Alternative Options: NECA Sewer Lair 

It’s obviously not about “affording” it, bro. But nice try

I feel sorry for ppl that are too dumb to know this isn’t about the money but the value. Most adult collectors can afford this, rockstar. We just don’t think it’s worth the money.

@@madhatterreviews6705 this guy probably bought a car during the pandemic when they were marked up twice the price and thought he was flexing cause he could “afford it”

@@NostalgiaUnboxed This simpleton was probably bragging about paying 6$ a carton for eggs a month or so ago.

Lmao whos kid is this?

Glad to help!!

Nice!! Tag me on social when you finish it up

There it is! The love and effort part is a huge side of stuff like this. Go for it!

@@therealsharky1999 couple out there already. Watch my friend Thomas Goes Nostalgic

Same. I’m gonna make my own.

Same! 💪

Thank you!

Thank you! And they said the other two rooms depends solely on the performance of this one. They will either NOT release them or they release them with lower prices and then all of us that didn’t buy this one are pissed.

Hahaha yeah, you’re right

Yep! A complete 180°

Absolutely! Best part of this NECA mess is artists are getting more work

I hope a lot of people slow down or stop if they can (I cannot lol)

I'm glad I stopped with the 1990 movie turtles 🐢. I got my shredder, 4 foot soldiers, April, tokka and razar, and Casey and Raph two pack and I was done 👏🏾. Neca is doing because tmnt is their biggest selling line and a majority of the people who bought into the line will most likely buy this because of fomo, I really miss the Era before neca got the tmnt license 😔

Oh well it’s become an adult collector line. Me personally I’d buy a synthesizer or parts for my 65 Lincoln continental. ☝️ALSO: it gives you the opportunity to either do it yourself or pay a talented starving artist to do it for you!!! How cool is that??

What greed exactly? It's an item that will have very low production numbers, very limited reuse potential. It costs a lot of money to sink into things like this. There's no greed going on, to make that claim is being ridiculous.

@@Starfig I can't speak to production numbers, as I'm just a consumer. However, I would disagree with the limited reuse potential. Elaborate Underground Bases are tropes of pop culture. With a fresh coat of paint and new accessories, it could be used for Batman, G.I. Joe / Cobra, Hydra, Gargoyles, Thunderbolts, X-Men, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars, Teen Titans, Bots Master, and so many others. Now as to greed. Well, the Street Scene diorama is considerably cheaper, despite being larger. The Turtle Van is cheaper, despite having moving parts, lights, and a far more elaborate design. This amounts to five flat pieces of plastic with a few accessories. It's as easy as it gets when it comes to design work.

$45 and 15 shipping. If it was in stores $45 would have been fine

That’s so awesome! Thanks for watching!

There he is! Haha! Of course, dude

Oh, hey! Nice. Do you have finished prints I could see and share? Thanks!

Glad it was helpful!

and PROUD of it, I hope! Excellent!

@@NostalgiaUnboxed oh yes, and it only weighs about 44 pounds and is so big I actually have no place to put it 😂. I didn't really plan ahead. Wish I'll make it my profile picture so you can kinda see it 😃

@@n_explosion8199 omg hahaha that’s intense! And thanks for updating so I could see! Nice!

Hahaha, that’s great!

Hahahaha!

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Don't forget Flipper Frank and Mad Hatter!🎩🤗🙏🙋

Nice! And glad to hear it’s good

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Buying a shoebox would be cheaper than that sewer lair

Of course! The people must know! Haha

Absolutely!

Yeah! If you can get ahold of the discount codes the boards are great. That’s exactly what I use

Thank you so much! That means a lot! Just hit my 1 year mark August 27

@@NostalgiaUnboxed You’re welcome! That’s really awesome.

That’s awesome!

Thank you! It’s funny because a video like this is definitely how it all started, but researching takes time so I get lazy and just review stuff 😂

@@NostalgiaUnboxed I enjoy the review stuff and appreciate the time/ work you put in. Keep up the good work!

Exactly! And I support this!

My pleasure!

Thank you for sharing that memory! I hope you end up making your own stuff. Holds a lot more value to ourselves

Haha thank you

I know, it’s really absurd

There’s supposedly talks of a movie dio, but I’m sure that depends on the success of this thing

Yeah, dude! Keep it up!

Thank you!

Thanks!

One commenter said it didn't handle weight well, but then I saw someone post it on facebook with loads of figures, so who knows

This sounds awesome! I love to see it. Please remember me you start it!

@@NostalgiaUnboxed for sure!

Yeah, dude!

Yeah, dude! Excellent work deserves praise

Awesome! I hope I get a chance to see what you come up with

Heck, yeah!!

Time to buy that Mutant Mayhem lair then haha

Haha great idea!

Thank you!

Nice! Good call on Omar’s stuff

Yeah, dude. And with my shelves a custom route is ideal, anyway

Thank you

Absolutely!

God, I hope so

Yeah, something we can make to accommodate our own space is superior

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Indeed, and I have most of the stuff I need around the house. A couple of weeks ago I made a mini diorama with a small box, a paper shopping bag, and some rocks that I grabbed out back and cleaned off. I made a hole in the top of the diorama so it looks like NECA Dirtbag is coming up from underground. Then I cut up the shopping bag and used it to line the bottom of the box to conceal the seams and the outside to cover over the markings on the box. I put rocks inside it to make it look more like an underground cave. I'm sure others would've done more, but I'm happy with how it came out.

Thank you!

Yes!!

I can't believe they didn't show the box design! Maybe just another brown box like the old street scene

Yes! The Twitter AutoT was blocking SO many people (including me)

Thank you

😂

Hahaha, well getting "free toys" doesn't mean anything to me compared to truth and honesty. And a REAL partnership with a company would include payment. Free things to review technically cost you money when doing your taxes.

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Well said. I have been having a great time following the toy content creator community which includes a lot of passionate and creative people. The channels I like the most are the ones that are honest but not unduly negative, like your channel. Thank you for keeping it real and providing options to make great displays

@@schadenfreudeind thank you so much!

That’s a solid approach!

My pleasure

We need to support more small artists

That's a great point

Super unprofessional! Same (or worse) behavior on the AutoT Twitter account. They were blocking people left and right. They seriously need to hire a social media expert. You can't trust the comments because they are being so selective, but enough people come flooding in and they can't keep up.

I think it’s worth trying out!

Nailed it. Some people are awful about this

I know that pain!!

It’s a great choice

Hahaha

Yes! Considering we won't even stare at it that much once it's on the shelf who cares? And so many people with Ikea Detolfs are probably using printed solutions anyway

Thank you!

You are the hero we need, but not the hero we deserve! Let’s get to work together soon. We are in prime time now. Haha! Thanks for watching and commenting

@@NostalgiaUnboxed It must not be misunderstood that we are trying to “outdo” anyone. We are just one of the guys, you guys. We watch YOUR nation’s created cartoons growing up. But that’s a topic for discussion for another day. The thing here is, If a Gate is wanted by collectors that didn’t fund. We look to do it, for the collectors who wants it, and we do it at the best possible price we can. And if a sewer environment is yearned by collectors who don’t agree with whats available in terms of price, Perhaps we can offer an alternative. What’s the saying? Competition breeds success or excellence? And we are not even competing is what I am saying, we are seeing a void and trying to fill it. What is different about the examples you listed in your video that differs from our attempts that qualifies us for C&D and not them? quantity? A company instead of an individual? Not saying I want them to get C&D, no, not at all. It is those artists that is the foundation that supports what we love. Without the creation. There is nothing. And we are at a point now that is evident without doubt that anything can be done. If it’s a license that is in the way, get a license. But wait. A license needs to be appropriately issued. Not everyone can pay a 6 figure royalty.

We love you Ramen Toy

@@RAMENTOY I love it. Thank you for saying this. So many artists that do not get what they deserve for their time and hard work. Even the simple thing of putting the artist name on the box is a great idea. This is something NECA does well, but Hasbro needs to include. I think your company is doing amazing things and helping a lot of artists find work. Whatever I can do to support you, let me know.

Nice! Sounds like you have some cool options. Sewer is cool and all, but if you go custom you can make anything from the entire series!

Definitely!

Hahaha I know what I would pick

Yeah, the building seems best for photos and then put away. The wall setups look like keepers!

Happy to help and thank you!

Saw some photos recently of it in action and I think it’s an excellent solution

That’s very true! Super7 some how came out as the good guy

125 or 150

Thank you

Haha fair enough

Absolutely!!

I was wondering about the detolfs. That makes sense and there are some great options for simple printed boards. I truly believe we will get someone like Ramen Toys to offer a solution here

I understand and there’s nothing wrong with buying it.

It looks great

Nice!

The worst part is that those other rooms depend on the success of this one. You might get stuff with one room from NECA because it failed

Yeah, this whole approach is weird. To list it at that price and not even have someone review it is wild! To me, that leans heavily into "not worth the price"

If it was crowd funded I would say, "highly likely".

You nailed it!

I know, it’s crazy

Haha!

3 weeks! Don’t let FOMO get you.

@@NostalgiaUnboxed To be honest, it's not really the FOMO, it's more about feeling like my figures are inside the official lair diorama. If I get the NECA one I know that 100% the art style matches, whereas with the custom built ones, as skilled as those crafts people are, you can sort of tell the background and the figures don't 100% perfectly match up. It's not only that, but also the NECA one is still individually crafted too technically, (even if more other people in the world will own it compared to if you were buying a custom diorama). I'm still hoping that NECA see sense from the negative backlash and likely low current sold order count, and drop their price down a bit. Even if they were to budge it down to $230 or so, I think many people would then jump back on and see that as a compromise.

@@nicholashill8724 great points and I hope they drop the price as well. Just refund the difference and gain thousands of new orders

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Loving your content as always Johnathan. I could really feel you and Mad Hatter's pain when you did that livestream and I feel exactly the same way.

@@nicholashill8724 thank you so much

I don’t get it

@@NostalgiaUnboxed You said that you can't stop your TMNT collecting (or even slow it down), no matter how much NECA gouges you. It's an addiction. All collectors have it to some extent. And if your audience is watching you pay these exorbitant prices, well, we're getting pleasure from your misfortune. Thus, it would be Schadenfreude Unboxed. Maybe a bit too cerebral.

@@Christopher_Vose oh haha! Well, that makes sense

NECA: “I HATE YOU!”

​@@NostalgiaUnboxed *Watches the Neca dumpster fire burn.*

Nice!

That’s still ok lol

Haha. Let’s fill that lair up together

@@NostalgiaUnboxed that sounded ….onlyfansish 😂🤣😂🤣 but yes let’s hahahaha

Great questions. For the backdrops, I just print on poster board at Walgreens. I am hoping to find some alternative options so I can ship and save costs for people interested in their own. Whatever I come up with I will make a video for it so others have the opportunity. Ramen Toys might be offering us some solutions (based on their comment on this video) so we could have exactly what we want without NECA prices

Thank you for the reply! So do you have to buy the poster board separately and then take it to Walgreens or is it an option you can select when printing something? Do you have to save the image you want on a phone/thumb drive or something and take it to Walgreens? I've been in the store many times but I never even knew they had a printer section (maybe my local ones don't). I haven't heard of Ramen Toys before, do they do 3D printed stuff? @@NostalgiaUnboxed

@@BoshiYoshi just go online and mess around with the tools and then pick up in store. Ramen Toys does a lot of stuff but they made the Haslab Engine of Vengeance after Hasbro canceled it. Their option is so much better and cheaper, too. Here is a Walgreens link photo.walgreens.com/store/board-prints-details#/pdpview

Ah, cool. I didn't know it was something you could do online. I'll have to look into that and look into Ramen Toys. So you think they're planning to make their own version of the sewer lair, but cheaper than Neca's offering? I've seen a lot of custom sewer lairs that look EXACTLY like Neca's, but they're all just as expensive or even more expensive so that doesn't really help me out any. Thanks for the info!@@NostalgiaUnboxed

@@BoshiYoshi I’m sure they will

Taxes gunna getcha

what?

Better use of money