Okay, those turtles are quite nice. If I didn't have the NECA mirage already, they'd be a very nice alternative. Edit: although when compared to the NECA originals, they do pale in comparison. But still, not too bad, considering.
Man, I’m jealous you have the Neca ones. I only found out about them years after they were released. I’m considering the bootlegs but honestly I’m hoping for a re-release or possibly Kevin Eastman style ones.
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Yeah, Playmates are still stuck in the 80's thinking every figure should be the same size. They'd scale nicely in your Mego doll/NECA retro cloth figure collection lol
Interesting set. Cool Mirage style turtles. Plus, you get civilians for toy photographers. Too bad the articulation on those are single joints. 10:20 perfect size
I really wasn't prepared to like these as much as I do. Turtles are a little tall, I'd like better articulation for the neck, ankles, and hips, wrists too, but I really like the base body. Hope they get some more use. The animated rendition for Stranger Things is really well done. Good job playmates you won me over.
No lie, that hopper would be better at chuckles job than chuckles Considering he’s supposed to be able to blend into the background and that’s hard when you look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Hawaiian shirt
I chuckled at the Chuckles reference….lol….I really like the turtles but don’t care about the stranger things figures….to buy or not to buy….I will assume Playmates will release these turtles as single packs so I will hold off for those….great review/video as always Robo!!! Thanx!!!
I forever been wanting to own versions of mirage tmnt if the neca weren't so popular and pricey I love to own these are freak sick can't wait to get these finally going have mirage tmnt's on my shelf LoL....p.s. great review and thank you for sharing and amazing content you do....🤗
I'm only getting this because of the Turtles, which are great and sculpted in a great size. I don't give two shits about the Stranger Things figures. I already have Raph, it's an awesome figure.
It sucks because there are a lot of decent turtle figures that I like. But the 2003 designs in that show as a whole is the reason I have such a good memory of TMNT, if they were to start a line focused on that group I would be in but for now I just watch Robo’s videos and get excited at his excitement
@@noobymoosehead the 2003 show was great and it's more faithful to their mirage comics source material than the silly 87 cartoon and the crappy cgi 2012 show or rise of the tmnt
What you said at the end gives me some hope, specifically when applied to the Turtles. I grew up with the 2003 Turtles, so while I like what I see of the figures of the 80s Turtles, they're just not MY turtles. But maybe... one day I'll have my Turtles in plastic form... one day 😢
seems like the 03 Turtles are the most forgotten of all. Too old for newer lines and too modern for nostalgic lines. I dont see them coming into style anytime soon either. Guess we will see.
Not going to lie, I dig this. I'm not usually as big on the Mirage look, but it kinda works here. The real stars are Eleven and Hopper here, though. I feel like Donatello and Michelangelo are musts, but not sure who to put with them. Maybe Joyce and Mike, or Dustin?
The bootlegs aren't which are the same molds as the official neca and they are making molds based on the return to New York arch geometric shape look than doing the Beak look
Gonna pass on these, but admit they look much better in hand than the promo shots. Regarding the walkmans and headphones, I'll never understand how toy companies make accessories that clearly do not fit the figures they are packed with.
1:18 - liked that you mentioned the background. Gives me an excuse to mention something I been thinking about for quite a while now: wouldn't it be cool if figures from the same wave would come with backgrounds that could combine into some sort of diorama-like background? For instance the MCU waves could have a image from the movie where like the Dr. Strange multiverse could have the Shuma Gorath fight divided in the figure's background that would add up to show the movie scene. Or the BoneBreaker wave could have backgrounds that added up would show an image taken from a comic spread pages or something. Better than the standard ones we got and not really that hard to do if you think about it. Plus it would have another reason for people to buy the whole wave added to the BAF figure which would be the business side of things. I dunno. Just seem to me like a missed opportunity every time I buy figures from the same wave... 🤷🏻♂️ EDIT: and that trend could be for any line from different companies. GI Joe, Marvel, DC, Spawn, WWE, everything.
I wish every collector was as cool headed as Robo. I swear, some collectors have made youtube videos screaming rage that these even exist, and yelling at playmates. With so many embarrassing toy collectors out there it’s nice to have someone like Robo or Toygalaxy to point to as proof there’s such a thing as an actual adult collector. 👍
Target has finally marked the first two of these sets down. I got the Raph and Leo sets for $12 each. Not sure when the other 2 sets will get marked down, but hopefully I'll be able to grab them as well.
The walkman looks like some kind of bizarre betamax audio tape compared to the humans. Not to mention the headphones look like they're military surplus lol
These are just cool. Not the best articulation, not the best paint, etc etc not the best for sure, but plain cool toys all the same. Definitely picking them up when I've got some spare cash
I was gonna get these just for the turtles, since I really like the sculpt and this rendition of them. But they're just too big & lacking in articulation for me. I have the neca mirage turtles and you just can't beat them.
I ended up getting all of them, even though I thought it was silly to get all of them, but I am aware of the TMNT past. Yes, they all have red bandannas. But it’s a bit weird because you can just pop a stick onto the Leonardo figure and he becomes Donatello. It’s a bit overwhelming with somebody who collects figures on display. But if you keep them in the box. Collecting all of them is perfect for you. I would recommend just getting the ones you like the best if you take them out of the box. I went with Leonardo It’s basically a two in one if you have weapons for all laying around. Lolll
Why? Who wakes up and goes “oh I know what goes together well, tmnt and stranger things” wtf they don’t look good next to each other at all. Why do we need all this turtle cross over stuff? I’m still buying em anyway😆
These are much nicer than I was expecting. I might be tempted to pick these up. I'm not sure about the whole crossover aspect of this line but I do enjoy the styles of both sets of characters. If I do get into these, I will probably split the turtles from the Strangers Things characters in my display.
