drgreenevil
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Post by drgreenevil on Aug 19, 2024 11:48:02 GMT -5
Wondering if someone knows what I am talking about and can help me out:
Back in February, someone on Reddit who worked for Playmates or a partner company released mockups of a TMNT/Evil Dead crossover toy and plans. There was a thread about it on Technodrome Forums.
But that reddit post is long gone, and now the pictures are not popping up on Technodrome either.
Did anyone happen to save those by any chance? When I read about that, it was an obsession of mine for about a week.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Aug 21, 2024 10:35:02 GMT -5
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Post by RSCTom on Aug 21, 2024 12:51:55 GMT -5
I officially went in on some Super 7 Turtles even though I haven't paid much attention to them or been a fan up to this point.
The price points are pretty outrageous IMO but the Glow in the Dark Mutagen Ooze versions are some of the coolest turtles I've ever seen. Wish I had seen these earlier so I could pre-order them with the company but I found a decent set via auction. I was deciding between those and just grabbing one of each in the wild outfits (Sewer Surfer Mike, Basketball Don, Space Cadet Raph and Samurai Leo) but I went with the glow versions instead, they look awesome. I also picked up Leatherhead because he's cheap, cool looking and I like to have 1 villain per turtle scale I collect.
I also bought a UV flashlight to keep them bright and cool looking!
Not sure I can justify the party wagon though unless I can trade someone for that or something. 450 bucks is pretty nuts. But ideally I eventually end up with that to put these in and call it a day for Super 7.
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Post by HothHan on Aug 22, 2024 8:36:04 GMT -5
I should have my Nerd Card revoked. I live in Parsippany, literally 90 seconds from where that convention is being held, and had NO idea it existed.
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Captain McKay
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Post by Captain McKay on Aug 31, 2024 11:56:37 GMT -5
If you get the chance to snag Slash and the Slam Dunkin Don from Super7 (especially for a sale price) I highly recommend them. Donnie is just crazy fun and Slash is my favorite version of the character in figure form, just a really great figure. I never did get those glowing turtles but they did look great. I officially went in on some Super 7 Turtles even though I haven't paid much attention to them or been a fan up to this point. The price points are pretty outrageous IMO but the Glow in the Dark Mutagen Ooze versions are some of the coolest turtles I've ever seen. Wish I had seen these earlier so I could pre-order them with the company but I found a decent set via auction. I was deciding between those and just grabbing one of each in the wild outfits (Sewer Surfer Mike, Basketball Don, Space Cadet Raph and Samurai Leo) but I went with the glow versions instead, they look awesome. I also picked up Leatherhead because he's cheap, cool looking and I like to have 1 villain per turtle scale I collect. I also bought a UV flashlight to keep them bright and cool looking! Not sure I can justify the party wagon though unless I can trade someone for that or something. 450 bucks is pretty nuts. But ideally I eventually end up with that to put these in and call it a day for Super 7.
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Captain McKay
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Post by Captain McKay on Sept 2, 2024 15:13:48 GMT -5
I got a few new NECA figures a few days ago. Vacation Bebop/Rocksteady, Toon Slash, Movie Tatsu, and Mirage Karai. I've only opened the Karai so far, but she's great. Really like her a lot.
I also got the Super7 Karai fairly recently too. She's another good one, definitely more reminiscent of the 2003 show or the 2007 movie kinda design, whereas the NECA one is very comic-specific. Honestly really like both.
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Post by RSCTom on Sept 3, 2024 14:37:12 GMT -5
If you get the chance to snag Slash and the Slam Dunkin Don from Super7 (especially for a sale price) I highly recommend them. Donnie is just crazy fun and Slash is my favorite version of the character in figure form, just a really great figure. I never did get those glowing turtles but they did look great. I had to take a break because I definitely have gone down an expensive rabbit hole haha. Seeing that there's never been a Krang, I ended up grabbing that Super7 Krang 'Cyber Machine' or whatever it is, which is a high price point but looks to me like it scales pretty well with the glow turtles. Unfortunately that elbowed out Slash for me for the time being, but you're right, it looks amazing. Slam Dunk Don looks great too...but I'm going to end it with Super 7 at these glow figures. I am not a huge, huge undying fan of the old Playmates stuff...it ran its course for me as a kid, so I def appreciate the tributes but I can't see myself collecting every Super7 figure, especially at 50 or 60 bucks a pop. Slash I can get to eventually though
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Post by Chip on Sept 3, 2024 19:09:40 GMT -5
If you get the chance to snag Slash and the Slam Dunkin Don from Super7 (especially for a sale price) I highly recommend them. Donnie is just crazy fun and Slash is my favorite version of the character in figure form, just a really great figure. I never did get those glowing turtles but they did look great. I had to take a break because I definitely have gone down an expensive rabbit hole haha. Seeing that there's never been a Krang, I ended up grabbing that Super7 Krang 'Cyber Machine' or whatever it is, which is a high price point but looks to me like it scales pretty well with the glow turtles. Unfortunately that elbowed out Slash for me for the time being, but you're right, it looks amazing. Slam Dunk Don looks great too...but I'm going to end it with Super 7 at these glow figures. I am not a huge, huge undying fan of the old Playmates stuff...it ran its course for me as a kid, so I def appreciate the tributes but I can't see myself collecting every Super7 figure, especially at 50 or 60 bucks a pop. Slash I can get to eventually though I highly....HIGHLY recommend getting Slash its an incredible piece of figure art.
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Post by RSCTom on Sept 4, 2024 12:57:11 GMT -5
I highly....HIGHLY recommend getting Slash its an incredible piece of figure art. Alright twist my arm, it's done THAT'S IT FOR A WHILE THOUGH Something about having different styles and versions of TMNT is really speaking to me at the moment, so I also went ahead and pre-ordered these, which rule
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Captain McKay
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Post by Captain McKay on Sept 12, 2024 16:14:47 GMT -5
If you get the chance to snag Slash and the Slam Dunkin Don from Super7 (especially for a sale price) I highly recommend them. Donnie is just crazy fun and Slash is my favorite version of the character in figure form, just a really great figure. I never did get those glowing turtles but they did look great. I had to take a break because I definitely have gone down an expensive rabbit hole haha. Seeing that there's never been a Krang, I ended up grabbing that Super7 Krang 'Cyber Machine' or whatever it is, which is a high price point but looks to me like it scales pretty well with the glow turtles. Unfortunately that elbowed out Slash for me for the time being, but you're right, it looks amazing. Slam Dunk Don looks great too...but I'm going to end it with Super 7 at these glow figures. I am not a huge, huge undying fan of the old Playmates stuff...it ran its course for me as a kid, so I def appreciate the tributes but I can't see myself collecting every Super7 figure, especially at 50 or 60 bucks a pop. Slash I can get to eventually though I'm right there with you haha. I'm definitely a lot more pick-and-choose with the Super7 stuff, especially since I'm pretty deep on the various NECA lines. But Super7 always manages to catch my eye with some of the more obscure and unique stuff they do. In other TMNT news, and speaking of Slash, I opened up the new NECA Toon version the other day. I was never a big fan of the toon interpretation overall, and the original figure in the Leatherhead two-pack was never a favorite of mine. Gotta say though, this new one is a VERY nice upgrade, he's a lot of fun and the pastel colors on his armor and belt look great against the bright green skin. A big improvement over the old toon one (though, as mentioned, I still prefer the Super7 version).
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Post by RSCTom on Sept 16, 2024 13:57:51 GMT -5
I'm right there with you haha. I'm definitely a lot more pick-and-choose with the Super7 stuff, especially since I'm pretty deep on the various NECA lines. But Super7 always manages to catch my eye with some of the more obscure and unique stuff they do. In other TMNT news, and speaking of Slash, I opened up the new NECA Toon version the other day. I was never a big fan of the toon interpretation overall, and the original figure in the Leatherhead two-pack was never a favorite of mine. Gotta say though, this new one is a VERY nice upgrade, he's a lot of fun and the pastel colors on his armor and belt look great against the bright green skin. A big improvement over the old toon one (though, as mentioned, I still prefer the Super7 version). Sounds legit! I have the Super7 Slash coming soon in a shipment so I'm pumped to see it...the toon version looks cool but I'm with you on not being into the interpretation. I've been going back and forth over those wrestling versions (because of course) but I think I'm going to skip it. Slash is Slash though, it's probably for me alongside Leatherhead one of the only non-Shredder villains (until Superfly came out who I loved) that I really like. That kind of Bizarro TMNT design really works well, so it's cool you have that version. In other news for me I finally got all the versions of the Turtles my way after a few weeks of waiting. This includes: NECA 1990 TMNT Playmates 'Elite' Turtles in Trenchcoats Loyal Subjects Street Style Turtles I gave away my original NECA 1990 TMNT to a friend but started to miss them (1990 is far and away my favorite and imo the best version of the turtles) and ordered a new set and already I honestly kind of have buyer's remorse and realized right away why I just didn't want them around. First thing I did was bend Raph's legs and it busted his torso shell, not beyond repair but that was always my issue with them. They're just too stiff and too 'adult collector' oriented to kind of be any fun after a while. I get that in the movie they're also kind of stiff and pretty much in giant rubber suits but these seem basically made for a figure photographer and that's it. I would love a Mattel WWE Elite style or McFarlane DC style version of these. Nothing about Hasbro really works for me these days, I thought their Ghostbusters efforts are terrible and Marvel Legends isn't for me, so I'd rather the other two. I'm still waiting for the day that someone else besides NECA does the 1990 film versions with a little bit more playable plastic while still maintaining the film integrity. May never happen in my lifetime as I'm 38 now haha but who knows. The Playmates versions are so cheap and they would be probably perfect for me if the heads were better. Only Michelangelo has a movie-ish head but they could all use major improvements. I'm pretty disappointed in the Loyal Subjects figures, I couldn't tell from photos that their eyes are basically painted on in a pretty ugly way and the plastic they're made with just kind of feels lower quality. The accessories are 'ok' and the scale is actually a bit larger than expected which, eh. I love this look though...I'm not really a fan of the 80's/90's cartoon and I can barely sit through it or stomach it as an adult but I love that they all have matching jackets, sunglasses and dope kicks, so I figured this would be my one and only way to represent that cartoon in my collection. Overall I'm fairly satisfied on having different versions at the moment...I did get a set of the mix and match TMNT (the new versions) to play with my daughter because she's really into puzzles right now so we'll see how that goes. I love how the MM Turtles look and for me this has been the best version of the turtles since the 1990 movie so that will be fun. Will report back on the Super7 Mutagen Ooze versions I picked up, which already look amazing.
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Post by drgreenevil on Sept 25, 2024 20:40:10 GMT -5
Youtuber Toyshiz reviewed the retro re-release of the Technodrome...
TBH: I am kinda turned off now. I would have loved a hangout for my villains, but the playset has been shrunk from its original size. Playmates figures either barely or don't even work with this shrunk down version. I never had this as a kid, so it is not a "NEED". I am also ok not dropping $80.
If anyone else is still looking for the newer retro figures (Rat King, Casey Jones, Slash, etc.), Macy's has become a place to look. Lots of reports of people find those there. Of course, when I went this last weekend, they had Turtles but none of the ones I wanted.
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