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TMNT Mania! As NECA, Playmates and Jada drop NEW Turtles!

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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in toy news like ALL of the TMNT drops this past week from NECA, Playmates and more! Tomy looks to give us the 6 inch scale DeLorean Time Machine that we have been wanting from NECA. Powercon unveiled their company roster for the show, and Hot Toys is giving us an old man Keaton Bats that looks amazing. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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Why the Change for Super7’s TMNT Ultimates?

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Join Jay and John as they breakdown the latest in toy news like Super7’s reveal of Wave 10 of TMNT ultimates that has a Rat King that was based off of the Shredders Revenge game and not the Playmates toy. This has fans of the line divided as TMNT Ultimates seems to be headed in a new direction. Playmates revealed more of their TMNT Mutant Mayhem figures and they look like a ton of fun. Neca revealed the first Humans in their Gargoyles line. Dwight from the Marvel Legends team teased what the next Haslab will be. Jay will review a new Animal Warriors of the Animal Kingdom figure from Spero Toys and we’ll try to Stump John. All of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

Link to pictures and preorder links for S7 TMNT Ultimates Wave 10:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/super7s-tmnt-ultimates-wave-10-preorders/

Link to ToyShiz’s great walkthrough of Playmates TMNT Mutant Mayhem Display:
https://youtu.be/BHaw6QboNi0

Link to pictures of the Gargoyles human Figures:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/necas-gargoyles-ultimate-elisa-maza-and-david-xanatos-figures/

Link to SperoToys makers of Aninal Warriors of the Kingdom!
https://sperotoys.com/

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Playmates Reveals their Mutant Mayhem TMNT Toys!

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Join Jay with special guest Mad Hatter Reviews and Mega Jay Retro as they share their thoughts on the first official images of the new playmates toys supporting the upcoming Mutant Mayhem TMNT Toys!

Article with pictures of new TMNT Toys:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/playmates-mutant-mayhem-turtles-revealed/

Article about the history of April O’neil:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/brief-history-of-april-oneil/

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Playmates’ Turrible Turtles, Why do they keep re-issuing?

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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in toy news like Playmate’s move to repackage 15 year old figures AGAIN to horrifying results. Boss Fight Studios revealed their first main characters from Fraggle Rock. New MOTU Figures are hitting toy shelves as well as McFarlane Super Powers Wave 3!

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My LAST Wave of TMNT Ultimates from Super7

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Join Jay as he reviews Wave 5 of TMNT Ultimates from Super7 and why this will be the last wave he pre-orders from the California toy maker. Greatness and frustration can be found in Krang, Sewer Samurai Leo, Leatherhead and Ray Filet, but the flaws matched with higher prices may be too much for collectors to bear.

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Can Super7’s TMNT Ultimates Rebound?

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Join John and Jay as they talk about the the week in toy news like Super7 announcing wave 9 of their TMNT Ultimates line. They’ll talk about the controversy around Mattel making the Early Bird King Grayskull figure available to all Eternia backers if they hit 10k. We’ll have our big Patreon giveaway with a special like goal for anyone watching tonight. We’ll stump john, all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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TMNT Playmates’ BIG Mutagen Man FAIL

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I’m not mad, I’m disappointed, well I’m a wee bit mad. Join Jay as his review of the latest TMNT Retro box set gets derailed by a frustrating omission. This villian 4 pack includes Wingnut and Screwloose, A Foot Soldier, Leatherhead and Mutagen Man. The Mutagen Man figure was good, but they forgot to include anything else with the figure…

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Underground Arsenal TMNT 3rd Party Wagon Unboxing!

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Join Jay as he opens up his 3rd Party TMNT Van from Underground Arsenal! This has made its way (rather quickly from overseas) to our doorstep and Jay wanted to document the experience of opening this thing up and seeing it for the first time. Join in the fun LIVE!

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Retro TMNT Bliss or Miss?

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Join Jay as he takes a look at the most recent re-release of Playmates Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures and vehicles. Not only do we get the 4 turtles Mikey, Donny, Leo and Raph but we get a Party Wagon and Turtle Blimp all under $150 retail. Playmates has gone back to the 1988 well many times, but is this time better than the many previous iterations? Watch and find out!

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Super7 Vs. Neca Vs UA : A Party Wagon Showdown!

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Join John and Jay with special guest Mad Hatter Reviews as they breakdown the 3 TMNT Party Wagons / Turtle Vans being released by 3 different companies. What does each one feature, and which one is best? They will share their thoughts and a live poll will decide who is the victor!

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