Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Thread 23 23

[Turtle]

On 9/23/2021 at 1:34 AM, profholt82 said:

I've been loving The Last Ronin. Read number 4 this evening, and really enjoyed it. Won't discuss any plot of the series so as not to spoil anything, but I will say that I like the way the art changes here and there throughout the series when different backstories come about. They do them in the contemporary style of the TMNT book of the era. For instance, when he's discussing certain old events from the earliest days of the turtles, and the art is black and white and resembles the earliest Mirage books. It's just a really cool touch.

It has been pretty cool they way they’ve done it.  Michelangelo’s personal flashbacks are done in Black and White by Kevin Eastman, the other flashbacks are done by Ben Bishop, and the Escorza brothers do all the art for the present day events.  

[Icculus308win]

Read and loved twice tonight 💪🏆🤘    
Wish there was a helluva lot more than 5 😖

[Turtle]

Here are some cool oversized prints I was able to pick up recently that I thought I'd share.  The artist is Craig (A.C.) Farley who is a Mirage artist who did the covers for most of the City at War issues in volume 1:

[sorrenmj]

On 9/25/2021 at 9:04 PM, Turtle said:

Here are some cool oversized prints I was able to pick up recently that I thought I'd share.  The artist is Craig (A.C.) Farley who is a Mirage artist who did the covers for most of the City at War issues in volume 1:

They're amazing. That head sketch has got to be one the best looking head sketches of all time for certain. If you never no longer need these

[Turtle]

MOST of the TMNT prints I get are from traditional comic artists, but this one caught my eye at the Granite State comic con and I had to get it.  It's from Topps artist Ryan Santos:

Did anyone else have the Party Wagon toy when they were a kid?  Memories!

[sorrenmj]

There’s a really cool listing for Gobbledygook #1 MASTER PRINTS TMNT Turtles 1 of a KIND! W Original Art Eastman on the bay right now! I’ve never seen inside an original one before, which was nice to see!

[Gazoony]

Speaking of "City at War" I finally completed the 13 issue run. All 9.8, Blue Label, White Pages. I got home today and the final issue I needed had just arrived. It felt so good having them all together.

[sorrenmj]

On 9/29/2021 at 6:10 AM, Gazoony said:

Speaking of "City at War" I finally completed the 13 issue run. All 9.8, Blue Label, White Pages. I got home today and the final issue I needed had just arrived. It felt so good having them all together.

The perfect set!

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 9/29/2021 at 12:10 AM, Gazoony said:

Speaking of "City at War" I finally completed the 13 issue run. All 9.8, Blue Label, White Pages. I got home today and the final issue I needed had just arrived. It felt so good having them all together.

Sweet!!

[sorrenmj]

On 9/28/2021 at 3:13 AM, Turtle said:

MOST of the TMNT prints I get are from traditional comic artists, but this one caught my eye at the Granite State comic con and I had to get it.  It's from Topps artist Ryan Santos:

Did anyone else have the Party Wagon toy when they were a kid?  Memories!

@Turtle is your profile picture Fugitoid because he's your favourite TMNT character/comic? I really feel like Fugitoid #1 is grossly undervalued. Fugitoid #1 is one of the original oversized comics and can still be picked up cheap. All the other oversized comics are hundreds of dollars plus! I wonder if Fugitoid #1 will eventually gather some steam. Perhaps people are not so aware it is an early TMNT comic. The artwork is sublime. There are two lines in the original TMNT comic series that have stuck with me since I first ever read them and every time I re-read them I get the same goosebumps sensation. #1 is Splinter's line 'By the souls of my ancestors,' at the end of issue 3 (that final page still disturbs me) and Fugitoid/Professor Honeycutt's line 'Oh my goodness,' at the end of Fugitoid #1!

[ADAMANTIUM]

Arcade1up a few years ago now came up with their full on arcade, 4 player, of TMNT that featured TMNT arcade and Turtles in Time. Cost was about $375 before taxes.

Now they have come up with a COUNTERTOP TMNT ARCADE, that has both games still and is cheaper but smaller, only 2player. Cost $229 before taxes and shipping. It cost me $270 over all.

Available for preorder, estimated shipping mid October. If interested go to arcade1up.com

Edited September 30, 2021 by ADAMANTIUM

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 9/30/2021 at 9:34 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Arcade1up a few years ago now came up with their full on arcade, 4 player, of TMNT that featured TMNT arcade and Turtles in Time. Cost was about $375 before taxes.

Now they have come up with a COUNTERTOP TMNT ARCADE, that has both games still and is cheaper but smaller, only 2player. Cost $229 before taxes and shipping. It cost me $270 over all.

Available for preorder, estimated shipping mid October. If interested go to arcade1up.com

https://arcade1up.com/products/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2-player-counter-cade

to be thorough I might as well give the link  

[Turtle]

On 9/29/2021 at 3:57 PM, sorrenmj said:

@Turtle is your profile picture Fugitoid because he's your favourite TMNT character/comic? I really feel like Fugitoid #1 is grossly undervalued. Fugitoid #1 is one of the original oversized comics and can still be picked up cheap. All the other oversized comics are hundreds of dollars plus! I wonder if Fugitoid #1 will eventually gather some steam. Perhaps people are not so aware it is an early TMNT comic. The artwork is sublime. There are two lines in the original TMNT comic series that have stuck with me since I first ever read them and every time I re-read them I get the same goosebumps sensation. #1 is Splinter's line 'By the souls of my ancestors,' at the end of issue 3 (that final page still disturbs me) and Fugitoid/Professor Honeycutt's line 'Oh my goodness,' at the end of Fugitoid #1!

Favorite?  I don't know.  I like Donatello a lot.  But Fugitoid is pretty often forgotten despite being one of the earliest allies of the turtles and he's shown up in many incarnations of the turtles.  He was part of the 80's toyline, he had supporting roles in the 2k3 and 2k12 animated series', he had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in the 2nd Bay TMNT movie, and he's in Last Ronin. 

Overall, I just really like his design and his origin is very classic corny Sci-Fi and his arc quickly intersects with that of the TMNT.  Plus, he often pairs off with Donatello.    Outside of that, the profile pic is a scan of my copy of Gobbledygook #1, which is just a cool book. 

[sorrenmj]

On 9/30/2021 at 11:56 PM, Turtle said:

Favorite?  I don't know.  I like Donatello a lot.  But Fugitoid is pretty often forgotten despite being one of the earliest allies of the turtles and he's shown up in many incarnations of the turtles.  He was part of the 80's toyline, he had supporting roles in the 2k3 and 2k12 animated series', he had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in the 2nd Bay TMNT movie, and he's in Last Ronin. 

Overall, I just really like his design and his origin is very classic corny Sci-Fi and his arc quickly intersects with that of the TMNT.  Plus, he often pairs off with Donatello.    Outside of that, the profile pic is a scan of my copy of Gobbledygook #1, which is just a cool book. 

You have an original Gobbledygook #1? That’s a pretty big deal if you do! Wanna trade it for my Michael Bay and Megan Fox signed TMNT Blu Ray?! It’s a good swap!

[Turtle]

On 9/30/2021 at 8:14 PM, sorrenmj said:

You have an original Gobbledygook #1? That’s a pretty big deal if you do! Wanna trade it for my Michael Bay and Megan Fox signed TMNT Blu Ray?! It’s a good swap!

[spracknetch23]

Fugitoid appreciation post! He's a pretty underrated awesome character in my opinion. Here are some of my favorite Fugitoid items from my collection (#5 OA page (gone, unfortunately), 1985 iron-on, Russian Fugitoid #1). Alas, Gobbledygook has always eluded me. 

[jaybuck43]

On 9/30/2021 at 10:20 PM, spracknetch23 said:

Fugitoid appreciation post! He's a pretty underrated awesome character in my opinion. Here are some of my favorite Fugitoid items from my collection (#5 OA page (gone, unfortunately), 1985 iron-on, Russian Fugitoid #1). Alas, Gobbledygook has always eluded me. 

Was it you that sold it on Heritage in 2019?  I bid on it then.  Sadly, didn't win it, but do have this Fugitoid page.

[Gazoony]

Quick question for you guys. What do you store the early oversized issues in? I have the BCW plastic bins for the regular CGC sized books, but I have 6 or 7 oversized early Turtle books and want to keep them safe. I'm attaching a pic of a storage case I was thinking of getting for them. I'd appreciate your guys thoughts and / or insight.

[Jesse-Lee]

On 9/30/2021 at 9:52 PM, Gazoony said:

Quick question for you guys. What do you store the early oversized issues in? I have the BCW plastic bins for the regular CGC sized books, but I have 6 or 7 oversized early Turtle books and want to keep them safe. I'm attaching a pic of a storage case I was thinking of getting for them. I'd appreciate your guys thoughts and / or insight.

I don't have a solution, but an observation/question - is this an airtight case? I ask because we have a fire safe for important documents, etc., and I noticed that if we don't open it for a long time, the documents have a weird "damp" feeling to them, like the safe is retaining humidity inside it...

[Gazoony]

On 9/30/2021 at 11:12 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

I don't have a solution, but an observation/question - is this an airtight case? I ask because we have a fire safe for important documents, etc., and I noticed that if we don't open it for a long time, the documents have a weird "damp" feeling to them, like the safe is retaining humidity inside it...

I believe it is an airtight case. That was one of the reasons I wanted to get input here. I know people say that sometimes keeping the books in a safe causes staple rust.