Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
This one's brought to you thanks to "TMNT: A collection" (tmnt-ninjaturtles.com).
You may have watched the mini-documentary about how Rich Horn made a limited run of reprints of TMNT #1 from the original negatives. Well, I bought my copy and it finally arrived!
There is something about having this reprint, with this type of paper and format that feels a little different from other reprints I have. I loved it!
There are still copies available!
tmnt-ninjaturtles.com/product/tmnt-vol-i-01-1st-prâŚ
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New video!
Fishface was a new creation for the 2012 series, that brought (as far as I can remember) the only Latino representation on the show. In this video I explore the history of the character and my problems with the way he accidentally "under-represents" an entire country.
Thanks for watching!
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Members will have another treat this week!
Angel has been requested many times, so I thought it was wise to start from her first incarnation.
The video will be available Saturday Afternoon, and for members only until the following Saturday.
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This weekend!
I'll explore Fishface (and my problems with the character).
Be there!
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The much-awaited video on Baron Draxum. The starting villain of the Rise of the TMNT series...
But... was he really a villain?
Check it out now!
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This week we'll dive deep into the Hidden City to explore the story of Baron Draxum.
Be there!
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Collecting toys as a kid wasnât easy!
In my previous âFlashback,â I talked about how I discovered the Ninja Turtles on national TV back in Buenos Aires in 1991. I was instantly hooked on the cartoon⌠but there was, of course, a second source of fascination at the time: the Playmates Toys.
Now, thereâs a long-standing tradition of bootlegs making their way into every kid's collection, at least when the originals are not affordable or available. This was the case with Ninja Turtles, but for the most part, I remember finding the imported Playmates Toys more often than the others. In fact, I am not even sure where people (or relatives) were finding the bootlegs.
In any case, I was in fourth grade at the time (assuming I remember things right), so I was already past the age where parents like gifting you things (or they decide to stop for some logical reason). That meant that I had to earn the original four turtles with good grades. This wasnât that easy; I wasnât particularly good at school, and I am not sure how often tests were taken at the time. I do know that I got my first two TurtlesâRaphael and Donatelloâthanks to a good grade.
I canât really tell how long it took for the other two to appear. But I am under the impression that it wasnât because of a grade but my birthday (we started school in March, had tests sometime in April or May, and then my birthday was at the beginning of June). Knowing myself, I am pretty sure I made drawings of Mikey and Leo to complete the set until the permanent replacements arrived.
After that, the gates were open on those toys. Maybe my mom gave up on trying to make me have good grades, I am not sure what happened. But there are a few special days throughout the year when kids get toys. Not long after my Birthday was âChildrenâs Day,â and Iâm sure that was a source of toys. I am also sure it was around that time I got some bootlegs. Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady were clearly not from Playmates, as they came with very limited articulation and a poor painting job; still, for a nine-year-old, that was good enough.
The economy in Argentina then went through an interesting period where imports became highly accessible by the end of 1991, and that was the end of the bootleg Turtle toys for me. From then on, everything was available and cheapâthings like April, Splinter, the Party Wagon, etc. In fact, it is thanks to the toys that I can reconstruct these years because I know that Christmas and Wise Kings Day (another toy gifting opportunity in our culture) brought in toys like Ace Duck, Mutagen Man, Slash, the Rat King, the Frogs, the Toilet Taxi, etc. And because I had so many of them, that meant that Turtlemania lasted at least two years in my country.
I donât think I would have been able to get that many figures if it wasnât for the economy improving so much during that period (we were recovering from hyperinflation, which explains my parent's resistance to spending on toys outside of Christmas Day).
What was your experience as a kid? This, of course, applies to all the different versions of the Turtles.
Did you have to earn your action figures?
Did you get together with friends who had the rest of the figures to play?
Share your experiences in the comments!
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