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| Dr Baghead 1911th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):New Ninja Turtles page"
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I saw the new TMNT figures at a toy store a while ago. I grew up with TMNT, Masters of the Universe, and Transformers, and I'm glad kids today will get similar stuff to play with. It's kinda cool to see the stuff I loved as a kid get reinvented today.
I just bought those new Turtle figures (all of them but the foot soldier) and even though I haven't opened them yet, it's obvious kids are going to have great fun playing with them!
the Turtles sport an impressive 9 points of movement (ball-joint shoulders replace the old cut joint, and cut-biceps are new added to the old ball-jointed hips, cut neck and wrists... although his shoulders are obscured I think Shredder has ball-joint shoulders too... Splinter only has cut neck, wrist, shoulders, and hips not bad but not as impressive)
9 points of artculation might not seem all that great to collectors who have been seeing 20-30+ points from Marvel Legends toys, but when you're a kid who just wants to have some fun with these toys that's plenty!
Each figure also comes loaded with accessories.(while some might argue there isn't as many as the old figures had by sheer number, these are higher quality, far more playable, AND painted!)
Don has "turtle stars" (large 'saw blades with a yin-yang on them, each turtle gets 2) and a bo (it's so big it's in 2 pieces, you snap it together when you open the box... or not! pretend like he has two!) he also has an axe and a large knife called "ninja caps" you place them on the end of his bo to make "Super Ninja Bo Staff"
Mikey has the same turtle stars, 2 sets of nun-chucks (darn, it's a plastic chain -__- but hey, considering for a long time he had a grapling hook and tonfas on TV instead of the 'chucks anything is better then nothing), and a rather bad ass "climbing box" you lack the end of a long string to a table or shelf, have a turtle hang on and push the red button... and just like a Spider-man toy up he goes!
Leo has two swords, the stars, if any cares his belt sculpt is different from the other turtles (has a shoulder strap) his gimic are two suction cups for him to use to climb walls of glass.
Ralf has his sais, the stars, and length of rope and a pulley with handle bars. You latch the rope on to points and using the pulley Ralf slides across!
Splinter is the worse toy in the line in my view, but hey! it's Splinter. He comes with a bow and arrow, his "transforming walkig stick" (ya'll know this one! the wooden shaft comes off and it's a blade), a quiver with some more arrows, and a canister of TCRI ooze (don't worry, it's just a prop, none of that messy 'slime' yet)
Shredder comes with two "Foot Stars" (real looking ninja stars he and the Foot Soldier each have 2) a large bladed staff, and the "twin swords of tengu". The twin blades hilts join together making the Darth Maul-esque "Super Sword of Tengu". Also his armor is rather shiny and Shredder is all black with red eyes, every different from the Shredder of yore
Although I didn't buy the Foot Soldier I did exmain him before ruling againist such. His "real working cross bow" sounds like quite a bit of fun.
The toys look very fun and it's obvious playmates focused on kids more then collectors (although, the toys look identical if you ask me, so maybe the retro look will be found appealing?)
I'm hoping when Playmates makes more the new versions of Baxter, April, and Casey as well as business-man Shredder (Saki) and some of the new villians like Hun make it out before they make the same old money-grabbing stupid lines like "Cyber Turtles" or "Hip-Hop Rock Star Turtles" or "the BeatlesTurtles featuring John Leonardonon and Paul RalfCartney"
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| Sensenic
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| "Re(8):New Ninja Turtles page" , posted Fri 17 Jan 13:28
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The new series won't be a continuation of the old series.
And is it just me, or do they look a little chubby? :p
Ah, Hamato Yoshi. Thanks Gekiganker.
Fygee, it said in the storyline summary down the page that the story continues from the old series. About the turtles' looks, they just look buffer to me.
Well, in the episode synopsis says this:
NOTE: The new series will not be a continuation of the old cartoon. A new era is born. =O)
And some characters are completely changed ; i.e. April, who's no longer a journalist and has an antique shop, or so it says there....
Oh, and reading the 26th episode synopsis, it seems that maybe Krang will be back....
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| Iron D 2097th Post
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| "Re(4):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 14:13:
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Man! The 80's were such a wack decade.
Cough...
Double Cough....
Triple Cough and...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm assuming these coughs are disagreement. I'm inclined to agree though. Besides being born, I can't think of much that was good about it. A few songs here and there, TMNT, Thundercats...oh and being born is pretty important as well, but really economically, politically, and otherwise I think that the 80's was probably the worst decade of the 20th century. Or maybe the second, after the 30's...
BTW, I can't STAND either April or Peach (however, Peach WAS able to defend herself in Mario RPG and Paper Mario...but she still sucks).
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| Iron D 2101th Post
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| "Re(6):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 15:45
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I'm assuming these coughs are disagreement. I'm inclined to agree though. Besides being born, I can't think of much that was good about it. A few songs here and there, TMNT, Thundercats...oh and being born is pretty important as well, but really economically, politically, and otherwise I think that the 80's was probably the worst decade of the 20th century. Or maybe the second, after the 30's...
Yeah the 80's had to be the worse decade, because Leg warmers and ripped sweat-shirts were far worse then Hitler or the Great Depression!
Don't forget the height of the popularity of the satanic hairdo the MULLET!
In all seriousness, that's why I said the second worst.
The 30's had the height of the Great Depression the rise of Hitler, the start of WWII, and Hoover as president.
I wouldn't say the 40's, since it saw the end of WWII, the Great Depression, and Hitler.
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| Iron D 2105th Post
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| "Re(6):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 17:13:
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I'm assuming these coughs are disagreement. I'm inclined to agree though. Besides being born, I can't think of much that was good about it. A few songs here and there, TMNT, Thundercats...oh and being born is pretty important as well, but really economically, politically, and otherwise I think that the 80's was probably the worst decade of the 20th century. Or maybe the second, after the 30's...
Umm, yeah. Somebody who wasn't even old enough to forment his own opinions about the status of the world during the time is SURELY worthy of forming an expert opinion on the 80's. Umm hmm. Apparently people forget about the thawing of the cold war and perestroika easily.
Since when did you actually have to live during a time period to know anything about it? Were you alive during the 30's?
If you want to find positive things about the decades of the 20th century, well in defense of the 30's, how about FDR becoming president? And I'm not sure, but wasn't Churchill Prime minister of England during the 30's as well?
Other bad 80's things: Can you say "We'll begin bombing in five minutes"? There wasn't a single noteworthy president during the 80's (which I guess is just an opinion, but as far as Reagan was concerned, the whole glasnost and perestroika thing didn't really do much now did it?) And let's not also forget Chernobyl, which I think (not sure) is the worst nuclear accident in history.
And remember, I said that the 80's was the SECOND worst.
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| Iron D 2105th Post
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| "Re(8):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 17:38
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What about the Great War?
Began in the 30's.
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Or the race riots of the 60's?
Well, of course that was bad. But the 60's was the decade where the biggest strides toward true equality in America happened.
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Or Vietnam?
Okay, all your points are good (especially this one) but Vietnam also inspired the hippie movement, which was a cultural revolution in and of itself. I'm not saying that the Vietnam War was at all a good thing, but without Vietnam the hippie movemnet definitely wouldn't have been as powerful (can't think of any better word to use in this case) as it was. The 80's didn't have any real social changes except for the continuing decline in the faith of the American presidency.
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Or the Seven Day War?
Uh...okay I honestly don't know anything about this one. That wouldn't be the war that happened in the Middle East in the late 70's would it?
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You just seem to be skipping a LOT of noteworthy events. Personally, I'd rather live in the " bland " 80's with the threat of total nuclear doom melting away than any " hot " period in the 20th century.
Trust me. I've made this statement many times, and I wouldn't make a statement like this without research. I've taken into account what has happened in each decade.
quote Yes, actually, Rid brings up a valid point. Perhaps this is all relative to where you're living at the time.
Actually, yeah that does make a lot of sense. I am looking at things from an "American" point of view aren't I? Also, should state that the 80's was one of the worst decades of the 20th century IMO. My bad on that one...
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| RugalBernstein 3318th Post
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| "Re(9):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 17:56
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What about the Great War?
Began in the 30's.
Umm.. no, it began in August, 1914. You're thinking of WW2.
Still, yes, this is definately more of an " opinion " thing. I loved the 80's, but then again, I loved my job then, I got to see the world, and, well, things were just generally good for me. So I guess I'd be inclined to like it.
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| Iron D 2106th Post
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| "Re(10):April" , posted Wed 22 Jan 18:02
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What about the Great War?
Began in the 30's.
Umm.. no, it began in August, 1914. You're thinking of WW2.
Still, yes, this is definately more of an " opinion " thing. I loved the 80's, but then again, I loved my job then, I got to see the world, and, well, things were just generally good for me. So I guess I'd be inclined to like it.
Oh, you mean WWI. I thought that the term "the Great War" was used to refer to WWII, but I guess I'm wrong on that.
Out of curiosity, what was your job then?
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| talbaineric 4784th Post
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| "Re(6):April" , posted Sun 26 Jan 06:48
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I'm assuming these coughs are disagreement. I'm inclined to agree though. Besides being born, I can't think of much that was good about it. A few songs here and there, TMNT, Thundercats...oh and being born is pretty important as well, but really economically, politically, and otherwise I think that the 80's was probably the worst decade of the 20th century. Or maybe the second, after the 30's...
Yeah the 80's had to be the worse decade, because Leg warmers and ripped sweat-shirts were far worse then Hitler or the Great Depression!
MUCH AGREED! The 80's had too much fruity people,too.
Anyway,I heard the voice actor for Donatello. Cool stuff! He sounds perfect! His voice sounds too familiar. Like I heard it on some English-dubbed anime or something.
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| MOCPAC
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| "Re(5):a little something..." , posted Sun 26 Jan 13:46
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Always hated April because she could never take care of herself- such a needy twit.
>_< Really, she was soooooooooo stupid.
Wow, you REALLY hated April. I wonder how you think of Princess Peach.
I don't remember PRincess Peach ever pretending to be a total badass and then only messing things up so that others had to fix it and cover for her sorry ass. ¬_¬
Did you guys know that Cam Clark, who was the voice of Leonardo from TMNT was also the voice of Max Sterling of Robotech.
Also, most of you guys seem old(or is it just me)since you seem to know lots of stuff from the 80's era, I myself am 23 and was just a kid in that era and grew up with such clasics like, TMNT , Transfomers,Robotech,Thundercats,Silverhawks(anyone remember this cartoon?),GI Joe, Mask,Voltron,Go Bots, or how about famous movies like Porkys, Police Academy, The Fly, all them teen movies like 16 candles, Brekfast Club, Feris Beuler' Day Off, or the TV dramas and shows like 21 jump street and the ever scary as hell to watch it by yourself late at night "Americas most Wanted" , to bad I didnt like music when I was a kid or Id be a much bigger fan of the 80' than Iam now,oh and yes I like 80's music also,I just discovered it late in my adolecence, but hey! better late than never righ?
seems every thing is geting reborn or remade these days,could that mean that Harmony Gold would aswer my preyers and finally make the rest of episodes for Robotech 2 : The Sentinels?
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| ONSLAUGHT 2351th Post
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| "Mmmmmmhh..." , posted Tue 28 Jan 17:17
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I'm barely 20. But I do know enough about the 80's from watching MTV,VH1, and watching the cartoons when I was just a wee one back then.
That's it! that's the most stupid comment I've ever read (quite an achievement, considering that you are the most retarded person I've ever met online or in person)!
YOU!
You are the only reason ( I had more, but they're in the past now), for me to leave this place permanently...
I'm dead sick of your crap, your stupid english fetish, your sick furry fetish, and your 12 years old mentality...
My english is crap, but yours is WORST, I can't believe how stupid you are! You're not even the kind of "funny stupid", you're highly annoying! I know nobody in here says that to you because they're too nice to hurt your feelings, but NOT me!
I'm not nice (And never will be), and I can tell you that everybody is tired of your stupid comments, your stupid threads, and your incredible lack of gray matter...
And for those innevitable posters that will say something along the lines of "But you're as childish as him for posting this..." or "geez, don't be so rude, if you don't like him, go away", I think I had enough of him (by the way, I was reading this thread because a very good friend of mine linked me to it)...
God (or whatever your deity is) knows that I REALLY tried to be nice to you, but I think that's humanly impossible...
Anyway, I think I said what many people think (I won't say names... I would never end listing them anyway), that think more or less the same, but are afraid of expressing it...
Now kid, go and watch more TV (It seems that it made a good job educating you and giving you a good idea of how the world is and how it was).
Now, it's fun to be here MMcafe crew, but not with this wanker around, I can't stand him... If only he stayed in his threads, but no, he has to post in every damn thread available, and usually with stupid one liners and a gazillion of stupid smileys.
Well, that's all I guess.
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| Dr Orochi 455th Post
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|  "Re(1):Mmmmmmhh..."
, posted Tue 28 Jan 20:15
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I'm barely 20. But I do know enough about the 80's from watching MTV,VH1, and watching the cartoons when I was just a wee one back then.
That's it! that's the most stupid comment I've ever read (quite an achievement, considering that you are the most retarded person I've ever met online or in person)!
YOU!
You are the only reason ( I had more, but they're in the past now), for me to leave this place permanently...
I'm dead sick of your crap, your stupid english fetish, your sick furry fetish, and your 12 years old mentality...
My english is crap, but yours is WORST, I can't believe how stupid you are! You're not even the kind of "funny stupid", you're highly annoying! I know nobody in here says that to you because they're too nice to hurt your feelings, but NOT me!
I'm not nice (And never will be), and I can tell you that everybody is tired of your stupid comments, your stupid threads, and your incredible lack of gray matter...
And for those innevitable posters that will say something along the lines of "But you're as childish as him for posting this..." or "geez, don't be so rude, if you don't like him, go away", I think I had enough of him (by the way, I was reading this thread because a very good friend of mine linked me to it)...
God (or whatever your deity is) knows that I REALLY tried to be nice to you, but I think that's humanly impossible...
Anyway, I think I said what many people think (I won't say names... I would never end listing them anyway), that think more or less the same, but are afraid of expressing it...
Now kid, go and watch more TV (It seems that it made a good job educating you and giving you a good idea of how the world is and how it was).
Now, it's fun to be here MMcafe crew, but not with this wanker around, I can't stand him... If only he stayed in his threads, but no, he has to post in every damn thread available, and usually with stupid one liners and a gazillion of stupid smileys.
Well, that's all I guess.
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| Radish 834th Post
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| "Re(4):fruitcake johnson" , posted Tue 28 Jan 20:45:
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And now stupid Bush the Sequel wants to fight Iraq (or whoever) just to hide the fact that the economy is tanking and big business is screwing people over. That moron better not get re-elected.
If you believe that, that's sad. That's like saying the only reason Clinton went into Kosovo was to get attention away from Monica (which is equally obsurd). Don't get me wrong I'm fairly independent but people who think one party is more altruistic than the other are terribly naive.
Bush Jr. is a moron, plain and simple. Going to war with Iraq is not the solution to the Saddam problem. This country has far more pressing problems than Saddam. In fact, there are A LOT better solutions to the problems we have with our relations in the Middle East. But no one wants to do what's right because they are either too greedy, too stupid or too cowadly or all of the above.
The left has as many problems as the right, but irregardless of what party Bush came from, he is still a fool. It's just worse that he's a conservative fool.
It's just SOOOOOOO stupendously incredible how this idiot got elected. The presidency is supposed to be the highest achievement in a meritocracy. YEAH RIGHT. Fricken A. Alright, end rant.
Meh. I don't want to get into a political debate (and I'm not really sure how a thread about the ninja turtles headed down this path) but the Iraq situation is a lot more complex than "BUSH WANTS OIL!" or whatever. I'm not wise enough to tell whether that justifies a war or not, but I dislike when people condense huge issues into something incredibly simple. It's hard to look at things intelligently that way.
I could argue this topic, but I don't feel this is the right place and political stuff tends to bring out bad feelings and I don't think we need that kind of negative energy around.
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| Gen 1235th Post
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| "80s" , posted Wed 29 Jan 18:14:
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Man! The 80's were such a wack decade. laugh: Even though I was a little kid,I still remember watching programs on TV and seeing all the crap they used to show.
Except TMNT,that was da bomb. quote]
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Man! The 80's were such a wack decade.
Cough...
The 80's kick the 90's ass. I'm not even going to bring up weather anyone is a Democrat or a Republican and if someone of their party preference was in office or other such things. I know this is true in the U.S., and probably in all other English speaking countries at the least: the pop culture of the 80's was superior to the 90's. Culture extending even to the quality of the average human being you'd run into every day on the street was superior in the 80's. Take punkers for example. If we could time machine us up some 80's and 90's punkers, the 80's punkers would whip the 90's guys' asses for being lame rootless derivatives. Generally speaking, to find better things from the 90's, you'd have to dig much more deep or be involved in underground movements. Almost everyone had more fun in the 80's than the 90's. If you ask people who were old enough to have lived through both decades, almost 90% will say that the 80's were more fun. Most of the people who would prefer the 90's weren't old enough to have experienced the 80's. They were young enough to have missed it. (A fact that is expressed in some of the lame punk movements of the 90s where they would try to blend the 80s with the 90s. That example is probably too obscure..) I remember telling rooms full of teenaged people during the mid and late 90s that I felt that they were probably too young to have truly experienced the 80's, and I would only hear enthusiastic agreement and acknowledgement that they felt they missed out on something great. If I had a similar conversation with a group of teenagers now, I don't know weather they would have had taste enough of the '80s to begin to understand what I was talking about.
Well I will stop here with my jumbled sentences instead of writing a long essay. I just want to assert the basic idea that the 80s were more fun as can be verified by people who lived through both, and of course I'm not speaking in absolute terms, but most of the people who wouldn't agree were not old enough to have experienced the 80s.
Peace
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| Luisinan
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| "Re(2):80s" , posted Wed 29 Jan 20:15
Wow, interesting comments Gen. I can see your points, sort of. Maybe what was underground (the punk movement) is no longer fun to you because now the punk movement is more mainstream.
But there's just a new underground that we haven't seen. I would say punk is still underground, but now also has a big mainstream appeal. It can be both ways. Like how rap has become commercialized. You take anything that was popular in a sub-culture, and you can easily commercialize it. That doesn't mean the sub-culture dies, it just changes or stays underground. Or it does die, like disco.
I can like the '80s more. But I still dislike the vast majority of the music, movies and books from that era. Same with the '90s, except I like more '90s music. And it's true, that if you were born in the decade, you don't really know the decade. It's not till you're a teen that you get to like or dislike a decade.
And what little I've seen of the '80s, I ain't sad that I was oblivious to it at the time.
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The new series will not be a continuation of the old cartoon. A new era is born. =O) 
I still remember sitting down to watch them on Saturdays and hearing the classic theme song.
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