Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: just the basics (updated)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: just the basics Back in 1988, a toy company called Playmates released the greatest action figure line in toys history. I know that may sound trite or just plain wrong to many of you that read this, but in my opinion, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first action […]

Massive NECA TMNT toy display at SDCC 2019

So for something like, I don’t know, thirty four comic cons now, NECA toys has been displaying their proposed line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures ripped directly from the 1987 TMNT animated series (aka…the best one). While I give NECA a hard time for displaying figures they seemingly had no real intention of […]

TMNT Animated: It Came From Beneath The Sewers

Season 2, Episode 3 It Came From Beneath The Sewers Air Date: October 15th, 1988 Picking up where the last episode left off, the Turtles are in pursuit of the three shards of the Eye of Zarnov, an alien weapon of untold power. Still salty from losing one shard to the Shredder, who conveniently […]

TMNT Animated: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

Season 2, Episode 2 The Incredible Shrinking Turtles Air Date: October 8th, 1988 So first of all, this series gets a lot of flak for the Turtles not really ninja-ing correctly, but you know what… Take a look at this… Here’s the Turtles operating in broad daylight, and nobody gives a damn. So there, stop […]

TMNT Animated: Return of the Shredder

Season 2, Episode 1 Return of the Shredder Air Date: October 1st, 1988 The second season of TMNT kicks off with a bang and a slight dip in animation. I’m not saying this as a disservice to this show, but the second season saw twice the amount of episodes as the first and with that […]

just the basics: the whole story

just the basics: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a look back at the best damn action figures ever made For Nicole- My wife and best friend For Rob- The King of the hosers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: just the basics Back in 1988, a toy company called Playmates released the greatest action figure line in toys […]

TMNT Animated: Shredded and Splintered

Season 1, Episode 5 Shredded and Splintered Air Date: December 18th, 1987 The final episode of the first season pays off pretty much every plot point brought up in the series so far. Shredder and Krang make one final play in their campaign against the Turtles, openly challenging them from their television of all […]

TMNT Animated: Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X

Season 1, Episode 4 Hot Rodding Teenagers From Dimension X Air Date: December 17th, 1987 This episode shows Krang throwing down the gauntlet and telling Shredder that he is not going to get an iota of support from him until the build Krang’s new body. Shredder refuses and instead opens a portal to Dimension […]

TMNT Animated: A Thing About Rats

Season 1, Episode 3 A Thing About Rats Air Date: December 16th, 1987 If the previous episode was jam-packed with brand new characters, this one…well, it’s not. But the audience is introduced to the one and only Baxter Stockman. A hapless inventor who is more concerned with earning an honest living by way of […]

TMNT Animated: Enter the Shredder

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1, Episode 2 Enter the Shredder Air Date: December 15th, 1987 The second episode in the series see our very own Heroes in a Half-Shell on the hunt for the mysterious Technodrome that was all too briefly mentioned in the previous episode. As the Turtles, Splinter and April […]