Playmates: TMNT Original Vintage Series

[Misfit]

The stickiness can be an issue where one figure ruins the whole bunch. And it could be a non TMNT figure too. I have around 20 or so vintage figures I saved from my youth. Most are from 88-89, but I saved the movie star turtles as well and for some reason mutating Rocksteady. None of them are sticky, even the rubbery movie star figures, and I would say they haven't been stored all that well either as they're in an old, mini, vinyl suitcase I used as a kid to shuttle my toys from place to place.

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Both the aforementioned sticky vintage Wingnut & Ray Fillet I got off eBay on sealed cards. So I'm the first person to touch them since the factory back in the late '80s, and I don't touch even my oldest dustiest figures without first washing my hands.

Still sticky as f***. ESPECIALLY Ray's back.

[mikeysee]

Sealed or loose won't matter if it wasn't stored with a little care. But yeah, Ray's back is definitely going to be more prone to getting gross than most.

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Lemme go back in time & tell my childhood self & the eBay seller to make sure to store them properly.

Just gimme modern-produced rereleases with the vintage card art like they have been.

[textual]

That's why it's all the more frustrating Playmates does not care enough about their own legacy to do these right and faithfully. Super 7 seems to have more love of the vintage line than the manufacturer that made them. I think Bebop in particular gets worse every time they do another production run on him, it goes beyond just incompetence, it's like they're just being trolls.

[NORM]

Just scored Shredder, Krang, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady, Bebop, Leatherhead, Storage Shell Leo and Mike at WALMART. Left behind one Foot Soldier, then stopped by a second Walmart and spotted Shredder, Leatherhead, Leo and Mike again.

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Aw man, I can't edit my first post to edit the title to include "& Rereleases." Lame.

[Detrimental_Fig]

So there is a foot soldier out there too? How'd they turn out? I might get one or two if they're not as awful as the Rocksteady and Bebop.

[Super Camel]

I found all the Battle Shell Turtles at Wal-Mart today too. They had x2 Leo, x2 Mikey, x1 Donatello, and x1 Raph.

I picked up one of each.

[VeeBee]

Running them through the dishwasher (on the top rack) can alleviate a lot the tackiness depending on the plastic. Don't freak out. It will not ruin your toys. I have done it a lot.

[burnside986]

Just scored Shredder, Krang, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady, Bebop, Leatherhead, Storage Shell Leo and Mike at WALMART. Left behind one Foot Soldier, then stopped by a second Walmart and spotted Shredder, Leatherhead, Leo and Mike again.

I thought these were Target exclusive?

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Thanks for the tip, Veebs. Just the same detergent as used with dishes?

And I want the retro rereleases to be easy to find. No store exclusives is a GOOD thing.

[Super Camel]

Just scored Shredder, Krang, Foot Soldier, Rocksteady, Bebop, Leatherhead, Storage Shell Leo and Mike at WALMART. Left behind one Foot Soldier, then stopped by a second Walmart and spotted Shredder, Leatherhead, Leo and Mike again.

I thought these were Target exclusive?

It seems like the Battle Shell Turtles, The Bad Guys like Shredder, leatherhead, etc., and the Giant Sized 12" Turtles will be at both Wal-Mart and Target. Which is nice. The only thing I KNOW is exclusive is the Giant Size 12" Michelangelo, which is a Wal-Mart Exclusive.

[felgekarp]

I’ve been picking up the odd vintage figure here and there, the cyber samurai shredder and the mutating foot soldier are the most recent 2 I’ve got, but these were not figures I was interested in first time around, I think the recent resurgance by other companies has got me interested in some of them.

[NORM]

I found all the Battle Shell Turtles at Wal-Mart today too. They had x2 Leo, x2 Mikey, x1 Donatello, and x1 Raph.

I picked up one of each.

I really hope Don and Raph aren’t one per case. That’s gonna make me furious if I can’t find them easily.