Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys
The ever popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have become even more so with the release of their 2007 movie TMNT. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys are going to be red hot this year!
Everyone has their own personal favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy, be it Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, or Leonardo. Check out the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys.
During the run of the 1987 TV series, Playmates Toys produced hundreds of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures, along with vehicles, play sets, and accessories, becoming one of the top collectibles for children. Staff artists at Northampton, Massachusetts-based Mirage Studios provided conceptual designs for many of the figures, vehicles and playsets and creator credit can be found in the legal text printed on the back of the toy packaging. The line featured many different variants of the TMNT, such as "Farmer Mike" and "Classic Rocker Leo." In addition, Playmates produced a series of TMNT/Star Trek crossover figures, due to Playmates holding the Star Trek action figure license at the time.
The series was highly popular in the UK where, in the run-up to Christmas, the Army & Navy Store in Londons Lewisham devoted its entire basement to everything Turtle, including games, videos, costumes etc.
Playmates continues to produce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures based on the 2003 animated series. The 2007 film TMNT also gave Playmates a new source to make figures. And in September of 2007 NECA announced that they would produce figures based on character designs from the original Mirage comics. As of April 2008 there have been toys released of the 4 turtles with their weapons, a piece of an interhooking platform, a can of ooze, an unmutated turtle toy, and two alternate hands. It features a detailed color/design job as well as 20 points of articulation.