Thanks for taking time with the box. When they posted the teaser images, it blew me away how they swapped out their figures for the suits, and how perfectly they recreated the box art from that tape we watched over and over again. Great review! My set arrives Monday. Can't wait!
How is the quality of the new NECA figures? I have some NECA PiratesOfTheCaribbean figures and they broke at some joints and the plastic smells really ugly. Please answer, I want to buy them, but if the broke and smell?
These are great, but the 1/4 scale versions will always be THE set when it comes to the 90's movie Turtles. I like these 6" figures, but a lot of detail is lost with them. The 1/4 scale versions look and feel remarkably lifelike. With the larger figures, the various paint details have room to blend in and look great. On the 6" figures (notably the heads) most of that looks like they ate messy food and didn't wipe their faces off, especially on Raph. Also, Donnie having an incomplete belt is a huge concern for me. I like these figures, and I'm glad they exist (even though NECA made getting them a pain in the ass for real collectors and gave them to scalpers on a silver platter), but I'll be sticking with the 1/4 scale line. They just dropped dime on the Foot Soldier, and Shredder should be at least unveiled by the end of this month.
I remember the old toys that wrre made for the movies. They were much more accurate than the playmates ones. Remember those? They were kinda rubbery and more bendy than the usual plastic ones and really looked close to the films. Especially for the time back in the 90s for something youd buy at toys r us.
The 1/4 scale are without a doubt the definitive versions of the movie Turtles. Cloth bandana tails, way more skin texturing details..and more of an epic shelf presence. These definitely take 2nd place though. But I think nothing beats last year's animated Turtles set.
Great review, you're definitely lucky to have gotten ahold of those. As a side note, I love that not only do you have a VHS to compare, but it's still shrink-wrapped. So cool.
I always preferred Pizza Primitive Structure over Tile Game Pizza tbh. ;) lol Great review of these awesome figures. My jaw would have dropped if I saw figures like this as a kid lol.
It seems like the only thing lost in scaling these down is that the quarter scale figs have this awesome scaly/bumpy skin. Those scales & bumps are barely visible on these 6 inch versions.
I too have wondered why they didn't still use cloth fabric for the bandanas, ribbon fabric for the back of the bandolier strap of the Donatello figure's belt to hold the bo staff, and didn't give the back of the Michelangelo figure's belt open slots to hold the nunchakus. How hard could it have been?
I always like the original figures that came out for the movie, the ones that had rubber arms and legs, I thought those looked really good for the time, not much articulation, but still.
I'm wondering why I got the SDCC box today on ebay for EUR 88,- (about USD 97) - more than 1 year after the video. It was the last available out of 20 and the seller has a good feedback rating. Has the SDCC box been produced again?
Just received mine from eBay today! Over paid for them but I couldn’t resist. I tried to pre order but I was seconds late. These are so cool! Great video.
optibotimus its all good...I appreciate that. I did pay double the pre-sale price. Oh well...I’m cool with it. I just had to get these some how. No regrets.
OMG this set is perfect!!! I saw the Bigger sized versions of the 1990 movie turtles and while they look awesome I wanted something smaller. How much is this???
Those are some radical figures, dude!!! Very movie accurate and at a much better scale than those giant ones, especially if space is what you need, absolutely amazing! Cowabunga!!! I love being a turtle!!!
Good review. Although shutting down the 1/4 scale isn't true for everyone. Both have their place and I am a fan of both. For my more favourite characters, I'd like both. Although for me, the 1/4 scale should always have a huge step up in detail. Although sadly it's not always the case.
optibotimus all good. Ive got the diorama set ordered. NECA Just shipped it to my friend in the US and from there will be forwarded to Australia. Just curious how good the diorama is as ive been waiting for ages!
i have dreams of owning them, I cry alittle inside with each review i see of these figures. Im waiting to see them on amazon and staying away from ebay.
I like how you randomly rant about NECA making their shit too big LOL I got so confused cuz I dozed off and I heard your voice raise and I just simply said wtf and laughed about your passion of the toys
I doubt Playmates feels ashamed of their product vs Neca's: Playmates makes toys for KIDS, whereas Neca makes toys for COLLECTORS. Different price points too. The extra detailing, paint apps, sculpting, articulation, etc. are also something that Neca is known for - Playmates, not so much. I'd love to have a set of these but until China makes knock offs of them, I'm perfectly happy with my Playmates versions.
optibotimus because some people prefer the new looking turtles and others like the older looking turtles put them together and everyone dreams would come true because ever since the new movies came out my first thought was imagine if the old ones and the new ones met
Also all the more reason I never bothered with the playmates movie turtles. They looked too much like they were from an animated version of the original movie. Blegh.
