Trust me, issue three has been worth the wait...honestly...:) .."
"Thanks for the link to these, Neil. And thanks to "Perez85," who originally put these up on Photobucket. Not sure where these came from (the 4kids site?), but I would bet these glimpses into the world of the 2K8 season are part of that marketing campaign I wrote about a while back. Nice to see though, isn't it? "
On the AIM chat a person using the S/N :: " pzycosnapper " is getting on the chat, harassing people, pretending to be me : 'Tokka', and giving out my phone number. I would not ever just get on an aim chat and start messaging people my phone number. Besides I'm using an unlisted cell number for all my major calls. Being on Dial-up .. why in the hell would i give people my number only to have them call a busy phone line on my land line number. Makes no sence.
A report has been filed with AOL an my contacts are on alert.
If 'pzycosnapper' is harassing you ** LET ME KNOW ** and i'll look into it personally.
I may have alot of problems .. but i am not stupid enuff' to go around harrassig people and giving out my personal info.
"I thought that u guys and gals may like this news... remember the TMNT arcade game that was released as a download on the Xbox Live Arcade service? Well recently Microsoft asked users to vote on their favorite Live Arcade games in select catagories. Look who won twice:"
"Set of 4 packaging image, courtesy Randy @ NECA." -- Steve Murphy
..ok one more from Steve ..cuz you guys can't enough ..
-- It's no mystery ..i'm a lunkhead.. !! I do my best to answer peoples' TMNT questions ..but sometimes i just don't have the answers. Luckily i have good friends covering my spikes. Case in point. "THE NEXT MUTATION" on DVD issue comes up alot.
The ultimate question deserves an ULTIMATE answer..so we turn to Roseangelo ::
Rose:: .." There remains to be a bit of confusion about The Next Mutation's availability, so here's the complete run down.
The complete series is now available on DVD in the UK. As such, while the box says Ninja Turtles, the theme song and titles on the episodes say Hero Turtles. It also seems to be the case that some episodes have been edited, but this is pretty much your only option unless some miracle sees these released in the US some day.
Here are the two box sets you need to get all 26 episodes:
The set on the left, Volume 1, is a repackaging of three discs that were previously released. Those three discs are **East Meets West (episodes 1-5), Staff of Bu-Ki (episodes 6-8), and All in the Family (episodes 9-11). This is important information, because based on the Amazon.co.uk listing, this set is now out of print. If you can't find the set, perhaps you can find the individual discs.
The set on the right, Volume 2, just got released this month after being delayed from its original 2007 scheduled release. This set is a true box set that features episodes 12-26. You can currently find this set on ** Amazon.co.uk, but I would recommend purchasing sooner rather than later, as all of these have been going out of print very fast.
If all else fails, there's always eBay, but you'll need to look at eBay.co.uk. At the moment, seller ***drstevew has both DVD sets available (Volume 1, Volume 2).
Of course, to watch any of these you'll need to be able to play Region 2, PAL-encoded DVDs. To do this you can buy an expensive region-free DVD player or there are ... other ways. A little time spent with the Google should help you find information that will allow you to view these discs without spending any additional money.
Good luck! .. "
Thanks again to Rose for helping me on this..getting this seris over stateside is a nightmare if you don't know what you are doin'.. so just short of a miracle this is the best sure-fire way to get the discs on this cult-classic !!
TMNT Volume Four issues #1-14 are now available for legal download at www.WOWIO.com!
WOWIO is currently only available for U.S. residents and to sign up for their free downloading service (limited to three books per day) you'll need a private e-mail address (i.e. you can't use major providers such as Google, Yahoo, G-Mail, etc.), a scan of a personal I.D. or a valid credit card. See their site for more details.
We're looking into international options to provide the books for free download to everyone outside of the U.S., but due to the complexities of international copyright law, we may not have much success on that end. If all else fails, we'll post low res JPGs of the issues on our site like the issues from Volume One (currently linked at the bottom of the Comics page).
The plan is to post issues #8-14 in February, issues #15-21 in March and issues #22-28 in April. In May, all-new issues will begin with TMNT #29, and from there, a new book will be posted as often as Peter, Jim and Eric can complete them!
Starting next weekend you will be able to log onto 4Kids.tv and vote on your favorite “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” theme song for the upcoming season.
Listen to the three options right here on 4Kids.tv, and then vote for your favorite. Vote as many times as you want, just make sure you vote so Mikey doesn't get his way and compose his own theme song. Hey, he may be great crime fighter, but when it comes to singing, he should definitely keep his day job!
"At the Game Developers Conference 2008, Microsoft celebrated the success of its industry leading Xbox LIVE® Arcade platform with the inaugural Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards. In January, the public cast their votes for their favorite Xbox LIVE Arcade games, and this week Microsoft announced the winners at a private developer reception."
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade from Ubisoft Entertainment won in both the "Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game" and "Best Selling Game" categories. Big congrats to Ubisoft!
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- NECA scales
"The turtles will be 5.25 inches, April 5.75, and IF/WHEN a Foot Soldier and/or the Shredder is made, they would be 6 and 6.25 inches respectfully."
- More TMNT Alien Hunters after all !! ?!
(Pix courtesy of Tallstar)
Steve to Vaughn :: Heard back from Playmates: the last 2 aliens WERE indeed made and released in the US. They just forgot to tell us, like.
-->> Looks like Mikey has finally been able to establish contact with the sever (( late in the Week the server had a major crash. It's over now tho'. )), however still looks like he's trying to reinstall everything. Hang tuff', folks..we're almost out of the woods. So don't go feelin' flat !!
"A rare soft-shell turtle, once thought to be on the brink of extinction, is seen in Cambodia May 2007. The Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund announced Wednesday, May 16, 2007 scientists discovered the rare species in Cambodia in a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge in March."
..seems the forums are working for some and not others. Mikey i gonna have to reinstall the entire thing .. but won't be able to til' Friday .. ..so hang in there .. we're trying to get things abck to normal.
Thanks for your patience ,gang..
Jake Black::
"I have a Ninja Turtle comic coming out in March, the eagerly anticipated Karai story ;-). But the fine folks at Mirage Publishing just announced the one coming out in June...
Tales of the TMNT 47 Ship Date: February, 2008 Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic Retail Price: $3.25 Cover art by Jim Lawson and Steve Lavigne; script by Jake Black, art by Jim Lawson
"The Secret Origins of the Super Turtles" - this issue takes us to an alternate dimension where we discover how the super hero Turtles (featured in "TMNT" Volume Four 7) came to be! Alien invaders must be stopped - can Dr. Shreddarius' army of Terrorkinetics-- prevent certain doom - and just whose side are they on? A titanic Turtles tale featuring an epic battle between good and evil that harkens back to the stunning Silver Age of super heroes! 'Nuff said, pilgrims! .."
- Issues 8 through 14 of TMNT Volume Four have been uploaded to **wowio.com - hopefully they'll have them ready for download soon - keep a look out for 'em!
- Just a reminder that 4Kids TV is now airing "Ninja Tribunal" (dubbed "The Lost Episodes") in the USA. 4Kids is dropping the Fast Forward episodes from their schedule for the time being to focus their promotional campaign on the Lost Season. Check 'em out!
- The following courtesy of Steve Murphy ..::
TMNT "high street" marketing design ideas.. [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]
"Needless to say - and much as I love most of the retro t designs coming out of US licensees Ripple Junction and Giant - I think this "high street" marketing program is very slick. I hope we can bring some of these to the rest of the world."
"Fun packaging concept from new retro licensee Run Athletic."
"Another gift for Ryan Brown, creator of Leatherhead: a double-page spread from an upcoming issue of Titan's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine, where, over the course of several issues, Titan will be serializing a colorized version of Tales of the TMNT #38. Nice, eh? Thanks for the pic, Ned! ;)"
..some people have informed me that they are able to log on to the forum ..but other times they bring it up it is once again blank .. hang in there, folks.
Forum is buggin' again. A continual 'blank page' is all that shows when you try to access it. I'm trying to communicate with Mikey now and see what the problem is. May be a sever issue. Bear with us ,please. We'll get the bugger fixed A.s.A.p !!
"A somewhat larger view of the blister back than can be found **here. Nice, eh? The text at bottom will be tweaked in the next draft, removing the reference to our upcoming 25th anniversary as we're holding off on playing that up until 2009."
-- Steve Murphy
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"NECA just sent in this first draft design for their generic Foot Soldier figure. See this and more pics **here."
'Entertainment Earth' is offering the good old TMNT statues... (looks like all 4) for 99.99 bux a pop!' (( ^^ Nix that ..there seems to be no Donatello Statue..sorry ~tOkK))
PLEASE NOTE: Mirage has absolutely no affiliation with entertainmentearth.com, so we can't vouch for the veracity of their offer to have the statues in stock next month, but it may be worth investigating for those of you still searching for them. As far as we know, Playmates Toys completely sold out of the statues long ago, so caveat emptor!
- "Tales of the TMNT" #43 and "Tales of the TMNT Collected Books Volume 5" are at the printer now. Hopefully they'll be available at participating comic shops by the end of the month!
..And the second states that the "Ninja Tribunal" DVD set will be released on May 20th - I haven't gotten any confirmation on this yet, but you might wanna take a peak:
No, we haven't been hacked, and the site is not going under...
After years of hearing Tokka and other forum mods' pleas for better forum software, I've finally decided to implement a major upgrade.
This is why the forums are down for the moment. Rest assured, no data has been lost, and you will NOT have to re-register to get back onto the forums, UNLESS your account had not been activated.
However, there are some cosmetic things that need to be done, and the forum will also be located at a new URL. I'll be posting this new address within a few hours. Until then, hang tight... MIKEYSTMNT.COM FORUMS will be back soon!
Just wanted to let everyone know that I've added Part 1 of the classic "Making of TMNT: Behind the Shells" to youtube. I thought for sure that it'd already be up there, but I guess not. It's a pretty cool special that came out on VHS in 1991 alongside the theatrical release of TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
Part 1 focuses on the history behind the creation of the TMNT and Shredder through interviews with TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Keep an eye out for future "episodes" which feature Splinter's back story, behind the scenes on The Secret of the Ooze and some other really cool stuff!
Also, as a side note... I don't know if anyone noticed, but James Saito, who played the Shredder in the first TMNT film was featured in the premiere of ABC's new show Eli Stone, which aired tonight. François Chau, who played the Shredder in TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze plays a recurring character (Dr. Marvin Candle) on ABC hit show LOST, also on Thursday nights. Two Shredders back-to-back ... That's pretty cool.
![TMNT gang .. for "Cereal GeeK" art by Rich Molinelli [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2300222053_acf9d3e5b3.jpg)
![TMNT cover feature .. for "Cereal GeeK" [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2412/2300222055_fabb4a1666.jpg)
![TMNT - The Iconic Stance ..by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird ..((1987)) [[ Thanks to Randy & All @ NECA ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/2292620263_829b31d367.jpg)
![NECA TMNT / Myspace Action 2 ..[[ Courtesy of Randy @ NECA ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2063/2292324911_0748a591f5_o.jpg)
![NECA TMNT // Box Image Basic CMYK ..[[ Courtesy Steve Murphy via Randy ]]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2294441724_017741a229.jpg)
![NECA TMNT // Over the TOP .. [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy & Dan Berger ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2294740902_9e96a2e916_o.jpg)
![Imagi Job Fair Poster.. 'Leonardo' [[ Courtesy of Felix Ip of Imagi ]]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2291440438_03f97c86ab_o.jpg)
![Imagi Job Fair ..print ad .. ' Leonardo & Astro Boy ' [[ Courtesy of Felix Ip of Imagi ]]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2290656983_46c580b20e_o.jpg)
-->> Get ya'self worked up it's ..time for TOY FAIR !!![NECA's TMNT .. April O' Neil and Mouser ..// U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[Courtesy Toy Traderz.com ..via & thanks to Jason Frazier]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2274430354_5d2bd8e984.jpg)
![NECA's TMNT .. Donatello ..// U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[ Courtesy Action-Figure.com ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2273664917_fd8db4ec3c_o.jpg)
![NECA's TMNT .. Black and White sketch variant Leonardo proto - ii ..// U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[ Courtesy Action-Figure.com ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2181/2273664911_9469b4ac24_o.jpg)
![NECA's TMNT ..Black and White sketch variant Leonardo proto - // U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[Courtesy Toy Traderz.com ..via & thanks to Jason Frazier]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/2274430352_ff55ba3489.jpg)
![NECA's TMNT .. Mouser ..// U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[ Courtesy Action-Figure.com ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2273653993_2e7d0e0385.jpg)
![NECA's TMNT .. GROUP ..// U.S. Toy Fair 2008 [[ Courtesy Action-Figure.com ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/2273664899_b6ef9a6ca8.jpg)
![TMNT "high street" marketing design ideas..Raph [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/2263317660_ea9f994294.jpg)
![TMNT "high street" marketing design ideas..Donnie [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/2263317658_76e724c5da.jpg)
![Run Athletic .. TMNT 'Pizza Box' shoebox concept design [[Courtesy of Steve Murphy]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2260291527_a5d93b864f_o.jpg)
![Titan's UK "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine" upcoming 'Leatherhead'.. 2 page spread [[ Courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2261680163_628930d7e9.jpg)
![TMNT LEGEND // Year of the Rat Forum illustration ..????? [[courtesy of TMNT Legend]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/2252720572_905b30fcfd.jpg)
![NECA TMNT // CMYK - - CARD Back Peek [[ courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2251099715_957535eb56_b.jpg)
![NECA TMNT // Foot Soldier draft design [[ courtesy of Steve Murphy ]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2256/2251900516_304852bc58.jpg)
![TMNT Mini Mutants :: 'Multi Arm Shredder' ((One of the Shredder Clones from 'Return to New York)) // ]] [[Courtesy Action-figure.com]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2257072783_8c50446cbb.jpg)
![TMNT Mini Mutants :: Sport Don // [[Courtesy Action-figure.com]]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2257072771_10862cc6b4.jpg)
