New TMNT figures

Today I picked up three of the four new TMNT movie figures at a local Meijer. (sadly no Raphael) I had seen pics posted online and wasn't too sure about them. The new designs look more like lizards than turtles to me. But standing there in the toy aisle, the figures were starting to look good. So I bought them. Here's the front and back of the packaging:


Out of the package the figures are articulated very well. Knees, elbows, shoulders, etc. Much more so than their current predecessors of the 80's revamp- now TMNT-Flash Forward. The figures are in perfect scale with Marvel Legends, albeit a little taller than usual.


I can get over the whole 'lizard look'. Back then, it was nice to get an updated version of the Turles from my youth, but they were only slightly better. Better sculpts yes, but still stiff and unposable. For posting funny toy comics to a blog- the more articulation a figure has the better.


I dug up my old TMNT trades and found these sketches to justify the 'lizard look'. See, it could have been much worse.


..and here they are all three (sigh) of them together:


Michaelangelo is my least favorite (for head sculpts) The original toys never had pupils. It makes them look way too cartoony (yeah, I know- they're NINJA TURTLES for pete's sake) But, the figure looks either stoned or psychotic. Oh well, at least he came with a skateboard.




and now, the real reason I couldn't find Raph: