Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Dave Wonder as they close out Playmates TMNT releases in 1992.
By 1992, the Turtles were everywhere, and Playmates was pumping out figures faster than ever. But were they the right figures? The crew digs into a year packed with oddball variants and themed sub-lines, from Mutant Military II, Wacky Wild West, Sewer Spitters and the insane “My First Turtle”. Meanwhile, the toys that could have deepened the world, like a bigger, better sewer playset, never made it to shelves.
That leads to the big question of the episode: did all those strange detours actually hurt TMNT in the long run? We make the case that by chasing gimmicks instead of building out the Turtles’ world, Playmates may have shortened the line’s lifespan.
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