Comments on: 25 years of Turtles http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sideswipe http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-172 sideswipe Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:12:53 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-172 I remember going round a friend's house to watch the Ninja Turtles on cable TV before it came out over here on regular TV. I was also lucky enough to along with my brother get most of the first wave of Turtle figures even during the shortage. Think the only one I missed out on was Krang. Multiple foot soldiers, Bebop, Rocksteady all 4 turtles and casey and, April and Splinter too. My dad shopped at a cash n carry that imported French TNMT toys so half of mine have French packaging! I still have them all, plus the blimp and technodrome. Leo was always my favourite and still is, it's not just the twin katana, as the older brother who is supposed to set the example to a younger brother and isn't the smartest or the strongest it was easy to feel for him when Mikey is mocking him or when Raph plays up. Turtles is a franchise that has so much going for it, I'll never understand why Transformers or G.I. Joe never had any decent games or why their live action films have to be spectacularly different from the original source materials. Turtles has had a couple of great cartoons (the 2k Turtles was a superb series that just didn't get the push or success it deserved. As for games, everyone knows how awesome the arcade and Turtles in Time were/are but also Turtles 3 on the GC/xbox was a brilliant scrolling beat em up that was hideously under appreciated It was basically 3d version of the arcade game based on the 2k cartoon that remembered that you needed co-op in a Turtles game. Although not a tight fit to the comics, I love the first live action film. That may be the best live action comic book film ever (yes I rank it above Batman although it's close). It puts across the core points of the characters in an entertaining film, isn't too long and is enjoyable from start to finish, well asides from the bit where Raph gets put in a coma. That was really upsetting at first even though I wasn't a Raph fan. On a more positive note, the first encounter between Raph and Casey in the park is legendary. I'm still waiting for it to come out on blu-ray, the US gets it first as usual but Amazon.com aren't stating what region the blu-ray will be when its released in August so I can't order till I know if it'll play on my PS3. And yes, Pizza really wasn't as big in the UK until Turtles came out. I remember going round a friend’s house to watch the Ninja Turtles on cable TV before it came out over here on regular TV. I was also lucky enough to along with my brother get most of the first wave of Turtle figures even during the shortage. Think the only one I missed out on was Krang. Multiple foot soldiers, Bebop, Rocksteady all 4 turtles and casey and, April and Splinter too. My dad shopped at a cash n carry that imported French TNMT toys so half of mine have French packaging! I still have them all, plus the blimp and technodrome.

Leo was always my favourite and still is, it’s not just the twin katana, as the older brother who is supposed to set the example to a younger brother and isn’t the smartest or the strongest it was easy to feel for him when Mikey is mocking him or when Raph plays up.

Turtles is a franchise that has so much going for it, I’ll never understand why Transformers or G.I. Joe never had any decent games or why their live action films have to be spectacularly different from the original source materials. Turtles has had a couple of great cartoons (the 2k Turtles was a superb series that just didn’t get the push or success it deserved. As for games, everyone knows how awesome the arcade and Turtles in Time were/are but also Turtles 3 on the GC/xbox was a brilliant scrolling beat em up that was hideously under appreciated It was basically 3d version of the arcade game based on the 2k cartoon that remembered that you needed co-op in a Turtles game.

Although not a tight fit to the comics, I love the first live action film. That may be the best live action comic book film ever (yes I rank it above Batman although it’s close). It puts across the core points of the characters in an entertaining film, isn’t too long and is enjoyable from start to finish, well asides from the bit where Raph gets put in a coma. That was really upsetting at first even though I wasn’t a Raph fan. On a more positive note, the first encounter between Raph and Casey in the park is legendary. I’m still waiting for it to come out on blu-ray, the US gets it first as usual but Amazon.com aren’t stating what region the blu-ray will be when its released in August so I can’t order till I know if it’ll play on my PS3.

And yes, Pizza really wasn’t as big in the UK until Turtles came out.

]]> By: binny http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-171 binny Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:35:41 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-171 I would rather not talk about all the toys I lost, its far to painful :P I wish I still had my Thundertank, I used to love that. Even if the tracks didn't really work, and it was a bit crappy when it popped up. But the jaws at the front were great for eating Snarf! Dominoes and Pizza Hut have a lot to thank Turtles for.. at least over here. I would rather not talk about all the toys I lost, its far to painful :P

I wish I still had my Thundertank, I used to love that. Even if the tracks didn’t really work, and it was a bit crappy when it popped up. But the jaws at the front were great for eating Snarf!

Dominoes and Pizza Hut have a lot to thank Turtles for.. at least over here.

]]> By: Takatori http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-170 Takatori Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:43:20 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-170 Nice poll :) Yeah, I lost all my toys that way. All Thundercats, Transformers, MASK and Turtles... I wasn't a happy kiddy! Could be right about the Pizza thing, I also don't remember Pizza being popular before them, but once they came in, wow it was hugely popular. Nice poll :)

Yeah, I lost all my toys that way. All Thundercats, Transformers, MASK and Turtles… I wasn’t a happy kiddy! Could be right about the Pizza thing, I also don’t remember Pizza being popular before them, but once they came in, wow it was hugely popular.

]]> By: nikobe http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-169 nikobe Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:45:31 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-169 Added a poll at the end so we can find out who's best :) Added a poll at the end so we can find out who’s best :)

]]> By: binny http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-168 binny Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:05:33 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-168 Hi Takatori, thanks for dropping in :) I just remember there was a big flap about the toys when they first arrived, and you could not find them anywhere, for love nor money. I think I just got a bit lucky, I happened to be standing in Toys R Us when they started putting them out. I actually had to take Mike back the next day as his crappy nunchuck brook within hours of getting him home (the plastic was too stiff and just snapped, happened on the replacement as well). Exactly the same thing happened to me, came home one day to find all my toys gone. "Given to a good cause" :( Only for me it was my box of Transformers. Nooo!!! Donatello's staff is part of what attracted me to him as well :) I think your right Nikobe. I don't remember Pizza being all that popular before them either. The TV Series DVD is still available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Anniversary/dp/B001TJKVWS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246356290&sr=8-3 Hi Takatori, thanks for dropping in :)

I just remember there was a big flap about the toys when they first arrived, and you could not find them anywhere, for love nor money. I think I just got a bit lucky, I happened to be standing in Toys R Us when they started putting them out. I actually had to take Mike back the next day as his crappy nunchuck brook within hours of getting him home (the plastic was too stiff and just snapped, happened on the replacement as well).

Exactly the same thing happened to me, came home one day to find all my toys gone. “Given to a good cause” :( Only for me it was my box of Transformers. Nooo!!!

Donatello’s staff is part of what attracted me to him as well :)

I think your right Nikobe. I don’t remember Pizza being all that popular before them either.

The TV Series DVD is still available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Anniversary/dp/B001TJKVWS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246356290&sr=8-3

]]> By: nikobe http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-167 nikobe Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:46 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-167 I know I had a Donatello as like you he was my main favorate but I really liked Michaelangelo as well, I was more like him as a kid...slightly annoying I would imagine. Was talking to someone the other day about how nobody I knew really ate Pizza till the turtles showed up, had such an effect on kids was huge. Play.com screwed up my pre-order (big surprise) but just re-ordered the "Ninja" turtles anniversary cartoon DVD. Mmm good times. I know I had a Donatello as like you he was my main favorate but I really liked Michaelangelo as well, I was more like him as a kid…slightly annoying I would imagine.

Was talking to someone the other day about how nobody I knew really ate Pizza till the turtles showed up, had such an effect on kids was huge.

Play.com screwed up my pre-order (big surprise) but just re-ordered the “Ninja” turtles anniversary cartoon DVD. Mmm good times.

]]> By: Takatori http://www.biggiantrobots.com/books-music/25-years-of-turtles/#comment-166 Takatori Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:01:24 +0000 http://www.biggiantrobots.com/?p=790#comment-166 Ah nice write up. It's a shame you only managed to get Michaelangelo and Leonardo as toys, don't know where you live but down here in Cornwall (near the tip) it was pretty easy to get them thankfully! Managed to get all the toys, including Shredder, Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, even their Turtle Wagon/Van whatever it was called. Sadly I don't have them anymore, I remember it was 1 of those years where the Romanian Children charity came very important and I think most of my toys went there including a large size Millenium Falcon :( About the change of Hero to Ninja, you are very right. Everything I knew before hand just gets thrown out the window, and here I realised 'Now this is what I have been waiting for' even if I hadn't realised I had been waiting for anything different, here it was. I used to have every single comic of both versions, again no more. Although it's quite possible I have the Hero version somewhere, but no clue really. And of course the TV series was just awesome. Like you I also went to see the film several times, 'THIS is Martial Arts' I thought to myself haha. My favourite was Donatello. I am a fan of Bo Staffs and his attracted me straight away. Also I was a fan of purple when I was younger as well. Then probably Leonardo, Raphael and Michaelangelo. Ah nice write up. It’s a shame you only managed to get Michaelangelo and Leonardo as toys, don’t know where you live but down here in Cornwall (near the tip) it was pretty easy to get them thankfully! Managed to get all the toys, including Shredder, Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, even their Turtle Wagon/Van whatever it was called.

Sadly I don’t have them anymore, I remember it was 1 of those years where the Romanian Children charity came very important and I think most of my toys went there including a large size Millenium Falcon :(

About the change of Hero to Ninja, you are very right. Everything I knew before hand just gets thrown out the window, and here I realised ‘Now this is what I have been waiting for’ even if I hadn’t realised I had been waiting for anything different, here it was. I used to have every single comic of both versions, again no more. Although it’s quite possible I have the Hero version somewhere, but no clue really. And of course the TV series was just awesome. Like you I also went to see the film several times, ‘THIS is Martial Arts’ I thought to myself haha.

My favourite was Donatello. I am a fan of Bo Staffs and his attracted me straight away. Also I was a fan of purple when I was younger as well. Then probably Leonardo, Raphael and Michaelangelo.

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