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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

–>> ** YOU CAN CHECK &  COMPARE  THE  VARIATIONS BETWEEN THE CLASSIC ‘88 PARTY WAGON AND THE TMNT 25 REISSUE HERE ON GGM !! !!**

–>> .. yeh yeh yeh, i know you KNOW already !! They were all the rage in California !!

Knock my block off why doncha. But Nacho was kind enough to remind us about the NECA Head Knocker Turtles due out soon so & NECA ONLINE’s official announcement. He didn’t have to do that so.

Thanks, pal !! !!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Bobbers
Our favorite heroes in a half shell are ready to knock some heads!
08/11/2009

Among the many lines we showed off at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, our new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Head Knockers were a huge hit with the fans who came by the booth. And not just the ones who came to pick up the exclusive April O’Neil either. It seems folks can’t get enough of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael, and with NECA around, there’s plenty for everyone.

Each of the four TMNT resin Head Knocker bobble heads features a brand new sculpt with the respective turtle’s signature weapons and a unique base. For you purists out there, these designs come right out of the original comics by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The headbands are red and the turtles are ready for action. Statues stand 7″-8″ high.

The TMNT Head Knockers are available in stores early this fall, and of course, they’ll be at our ***Amazon storefront. Get ‘em before they’re gone like pizza.

After an amazing week at Comic-Con, we’ve got lots to share, so check out the forums for the latest Comic-Con discussion.

And for some rad photos, check out my flickr photostream (Tokka’s will be along shortly)…

Check out more photos after the jump!
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Thanks to Nacho and NECA ::

“TMNT April O’Neil with Mousers -

NECA proudly presents this special edition April O’Neil action figure, based on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. April is fully poseable and comes with two menacing Mouser villains with articulated jaws. Celebrate 25 years of TMNT with this exclusive set.”

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–>> Starting off, some great news to keep TMNT fans not able to attend San Diego Comic-Con connected and informed on all the Shellebrations and events !!

Stephan of GGM</em> :: “Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that, barring technical difficulties, GoGreenMachine.Org will be streaming the 25th anniversary panel (Friday 4:15-5:15) LIVE from our website. We are still running tests on our gear to see what kind of quality we can get via streaming (We are particularly worried about the sound), but absolute worst case scenario, we will begin uploading the video to our servers IMMEDIATELY afterward (God bless netbooks).

Additionally, We will be live streaming the Special Convention Presentation “Spotlight on Convention Special Guest Kevin Eastman” from 1-2 on Thursday.

Not to mention all the other random photos and videos we will be posting all week long. It all actually starts TOMORROW with our coverage of the Foot Clan tryouts in Los Angeles along with the TMNT25 Los Angeles tour stop at Golden Apple.

So keep an eye on Http://www.GoGreenMachine.Org starting tomorrow and all through SDCC09!”

– More from GGM :: “

“** Geocities Shutdown means the End of many Fansites.. // Read Machias’s report and how it will effect many Turtle Fan sites – Click Here  ** “

“THE BEST BAR IN 9999 + Dimensions : MUNDEN’S ! ” , GRIM JACK #26 – spot ad .. art by Peter Laird (( 1986 ))

–>> This classic ad for the cult – fave “TMNT / GRIM JACK” crossover in pretty interesting from the long gone but not forgotten First Comics.

On the offset it gives off the classic whimsy and nature in diversity of the Mirage Aliens that Laird and Eastman populated the Turtles’ Galaxy with.

There is one thing of interesting note on this ad.

On Peter Laird’s popular blog in a post of **September of 2008 , Pete posted an illustration entitled “Enchanted Pilgrimage” ::

“Clifford Simak is one of my all-time favorite writers, and in the early 1980’s I played around with trying to illustrate some scenes from a few of his books. This one is from “Enchanted Pilgrimage”. “– PL

Obviously, these uncovered ‘Simak’ creatures from Mr.Laird’s archives are the same ones depicted as the Turtles’ extra-terrestrial drinking buddies in the GRIM JACK ad !!

**Terminator Note: To see the original artwork for the complete 8 page story click the image!

**For whatever reason, thankfully .. pre-orders are back on for the Fugitoid Collector Fig from Entertainment Earth – Click Here **

The  following Ubisoft TMNT Game  NEWS  courtesy of ** Rose ::

** TMNT Smash-Up & Turtles in Time: Re-Shelled Updates

“You probably know about the upcoming TMNT Smash-Up & Turtles in Time: Re-Shelled video games, but aside from breaking the news on the existance of TMNT Re-Shelled, I’ve pretty much left the gaming Web sites to take care of feeding the public with info on them, since they generally get fed all that information directly and the only thing I’d be able to do is steal their news from them and I’m just not that kind of person.

Anywho, a fine gentleman from Ubisoft was kind enough to send me an e-mail with some pictures that, apparently, have not been sent to any of the other gaming Web sites (yet). That’s right, these are for Turtles fans first!

Update: Quality issues have been fixed (thanks, Ubisoft!), but I’m told that this images aren’t particularly new. Well, I guess it’s still something.

** CLICK HERE FOR THE GALLERY **

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You can keep current on all the latest news on these games on the following Web sites (as well as many others):
TMNT Smash-Up
Gamespot | IGN | 1Up | Official Site
Available September 15 on Wii and September 22 on Playstation 2.

Turtles in Time: Re-Shelled
Gamespot | IGN | 1Up | Official Site
Available August 5 on Xbox Live Arcade

***TMNT: Smash-Up New Characters Revealed

.. .. Hey, I must be on “The List” now – Ubisoft has checked in again, this time with new screen shots and a video revealing three new playable characters: Karai, Nightwatcher, and Fugitoid. Check out the pics & video below.   .. ”

***CLICK HERE FOR FUGITOID, KARAI and Friends in Action !! ***

–>> A note from tOkKa ::

For years now, i’ve always felt at a disadvantage covering the Biggest Comic Convention. Always behind the 8 – ball.. always beneath the Plumber’s foot.

It’s been so frickin hard. 

Sure all big million dollar websites send there geek crews out with all their fancy equipment and high paid, sharky ,flashy , and snarky vlog – cast , pod – cast, Blob – cast ,people out to make a big spectacle of everything. Seems like it’s much more important for them to be a smart – ass than actually deliver knowledgeable and legitimate facts. Sarcasm is one thing, but using that as a basis for your news delivery and making that an integral   part of that is confusing to me.  It scews the news, makes it biased, and ultimatly disapointing and false.

Mikey’s was built the ground up and supported not by big fat companies or gigantic databases and legions of devoted bloggers or what have you. It’s been small, low key , paid for by a person who’s busted their ass for money he didn’t have just to keep the darn place running while he was struggling through tremendous obstacles work and school. The Multimedia content and design alone is more than enough to overwhelm me in an instant. Mike’s a genius at keeping up with it all, the paces, technology and providing so much rare and free content to 1000s around the globe. And to do that for a decade for a freekin’ TMNT Fan – site .. yeh all that’s pretty impressive !!
Then you had this freek ( me ) manically trying to cover all the bases .. my struggle and plight are part of everyday and as much as i try to keep that crap OFF this blog, it’s a still very real challenge as i putz through this existence. I get better every day however despite all the ” schizophrenia” or whatever the doctors call it and my communication skills are more coherent and clear. and i can bring you at least the jist of the news without complaints of people going ” W T F, TOKKA? ! ”

Whatever the case, covering the CON it usually was just an army of one Snapper facing an overwhelming trade-show and struggle to find my place in all this chaos that is the arts and entertainment field.

The balance has been that on NONE.. and the sad part is my common goal for Mikey’s has often been lost in the shuffles and hurricanes that has become the amazing TMNT fandom.

My vision for Mikey’s is pretty simple and expands on Mr.Mike Perez’s , founder of this site’s initial home-grown Turtle Fan site.

” I’ve always wanted to deliver an unbiased and balanced report on the TMNT news every week to the best of my abilities, schedule, even despite any technological, mental , or time disadvantages i may have. ”

Mikey’s site has always hung in there .. through good times, bad, wonderful and terrible. And it this point i believe we’ve got a better network to communicate with friends, fans old and new, creators , writers , artists & animators , bloggers, pod casters, broadcasters, film makers, voice actors, ect. ect. ect.

No it’s not ever gonna be perfect, but there gotta be said for something about this site’s brevity.

With good friends tipping me off, being gracious enough to share news with bits with me and even images on my infamous FlickR account , becoming part of Stephan’s GGM Network, and finally after what has been almost an impossible journey .. tOkKa himself is making his own mark positive on the world a ( and in some small ways even the TMNT one :] ).

I am very grateful and eternally thankful, beyond words to those who have supported Mikey’s and me through the years, putting up with my ‘ craziness ‘ , sharing with me, caring. And for supporting Mikey’s sister site .. my humble artistic monstrosity ,**terrible2z .

I do feel that as of 2009 as we are about to leave an unbelievable decade we about to go through a transitional period not just in Fandom , but in the comics, movies, and yeah even animation.

It will be filled with allot of surprises , excitement , disappointment , cheers, jeers, and everything in between.

Turtle’s has gone thoroughly global at this point, i haven’t seen it all but i’ve seen so so much .

So many have no idea at the legions of fans around the world the Turtles are gaining every single day !!

I believe Mikey’s will be there to bring it all to you in a timely manner and i think the ‘ news reporting ‘ has a stronger back bone than years prior.

Mike , Stephan and GGM , Mirage , Rose, Fans and Friends .. all of you . I thank you all so sincerely for continued encouragement and help.

i also want to thank all of Mikey’s Readers. You are the real reason i do this screwy stuff.

It it wasn’t for you and your love for Mikey’s and those Four Crazy Ninjitsu Green Guys & a fuzzy Rat in a kimono  ..

.. well all of this would be very pointless and all the hard work, pain , and travails would have been all for naught.

So much love to you.

♥ ♥
~ t

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “Fugitoid ” Collector Figure

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* Fugitoid in chrome!
* Limited edition!
* Professor Honeycutt in robotic form!

Celebrate 25 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with this rare Fugitoid action figure! Fugitoid comes in a special chrome finish and is articulated. ”

** Pre – Orders for Fugi’ from E.E. have begun, CLICK HERE **

Other options for purchase will be posted when info is available ..

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** UPDATE **

Cuz Stephan & Playmates kick so much Triceraton-arse with communication ::

“So after Dave’s post about the Vac-Metal Fugitoid pre-order and subsequent removal of the listing, I got a little suspicious. I shot an e-mail over to the Playmates TMNT brand manager:

Today one of my writers spotted a Pre-Sale for the Chrome Fugitoid you guys prototyped for Peter. But just as soon as we posted the link, the product was taken down. So I thought I would come directly to you and ask? Are there plans for the release of the Chrome Fugitoid? He is, after all, one of the most anticipated TMNT collector’s figures of all time. The community is buzzing.

And he responded with great news!

We will be releasing this figure on a very limited basis. You will be able to purchase the figure from retailers that purchase from Diamond Comics distributors. Generally smaller specialty shops. I should be able to get you a list of stores in the coming weeks.

So there you have it. The shiny Toid IS scheduled for release (as of now). We will of course, keep you updated.

Very big thanks to all the Playmates folks that have been gracious enough to grant us such unfettered communication! We at GGM, as well as our readers, really appreciate the camaraderie. “