He's Wrong. We're not wearing costumes. For those of you who are not lucky enough to have read TMNT #1, these words are spoken by Leonardo in their first appearance.
What many people don't know, and unfortunately don't care about, is that way before the Saturday morning cartoon show, and the millions of licensed products later, the Turtles made their debut on the page.
Well the folks at NECA have not forgotten that and I, as a huge fan, applaud their efforts and their most recent toy line. For the first time ever, the Turtles are getting the comic treatment in plastic. Sure there have been many, many variations on the turtles in action figure form throughout the years, but never has any company paid tribute to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's original design of the heroes in a half-shell.
All of the photos that I've seen so far make this new line of figures look amazing. The detail of sculpture and painting is phenomenal. Just like on the covers of the books, each turtle is clad in a red bandanna and not clad in their color coded clothing that was introduced in the TV show. Each turtle will come with a base and their weapon and there is talk of a collector's edition that will also come with "more bells and whistles," according to Lee's Toy Review (the magazine that first brought all four turtles to light).
You can bet they'll be on my shelf as soon as they come out!
To find out more about the figures check in periodically at http://www.necaonline.com/ , http://www.ninjaturtles.com/ , or Steven Murphy's blog http://www.the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/ all are great sites and the latter two are treasure troves of turtle tidbits.
Both photos taken from The 5th Turtle.
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