TMNT Carded Figures Collection! Vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys!

I take a look at my vintage ninja turtles collection I have on card. Relive the memories of my all time favourite toyline in the original packaging :-D Totally Rad and Cowabunga dudes!
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[@TommyGarvey]

Awesome collection! In regards to your Turtles' arms being a different color now, vintage Star Wars figures have an issue like that as well. We call it "frosting." It's a kind of plastic degradation, as the chemicals break down. It's a grey/white sort of color which begins to cover the plastic while it's carded. Sometimes it looks almost like ice crystals on them or flocking, giving the figure a dull, frosted appearance. If you put the figure in the sun for a few minutes or under a very bright light, it usually clears up. It's actually the heat that fixes it, not necessarily the light. Collectors just use light bulbs or the sun because it's easiest and runs the smallest risk of damaging the figure. I don't know if your turtles are having that same issue or not, but it might be worth a shot if the look of the plastic is bothering you.

[@MrFatshit6]

There was a Drug Store a few blocks from my house that sold the original TMNT figures. I used to take my allowance and pick up either a new TMNT figure or X-Men cards. This video definitely brings me back to those memories.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘🤓

[@Istvantastic]

The Rock n Roll and Sewer Squirting cards are the nicest artwork

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Aw yeaaah

[@MrScurv]

Love the orignal card art. Something Playmates never reproduced.

[@eviverniers6510]

Na het zien van deze video heb ik spontaan mijn Super Powers collectie te koop gezet en ben nu op zoek naar turtles! 🙈 heerlijke nostalgie! Vroeger zo veel mee gespeeld!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Super powers 👀😯

[@eviverniers6510]

Bijna alles al weg ☺️

[@zscott3467]

This was so nostalgic to me...I'm one of the biggest classic TMNT fan. I used to love getting the package and reading the back back to see whats the next figure I can find

[@jonarmstrong4399]

I remember walking down the aisles of toys r us back in 1988 and running into teenage mutant ninja turtles for the first time and being blown away by them. my dad bought me Leonardo and my brother got Michelangelo. we collected ninja turtles from them all the way up to 1993. wish I still had all of them I bet there worth a bunch of money now

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah that collecting is booming 🤓

[@karenbonilla7030]

Teenage mutant ninja turtle collection is so cool

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@loganhowlett1908]

VERY VERY VALUABLE COLLECTION !!! TY For sharing great memories😄😍😄 !!!!

[@vidfreak727]

Storage Shell Leo was my favorite! Well, Leo was always my favorite!

[@nevillepretorius8948]

Enjoyed this one Eddy! Very cool carded TMNT collection!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Glad you enjoyed

[@matthewvandenbranden1307]

I brought Fugitoid to school when I was in 5th grade and the teacher saw me playing with him and took him until the end of the day! And when I got ChromeDome I actually put him next to my pillow before bed I was in love with that figure and MetalHead.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I did that with most of the tmnt figures i got pop them next to my bed the first week 😁🤘

[@thomasmccown2121]

Ed I am amazed at the TMNT'S you have in the Packaging!!!!" And I love the fact that their opening up their Turtles Packaging!!! That means less of them in the wrong In the packaging!!!? And our items go up in value!!!!!!!?? Lol " And I leave most of my toys in their packaging!!!!!!!? " Nice video Ed!!! God bless you my friend!!! Pace out

[@juliengengoux7139]

I love the tmnt universal monsters!They're the best tmnt variations of the playmates line!

[@Ali_k20]

Exactly 1 year later, this video is even cooler. Some epic figures there Ed :)

[@superbn0va]

Love the og carded toys! The original mutatin TMNT toys are my favorite. Very well articulated, authentic look, original colors, fun weapons plus they can Transform!

[@thegeorgiealityshow359]

I love ur show even if is old or new being In the Ed Retro Geek out is like bringing the 80s back again.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤘

[@milesisprettyweird641]

April O'Neil will stand up better in the card than loose lol

[@jaredt2590]

The first figure I ever owned was Donatello. Grabbing him off a toy aisle got me into TMNT back in 1988.

[@blg020]

I got the whole set of them for Christmas one year and my friends older brother stole them a couple days later. They lived far so it took me a little bit to get them back. Santa had also brought ninja turtles cereal so my mother cut out the turtles from the box so I could play with them untill I got the real one's back.

[@Amgine22]

Epic Ed can’t believe you don’t even have these on display amazing😳😳😳

[@GamerAhmer]

So many great ones there! The original 10 back, universal monsters, movie figures! And Muckman!!! So cool. Great collection! 🐢 Turtle Power!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much 🤠

[@jaredt2590]

I never got the pizza thrower as a kid and the pizza tossing turtles were the next best thing. It was awesome to walk into a store and see them. I always loved the pizza tossing mechanic. The thrower for some reason after it was initially released you couldn't find it anywhere. I don't think I would have ended up liking it anyway if I got it back then because it's so noisy.

[@larrymartin5765]

I remember finding little pizzas everywhere when my mom would make me clean up my bedroom

[@Dantrooker]

Love these videos, 90s toys were the best! I had that James Bond Jr. with the suitcase gun too!

[@jaredt2590]

Ace Duck was awesome. I always loved him and Usagi Yojimbo.

[@dustyhughes1049]

i like the third one because it gots more action in it then the first two also tales a Origin of master splitter

[@letsprayandfasttogether9618]

The only way you could like TMNT 3 is if you build a time machine and people watch it as a kid and develop nostalgia for it

[@drunkenactionfigureunboxin5138]

I saw it as a kid, I was a huge turtles fan. I hated that movie then, and still do.

[@blg020]

I got it on home video as a kid when it came out. Didn't really watch it much but didn't hate it.

[@82avidfan]

I was in 5th grade when it came out, I thought it looked stupid. All the kids on Monday said it was. And the following week, we all learned what a "Wet Willy" was.

[@williammcclanahan1792]

Saw it in the theater. Didn’t seem too bad at the time. I remember being so excited when the trailer came out on a Saturday morning during the show (the original 1987 line)

[@Theretrosaint]

Ur Donatello (10 back) is a really early production variant, it has rubber limbs. Some even earlier variants have rubber limbs aswell as a soft rubber head. There were changed in the later 10 back releases quite early on. Making the "soft versions" extremely rare. 🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool thanks for letting me know 🤓👌

[@Ilkvomit]

@@unorthdoxcleric6953 it is.... the whitening of the arms or (frosting) as its sometimes called is from the paint deteriorating. There's no such thing as "soft limb variants" With the original 10 backs all there is are the soft head and hard head versions. The rarest of the 10backs are the soft heads with fan club flyer and mutant pop up display. I would say 2nd rarest is 10back soft head with fan club flyer,followed by 10back softhead with pop up display (no flyer)

[@B0redom13]

I remember as a kid just wrecking the weapons trying to get them off the sprue.

[@shanehopke8966]

Muck Man would have to be my all time fave. Awesome collection!

[@richardhernandez8937]

Really cool collection.

[@Evansjd87]

I would love to find the movie turtles on card from the second film. They were so cool

[@NinjaToyReviews]

Artwork on the back of the box was so awesome back in the day Wacky action ... so cool 😎 Never seen those before

[@Turtle_toys]

The storage shell Leonardo that you weren’t sure about it’s timeline is a Canadian card, not sure why they had to be different, they were also not as good. The movie star line had a generic back for all the turtles with the same movie scene while the American cards were all unique.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤓

[@Chrisyork1989]

TMNT 3 was my favorite movie as a kid

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Aw yeah 🤘🤘🤘🤠

[@Chrisyork1989]

“Hey look, Don King, uhahahahahaha” Keep up the awesome work Ed! From a PR/Street Shark Collector in AZ USA you’ve got a lifetime fan in me!

[@Weststudio87]

That party Leo brings back all kinds of memories

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He looks goofy tough 🤓

[@Weststudio87]

Ed's Retro Geek Out no doubt he’s funky lol but man I remember opening him up on my birthday as a kid

[@jaredt2590]

I loved that mini mutants baseball set. The sports figures that they released were some of my favorite figures in the toyline especially baseball raph.

[@manganmegamangan]

i had many TMNT figures as i child so this is so awsome to watch

[@bwestacado9643]

This whole channel is a trip. I forgot about more than half these toys. I haven't had any since just before I turned 13

[@larz898]

Very nice Collection 😆🐢 thx for the video👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching Lars 👌🤠

[@MartinCarterProduction]

Realy cool Collection. Reminds me on my boxes in the Basement with Transformers and Star Wars - mostly stuff about 2000, wish it would more from the eighties. :) Nice Video, i feel the TMNT Love.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much buddy 🤠

[@nope5657]

I had quite a few of these as a kid. But that Movie Star Foot Soldier REALLY takes me back for some reason. I think it's because I did a lot of cross-play with him with other toys and not just with the Turtles.

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

I still have the boxes for a bunch of the '87 TMNT vehicles & sewer playset

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤩🤩 awesome

[@MercySaidSo_]

Wow Mutagen Man & Mondo Gecko, I used to have them as a kid. Nice collection man. Giving me some memories, I used to have so many of those figures. I remember my first Ninja Turtles when I was kid was the original Ralph and Leo. When they used to have squishy heads..

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I never had soft head tmnt’s 🤓 those were the first run only 🤓

[@MercySaidSo_]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I didn't even know that till I seen your video and read some of the comments. I remember getting them at Alexander's. Looking back, I wish I had kept them.

[@nerdcavenerds4522]

What a nice collection makes me want to update mine I think I've added 30+ carded figs since the last time I did one

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah your collection is insane 😍🥳

[@Chaos-Tord-is-bord-chaos]

I think the deep sea Leo is supposed to be holding his breath in the head sculpt? Lol my guess!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣 that would make sense!

[@AlwaysbeingLu]

I thought they just used the toon turtles head.

[@gillescallens8267]

Very nice. Those Universal Monster series made my very jealous. I had some others as a kid as well, I need some of those on my shelves.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They’re ao nicely sculpted 🤓

[@Turtlepower1987.]

Cowabunga 🐢🐢🐢🐢 Great collection 💯💯💯

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@m1herrmann160]

The originals!!!!!! Love it!!

[@leonardduitch8833]

I had a lot of those figures but those storage shell turtles were my favorite. Still have my childhood ones but lost leonardos shell along the way.

[@Carlos_Balli]

Sweet collection thanks for letting see your stuff man it’s freaking awesome 😎 🐢

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much for watching buddy 🥳

[@jaredt2590]

The thing I loved about this show is that Shredder and Krang were conquerors. They were characters who were humanized and relatable to many figures all throughout history. The Turtles represent Freedom and Liberty while Shredder and Krang represent Sovereigns who wish to subject everyone to their rule.

[@frozenplastic2860]

Green with envy right now! Awesome figs! One day I’ll make it to some toy shows and hopefully grab the original four carded, for now I have just a couple odds and ends. Thanks for the upload, quality as always!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@jddeluxe2242]

Great video my man. Love seeing all the carded figures and hearing you gush over the artwork. So nostalgic for me. Keep the long videos coming 👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

But the artwork should have it’s own book so nicely done 😍

[@grecofabulous]

This is awesome! And it's crazy that none of this are on display. I'm struggling so much with what I want/need carded. 10 backs would be great, but I don't wanna pay those prices.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They’re all awesome I actively hunt for what I had as a kid but when I see somethint cheap I just buy it 😅

[@LambosOnly]

Crazy cool collection. I'd like to have all the Movie Star figures carded plus my favorite figure, Sewer Surfing Mikey.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Sewer surfin mickey is also very high on my want list

[@frankh4277]

I remember getting all of the brother's and upon opening them immediately losing the weapons other than their main one's.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Damn you got lots of carded figures! I have a few but most mine are loose. I love the Universal Monsters figures. I can remember about 8 years ago NOT buying all 4 MOC figures on ebay for 40.00. Whoops!

[@RetroCynical]

Get outta here you scoundrel!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yikes that was a deal even back then 😱

[@RetroGamePlayers]

@@RetroCynical hahaha my bestie!!

[@TheMichelob]

Love it Ed! The bootleg mondo gecko is my fav

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It looks so weird doesn!5 it 🤣

[@80svillainstoys63]

Hey Ed , I have only few carded turtles figures from the mutations line and some from the regular line, I just like the way they look in my display cases 👍🏼Awesome collection 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They do look epic don’t they 🤠🤘

[@80svillainstoys63]

Ed's Retro Geek Out yes sr awesome 👏🏼

[@vintagetoyssss]

Awesome collection you have, I love it. I have made lot of videos and my collection is pretty big but yours is great!!

[@kylerich4265]

They used a cheaper plastic on those figures so it starts to look the way it does faded color and even getting sticky .

[@steveneverson8688]

Love your content man!! Ur friggin awesome at what you do bro!

[@_The_Worst_]

I had soooooo many TMNT figures as a child...🤗 I'm really excited to see how far Super 7 will take it on the the line their doing which is based off the Playmates Toys line...👌🏼💯✔

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They look great but cost a lot 🤷‍♂️😅

[@MrDarkblade1980]

Very cool collection ed 🧔🏿‍♀️👍🏿

[@MrWfurman]

Your hat is awesome.

[@toyboxtreasurehunters4181]

Loved the whole video Ed! Great collection, we will travel to Florida and meet you at Universal if you bring those coupons. You cross the ocean, we will cross the continent.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I hope they will still honor the coupons 🤣

[@twinphil4818]

Nice haul! April was one of the first figures I ever had.

[@mr.uniquedeals3079]

1st one i had 2.....my Grandmother bought for me at Christmas all the other figures were sold out.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🕺🏻

[@ToejamandEarl1983]

That’s a quality collection you’ve got there mate it’s definitely got me thinking I should start picking up a few turtles myself thanks again for the great video hope your keeping well staying safe

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much for watching 🤠

[@RetroOtaku64]

I had the Old april Carded I love these Toys so much 👍🏻

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤩

[@TXVGCollector82]

Very nice collection man!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much for watching 🤠

[@bobbymolis6401]

Amazing collection!! I'd love to talk sometime about tmnt. I think my collection is well over 120 pieces right now and I'm really trying to get more carded figures like yours. Thanks for the great video!

[@Binx345me]

Id like to talk about turtles! I may make my own KZbin videos soon showing some of my TMNT collection (80s to today)

[@jone7428]

Awesome Ed!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much 🤩 I enjoy looking at these everytime

[@stevenimeson902]

Amazing collection brother 🤘😎🤘

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@wallbiewtf9422]

I remember my Universal Monster figures had different colored weapons. Mike was the same purple you have, but I remember my Raph and Leo had orange and Don might've had red.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They came out with colorvarianta for the weapons 🤓

[@handsomehanson4657]

The packaging on these cool figures always make me hungry for pizza 🍕!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Haha 🤣

[@MarcelosToyRoom]

You said it bro, whenever you can get a carded figure at a good price get it :D sweet collection man super jelly of that mutagen men :D

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I like him a lot my childhood figure didn’t survive tough 😅

[@TheDaveBlade]

Awesome collection mate!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤓

[@wiibrockster]

This a great collection! I just subbed! The storage shell turtles are my favourites along with Usagi and Doctor El. I'd kill for that carded Donnie of yours! 👀👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Space usagi looks so cool!

[@wiibrockster]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut He's actually a re-used figure from the proposed "Space Usagi" toyline

[@riicky83]

The only time I've ever seen Wingnut was in the SNES game as a playable character for the TMNT beat-em-up. The one figure I remember having as a kid was a Rapheal that had a sewer-like shell where you put a strip-cord in one side and pull it through for him to say a phrase.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Tmnt tournament fighters! 🤘🤘🤘

[@riicky83]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut a pretty good classic SNES game.

[@thomasc.tormey9932]

I love that you collect but only follow your passion not the market.

[@mariopena7162]

"Nice skirt on April, wish i had that skirt on"

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣

[@obirobkenobi3599]

Saw you on empire1138 toys. I like your energy. Definitely worth a subscribe

[@gilbertos1984]

Memories

[@techtech2333]

Ed that's a great collection👀😯

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much 🤓

[@michaelmelick8015]

Tmnt and the real ghostbusters were my entire childhood. I still have some of my childhood collection but nothing like this for the turtles.i had 99% of what you've shown . the keyword is "had"though lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Tmnt 🤘🤘 awesome!

[@vintagetoyssss]

I feel the same about those toys man, I still have a pretty big collection from my childhood, you should check out my videos.

[@repairshop22]

Mutagen man was something else as a figure back in the day

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He looked freaking cool!!!!

[@repairshop22]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut there was so much going on in that figure

[@gorefest9939]

Very impressive buddy.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much buddy 😇

[@maxmiller5619]

I always wondered...if Donnie got a Birthday Party turtle, what would it have been? Maybe something with a birthday cake? Awesome haul!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah its weird sometimes they did’t do all 4 😪

[@bloodytapes4516]

good vid , nice collection

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@chrisdorsey8523]

This is awesome

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@joecarter3988]

Really bring back memories... I had majority of everything u showed... But da Casey Jones toy was every thing... I haven't watched the whole video yet... I was wondering do u have the Turtle Van... Classic 🤞

[@yurushii]

Dude, I hope you reply to this comment! That Leo with storage shell is on something called an "error card" Many were released but you might be the only one alive to have it MISB! THAT is worth A LOT of money! The same thing goes for that Rahzar figure! They are going for MAD MONEY on Ebay and other Merchandise Sellers! Thanks for this awesome video!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I’m pretty sure the error card is just a cheap artwork combination for europe, why is the zahzar expensive?

[@yurushii]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut it's because it supposed to be in its original movie card. Not that one. You can sell it for BANK

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He didn’t come on a movie card 🤣

[@yurushii]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut the original release figure did. Yours is an error card.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Then there’s only error cards on ebay dude

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

Its a great collection you have, so many on card. The only issue i have with the Turtles toyline is the figure releases after the first couple of waves just got a little silly with poor sculpts and they started releasing themed character sets which didn't relate to the cartoon in anyway. I guess a lot of people feel that way and thats why the prices of them are generally cheaper then other 80's toylines.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The later releases are actully getting more expensive then the cartoon based ones 🤯

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Interesting, i guess thats probably more due to rarity than appeal of the actual figure design. I loved the cartoon as was part of the Turtlemania craze back in 1990 in the UK but characters like 'Undercover Donny' or 'Birthday party Leo' just have no nostalgia value to me or visual appeal. Where as something like 'ScareGlow' in MOTU was rare and a late release but also very cool looking so appeals to be even though it has no nostalgia value and not part of my childhood.

[@toysofyourspecialtyt.o.y.s8718]

Just got my tmnt collection nearly complete...only need shredder...even got 2 comics. 1 of is signed by Kevin Eastman

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I’ve been wanting to get one of those comics to get a piece of the origin that build the popularity 🤓 or the metal figures that were sold in comic book shops before the playmates toyline

[@toysofyourspecialtyt.o.y.s8718]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut oh yeah. Those are special....love your channel...

[@jeffholt9437]

Hi Ed - just catching up on some of your old videos! Great collection of carded TMNT - probably even bigger now, given the age of this vid?! Regarding the yellowed blister shown, this isn't always down to the effects of sunlight - I've had a set of the astronaut figures in storage for nearly 30 years and, interestingly, the blister of only one of them (Mike) is very yellowed with the other three still clear???

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching!

[@blipsnchips4492]

I used to get 1 or 2 ninja turtles every time we went to the walmart in town cause i was a spoiled little shit. My mom made me throw the boxes away and I opened them and played with them. I have some of them still right now but they are out of box and well used lol.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The good days 🤩 in remember we had one row of turtles at the supermarket usually only 3-4 on there always waiting for there to be ones i didn’t have yet

[@1cub106]

this makes me want to keep mine sealed

[@RetroCynical]

Great stuff, especially the Universal Monsters. My goal is to get all of those carded, so far I've only got Bride of Frankenstein April and the Mutant This Island Earth Raph, I have the Dracula Don loose. The rough part is a few of those are well over the 100 dollar mark at this point.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah like the sea creature leo is going insane now 🤯

[@jasonsmith9662]

The figures that have just a generic backdrop with the green rectangle label with name on bubble are from canada

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool I didn’t know that! 🤓

[@InigoMontoyaSwordsmanforhire]

The limbs are different in color due to them being a "soft limb" turtle. There are soft head turtle that were produce and some turtles also have soft limbs made with the same rubber material. They are a bit more rare like the "soft head" turtles.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Didn’t kno about that thanks 🤓👌

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Didn’t kno about that thanks 🤓👌

[@gavinmaitland80]

Aw yeah! I remember the squishy head turtles! They definately felt less 'official'. I think we concluded they were some sort of bootleg. I think the first ones I ever played with may have been these.