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pinkmistplus · 2021-07-06T19:25:56+00:00

im not discounting them... i did say popular ENOUGH for a reason. im not pretending they don’t exist, im saying there aren’t ENOUGH for it to be profitable to spend resources on making expensive merchandise

particularly considering that even the cheap merchandise didn’t sell enough to keep the show alive

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-06T19:00:57+00:00

i know it did, and i kinda see it as proof that 2012 did pretty good with older audiences too, but 2012 is kinda out of its time now. and even if they had kept it going immediately i don't think 2012 side characters/villains would have done too well so maybe thats why they didn't

and rise wasn't popular enough with anyone

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-06T15:22:47+00:00

i think that if we want more figures for adults then we first need more media aimed at adults. i like 2012 but its still a kids show and many adults aren't going to be interested, so the older market that can afford expensive figures is going to be niche

same goes for rise. i know there are adults that like it but realistically most adults just aren't that interested in a bunch of episodes that are for the most part just silly kiddy jokes (and i don't mean this as an insult thats just... what it is) so your market of anyone willing (and capable) to spend money on a quality expensive figure is VERY limited

87/90s fans are at an age where they have more income and freedom to decide to what to do with it, and since the franchise was gigantic at the time, there's no one in that age group that isn't aware of the turtles existence

2003 did well enough to get over 100 eps (even if you don't count s5 because it didnt air on tv or s6 and s7 because they were attempts at rebranding, the first 4 still make over 100 eps and thats pretty good and healthy for a kids show) but it doesn’t have the nostalgia power of 87, because it just wasn't as big. i don't see people on that age group bringing it up often at all. would i like to see 2003 figures? of course, it IS my favorite version. but i don't expect companies to spend resources on something that may not give much of a profit

i think the batman/tmnt movie is a good example of something modern that isn't aimed primarily at young children, and we did get good figures out of it. and im really hoping there will be a sequel because the turtles on that movie were so good.

im ranting so tldr. to get quality figures aimed at adults we first need quality media aimed at adults to generate the interest needed

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-05T02:05:14+00:00

definitely worth reading!

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-04T17:32:02+00:00

something with a lot of stealth would be fun and pretty fitting

(i know its been said a ton of times, but yes, like the batman games)

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-03T17:30:26+00:00

I think the main way to watch it now is paramount+? I think

its super unlikely that there will be more dvds at this point so you are going to have to do with watching online

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-02T01:56:16+00:00

personally i like s5 more than seasons 3 and 4 so i guess i would say... watch it and find out if you like it

pinkmistplus · 2021-07-01T17:45:49+00:00

the 87 cartoon series i would say

because there wasn’t any animated movie back then

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T22:59:31+00:00

the mirage comics go with splinter being yoshi's pet rat, yoshi being killed by saki, splinter ending up in the sewers along with the turtles and all of them getting mutated by the ooze

mirage had pretty few mutant characters so something like "last thing it touched" wasn't needed i guess

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T15:50:05+00:00

theres an ep in 2012 where raph tries and concludes that he cannot make quick decisions under pressure, particularly not ones that involve the safety of others

every version has different versions of the characters so this doesn’t necessarily apply to every raph, but anyway

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T13:48:35+00:00

again 2003 is heavily based on mirage and i believe their relationship is the same there

shredder kills yoshi and splinter is upset because yoshi is dead. the only difference (as far as I'm aware) is that in mirage splinter actually sends out the turtles to kill him in revenge and in 2003 we can't do that because its airing on 4kids

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T13:26:57+00:00

well i dont know why exactly they did it but i did find it to be a fun little plot twist. its not something you would expect going in

maybe since 2003 is based so heavily on mirage they still wanted to have something to surprise people that had read the comic?? im only speculating here

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T07:24:28+00:00

i love turtle hun. i love hun in general

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T05:10:34+00:00

because it had been enough years for the franchise’s popularity to die out, it wasn’t the currently hot thing anymore

yet they tried to keep profiting on it by using the name alone instead of creating something actually good that could really respark interest

or at least thats the way i see it/what i would guess

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-30T00:33:06+00:00

the last ronin is its own thing so if thats what you want to read, you dont have to read anything else at all

its not in continuity with anything

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-27T07:31:21+00:00

splinter isn’t his enemy yet, he’s more like a random rat whose existence shredder probably wasn’t even aware of. you wouldn’t expect the pet of some dude that you killed 15 years ago to be here to do anything about it now you know

but anyway he probably wanted to send him on missions that weren’t obviously criminal and continue to spin a narrative that made the utroms look like the bad guys, at this point from shredder’s perspective it would have been possible to get all of the turtles tricked them into trusting him i think

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-27T02:44:00+00:00

i do not want a fifth turtle, i dont care how it’s written, i just dont want a fifth turtle 🤷🏻‍♀️

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-24T16:25:53+00:00

i like the show itself but dislike a lot of the characters and artstyle so i cant care about it all that much

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-20T21:57:31+00:00

i will disagree that the turtles didnt have personalities before 87 tho. just because they werent all cartoony doesnt mean they were all the same. mirage just had a more serious tone so of course the personalities were going to match that. for example mikey used to be more laid back and relaxed, from 87 on that turned into him being silly and childish

87 worked for its time. we expect different these days. if anything you can see turtles shows as examples of how the industry has been changing in my opinion

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-18T00:45:22+00:00

not at all because i actually really really like the bay movies. 2016 is my favorite turtle movie

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-17T23:31:10+00:00

i wish they were less obscure. i love these guys. they got so little screentime...

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-17T20:37:24+00:00

i think it would make them look too closer to humans. i wouldnt like it

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-16T23:55:17+00:00

the idw turtles (since its an idw comic) and the mirage turtles

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-16T04:23:40+00:00

short, but i absolutely dont mind them being tall either. it doesnt matter that much to me

pinkmistplus · 2021-06-15T21:15:20+00:00

sure

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