My OBSESSION with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the 1990s

Turtlemania in the '90s was insane. You just had to be there.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the 1990s

[@MyRetroLife]

Were you caught up in the Turtlemania of the Late 80s / Early 90s? Man, what a time to grow up! Hope y'all enjoyed this video. Please leave a comment and let me know your favorite Ninja Turtles memory. TURTLE POWER!

[@gracekim1998]

I didn’t exist yet but it is fun to learn about what I missed ❤

[@BarryWrobel]

A Great Memory Of Mine Was Getting Tmnt 2 For NES During The X-Mas Season Of 1990 And Finding The Coupon For A Free Personal Pan Pizza From Pizza Hut In The Manual! The Early 90’s Was The Peak Of Tmnt In My Opinion. I’m Happy That I Was Lucky Enough To Experience The Peak Of Tmnt In The Early 90’s.

[@Ken_Smith]

Born 1985. They pretty much ruled the first ten years of my existence. 🤘😎💚

[@lycaniii1856]

I definitely was. Back then the Turtles could do no wrong. Which is why I proudly bought the Coming Out of Their Shells 😆

[@AlBeQuirky]

Remember in grade school back then taking my Turtles collection to class for show and tell. It went quite well. There are too many things to list from then. It was a wild time from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the early days transitioning over to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Memories 😢🥹

[@drhoffman5069]

Dude your dad is AWESOME! He is the original KZbin gamer! Congratulations!

[@MyRetroLife]

I know! Thanks for saying that. He would have loved embracing KZbin

[@Josh-Man]

May your dad 👨 rest in heaven 🙏 😢 🥰😇

[@segamatthews5023]

I know he's a pretty awesome dad my dad used to tell me you have enough video games you have enough action figures and that would be the end of that 😂

[@supermariof0521]

@@MyRetroLife Hopefully you shared that TMNT fandom to your daughter. :)

[@RonnyRon09]

This video was soo cool man i was born 1997 but my experience with ninja turtles was the exact same way me and my bother would play as Leo and Mikey ohh man those were good times. I wish my parents took videos this is beautiful man🥹 🔥

[@bryanmusso2393]

At 43 I still love the tmnt to this day!

[@MyRetroLife]

Always and forever haha

[@lulabelle82]

42 now and me too. Had to buy all the neca figures

[@newjackgaming88]

i tell u fam i still go back and play the classics!

[@Cheeseshredder]

Me too! But only old school ninja turds, not this rise of the woke rainbow turtles thing they got going on now.

[@Louis-ml7sj]

44 soon to be 45 me too!

[@WarriorTier]

I have a 1991 Ninja Turtles pinball machine I plan to keep forever. Turtles for life 🤙

[@TMNTRaphael-lz5ew]

Cowabunga

[@jayesun3420]

That's frickin tight bro

[@chivalrous_chevy1163]

Give me Turtles or give me death!

[@Josh-Man]

I love my Turtles Arcade 1up machine too! Cowabunga dude! 🐢🍕🕹😍

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

How much?

[@joeschmoe5231]

Yes! Ain't nothing like beating the crap out of each other after watching Saturday morning cartoons.😂

[@Shlumbis-tk6me]

I am 11 and I always wanted original ninja turtle sewer. I got the six pack that I didn’t know was just the figures and I was heartbroken why it was just the figures. No sewer and it’s 200

[@InflatableConan]

Ah, back when we used to drink water from garden hoses and play outside until the street lights came on. Good times.

[@Streamingstuff-qq3vw]

Ah boring 90s. Full of cancer causing hoses and child predators no one talked about trolling the streets

[@Giz-7531]

Yawn.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

@@Giz-7531 Ok zoomer

[@raygor2366]

It was the best. I remember super soakers and nerf guns being awesome too.

[@Giz-7531]

@@EQOAnostalgia I’m 41.

[@DuaneShootsToys]

The late 80's and early 90's were such an exciting time to grow up - the turtles were everywhere! Many of the original toys were re-released recently, so I've been able to pick up all the figures that I wanted as a kid 😁

[@MyRetroLife]

Insane and incredible time to grow up!

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

Thanks to this comment I learned the technodrome is being rereleased, I gotta get that

[@retrogamer82]

I still remember getting the technodrone for Xmas 😊

[@ferretsensei]

I love that your dad thought to record even mundane moments like you playing outside with your cousins, or something as simple as backing out of your driveway. It's almost like he planned to give you a library of B-roll footage knowing you'd go on to make documentaries of your life. Making these videos is the best way ever to pay back the favor. I am so glad I found this channel - not only for the nostalgia vibes but because it tells a beautiful human story

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

Underrated comment.

[@Silem2006]

TurtleMania has never stopped. Cowabunga dude!

[@RoboCop00]

Man, I watched this video with a smile from ear to ear. I was born in 1987 and distinctly remember playing ninja turtles with my friends in the front yard. And the excitement of getting new ninja turtles toys was just totally unmatched. I remember getting a turtle van that had a slingshot on top to shoot slime. My mom used to get mad at me for getting slime in the carpet lol.

[@Blanco8x8]

Videos like these inspire me to be an advocate for children and a champion of their joy. My parents didn't really like Spongebob, but they know it made me and my brothers happy through the 2000s, and I'm grateful they allowed us to indulge in this big chunk of our childhoods. There are things today that kids are obsessed with that would make us cringe. But we have to swallow our pride and just go with it, because it's their time to be happy, and eventually they will thank us for capturing and supporting these precious moments of their youth.

[@MyRetroLife]

Love this

[@mikemayberry7121]

I was a huge Turtle kid back in the day. This video really gave me a huge nostalgia rush. I'd do almost anything to have video footage of me and my friends playing Ninja Turtles in the yard back then. I really enjoyed this video.

[@fredrik3880]

As a Swede i visited the USA in 1990. I turned 7 while i was there and my parents took me to a toy store and told me i could pick a present i wanted. I had never heard about or seen the TMNT. There were lots of toys and my parents were not impressed when i told them i wanted Donatello and Bebop. They showed me other bigger toys but my mind was set on those two figures. I played with them a lot. A few months later the TMNT were arriving in Sweden toystores. My friends and I saw the first cartoons on rented video. I was absolutely in awe. From 7 to 11 every Christmas and birthday i got TMNT toys. I somehow managed to get my dad to get the real TMNT film om a VHS tape. I watched it so many times. Still to this day it is my favorite movie of all time. My old toys i have given to my children and they have played with them. I have gotten a nes with the TMNT 2 the arcade game and TMNT 1 (and nr 3). And ive showed them the 1990 film. The turtles will always be my favorite toys, film and cartoon.

[@retrojoe85]

As a child, I was totally obsessed with Raphael too (but in Italy he's called Raffaello, of course). I was a total Turtles-Maniac at that age, at the point that my beloved mom (passed away in September...) allowed me call to the (insanely expensive) official italian Turtles phone line, and she made believe that I've had a chat with...Raphael!

[@depletable]

Michaelangelo was my fave! The franchise was totally satisfying to a boy between the toys, the cartoon, and then the first two movies.

[@punkydudester3]

And TMNT video games!

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

You and I would have made good friends as kids, because my mom kept buying me Michelangelo toys and stuff, but I only liked Leonardo! lol. I would have traded toys with you and other things, because where I lived most kids had either Raphael or Donatello. I have never understood why most kids did not like Leonardo like me - but it sure was a pain because I could never find a kid who like Mikey and got stuck with Leo toys! :D

[@Ialreadyhaveaname2]

awww, you didn't like Turtles in Time? lol

[@depletable]

@@mr.selfimprovement3241 lol, it's funny how certain kids had these favorites. I bet there's a lot of information in that. I totally would've traded my Leonardo stuff for some Michaelangelo. lol

[@pandabearmadness6263]

I remember being at church hiding underneath the pews playing TMNT on Gameboy. My favorite turtle was Donatello I can still remember waiting in line outside the theater 1 block long. I totally lived turtle mania lol

[@robzo87]

I remember getting The Technodrome for my birthday and all of my cousins went crazy seeing that reveal underneath the wrapping paper. In fact my cousin Cristopher took over and picked it up over he’s head and everyone followed him to my room spazzing out, while I still had lots of gifts to open up LOL!!!! This took me back to the birth of the 90’s. Thank you for all your contributions to the retro community, Tyler.

[@Josh-Man]

I had a Technodrome too, and a Sewer, Turtles and April Van's, Blimp, Pizza 🍕 shooter, Shredders module and car! Loved all the toys! 🐢🕹

[@robzo87]

@@Josh-Man me and you both! Was very grateful for being able to have those toys during those times.

[@autex2609]

Why of cooourse you have the most perfect 90s ninja turtle footage. Your dad captured the most quintessential 90s videogame kid childhood of all time. Videos and pics of me in the 90s are a couple birthday parties or stilted family shots. The reality was I was playing tons of games and also obsessing over the ninja turtles etc. Zero footage though. It's great your dad deemed that stuff worthy of documenting. (not that I blame my family for not documenting it. Your dad is very unique in that regard.) An incredible time capsule that so many of us relate to.

[@whokneweric]

Tyler your dad was ahead of his time seriously !!! This guy is right….. to capture and document 📃 I mean it’s amazing the footage of the street dance & even you seeing Leo in costume which I think was a better presented costume than the street performers. But it’s dope your dad did this ….. including your video games 🎮 amazing purely amazing Tyler !!! Seriously 😊

[@gerardoybarra5057]

God this brought me back to being a kid. For brief moments I can almost hear my grandparents. Lost them years ago but for just a fraction of a second I thought they still existed. It lasted just enough to want to call them then realized there isn't anyone to call anymore. Thank you

[@Josh-Man]

I know what it's like loosing a loved one too, may they rest in heaven 🙏 😢 😇

[@allviolet]

Touching comment, I kept an old cell phone around with a voicemail from my grandmother for a few years to play once in awhile.

[@leonskum7705]

What an incredible comment. Thank you for sharing this very familiar feeling. 🥹

[@sethtanner1]

This flooded me with memories. Playing with the toys making the weapons pretending to have weird toppings on my pizza. Thanks for sharing with us Tyler.

[@SonnyBone]

Whoa....... the street performance footage is gold! Gold!!!!!!

[@GORO911]

Lol your dad deserves a prize for capturing such precious moments. Loved this video.

[@PCBToxin]

From the comics of the 80s to the cartoon of the late 80s to 90s, I was obsessed with TMNT as well. Still remember trying to beat the first TMNT NES game, and collecting the Turtles' action figures.

[@LegendaryK4]

I vividly remember meeting the Ninja Turtles when I was 4 at Disney World in 94’

[@flawed1]

I have a cousin your age and I’m right around your cousin Manny‘s age. We were always close growing up. It would take forever to explain how much I relate to these videos. It’s so cool that your dad left so many memories. I know that he would think that what you’re doing with his channel is the coolest thing ever, and if you will allow me to say. I know that he is very proud of you.

[@KrimsonKracker]

This is SIGNATURE early-90s culture... 😎

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

I was so into Ninja Turtles, my mom called all my action figures Ninja Turtles.

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

I saw all but the Michael Bay movies in the theater. My first memory ofna mivie theater was seeing the 1990 movie.

[@bbbbbbread]

@@MacGuffinExMachinalol

[@-MakeItGood-]

A very boomer mom thing to do.

[@joshjohnson6891]

Dude Turtle Mania was one of the best times to be alive in. I remember Ninja Turtles were at a mall and we went to go see them. There was also Mario either the same time, or a different time. I think I have a pic with Mario somewhere. Unfortunately it was 80s cameras so they're not as good lol. Yeah, as I got older I was moving on to other things like Power Rangers and Jurassic Park(movie and toys), I don't think I watched much of the later seasons of the Turtles, I'd say 91-92 was about when I was moving on, but those Turtles will always have a special place in my own heart. I always went for Don in the games 😊

[@Josh-Man]

So true, I am a Turtles and Power Rangers fan myself, and I too love Jurassic Park! 🥰🐢🍕🕹

[@peanutismint]

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (as we called it in the UK) was the first TV show I ever remember looking forward to every Wednesday night. I remember being probably 5 or 6 years old at school and getting excited remembering it was on TV that night. I also remember finally getting to the Technodrome level on the NES and having to go to my grandma’s house so we left the console on for like 9 hours until we got home which was unheard of for me! 😅

[@sdzero]

Turtlemania was indeed BIG! Everything about it was perfect for a kid growing up with older brothers. The toys were priced modestly at $3.96 each. So I could actually save up money to buy at least one at Wal-Mart or even two from Kay Bee Toys discount bin. I even remember gifting one at a birthday party I was invited to. The live-action movie just made them alive to me. I knew they were in costumes in the back of my mind, but that was the most believable versions of them in "reality". Those were some fun times!

[@jeremiahm1413]

I feel ya, dude. Born in 81, so about 7-8 when Turtle mania hit full force. I 100% share your love and passion for the OG TMNT generation. Movies, arcade games, figurines, ice cream, posters, graphic novels, cereal ....Turtles Forever 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐀!!!

[@flaviometal]

Oh man... your video brought me tears! What a wonderful time! Here in Brazil things took a while to arrive (the animated series arrived 2 years after the USA), but we were also caught up by Turtlemania. The arcade game was something surreal, I glued my ears to the machine just to listen to the opening song (where here in Brazil the opening song was cut). I went to see the three films at the cinema, rented all the games, and read all the comics I could. Anyway, I still love them to this day (at least the OG phase), and it was an honor to watch your videos as a kid in love with them. I appreciate you for that! 😊

[@im2sxc4yall]

1990 to 1993 I was 10 to 13 years old. So I was slightly older when Turtle mania was at its peakness. But I still loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I had the toys. I had the Raphael toy with his sais you could equip in his hands. I watched the 1987 cartoon. And I loved the two live action movies. Especially TMNT II: Secret of the Ooze. Love this video. Thanks, My Retro Life, for sharing your home movies! 😊❤❤😊

[@xAsceticx]

Born in 84 and you brought me back to some of my happiest times. I was and honestly still am such a huge TMNT fan. God I cannot overstate how much I miss those times. To be an innocent mind once again.

[@HomicidalRemedy]

Love your videos. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and this is exactly how I remember it. Couldn't get enough TMNT

[@angelocast]

THIS IS PURE GOLD! Im so grateful with my dad because of his efforts to buy me some of these toys when I was a kid. Today I am 43 and still sometimes I play in the background some TMNT episodes. Thank you RETRO LIFE (what is your name? I cant find it here), is amazing all the footage you have! SOOO PRECIOUS MEMORIES and THANK YOU for sharing! Best wishes to you and your family!

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I will stand by that people our age were so lucky to grow up In the 90s.

[@enviousshade1770]

Not everyone lived in America some countries had it bad

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

@@enviousshade1770 Yes, the Bosnian genocide & Rwandan genocide especially comes to mind (too name a few). I grew up in the united states in the 80s and 90s - but understand that back then a lot of people had it bad too here. I grew up in a place were we were very poor and lots of bad things where happening to me (I also had no dad and we had no food). But the advantage of being in America, was at the very least, I can fondly remember the 90s as a time that was peaceful for most here. Compared now were things are still bad, but now the entire country sucks too. Compared to the genocides in the places I mentioned and other bad things globally, I understand why people from those countries do no like that time.

[@enviousshade1770]

@@mr.selfimprovement3241 good that you do

[@ajfernandez6595]

One of the things that I love about this channel, is that it 1000% represents the kind of impact I hope to have on my son. The kind of love and memories that last forever. My sons only a year but loves ninja turtles (fav scene is in the second movie “NEXT TIME ILL USE MUSTARD!!!” I love the my boy, and I believe your dad would as proud of you as I think I already am of my son. You got a fan for life.

[@IntenseRobbie1983]

I was also around during that time, too, RetroLife, I was born in 1983, I remember I had some Ninja Turtles toys back on my 7th birthday. Boy, I was happy whenever I got my Donatello figure first, I got Raphael, Leonard, and Michaelangleo, plus I got the Pizza Thrower. It was a great birthday, I couldn't be more happy on that day. Turtle Power! I miss those days a lot.

[@KinamaniaChannel]

Great video, Tyler! Turtlemania was awesome. In 1994 here in Russia we woke up in the morning to watch the new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles too. Toys, comics, movies, videogames - all of this was so cool, and it is our childhood as yours. Thanks for memories!

[@TNDJSwiz]

I had the entire bedroom suit, movie posters, games, figures, etc. I still love TMNT 30 years later 😂 I even had the sweater you were wearing.

[@Riseroseriot]

Thank you for this, as someone who grew up in the Philippines dreaming of going to the states in the 90s but never got to this is the closest thing I have to achieving it, thank you so much, much love from the Philippines ❤️

[@elviscosta547]

I used to watch tmnt here in Brazil in 1989 and in the 90's as well

[@TheCassettePhase]

One of the best videos I’ve seen on all of KZbin. What a treasure that your dad captured all of that footage!

[@crobinson2624]

As a child of the 90s myself, I too was obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Some specific memories stand out with the Ninja Turtles, is definitely seeing the first movie with my brother and my cousin and thoroughly enjoying it even to this day. Another memory is the year my grandmother won the bingo jackpot which was $1000 and she used that money to spoil us on Christmas presents and I got the Technodrome and a bunch of figures that year. Finally I remember being absolutely obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 turtles in time for the Super Nintendo and every time we would go into a toy store or a or a big retail store I would head to the video game section and see the box art for TMNT4 and just drooling over it, also begging my parents to buy it for me. That year for Christmas I got the game and I couldn’t be happier.

[@ETIKUT99]

I was born 82, I’m 42 now, TMHT (as they were called in the uk) was such a big part of my childhood, loved your vid, you got to do what most kids dreamed of doing, I still have all my turtle stuff till this day, including the 4 turtle figures from 88 in packaging and yes they all have rubber heads, only yesterday I got my turtle cartoon and movie cards out to look at them, my wife is so lucky lol thank you for posting this video P.S my mum told me the day she brought me turtle figures for Christmas back in 1988, “I’ll bet you will grow out of this whole turtle fad soon” well it’s 2024 and she’s still waiting!

[@mielthesquid6536]

I was born in 1981in France, so of course I was in TMNT. My very first video game I owned was TMNT on NES, the first VHS I asked my parents to rent was a TMNT 4 episodes tape, I had the toys, the sticker album...

[@AstralFrost]

I love this! Thanks so much for this trip down memory lane. I was born in late '88 and I had the Turtles slippers, the games on NES, and I even snuck to a friend's house to watch the the first movie! I was obsessed.

[@PlayStopRewindFilms]

This put a smile on my face. I was born 89 so I remember the second wave

[@ceeal2943]

I was a Turtlemaniac too. Born 1980 and I had a lot of Turtles stuff. Action Figures, Shirts, colouring books, pens, VHS, Nintendo games...I loved it and still love it

[@mikebison]

I remember a very low rent ninja turtles performance at the opening of our local Taco Bell. Their costumes as I remember consisted of nylon stockings with balls stuffed in the cheeks. So funny thinking back at it!😂 wish I had video footage.

[@MyRetroLife]

Very cool

[@ditch_bear6424]

Dude thanks for this. Totally brought back my fondest childhood memory. I’m about 2 years younger than you and ninja turtles were my life up until 95. This footage was such a warm feeling. My dad fully supported me in my turtle mania just like yours. Cowabunga my dude

[@5dollarshake263]

I was a Leo kinda kid, the dual swords were just way too cool, also Casey Jones was such a badass with all his sports equipment he'd use to beat ass.

[@Josh-Man]

I love Casey Jones! "Cricket, nobody understands Cricket!" 🏏 😂😂😍😍🐢🍕

[@superdupertyson]

I remember being obsessed with ninja turtles too, and as an adult looking back at it, its so strange and funny that kids gravitate towards such things. the whole idea of ninja turtles is absurd but as a kid you roll with it.

[@clarktubeyt]

I've been watching the 80s Ninja Turtles for a while because I wasn't a 80s guy or 90s but I wanna experience old cartoons tv. I'm a 2005 and I love 80s and 90s games, tv and toys. My favorite Turtle is My boi Raphael cuz he's an Amazing turtle 🐢 ❤

[@ReynDacen]

I love all your videos Tyler. I was born 1979 but your videos bring back so many good memories from my childhood in Sweden.

[@Squiggles95]

Been waiting for this video! Listening at work and will watch then I get home.

[@Bobby-fy3ds]

Man, the footage you have is unreal, I turned 39 today and I feel like I went back in time with your videos and stories. Thank you

[@IgoByaGo]

My parents never thought Turtlemania would go away.... Then Mighty Morphin Power Rangers came out. I love the turtles so much.

[@MyRetroLife]

True confession- I never liked Power Rangers even at Age 6!

[@wrestlingcawsmore6159]

Theres a cross over of power rangers and the ninja turtles ​@MyRetroLife

[@IgoByaGo]

@@MyRetroLife that's cool, most kids my age (9-11) when it came out said they didn't like it either. It was like live action Voltron to me. I also still loved Turtles, but it got harder to find the toys. Like you, I was also a big X-Men fan at the time too. Oh and Spider-Man.

[@fakereality96]

The only Power Ranger I was ever interested in was the pink one...😏

[@mikes7446]

I had the turtles table top hockey, I miss my Turtles!!

[@NESADDICT]

Oh I got this pizza thrower Christmas of 90 with Mario 3! It was the best day ever!

[@MyRetroLife]

I got those together but for my Birthday that year!

[@arbitor2011]

Thei innocence as children, this was our world. Im 41 now. I still collect Ninja Turtle 🐢 toys.. figures games and movies. I dont think we'll EVER stop loving this huge staple of our childhood. ❤ Fantastic video 📹

[@khamla616]

I’m still obsessed with turtles

[@MarkosCT]

Such a great video! Congrats! Your dad's a hero. After watching it I really want to see the cartoon or play the arcade game or Turtles in time on the SNES.

[@codyconway6716]

Been waiting for my retro life fix all week 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 needed this one.

[@MyRetroLife]

Hope you like it!

[@codyconway6716]

Always solid 🤌🏼

[@Simon-ef1zj]

I can relate ENTIRELY to this. I was born in 83 and in the nineties, TMNT was huge...I was completely obsessed, and I'm pretty sure it's where my love of pizza came from. Michaelangelo was my favourite turtle. This brought back some great memories, thanks for uploading!

[@Ken_Smith]

Born 1985. So yeah lol. 💚

[@Lundbergh]

The turtles dance/fight performance looked dope! :), great video

[@diosdadodionisio7335]

PIZZA THROWER Bullet looks like a POGS 🤔💭 😄

[@AlBeQuirky]

Yeah, but they weren't in Alf form

[@starlingbaez6681]

Singular is "Pog". And, not really, the pizzas are plastic but pogs were cardboard.

[@alfredoserrano8067]

Love your videos!! Your dad is a legend for recording your entire childhood. Thank you for sharing your home videos. They bring back so many of my own childhood memories. Thank you!

[@ClintDecker]

Man, this was such an excellent video. The smell of pizza in an arcade will always remind me of the great TMNT times. Growing up, I also used to fight as a turtle all the time with my brothers and my cousins in my grandparent's basement. My older cousin was also shredder. Donatello was my go-to.

[@ninjacape]

People laughed at Vanilla Ice but I agree with him. From 1987-1993 TMNT was bigger than Star Wars.if you were around at the time you knew it.

[@The_Fun_Ninja]

It's when I see happy families mother and father together is only when I get sad. I loved the Ninja Turtles but my life was shaky because of parents divorcing at this time.... at least I had an older brother and we bonded and became The Ninja Turtles. I was always Michelangelo😂

[@VampireA1056]

His obsession with TMNT was like my obsession with DBZ

[@nathanbabiuk6286]

What's DBZ

[@VampireA1056]

@@nathanbabiuk6286 Dragon Ball Z

[@ReelDead5156]

I was born in 83 and absolutely loved the ninja turtles..it was my number one thing …I had the first two NES games ..I saw the original movie in theaters in 1990 and the sequel in theaters as well …I was all in …i had a bunch of the action figures and the pizza thrower that you showed in this video ….i have rebought most of these toys and have them on multiple shelves…it’s great to have them

[@kyles3335]

Awesome! Raphael is and was my favorite too, I still remember seeing the first movie in the theater

[@mattknightgolf5939]

This video smashed me in the face with nostalgia. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing memories. These could have come right from my own life, brothers in Turtles!

[@Beatnut2k]

Im from germany and over here it was the same obsession with the turtles for us. It is so amazing to see how your eyes were glowing everytime you saw something about the tutles. I dont have any videos od that time on my own, but now i can see how i had to feel back in the days. :) Thx for sharing this.

[@OCREASONER]

Brother, your channel makes me so nostalgic and it makes me miss my dad, but in a very good way. We are so much alike and it’s so crazy. I love the content. Please keep it up. Man… just brings me back.

[@trav7424]

Oh man!! Nostalgia overload! I remember I had so many figures, I had the blimp, the pizza thrower, the posters, the games, etc. It was a magical era! Man tear. 😢

[@JoshuaDomoslai]

I was a young 90s kid. I was blessed with good parents and was able to get all those tmnt toys in the 90s. Good times. I haven’t thought about that pizza thrower since I owned it. KZbin brings out a lot of forgotten core memories.

[@lothburke2243]

Born in 1980 . Yes I was obsessed with the turtles, first played on the spectrum 128k and then onto the sega megadrive ❤ a magical time to be a kid .love from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@toastytopics2614]

Thanks for the content man. Brings back memories!

[@beadelf8158]

I'm still obsessed with the turtles! great video.

[@ryanlavallee6342]

I was five at Disney land and saw the same performance. Everyone I have ever talked to about it had no clue what I was talking about and then I saw your footage and it made me smile. Thank you. Still collect tmnt to this day and have many figures, vehicles, and advertisements

[@sp8ng3r84]

Great video, love seeing the early 90s stuff. TMNT was my obsession as well. Looks like you have great memories!

[@MyRetroLife]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@BigBlueReefAquatics]

Love your Videos!!! You have had some incredible parents... Keep up the great nostalgic content!

[@socialmedia5805]

I have pictures of myself with those same turtles at MGM. That was the most wonderful time of our lives and we didnt even know it back then.

[@kevin3seven]

The amazing thing about your channel is the amount of footage you have from back in the days. So awesome, it takes me back to my childhood. I think we are roughly the same age and I have a lot of very similar experiences and memories as you, including the Ninja Turtles. My brother and I got tons of TMNT stuff every Christmas for a few years there as well.

[@terrydavis1331]

I remember when I got that same Trex from Jurassic Park for Christmas ❤️

[@1988SUPREME]

I'm 36 years old now, and been a turtle fan growing up and til this day I'm still one. Your videos bring tears of joy and of simpler times.

[@HomeStudioRescue]

You pretty much nailed it. It was an amazing time to be a kid. Not just Ninja Turtles, but all of the awesome movies in the 80s and 90s. I was five when the turtles blew up and loved every minute of it. By 93 I was over it and on to sports. I remember seding the third movie and was just done with it. My wife and I still quote the first two movies almost daily.

[@toonswap8511]

11:10 - Cristian Slater! I was born in '75 so Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man and MASK were my jam but my cousin being born in '85 was crazy for TMNT and Ghostbusters. I still have a bunch of his vintage toys from that time period as well as plenty on mine.

[@BulldozerBilly]

My older brother was about your age Tyler so I grew up with all his Turtlemania hand me downs. T-shirts, toys, and the movie. Awesome video, love your channel!! ❤️

[@ghostfly97]

Love love your vids Tyler, but I’m from ‘79 and kids from 79-84 were the OG TMNT generation. Only 7 years old when the og cartoon began 🙌🏼🙌🏼. Beautiful times and your dad is an amazing man for recording all of this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

[@ChiefXuligan]

I will always have a special place in my heart for The Turtles. I was lucky to live my Turtlemania a second time vicariously through my own son when he also turned 4 thanks to the 2012 series. I got him figures and dvds and birthday parties and everything. I even gave him many of my old action figures. This was a great nostalgia trip and fun video to watch and see your own history with TMNT. Thank you! P.S. I also had that sweater you were wearing near the beginning. Lol.

[@THEAC83]

Great video! Here in Australia, Turtle Mania ran wild also. I’m glad to say that I lived through Turtle Mania! I now have a heap of carded original Playmates figurines and figures!

[@OnChords]

My nephew is staying over and he started your video while i wasnt watching :D i watched the whole thing with him and it was such a nice ride through time man.. Thanks! im not coming from the us but i was there in the nineties. one of my childhood memories was how big these paper cups were! i questioned the memory but it got confirmed in the video that it was real! :D I was also a big turtle fan, playing with my cousin from san francisco when they were over in europe. it was a instant bonding thing. i got kind of emotional watching the thing with my nephew... i introtuced him to turtles playing the old super nintendo game ;)

[@skRapKlan]

Wow that street show footage was epic!! Me and my two brothers was huge TMNT fans growing up (and to be honest I still am) Thanks so much for another amazing video, Tyler!!

[@marvinduchatinier3389]

Bro this is exactly my life! The final part you say our love was being replaced by our love for other series and movies and you show that T-Rex from Jurassic Park just nailed that so perfectly. Thank you for this video! Awesome parrents btw