The next assortment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lootcrate subscription boxes have been announced. There will be four boxes, each celebrating a different art of the franchise. The 1st is a TMNT 1990 Movie Box, featuring a Danny Pennington 7″ Scale Figure. Box 2 will be based on the TMNT Video Games, and looks to include an Armaggon 7″ Scale Figure (possible from TMNT: Tournament Fighters). The third is a Mirage Comics based crate, featuring a Mutant Shredder Clone figure. The fourth is a TMNT Cartoon themed crate, and looks to possibly be a “Super Don” aka Donatello the Dark Turtle figure. Buying all four gets you an exclusive Scrag figure from the cartoon series.
The crates are priced at $49.99 plus shipping.The first crate ships in August, the second ships in September, the third ships in October, and the final crate ships in November. You can order them by Clicking Here. Check out images after the jump.
TMNT Series 2 Lootcrate Boxes Announced - Exclusive NECA Figures in Each Box
why do they do this to us
So the figures look to be this:
Crate 1 (Movie) - Danny Pennington
Crate 2 (Arcade/Video Game) - Armaggon 7″ Scale Figure
Crate 3 (Mirage Comics) - Mutant Shredder Clone 7" Scale Figure.
Crate 4 (Cartoon) - Super Don (Donatello The Dark Turtle) 7” Scale Figure.
Bonus for buying all 4 - Cartoon Series Scrag
All of the figures in these bundles seem pretty great, but I'm not going to lie, the "figures selling for up to $300" advertisement is just a bit tone deaf and really tacky.
NECA/ Lootcrate is straight up artificially inflating the value of their figure while encouraging scalpers at the same time... which happens to be all the things wrong with collecting right now.
NECA/ Lootcrate is straight up artificially inflating the value of their figure while encouraging scalpers at the same time... which happens to be all the things wrong with collecting right now.
Well, NECA certainly knows the scalpers are the driving force behind their stuff selling, since most of us never find their TMNT figures in stores.
Yeah that's a totally weird way to advertise.
I'm shocked we're getting a Danny figure, that's pretty great. I don't really have tons of interest in the other figures but I'll buy the whole thing rather than regret it later.
Am I correct that you don’t have to order each crate? You can select just the movie crate?
and i agree lame thing to say in the blurb. upwards of $300. stupid. and btw the way watch all of these figures go for peanuts because of all the resellers or wanna be resellers overbuying.
i went to buy the 4 crates + bonus just now and they will send you a welcome crate for $20, anyway one know whats in the welcome crate?
its odd the site doesn't work on my home PC but does on my laptop
Well what NECA is doing is creating artificial scarcity. Hence they along with Target, who know fans want the products, are shipping short initial shipments.
Yeah, I am calling NECA out for its practices. It's a common sales tactic in the toy industry, and people should at least know some of the Psych behind it.
I cannot see myself subscribing to Loot crate but Danny and a Keno would be super enticing, but at some point, I must put my foot down and can't keep playing the scarcity/chase game.
The $300 is just telling you what happens if you wait. If you want it, buy it now. If you don't, no worries. Don't take it so personally. These are easily and readily available to you now, if you don't get 'em it's on you.
The Danny figure is so lame.
Yeah, I am calling NECA out for its practices. It's a common sales tactic in the toy industry, and people should at least know some of the Psych behind it.
I cannot see myself subscribing to Loot crate but Danny and a Keno would be super enticing, but at some point, I must put my foot down and can't keep playing the scarcity/chase game.
I definitely can’t fault them for making these toys in limited numbers. Danny wouldn’t sell at retail. Hell, most of Neca’s figures I can’t help but wonder how they sell, I’ve seen the “They Live” figures sitting on shelves with MONTHS worth of dust collecting on them. Regardless, Neca knows what they are doing, and I’m sure they are guffawing at all the fanboys “calling them out”.
I definitely can’t fault them for making these toys in limited numbers. Danny wouldn’t sell at retail. Hell, most of Neca’s figures I can’t help but wonder how they sell, I’ve seen the “They Live” figures sitting on shelves with MONTHS worth of dust collecting on them. Regardless, Neca knows what they are doing, and I’m sure they are guffawing at all the fanboys “calling them out”.
I am glad we are getting that Donatello. Thats a figure I wanted for sure and didn't think we would get or not get for a long time.
At least this wave seems to have better figures. The bunny suit Bebop and Rocksteady were too gimmicky and the electrified turtle was a little under baked.
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