'll be seeing bigger, cleaner images in the next few days.

Thanks to duhril for providing this picture!

Update: Steve Murphy has posted a bigger version of the Previews pic at The 5th Turtle.

Jagwar Action Figure: No More?

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Back in August, Murphy reported that Playmates would be releasing a Jagwar action figure as part of next year's Global Mutant Missions series. This series was to include the four Turtles as well as four new characters.

This week, Murphy reports that Jagwar has been scrapped from this lineup. Playmates has decided to reduce the number of non-Turtle characters in this series from four to two. While no specific reason has been given for Jagwar's boot, signs point to it being nothing more than a random decision.

Would you rather buy Jagwar or a random mutant character with absolutely no history in any of the TMNT universes? If you'd rather buy Jagwar, it is highly recommend that you let Playmates know right now, before it's too late.

Here are several methods through which you can contact Playmates and let them know you want a Jagwar action figure:

email: toys@playmatestoys.com
website: Customer Service
snail mail:
Playmates Toys, Inc
Attn: Consumer Service
611 Anton Blvd. Ste. 600
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Many thanks to Putrescent for organizing this campaign. You can discuss this on the Technodrome forums.

Playmates Mini Mutant Figures

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Dan updated NinjaTurtles.com today with pictures of the upcoming Mini-Mutants figures and Battle Shell vehicle.

Don vs. Foot Tech Ninja
Leo vs. Hun
Mike vs. Rat King
Raph vs. Triceraton
Battle Shell

New Mutations Action Figures

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Dan updated NinjaTurtles.com today with pictures of some new, upcoming action figures from Playmates. These new figures take the old "Mutation" concept and apply it to completely new, movie-styled Turtles.

Check 'em out: Mike, Leo, Raph, Don

No specific word on when these will be in stores, but probably sometime soon.

TMNT Deal @ Toys R Us on Black Friday

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The Toys R Us exclusive 4-pack of TMNT Ninja Knights w/ gold armor will be on sale for a crazy 50% off on Black Friday and Saturday, November 23-24 (the days after Thanksgiving). That's a low, low price of only $12.99 for four figures!

This unbeatable deal requires no coupon! Happy shopping!

Thanks to Ogopogo for the heads-up.