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Post by spockoda on May 1, 2018 17:38:21 GMT -6
I don't collect many new lines that would be sold at stores like Wal-Mart but I generally still make a trip down the toy aisle at stores like that and although I have never been a fan nor collected the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I have noticed that after having a pretty big presence in the toy aisle they seemed to have disappeared seemingly overnight and I was kind of curious if anyone happened to know why.
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Post by Thor Laserpunch on May 2, 2018 14:01:02 GMT -6
The old series ended. They're coming with a new, much dorkier version now, so the toyline will reflect that.
TMNT is now a franchise that won't go away. They may mishandle the property ad nauseum, but it just keeps making them stoopid damn money hand over fist.
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Post by spockoda on May 2, 2018 18:08:37 GMT -6
The old series ended. They're coming with a new, much dorkier version now, so the toyline will reflect that. TMNT is now a franchise that won't go away. They may mishandle the property ad nauseum, but it just keeps making them stoopid damn money hand over fist. Kind of like Star Wars, to an extent. |
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Post by rihia2k on May 2, 2018 20:01:14 GMT -6
Just watched the trailer for the new series.
Obviously stand-out being that Raph is now the leader. To which I was like, "Oh come on, haven't we all had enough Raph to last a lifetime? Like, "Ooh, I'm dark, edgy Raph lookatme allatime", pff, he's milked this cow dry!".
Gimme a break indeed!
Then my brain whizzed directly to the Partners in Kryme song 'Turtle Power', from the original motion picture soundtrack 1990. And lyrics which have been bugging me for 28 years;
"one other fellow, Raphael.
He's the leader of the group, transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop."
Basically leads me to two theories.
1) the new series concept is based entirely on a single poorly researched lyric from a minor 90s rap group.
2) Partners in Kryme are in fact time travelling geniuses ... and rappers.
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Post by Thor Laserpunch on May 3, 2018 11:22:53 GMT -6
The old series ended. They're coming with a new, much dorkier version now, so the toyline will reflect that. TMNT is now a franchise that won't go away. They may mishandle the property ad nauseum, but it just keeps making them stoopid damn money hand over fist. Kind of like Star Wars, to an extent. EXACTLY like Star Wars haha. Luckily for me, I’m not big into Turtles anymore, because the new designs look awful—like the Michael Bay characters as drawn by a spastic 2nd grader. Just watched the trailer for the new series. Obviously stand-out being that Raph is now the leader. To which I was like, "Oh come on, haven't we all had enough Raph to last a lifetime? Like, "Ooh, I'm dark, edgy Raph lookatme allatime", pff, he's milked this cow dry!". Gimme a break indeed! Then my brain whizzed directly to the Partners in Kryme song 'Turtle Power', from the original motion picture soundtrack 1990. And lyrics which have been bugging me for 28 years; "one other fellow, Raphael. He's the leader of the group, transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop." Basically leads me to two theories. 1) the new series concept is based entirely on a single poorly researched lyric from a minor 90s rap group. 2) Partners in Kryme are in fact time travelling geniuses ... and rappers. This one line has bothered me for 27 years as well. Also the fact that Bob Marley ripped off the Banana Splits song with “Buffalo Soldier.” Crafty devil just changed the la-las to ohyoyos. That doesn’t necessarily mean Partners in Kryme are not time travelling geniuses. |
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Post by rihia2k on May 5, 2018 0:12:15 GMT -6
This one line has bothered me for 27 years as well. Also the fact that Bob Marley ripped off the Banana Splits song with “Buffalo Soldier.” Crafty devil just changed the la-las to ohyoyos. That doesn’t necessarily mean Partners in Kryme are not time travelling geniuses. Mein Gott! Not Marley too. I trusted him. Where's the unlearn button? It's just dark truth after dark truth. |
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