Current Events > Holy shit. Playmates is re-releasing some classic TMNT figures.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://toynewsi.com/216-43393

They have been doing it for a few years now, but have NEVER re-released Mutagen Man, Wingnut/Screwloose, or Leatherhead.

I'm. Fucking. Stoked.

I have wanted a Mutagen Man for years.

I remember seeing some of the Turtles at a store last Christmas, my childhood instantly came flooding back

Havent the re-releases been noticeably lower in quality than the og versions?

AbstraktProfSC2 posted...

Havent the re-releases been noticeably lower in quality than the og versions?

Yeah their painting has been some lazy bullshit in a few figures, but the figures themselves have been pretty solid.

Despite the laziness, I'm still glad to have a Bebop and Baxter.

Now if they could just re-release:

Ace Duck
Usagi
General Traag
Casey Jones
Metalhead
Muckman
Krang's Android Body
Robotic Foot Soldier
Slice N Dice Shredder

Then my childhood revisit will be complete.

The X Dawg posted...

Now if they could just re-release:

Ace Duck
Usagi
General Traag
Casey Jones
Metalhead
Muckman
Krang's Android Body
Robotic Foot Soldier
Slice N Dice Shredder

Then my childhood revisit will be complete.

It depends on if they still have the master mold for those figures. If the tooling goes bad, they have to make new models from scratch. Not to put anchovies on your pizza, but it's unlikely that the molds for all of those figures are still in good condition after 30 to 35 years.

FortuneCookie posted...

It depends on if they still have the master mold for those figures. If the tooling goes bad, they have to make new models from scratch. Not to put anchovies on your pizza, but it's unlikely that the molds for all of those figures are still in good condition after 30 to 35 years.

Yeah I know they have lost quite a few molds. Scratch for instance.

Have to imagine they have a couple of those molds still though. Specifically Casey Jones and Ace Duck.

Very surprised they are able to reproduce Mutagen Man.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/9/AAABqgAADbSD.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/0/AAABqgAADbSE.jpg

The X Dawg posted...

Yeah I know they have lost quite a few molds. Scratch for instance.

Have to imagine they have a couple of those molds still though. Specifically Casey Jones and Ace Duck.

Very surprised they are able to reproduce Mutagen Man.

Was Scratch ever in the cartoon show? I think he was in the third Game Boy game.

TomClark posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/0/AAABqgAADbSE.jpg

Five minutes into TMNT and chill and you get this look

FortuneCookie posted...

Was Scratch ever in the cartoon show? I think he was in the third Game Boy game.

Nope.

Super Slash posted...

Five minutes into TMNT and chill and you get this look

Excellent

Did not remember that Toonies had weird features. Guess I have to get them now.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/2/AAB3ooAADbVO.jpg

why he got boobs

SwayM posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/2/AAB3ooAADbVO.jpg

why he got boobs

That's the 'super' in Super Mike.

Mutagen Man was such a cool and weird figure.

I used to own a Leonardo figure that can transform into a fire truck.

St0rmFury posted...

I used to own a Leonardo figure that can transform into a fire truck.

Road Ready Leo

i had sooooo many of them as a kid. i think they're still somewhere stashed away...maybe...

soooooo many.

awesome, ill buy each of these

OMG! I had that exact Leo figure when I was like 3yo. That's fucking sick!!

Robot2600 posted...

awesome, ill buy each of these

Did you grab the previous sets?

Villains image btw:

https://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/07/tmnt-retro-playmates-box-004.jpg

*smiles nostalgically at Leatherhead*

Wingnut was a villain? I thought he was an ally.

FortuneCookie posted...

Wingnut was a villain? I thought he was an ally.

Nope. Marketed as one, but show version was villain.

Remember the ones that had textured, rubberized skin? Circa 1995? That was my favorite series

DespondentDeity posted...

Remember the ones that had textured, rubberized skin? Circa 1995? That was my favorite series

The Movie Turtles? They re-released those recently.

I only liked the ones that transformed.

TomClark posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/0/AAABqgAADbSE.jpg

tfw you fart in public and hope nobody heard/smelled it

AbstraktProfSC2 posted...

Havent the re-releases been noticeably lower in quality than the og versions?

Very much so.

Joints are shit, too.

Super Slash posted...

Five minutes into TMNT and chill and you get this look

Cowabunga it is!

The X Dawg posted...

Did you grab the previous sets?

Yes. I grabbed 2 copies, one to open and one to keep sealed.

I also have at least 1 of every non-gimmick original TMNT action figure. Not a fan of the spring, windup, transformer turtles, so I didn't collect those. I have all the variations, like space Ralph and stuff.

I got the Turtle Van reprint at Christmas. it's awesome.

The sealed ones dropped in price cause they reprinted but I'm always happy they are in print. Before they reprinted them most recently, sealed copies were up to $100 (I paid $8 a piece in 2014 and 2015 for them, and kept them in a light-free box in an air conditioned closet for 7 years).

I do plan to sell the sealed ones in the far future.

edit: also have a sealed original April O'Neil and a sealed original Groundchuck (the red bull). Also have some other sealed TMNT from the Nickelodeon show around the same time, 2014/2015.

Robot2600 posted...

Yes. I grabbed 2 copies, one to open and one to keep sealed.

I also have at least 1 of every non-gimmick original TMNT action figure. Not a fan of the spring, windup, transformer turtles, so I didn't collect those. I have all the variations, like space Ralph and stuff.

I got the Turtle Van reprint at Christmas. it's awesome.

The sealed ones dropped in price cause they reprinted but I'm always happy they are in print. Before they reprinted them most recently, sealed copies were up to $100 (I paid $8 a piece in 2014 and 2015 for them, and kept them in a light-free box in an air conditioned closet for 7 years).

I do plan to sell the sealed ones in the far future.

edit: also have a sealed original April O'Neil and a sealed original Groundchuck (the red bull). Also have some other sealed TMNT from the Nickelodeon show around the same time, 2014/2015.

Tried a long time to snag the reissue of the van to no luck. The blimp reissue is trash, but hopefully they reissue the pizza thrower, technodrome, and lair.