New Nickelodeon Ninja Turtles Figures

[Werewolf]

I wonder how rare your Mikey/Raph will end up being?

Too late for that since I already opened it. I was like, lol, that's kinda funny and then I opened it.

I'm sure kids will dig playing with them but, I agree, that collectors probably will pass on them.

[ODBJBG]

I wonder how rare your Mikey/Raph will end up being? Might have ended up as some super rare mistake, heh. Actually looks pretty neat.

The sound figures seem like a waste to me. Practically no articulation, kinda goofy. I'm sure I'm not the intended audience though.

[Werewolf]

All righty, I took the Power Sound FX Raph out of the package and he has less articulation than I even thought he did. He looks like he has knee joints but he doesn't. The legs are just assembled in two pieces. Since the arms activate the spring loaded sound feature they don't stay in place for posing. The legs can swivel around at the hip joint but not with any useful range. You can't actually pose Raph to sit or kick. The only true articulation the figure has is ball jointed head and swivel wrists. The hands are also a much harder plastic than the basic figures which made the weapons a bit more difficult to get into his hands.

Too short for the classics and too tall for the basic figures.

[ODBJBG]

I think it looks fine in general, skin tone is pretty close and head's not too big or anything to me. But I like the new April well enough that I don't need this to be the default April.

[Werewolf]

I've always really liked the head sculpt of the 2002 April. Just wished she could have been in better outfit. Unfortunately I don't think it really works on the new April. Sculpting styles are just too different, in my opinion.

[ODBJBG]

Thanks guys, nice to know there are some good ones out there, I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Thanks for reviewing! Haven't seen her in stores yet...Out of curiosity, do you know if the 2002 head fits the 2012 April?

Like this?



In the interest in full disclosure, when I tried this, April's neck pin popped out... So I don't know if her head will fit on the ball joint, but it could work with very little effort obviously. I just stuck this one on the neck.

[Werewolf]

Notice anything off about the Power Sound FX Mikey I got from amazon?



Thats right, it's actually Raph.

The PSFX figures have a lot less articulation than the basic size Turtles but are bit more show accurate in sculpt. They have painted eyes and stumpy looking feet of the CGI toon designs. Scale wise, Raph is maybe an inch and a half taller than the basic one. The sound feature does work well and Raph says four phrases.

[Harbingerboy]

Bummer. This is the first time I've heard anyone finding them like that. All the reviews of seen have been extremely positive. My set is also fantastic. Hopefully you will be able to find some with better paint apps because they really are great figures.

All of the turtles figures at my TRU were perfect. I could have picjed up all 8 had I wanted to.

Thanks guys, nice to know there are some good ones out there, I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Yup she's growing on me! Complete detailed review over at the usual!

Thanks for reviewing! Haven't seen her in stores yet...Out of curiosity, do you know if the 2002 head fits the 2012 April?

[rche]

I kinda like the round head on april. Not so keen on the square feet.

[ODBJBG]

April is training to be a ninja, but is her figure still in training? Well it's definitely missing a few pieces of articulation...


But she's also the most articulated April O'Neil figure ever from Playmates.


Yup she's growing on me! Complete detailed review over at the usual!

Infinite Hollywood: April O'Neil Review

[ScottA]

All of the turtles figures at my TRU were perfect. I could have picjed up all 8 had I wanted to.

[turnbolt]

Mmm...TMNT Classics...



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[Werewolf]

so I thought about opening a set of the 4 Turtles on a shelf...but the paint apps on these are pretty bad. Both times I was only able to find one of the four that didn't have smudges, paint slop, rubs or bleeding. The teeth, masks and knuckle wraps I've seen have been terrible.

Bummer. This is the first time I've heard anyone finding them like that. All the reviews of seen have been extremely positive. My set is also fantastic. Hopefully you will be able to find some with better paint apps because they really are great figures.

[Harbingerboy]

I've seen the new Nick Turtles at Target and TRU, and after much back and forth, passed both times. I initially thought about picking up a a MOC set, but all were pretty banged up, so I thought about opening a set of the 4 Turtles on a shelf...but the paint apps on these are pretty bad. Both times I was only able to find one of the four that didn't have smudges, paint slop, rubs or bleeding. The teeth, masks and knuckle wraps I've seen have been terrible. I've looked at 10 different Donatellos in particular and for some reason every single one has dark smudges on his head or nose (??)...Guess I'm out unless I find a better looking set.

[vulcan2074]

I'm digging the turtles.
Sammy