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where do i get these?

Is Superfly supposed to be Baxter Stockman mutated?

Like the name makes no sense at all.

No it's a new character.

*looks at Leatherhead*

Oh, dear God...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/6/AAe_4aAAEQBA.png

What about him?

Her.

This is specifically an update of the 1987 series version -- the only version in which Leatherhead was a villain -- and they've made her a comedic relief character from the looks of things. Like, why was that necessary? Am I suppose to jump for joy at the sight of the Crocodile Dundee hat? This isn't the character that I grew up with. This isn't the toy that I spent my allowance money on and later purchased a second time after the first one broke because Leatherhead was one of my favorite characters and I needed to have a toy of him.

This is like if you combined the alligator and the lightning bug from The Princess and the Frog into one character and made them female. How is that nostalgic? I'm cool with a female Leatherhead, but she should be the Leatherhead from the comics if they're going to do that. They shouldn't go gender-bending a specific version from a specific cartoon spinoff.

This would be like the equivalent of a Batman cartoon having the creepy Danny DeVito version of the Penguin, but they make her a woman played by Melissa McCarthy and the character is played for laughs. What sense does that make? Just have an original character at that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherhead_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)

Him.

Why couldn't this version of Leatherhead be a new character?

If you can have two flies, why not two alligators?

Who says they will turn Baxter one instead of keeping him as a mad scientist?

I didn't realize Baxter was even in this version. I meant in general. If the fly doesn't have to be Baxter, the alligator doesn't have to be Leatherhead. If anything, keeping Baxter human and introducing a new character is just another symptom of how chaotic this is shaping up to be.

It's probably not the fault of any one person. Taking a step back, they were probably hit with unrealistic demands. Let's appeal to the old audiences, with 1987-inspired toy packaging and cartoon-specific character designs, while still being new and trendy. Let's have our human Baxter and a fly mutant without changing Baxter. I'm assuming the tone is going to be a mashup which tries to be dark enough to pacify purists while trying to be imaginative enough to appeal to kids and fans of the old show. The producers definitely want to have their cake and eat it too.

I'm not saying it's impossible that this will be good. But it's likely either going to be a Guardians of the Galaxy scenario or another swing-and-a-miss. Viacom really has been on autopilot with TMNT. They've been throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. And, so far, not much has.

Mikey looks baked.

Toys based on a cartoon look like their cartoon counterparts.

What am I missing here?

I'm not saying it's impossible that this will be good. But it's likely either going to be a Guardians of the Galaxy scenario or another swing-and-a-miss. Viacom really has been on autopilot with TMNT. They've been throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. And, so far, not much has.