Last night, ahead of their San Diego Comic-Con 2019 debuts, NECA shared a few preview photos and details for their upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time 7″ Scale Figures. The line will see the release of Video Game Appearance style cel-shaded figures, much like their SDCC Exclusive TMNT Arcade Figures. Here’s who we know isd coming to the line as of last night.
- Leonardo with Hoverboard
- Donatello with Hoverboard
- Raphael with Hoverboard (not announced, but highly likely)
- Michelangelo with Hoverboard (not announced, but highly likely)
- Foot Soldier with Hoverboard
- Slash
- Super Shredder (Announced, not shown)
General Traag and Granitor were shown off in past shows, but I don’t want to just assume they are still coming until confirmed. They also recapped what to expect from the TMNT line in general from here on out. The new Turtles In Time Figures will be released individually at Specialty Stores (what qualifies as a specialty store hasn’t been clarified just yet). The TMNT Cartoon 2-Packs will remain Target Exclusives, and there is a major expansion of that line getting announced at SDCC. The TMNT Movie Figures will remain GameStop Exclusives, with Secret of the Ooze themed figure coming in 2020. And they have confirmed that there will be exclusive TMNT Box Sets for SDCC for the foreseeable future.
Check out a few teaser images after the jump.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time Preview by NECA
So why doesn't playmates have a stranglehold on TMNT anymore? I'm not complaining, but it seems weird to me...
Also, look at how the expansion has been slowly building, and where the NECA Turtles stuff is being sold. GameStop, where there's no Playmates presence, Target, but not in the toy aisle, and "specialty stores", where Playmates will likely not have any product. So Playmates is likely not seeing the kids market for their stuff effected much by the collector level stuff.
Hard to tell from promotional shots, but do the Turtles and Foot Soldiers have any significant changes from the original Arcade figures that were released?
I was disappointed when the animated version of Slash was shown off, as even as a kid, I wasn't crazy about the changes they made from the toy to the show.
That said, I think it's pretty spectacular that even with the digi-print on the game version, he looks like he could fit right in with the animated figures with very little to no modifications needed.
I really hope NECA shows off a Metalhead at some point. He was one of my favorite bosses in Turtles in Time.
I was disappointed when the animated version of Slash was shown off, as even as a kid, I wasn't crazy about the changes they made from the toy to the show.
That said, I think it's pretty spectacular that even with the digi-print on the game version, he looks like he could fit right in with the animated figures with very little to no modifications needed.
I really hope NECA shows off a Metalhead at some point. He was one of my favorite bosses in Turtles in Time.
Makes sense to re-release the arcade turtles if they are going to start another line.
Ill continue with the Movie and cartoon line. Its still cool to look at these in pictures though.
Anyone knows if Target will keep the weird "in store" purchase only policy?
So they are doing figures from both the home and arcade Turtles in Time? Slash wasn’t in the arcade. It was “Mud Man” and Shredder with a mutating lightsaber was replaced by Super Shredder with a mutating hadoken.
Hopefully they do pirates Bebop and Rocksteady. Those two were hilarious.
Hopefully they do pirates Bebop and Rocksteady. Those two were hilarious.
These are available to purchase on BBTS right now.
I wish the toon line was at specialty shops so we had easier access to them. Seems crazy that the ones at the major retailer are harder to get than the ones available at specialty shops.
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BBTS just put Slash and the Foot Soldier up for individual sale now also.
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