New Nickelodeon Ninja Turtles Figures

[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]

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]

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 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]

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.

[Harbingerboy]

All righty, I took the Power Sound FX Raph out of the package and he has less articulation than I even thought he did...

The Power Sound FX figs look to be similar articulation-wise to the 12" SDCC/TRU Exc. figs, which I also saw at TRU a few days ago. For larger display pieces, I thought they were pretty cool at that size, but the FX aren't appealing to me.

Like this?

Yes! A slight improvement for both versions, IMO. Thank you!!

[Werewolf]

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.

I was lurking the Technodrome forums and noticed you reposted my pic there, which is totally fine, and you might want to correct the description. The figure isn't a variant. It's a normal Raph it was just put on a Mikey package.

[ODBJBG]

Ah, so you're right. I thought that was Mikey's face. I forgot all the sound FX guys have goofy faces.

And here I thought you had something really rare, lol.

[Tothiro]

Having kind of not ventured over here before, I think I'm still pretty happy with my NECA foursome. I wish they'd done more classic characters in that style (Foot soldiers, April, Splinter, Shredder, etc)

For nick, I do kind of dig the new three toe feet, and that they gave them a playmates call-back vibe in weapons and such. The Don head sculpt is kind of appealing to me too.

EDIT - I found out that NECA April was released and slipped past me when I thought the whole wave 2 was cancelled. The internets is magic.

[Harbingerboy]

You guys were right, I managed to find some of Nick's new Turtles (basic line) with great paint apps today...but not all, still looking for a Don & Leo without smudgey lines. I really like the design of the figures (April's melon aside), but I'm not digging the cg animation models on the packaging. The figures look much nicer than the new cartoon IMO.

Questions for anyone in the know...The back of Kraang's packaging refers to Kraang in the plural (ie: a race of extra dimensional aliens called Kraang rather than the one brain-in-the-gut Dimension X guy). I'm familiar with the late 80s toon, and casually familiar with other incarnations (no TMNT lore expert)...Does anyone know Kraang's story in the new Turtles series, and from where if anywhere it's borrowed (comic, 2002, TMNT, etc.)?

[Harbingerboy]

Also, has anyone sighted the Sewer Playset yet? I heard it's a 2012 TRU exclusive but will be everywhere in 2013?

[Werewolf]

Questions for anyone in the know...The back of Kraang's packaging refers to Kraang in the plural (ie: a race of extra dimensional aliens called Kraang rather than the one brain-in-the-gut Dimension X guy). I'm familiar with the late 80s toon, and casually familiar with other incarnations (no TMNT lore expert)...Does anyone know Kraang's story in the new Turtles series, and from where if anywhere it's borrowed (comic, 2002, TMNT, etc.)?

The Kraangs are are a race of beings from Dimension X like Krang was in the classic toon. From what I've read, their backstory is sort of like a mix of Krang from the original TMNT toon and the Utroms from the comic and 2002 animated series.

[Werewolf]

Also, has anyone sighted the Sewer Playset yet? I heard it's a 2012 TRU exclusive but will be everywhere in 2013?

When TRU had the pre-order up on their website the shipping date was the 10th of August. So, I'm assuming it should hit TRU stores around the same time. Im really looking forward to it.

[Harbingerboy]

The Kraangs are are a race of beings from Dimension X like Krang was in the classic toon. From what I've read, their backstory is sort of like a mix of Krang from the original TMNT toon and the Utroms from the comic and 2002 animated series.

Ah, ok. It's looking like a lot of the new Nick Turtles is incorporating a nice mix of what's come before. I'm also looking forward to the new Sewer playset, though I honestly don't know where I'm going to put it when I get it. From the reviews, it also looks to be a successful blend of the Sewer playsets that have come before. I'll reserve judgment til I get it in hand, but it may even be the best yet. Anyway, it's nice to see Playmates taking a chance on a large playset (that's more than a shell of hinged walls), something hardly anyone does these days.

Is anyone seeing Shredder (with cape!?) shipping with the FX turtles? I know he was solicited, but haven't seen him...also kinda wondering why he has a cape and the basic Shredder does not...

Btw, where are you guys finding the Classics? I've been having a lot of success with the Nick Turtles (and have been pleasantly surprised with not only their sculpts, but articulation as well, except for some of the non-turtles' static lower legs), but I haven't spotted the Classics anywhere yet. I'm wary of purchasing online, given the reports of crazy eyes. Any problems with crazy eyes on your Classics?

[Werewolf]

Btw, where are you guys finding the Classics?

I got mine from amazon but I've heard they been hitting TRU stores as well. The eyes look fine on my set.