TMNT Toys Pre-Playmates? Ninja Turtles Merch in the mid 80's - TOY HISTORY #19

[@snukastyle]

My first exposure to the TMNT was actually the Dark Horse lead figures. Back in 1986 my family moved near the downtown area of our city, and it had a gaming store. Walls of metal miniatures, role playing games, and comic books. I recall the TMNT being there are looking both cool and weird, but wouldn't get into the franchise until that first wave of Playmates figures appeared at the local comic shop and I bought the original Leonardo figure.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘🤩

[@snakebrown3755]

The artwork in those Palladium books was worth the price of admission by itself. But the game was a lot of fun, too. good memories there!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Good artists indeed 🤘

[@RetroCynical]

About a decade ago a girl I went on a date with stayed the night at my house, we were laying in my bed talking. At the time my entire bedroom was adorned with nothing but TMNT stuff, including my entire figure collection. After an awkward silence in the conversation she turned to me and said, "Ya know, if we're going to be dating you're going to have to do something about all these Turtle toys." So I looked at her and replied/asked, "Who said we were gonna be dating?"

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣🤘 awesome

[@JinzoCrash]

Yeah, I've had many a chick friend come over. They see my toys, go "oh. Cool." ...and then we get back to biz. It's different when they're living with you.

[@petergreen1994]

That’s why I consider myself lucky, my girlfriend can’t tell the turtles apart but she got me two Super 7 turtles the first Christmas we started dating and after we moved in together she encouraged me to get a display cabinet for my toys so I can see them.🎉

[@blindcrow849]

What was amazing with TMNT is that there were material for almost every ages. I got my first TMNT figure at 7 and started watching the cartoon. At 10, I was reading the Archies comics series. At around 16, I found on the internet scans of the original comic book and started collecting them few years laters. I really think that's what made this so unique.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤘

[@blackcat-dh8gq]

This is my favorite video you've ever done! Nothing is more nostalgic for me than the beginnings of TMNT. I was in the toy isle as they first put the original figures on the shelf, before I even knew there was a TV show. I saw Donatello first. I said WOW, Whats this?! It was like finding the holy grail. That was the start of my lifelong obsession.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@wiibrockster]

I first encountered TMNT when I was 4. I saw the 2003 series on a local TV station

[@wannabkain4400]

Love how this was shorter and felt a bit more detail than the Netflix episode. I grew up with the toys and cartoon :)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@sdh2383]

Grew up playing TMNT & Other Strangeness, still have all the books.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome thanks for watching 🤓

[@IPreferSirNicholas]

I can remember TMNT for as long as I can think back. My dad had me started on the cartoon and toys and I was 3 when the original movie came out.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘🤓

[@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335]

your vids keep getting better and better keep up the good work

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 😇

[@markmichel3855]

Thanks for bringing this up. Most people don’t know about the pre playmates merch outside of the comics

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@sourdust6558]

I love how the terror bears came back as the dream beavers in the 2012 TMNT show

[@wiibrockster]

To anybody who hasn't read the Mirage comics: Read it if you ever get a chance,it's great!

[@robd1329]

I collected them as a kid...their not great!

[@katten838]

My favorite version of the TMNT

[@staalhard666]

@@robd1329 Are you sure you were collecting the Mirage comics and not the Archie comics?

[@georgeruiz8870]

Just started to collect the mirage comics!!

[@flaviosilva3239]

@@robd1329 you were just a kid...shut up

[@nBasedAce]

I have the TMNT and other strangeness RPG book and most of the supplements as well. It was my favorite to play because we incorporated it with Heroes Unlimited.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤣

[@DominusTecum316]

"I like turtles." From that little kid interviewed in the news years ago.

[@staalhard666]

Darby Allin likes turtles.

[@ryantiller5624]

@@staalhard666 I was just about to ask if anyone ever caught up with that turtles kid all these years later, but you answered the question for me

[@staalhard666]

@@ryantiller5624 don't get me wrong: I'm a huge fan of All Elite Wrestling and Darby Allin is great. I just had to laugh really loud when that fansign "Darby Allin likes turtles" showed up last year.

[@JMFabiano]

But I HATE SPLINTER!

[@UnionJim]

My Turtles journey started in 1989 on a family holiday to the USA (I'm from the UK) visiting relatives. I loved Action Force (or GI Joe as I discovered it was called in the US!) and wanted to go buy loads from a huge Toys R Us in Chicago on my 10th birthday. My older cousin asked me if I liked TMNT, but I'd never heard of it, so she got me to watch the cartoon and I was hooked! We went out and I bought Leonardo (cos he had swords!) and Michelangelo (cos that was my cousins favourite), and a few issues of the Archie comic. I think the cartoon started in the UK in early 1990, and that same year I discovered my local comic shop and also discovered the Mirage series which was being reprinted in collections by Penguin Books in the UK to cash in on the live action movie. Still love the TMNT just as much today :-D

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome Mike and Donnie were my first 2 🤘😇

[@UnionJim]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut as an adult Raphael is my favourite now 😀

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Me too raph all the way! As a kid leo was my favorite 🤓🤘

[@jasonreeves1826]

I first saw an episode of the cartoon. I liked it so much that I set up a zip line across my bedroom, and had Panthro from the Thundercats slide down it using his nunchaku like Mikey in the intro. Fast forward to that summer. My parents took me to Toys R Us for my birthday, and I saw the first wave of the Turtles on the pegs. They bought me Michelangelo, Donatello, and Splinter, and my obsession with TMNT grew from there!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I picked the same turtles first! Mike and donnie 😇

[@ericcontreras5290]

Such cool figures, who knew so many years later they would have still been so popular to collect. Cowabunga!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Turtle power!!!!

[@RobH1093]

Managed to get TMNT and other Strangeness bundled with two supplements for a good price on eBay back in August

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome ive been eyeing them too on ebay 😅 i need to get some

[@RobH1093]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I got the core book, guide to the universe and the adventures supplements together for £30 or something like that - as someone who’s a big fan of the Mirage Turtles, it was really cool to get them for a decent price

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome dude i hope to find a score like that too 😁🤘 palladium game night coming soon!

[@guepardgames]

I had the 88 playmate's Turtles🐢 in my childhood. I'm searching for the complete 4 Turtles🐸....What I finally get is Toxie with his Mop-Flag🧹🇺🇸and Dr Killemoff💀.. I just love 💜💚❤️this line and that's cause of u... 😁

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks dude! Yes toxic crusaders are so nicely done! Dr killemof is awesome

[@manbat106]

I remember these books when I was a kid I used to borrow them from my local library and draw each page I also remember loving the artwork compared to the cartoon series it was so gritty and cooler in comparison

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool 🤘🤓

[@darkhierophant4914]

I actually have some of the small Dark Horse figures. I'm old. LOL. I played the hell out of the Palladium TMNT game. I still have the book and my characters that went through many adventures.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome how did you get them from ordering in the comic or at an rpg shop? 🤓🤘 which mutant character did you play as?

[@darkhierophant4914]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut i think i bought them from a comicbook shop or there was a gaming store in the mall in Phx. The same mall where Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was filmed, Metro Center. There's an old video on KZbin shot on video of the mall. I believe i bpught some of the Palladium books there. There's a brief history for you. Lol.

[@loremipsom224]

my dad bought me and my brother a figure each while running some errands at Hechingers. I got Leonardo and he got Splinter. It was on from there... slowly building. Then when we were around 12 or 13 they sold all the figures in a box during a yardsale.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Aw yeah leo leads the way! 🤘😜

[@WillRipamonti]

In Italy the comics remained unpublished for years, the toys and the cartoon (in that order) came first. I remember the first commercials showcasing the figures and giving you bits of exposition to get you into the story. It was love at first sight, my first figures were Leonardo and a Foot Soldier. The Italian edition of the original Mirage book was released a few years later by a small time indie publisher, as bigger names didn't pick it up because of the drastic tone change compared to the cartoon and published the Archie Comics TMNT Adventures instead.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Interesting 🤓🤘

[@wiibrockster]

I'm pretty sure the Terror Bears got re-worked into the Dream Beavers from the 2012 series

[@Acidonia150reborn]

I wonder if they got the idea from Failed by the 80's UK toy store Zodiac toys,Who had Star Bears bassed on star signs and Scare Bears a horror based bear series. These became the Were Bears plushie toyline later.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Ill look into that 🤔🤘😁

[@wiibrockster]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut That'd make an interesting video

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I need to just find out more about that rpg game and the terror bears 😜

[@matthewvandenbranden1307]

My cousin who is one month older than me I'm 42 showed me this calendar with colored versions of the comic book tmnt and shortly after at Zayres I saw the pegs filled with turtle figures, my first few figures were Splinter, all 4 🐢's Shredder and Rat King Baxter and the Foot Soldier. Muck Man is one of my favorites.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Muck man is in my top 10 too 🤘😁

[@_The_Worst_]

Yeah, those little metal figures are definitely pretty badass...🤘🏼💯✔

[@thefirstofthelastones8952]

I remember being introduced to TMNT back in 2003 and years later my love for this franchise will always be with me.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Turtle power 🤘

[@JinzoCrash]

My first sight of TMNT figures was at a comic convention in a seedy, FILTHY mall in New Jersey. There were even roaches on the floor as we ate pizza there. The vendors had jacked their prices up to *GASP*, 20 whole dollars! I bought Raphael.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Raph is my favorite!

[@DigitalDirigibles]

I’ll never forget the day I found a couple of the lead Dark Horse TMNT game piece figures in a bag of random “junk drawer” bits and bobs at a thrift store. Never knew they existed not only was I surprised to find anything TMNT related there, let alone that they were based off the comic turtles. It was fun doing the research to find out they were actually older than the original toy line. I only have Donatello and Ralph, but now they hold a place of prominence in my TMNT collection.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I would love to find some 🤓 awesome you found that! 😁👌

[@deepvoodoo]

I was in kindergarten in 1989 and all the other kids were talking about them, so I slowly built my collection. Within a year of that, they were bigger than Batman.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤓

[@oxwah]

Same. I remember getting my first one from my dad that year, which was Krang with the walker.

[@Narcolepsykid]

Some reason I just love those gold and silver plastic parts.

[@keithoneil9894]

My first memory of the TMNT was my older brother getting a couple figures from the first wave of the Playmates series. I think it was Raphael and Donatello? I always thought the hand dagger they came with were slices of pizza they could eat.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They had some weird weapons in those first waves 😁 a pizza would have been cool

[@farleysmoke5130]

Damn I used to play that Ninja Turtle rpg game but had completely forgotten until you just jogged my memory. Awesome Video Ed!!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@Liquidcadmus]

Fascinating! Didn't know about the rpgs and other stuff that came before the cartoon, I thought there was only the original comics. Great research!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@sethious1]

My first in the TMNT line was Leonardo, didn't even know what it was about but thought it was damn cool back then

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘🤩

[@TheRamrod3001]

Bring back the Palladium Books RPG's!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤘🤘🥲

[@blakethompson7308]

I’m not 100% sure ,but I recall reading the ninja turtles in the Heavy Metal magazine after growing up with the cartoon and toys

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

There’s a connection with Kevin Eastman, I think he bought the magazine and dated the actress that was in the heavy metal movie

[@danielrecommends]

I was introduced to TMNT through the toys and cartoon. I honestly didn't even know there was a comic book series until later on in my teens. I wish I still had some of the figures and playsets from my childhood.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah i tought it was a cartoon the comic books i only learned about way later

[@ericwilliams725]

I had all of these back in the day :( Mannnnn. If only I had kept all of these.

[@thecthuloser876]

I first got into TMNT from the cartoon and a clearly remember my first figure; Raphael. I don't even remember why I got it, either. I think I was sick as a dog for a few days and my mom wanted to get me something to cheer me up... But I quickly got into the Mirage comics. Likely read them much younger than I should have, since I was totally in that 4-8 year old demographic... But I likely them a lot. Wanted to get the RPG books too but didn't.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

A turtle toy could definitly cheer me up! We only got the archie comics here in europe repackaged as junior press. It was years before I found out about the original comics

[@andrewgrant2990]

Another excellent video sir! Funny thing: I remember while in high school (back in the 90s) coming across some TMNT comics @ a yard sale. My main familiarity was the cartoon. These were (shock!) B&W violent things nothing like on tv & I may have thought they were KOs. But I still kick myself for passing a chance to own the original Eastman & Laird comics.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That must have been a shock 🤣

[@W.edgewargames]

Funny enough my family owns most of the tmnt toys, still in a giant Tupperware tote in the attic.

[@AlexandertheSmith]

mirage comics turtles captivated me. when the cartoon and playmates figures came out, i bailed. still love 'em though through a black and white lens. ed knows his tmnt history. nice video, ed!

[@arikblack8462]

The 2003 show was my first

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome!

[@VSarquiza]

Got into TMNT because of the TV show and Movie.......Lovin' the Last Ronin comic!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I need to check out those last ronin ones! 🤘🤓

[@dustindunnaway9198]

It was the cartoon for me when I discovered the ninja turtles.. I bought all the 1/4 scale neca tmnt figures..I been collecting for awhile now.. awesome video

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The 1/4’s by neca are superb!!

[@Acidonia150reborn]

I wonder if they got the idea for theTerror bears from the Failed by the 80's UK toy store Zodiac toys,Who had Star Bears bassed on star signs and Scare Bears a horror based bear series. These became the Were Bears plushie toyline later.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Imma have to take a look at that 😊

[@MarkusSeaberry]

I read about them in an article about comics in Boy’s Life, the Boy Scout Magazine.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤓🤘 G1!

[@tOkKa_Oroku]

Sup,Ed. Me again.. i was one of those teenagers that got caught playing with those little kid's toys. Long-short.. Palladium's actual deal with Mirage was dropped roughly around 97 to 98. The books numbers were low but they kept reprinting them into the late 90s. The Terror Bears in specifically I'm particularly fond of , i reintroduced the characters to NICK around what '13 or '14. They would be developed a few years later as the "Dream Beavers". Further PALLADIUM concepts were / are introduced into the 2012 show and the current IDW comic books.. i.e. "After the Bomb", Dr.Feral, and yeah the Terror Bears among others. So if the 2 Dream Beavers released in '14 are in your collection.. you essentially have a version of the Bears . Closest Palladium has ever had to toys by Playmates.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome i honestly never went further than the next mutation. I tought palladium tried to revive the license round 97-98 but failed to get the license deal

[@tOkKa_Oroku]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut .. 🛎🛎🛎🛎 You ARE correct!!!!💥💥

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Those terror bears are freakin cool 🤘

[@orinanime]

My first TMNT experience was the 80s cartoon. Also, I have a copy of that Truckin' Turtles RPG book

[@thewoodbarionshow2223]

Awesome video ED!👍👍🤙

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you. 🤓

[@simonlucas3824]

awesome video, you have become my favourite KZbinr by far, ur vids are 1 of my highlights of the week😃👍

[@JinzoCrash]

I was eternally amazed that you could buy naked chick lead figures in a hobby store, no censorship... But the steep prices stopped me.

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

Ninja Turtles!! 🐢

[@robinturner9928]

My first encounter with TMNT was the first comic book>I had seen an ad in Comics Buyers Guide and sent them a few bucks, got the comic(one of the first press run of 3000) which I later sold for $75 (it would have been more but there were a few pages that were ragged on the edges--from the low quality printing) and I liked the book and the series and so on....

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I hope i ever find an 80’s print 🤓🤘

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I used to have a lot of those old Dark Horse lead figures

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤓🤘

[@Carlos_Balli]

Whoa I never seen those mini figures before 😮 thanks for the heads up, excellent video☝🏼

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching buddy 🤓

[@JamesTevlin]

Hey man...this content is exactly what I’m looking for an love about your work. Thank you

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you 🤓

[@anthonyxavier6300]

I watched the toys that made us and they covered a lot of information that I wasn't aware of about the tmnt history.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

I'd like to see how those TMNT tabletop games are played

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I wanna get some and play it 😁😁😁😁

[@robdajuiceman1328]

Not too sure exactly when it was from but I remember my 1st TNMT poster when I was a kid had all 4 turtles wearing red

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome

[@earthad666]

My friend had the rpg. Probably about 85. Was shocked when the cartoon came out with its totally different style

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I can imagine 😜🤘

[@pyrobison2002]

Leonardo was my first toy. I had almost everyone of them

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Leo was my fave growing up but i got mike and donnie first. Remember a kid in kindergarten having leo and he looked so cool 😁🐢

[@ericheckenkamp6091]

I had the Dark Horse minis. Sadly, now all I have left is Fugitoid.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Fugitoid such a cool character 🤩

[@larsledwon7092]

Thanks soooo much for this Video👍 all the work that you take in the Videos 👍 #THX 🔥 ... just AWESOME! #TMNT

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@justinmohan7103]

Thanks for the video. Have you ever read the TMNT Ultimate books. I think there are 7 volumes now. They are a collection of all the original stuff with notes from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yes 😎🤘🤘🤘

[@TheRetroWorld]

TMNT FOR LIFE!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Turtle power! 🤘🤘

[@dranimations7902]

Fascinating video! - especially the very early comics and the fact that it began as a joke.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@raulaltamirano9218]

New lens? New lighting? Idk, but whatever you're doing, it looks really good. Great work, man.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Same old stuff just red LED’s this time 😅

[@nathanieltaylor6992]

I got into the cartoon and toys. Watched the first two movies in theaters. I had some of the comics and have gotten back into collecting them. Thank you for this video I never knew about the miniatures and other products.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@Theretrosaint]

I have a complete "set a" of those dark horse miniatures :-)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤩 you lucky turtlefan!!

[@Theretrosaint]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I sent away for them back in the day :-)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

😎 that’s cool! U sir are cowabunga cool!

[@supahottfire]

Amazing video man, Keep up the good work!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@cliffjumper1984]

I remember seeing the 2nd re broadcast of the first episode . I was about to, or had just turned 7.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘🤘

[@nathannicholson3266]

Fantastic video! Great job Ed

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@EZglovesUP]

Ed I absolutely love the content. Definitely gives me my tmnt fix

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you 🤓

[@EZglovesUP]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut yeah man don't mention it! Just keep pumping out new/good content.

[@az-cafe-moto]

I just got to see tmnt 1 in the theater today. Great video ed.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤩🎬

[@MrTHEDAZZLER69]

Dude loving your videos this is my fave so far. You are like me but have the balls to sit in front of a camera. I actually learnt stuff I didn’t know on this one. Thanks for the great content!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓🤘🐢

[@vxskud]

I may be the only person who remembers this, it may have been a test market thing because I've never found any mention of them anywhere There was very briefly a line of TMNT hotdogs in the late 80s or early 90s and they were actually pretty good

[@SpiritOfBagheera]

Man, I had a ton of this pre-Playmates stuff... Good times. Red bandanas forever! (Truth be told, a lot of us fans felt betrayed when we started seeing things like cereal and little kids toys. But, hey, I get it. Who wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make bank with licensing...?)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed i did like how they kept the eyes blank in the first toys instead of going for the cartoony dot the wacky actions got 🤓

[@SpiritOfBagheera]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Agreed. The first wave of toys - along with the original 5-part miniseries - were OK to me. Kind of a weird, wacky alternate universe. Then it got really, really stupid and way too kiddified IMHO. But, yeah, I still own my original Raph and Leo figures from that first run. They look great. (I’m also still partial to the original arcade game.) EDIT: It was also nice to see the first film was based on the comics rather than the toon.

[@MC_ToyDawg]

I was first introduced to the turtles by way of the cartoons. I wish i still had the posters in comic style art. I respect the OG toys but didn't like crouched leg toys in general. I did have the movie star turtle and did get the retro set that came out last year because of price value.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The movie stars were such cool toys!

[@Empiretoys1138]

They should do a netflix cartoon based on the original comic.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

A Scandinavian dark drama 🖤🤖

[@Empiretoys1138]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut hahah be awesome.

[@Verbs84]

Ah the turtles board game with that blue see saw thing for the dice memories memories

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤓🤘

[@ComedianBobFarrell]

My best friend in high school discovered the comics and, then I was into the cartoon

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 😎🤘

[@markmichel3855]

Would love to see the Mattel turtles designs

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Me too dude!

[@jakeproven256]

When you make a deal with Solson comics, it's pretty much written in stone that you're gonna get ripped off, plus best not to expect anything good from a masaginistic monster like Gary Brodsky.

[@dominicpaul1]

Awesome video dude, really informative! 😄

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@JO-iv7tl]

Even though I was the right age demographic I lived in a very rural area when the animated series was running. I got into the few comics I could afford and find. Then I bought the original playmates line that I thought went to the comic books. It was only later I found out it was a cartoon. By then it was in the last few seasons and was difficult to catch. In a way I thought the movie was just a comic tie in.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The cool thing is the comics, movie and cartoon are still different from each other ao it would all still make sense

[@rockman7503]

The original playmates turtles line released the same week I got my MMR shots for first grade. I picked out Raphael. My brother the dark green contrasting to bright orange of michealangelo. Soon My Leo to his Don. By then it was everywhere.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 😁 my first two were mikey and donnie

[@THETOYTIMEMACHINE]

your videos look like a fkn netflix show. so good man

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤓

[@kristopherpreston419]

Great content Ed! 👊

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@MartinCarterProduction]

Nice Doku again. Great

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓🤘

[@GamerAhmer]

Love this!!! 🐢

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🥳🐢

[@Voodoomaria]

At a vintage toy sale I saw an arosol can of Ninja Turtles Shaving Cream.... I had to wonder just how successful that product was, simply because the age demographic seemed to me to be completely wrong.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I think i rzmever that shave set i indeed think it didn’t end up selling well 😅

[@Voodoomaria]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut IMO, it just defied all marketing logic. Bed sheets, okay, toothpaste, sure, even vitamins or breakfast cereal, but when you start in on hygine products specifically for post pubecents, it's not going to work. "My little pony home hregnancy test anyone?"

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DennisTamayo]

Yeah, right before voice actor Daws Butler passed away in 1988.

[@merrillmangaanddolls]

I think about finish read the comic, I got into TMNT was 2003 cartoon

[@karloavera]

Oh man, excellent video!!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@vicrules6666]

I have the splinter n shredder metal minis with some mousers.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 😁🤘

[@ioannespaulusify]

Technically Ghostbusters toys were based on the cartoon based on the movie. :P

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed but the origin was the movie 🥲😬 i didn’t phrase that right 🤣

[@ioannespaulusify]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Nah, it’s just me nitpicking!

[@yotaiji012]

This was dope! Gracias!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓