Saturday, September 23, 2006






-From Dierna & Virtual Wenrog (thanks ,guys!!).. ::
"Diamond Comics has images of some of the upcoming
action figures for the new movie...now the description
kinda confuses me cuz it lists Karai with the surname
of Winters....


But.... Winters is the evil billionair industralist
guy making the monsters....


..Some of the monsters in the movie are the Jersey
Devil, A Cyclops, and A Vampire.


These figures will supposadly be out in December.

"


** Click here for the small preview !!





-Nuther' slick tip-off from Virtual Wenrog ::
"I found some new concept art from the Gameboy Advance game being made off the new TMNT movie at IGN! .. "
** CLICK HERE FOR THE IGN GALLERY !!





-V.W.:: "they have all the new synopsises of all 13 episdoes of the Lost Season at the Officaial TMNT Website! (**Click here)"





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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

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**Update :: Looks like Zixx and Cody are also included with extra weapons and shuriken !!
-->> Leo n' crew are packin' extra hardware !! Seems like the recent shipments of the Turtles and Splinter shows Playmates givin' the guys loads of ginsu gear. Leo for example here comes with 2 extra sets of blades, a naginata style blade staff, and 2 shuriken. I'm assuming these count as 'variant' figures.. but it ain' really a cosmetic change to the figures themselves.. just extra weapons..and real value if you put off getting the F.F. TMNT til' later. Earlier shpments only had the guys with their baisic Ninja Tek Weapons and that's IT !!
The new Turbo Ginsu 9000

Still no sign of F.F. villians or Purple Dragon ..i'll look into it.. stay tuned !!
-- From Cjj::"




I don't know if anyone still needs these or is interested, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post this here.


Leonardo


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140031000363&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1


April


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140031555383&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

April (yes, I have two of them for sale)


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140031555594&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1


I'll be posting Splinter sometime next week, and if these don't sell, there is a chance that he'll be posted as part of a lot that contains either April, Leo, or April AND Leo.


Thanks for looking, guys.




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-- Thanks to Nacho for pointing out..:: the 'Ninja Tribunal eps are showing up on the You Tube !! ((**click here to get started in case you missed the Tengu thrashin action !!))





-- Thanks to Dierna for this ::


"Kevin Clash, who performed the voice of Splinter in
the 3 live action TMNT films, has released his
autobiography entitled: My Life As A Furry Red
Monster. It mostly deals with how being the voice and
puppeteer for Elmo has changed his life. Im sure
there'll be a chapter or 2 that mentions Splinter tho.
On the URL I am providing there is an exerpt from the
book itself.


http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/merchandise/clash_book.shtml


His furry red face is as recognizable as the Mona Lisa
or the President; he is in fact such an icon in our
society that it is hard to remember when Elmo wasn’t
part of our culture. And while it is easy to think of
Elmo as that perpetual three-year-old that lives on
Sesame Street there is someone behind Elmo, or perhaps
someone underneath Elmo.


The 224 page book “My Life as a Furry Red Monster”
tells us all about that someone and how his life has
been transformed by a little puppet named Elmo. For
anyone who doesn’t have children, nieces or nephews
let me relieve you by saying this book was not written
by Elmo. Repeat, this book was not written by Elmo. No
first person referrals or incessant yet contagious
giggling, this book is about Kevin Clash, you know,
that person “underneath” Elmo. With the help of Gary
Brozek, Kevin shares his private thoughts, past
glories and pitfalls all while telling us what he has
learned from Elmo.


The subtitle explains the purpose of the book best,
“What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and
Laughing Out Loud.” I know what you are thinking, what
can I, a long since pre-school graduate need to learn
about life from Elmo? Well according to Kevin, quite a
bit. Each chapter is defined by the lesson that Kevin
has determined that he and the rest of us could learn
from Elmo. From love to courage, to creativity and
tolerance it seems that all of us could use a lesson
from a three-year-old’s perspective.


Despite your opinion of Elmo (love him, hate him, or
tolerate him) you have to admire his ability to rise
to the top. And yet as Elmo continues to grow in the
Sesame Street spotlight, Kevin remains on the
sidelines. Like a parent, quietly observing his own
child, Kevin is amazed at what Elmo is able to
accomplish in the rough and tumble world that is the
twenty-first century. Unlike Elmo who freely speaks
his mind and demands constant attention, Kevin is only
happy just to be a part of it.


From his humble beginnings, we learn about Kevin as a
young child and how his parents influenced him to be
something more than just an African American kid
growing up in the city. They encouraged his somewhat
bizarre habits of collecting fur, fabric and other
odds and ends to build his one-of-a kind puppets. At a
young age, Kevin had a natural talent for entertaining
and yet he himself never sought the spotlight. Content
with being the boy behind the curtain, or the boy who
went off in his own direction, Kevin uses this time to
develop a craft that would become his ultimate dream.
A long time fan of puppetry and Sesame Street, Kevin
shares with us how his mom actually gets him into the
professional puppetry gig. And how his own tenacity
brought him to New York City and then eventually to
Sesame Street. The only things missing in this book
are shared photographs of Kevin’s early childhood and
puppets.


Similar to Jim Henson’s Ernie, Kevin is the antithesis
to Elmo. Quiet, unassuming, content to observe he
finds that by portraying the rambunctious three old is
his own outlet for his “other” side. Despite Elmo’s
dizzying popularity, Kevin is humble, and we read
about these moments of humbleness when Kevin shares
with us his first moment’s with his daughter, or the
first time he saw a Tickle Me Elmo on the shelves of
the toy store. Elmo may be the money maker for Sesame
Street, but Kevin assures his readers that he is only
one of many hands the helps to stir the pot.


This book gives us that little insight into what it is
like to be a puppeteer of one of the most famous
Muppets of all time. For those of you who are aspiring
Muppeteers yourselves, you will especially enjoy this
book. Pay careful attention because Kevin, as producer
and puppeteer recruiter he has some wonderful pearls
of wisdom for what he looks for in a potential
co-worker. We get to learn some of who Kevin really
is. Who and what has shaped him, who and what inspired
him and most importantly what kind of a man he is
today.


As each one of Elmo’s little life lessons unfold we
learn a little more about Elmo, Kevin and perhaps a
little more about ourselves. By reading this book we
find out that there is more to Elmo than tickling,
giggling, and his goldfish Dorothy. Elmo has layers of
love, joy, creativity, tolerance, courage, friendship,
cooperation, learning, and optimism. Kevin Clash
understands this and now he finally has a voice to
share it with the rest of us."





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Wednesday, September 06, 2006


-->> ..Buzy,Bizzy,Buzzy ..back to school n' back 2 screwl.. tOkKie's brain's stingin' once again !!

My apologies ..recent format issues over the past few weeks kept my newer updates from showing up here on the main index here !! Sorry about that..and thanks to Mike for cleanin' up after all the bulls in tOkKie's pen.. (cuz ya knwo what bulls leave 'specially after they've had an all nighter all-you-can-tokk buffet as part of tOkKa's Heye-day..) ..err anyway .. lots to catch up on so here we go !! ::





-- ..in case ya missed ..some quick spots of note from the official TMNT dot com and Mr.B ..have a good vacation,Dan !!::


..Click "**" for each jump. They'll open in a differant window for ya !!




- ** Posted TMNT Volume I #3 to read on site. We'll be posting an issue from volume one every other month for the foreseeable future.




-**Due to demand, I've updated the cartoon episode guide - the "Ninja Tribunal" synopses are up (listed as Season Five) and "Fast Forward" is now listed as season six. DO NOT READ THE SYNOPSES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANY SPOILERS.




-Sabrina sent in these pix of her friends and herself in TMNT costume at this year's Dragon Con. Great job, gang! (d4mm these are HOT !! ~tOkK::



**Photo 1 - Karai and Ch'rell !!


**Photo 2 - Karai close-up..!!


**Photo 3 - Casey v. Karai !!


**Photo 4 - Karai and April !!




**Photo 4 - Karai,April,Casey,Ch'reall,PurpleDragon,& Gangster !!






On a note from Nacho ..


..here is Dario Brizuela's blogg with super art peeks on his Tales of TMNT works as well as his other comic feats !! Checkit' @




http://dario-brizuela.blogspot.com/







-- Packaging art for the Season 4 TMNT DVD set due on September 12 or around that time. This should fill in the rest of the gaps for S.4 until the 'Ninja Tribunal'.






-And extra special thanks to Virtual Wenrog for this ::

TOKKA! I JUST FOUND THIS AWESOME PICS! These pics and pictures of children books BASED OFF THE NEW MOVIE! They look so cool!!














Yaotl is an Aztec god of darkness.











This was on Deigo Jourdan's website.





This was on http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416940553/sr=8-10/qid=1156544863/ref=pd_bbs_10/002-0883555-4568051?ie=UTF8.






It's a sticker book. http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=368788 Here's a link that shows quite a few titles of new TMNT movie books coming out in January, including novelizations and scrapbooks! You can pre-order some of them right now! ..







..killer !! ok more later, you guys.. tOkK's takin' a lickin real bad past few weeks..feel like my spikes been trampled by heard of ninja buffalo !! oi ..
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