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From Steph & out friends @ GGM ::

- Emily Laird @ Playmates

“I thought it would interest many of you to know that Emily Laird (the charming and talented “daughter of Peter Laird) is now a Public Relations intern for the Marketing Department at Playmates. Personally, I hope things work out for her and Playmates sees the wisdom in bringing her in full time.

For those of you who haven’t worked in the Consumer Products or Entertainment field, let me tell you how valuable it is to have team members who have a genuine interest is the property they are working with. Too often do you find people doing their job to collect a paycheck, having no passion behind it. Having people who love what they do, and love the property they work with is KEY to long term success and stability. Having a product that is supported by people who love and care for it will ALWAYS yield better results.”

If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Emily, you should know that she bleeds green just like we do. I think she realizes both how much the Turtles mean to so many of us, as well as the responsability she will one day have. She is definately the kind of person I’m happy to see running around the halls of Playmates. Good Luck Em!”

Today, from the floor of Toy Fair, Playmates made a bunch of announcements (one for each toy line). But to hell with the other stuff, you came here for turtles!

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – Mutant Turtles THRIVE

Turtle Power is in full force with the dynamic 2010 line of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES toys available exclusively at Toys R Us. After a quarter of a century, kids of all ages still love to play with Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. A brand new live action movie that traces the Turtles back to their origins is in the works and is tentatively slated for October 2011, with Galen Walker (TMNT) and Scott Mednick (300) producing. The product line will reflect the special blend of action and humor which makes this franchise so unique and popular. Playmates will introduce new products and re-introduce original products and packaging to focus on the retro style which first popularized the TMNT in the late 1980’s and early 90’s. ORIGINAL MOVIE STAR FIGURES of all four Turtles will be available, along with the Classic Party Van, Sludge Runners and Ninja Gear Role-Play in Retro Packaging. In addition, fall 2010 will see the launch of the CLASSIC COMIC BOOK FIGURES as seen in the very first comic book from 1984. Cowabunga!

So let me pull out the important bit for you. According to this release, the Classic Comic Book Figures (which have been known to have been a dead project for quite some time) are once again alive and kicking. This is pretty fantastic news, especially with amount of foot dragging our friends at NECA have been showing with their TMNT line. Perhaps 2010 won’t be such a quiet year as we thought. Fingers crossed!

Thanks to ActionFigureInsider.com

Dan B.’s official TMNT site ::

“Posted pix of Playmates Toys’ 2008 releases: Mini Mutants Subway Cowabunga Bikes Donatello, Mini Mutants Subway Cowabunga Bikes Leonardo, Mini Mutants Subway Cowabunga Bikes Michelangelo, the 2009 reissue of the Turtle Party Wagon and NECA’s 2009 Comic Con Exclusive April O’Neil.”

Ross May :: ” .. .. I’m holding a Halloween-themed
contest on my blog. People can send me an email with an attached image
of them in any sort of costume, and I’ll pick two winners to receive
Horrific Tales #2 (an anthology I contributed to that’s out this
month) and my moldy old Tales of the TMNT #19 and 22, all signed by
me.

** http://rossmay.livejournal.com/**

I know this is self-serving of me to tell you about it but hey,
thought maybe turtle-fans might be interested.

Cheers,
-Ross