I even found the $50 price point to be reasonable for 4 highly detailed action figures. I do wish the manhole cover was removeable, as to recreate the scene from the side of the box, but alas. They link together in pairs, and sport the same type of line work to expertly fit with the turtles. One has a fire hydrant, one has a manhole cover, another has a street lamp. Then there are the display bases, there are four sidewalk sets, with a peg for positioning a turtle on. Ever wonder how a Ninja Turtle could give you the finger? Raphael has a different hand sculpt, so he can hold his sais through the prongs. Oh, and there are alternate hands, sporting the climbing spikes from issue #1. There’s a TCRI cannister, some shuriken, some throwing blades, and a baby turtle (pre-mutation) for each turtle. The weapons are all expertly detailed, there’s real chain in Michelangelo’s ‘chuks, the grooves go deep on Leonardo’s hilt, but those are a given. So there are other toys out there that look how they’re supposed to look, and move in some incredible ways, why else do these figures top the list? There’s accessories. Some toy companies will tell you that it’s impossible to pull of articulation and looks, (begins with an “Mc” and ends with a “farlane”) but this is an example of total and complete success. To accomodate even more posability, the yellow shell is cast in a softer rubber, allowing tons of new poses never available before. And the ankles can move both front/back and side to side. There’s a balljoint head-meets-neck, hinged swivel neck meets shoulder, hinged ball joint shoulders, twisty biceps, elbows, hinged and twisty wrists, a turning waist joint, hinged ball joint hips, twisty thigh, knees and ankles. On top of a dead-on likeness from the original comic pages, these figures all sport some amazing articulation. That’s loosely translated from the original French. I haven’t been this impressed with sculpting since the “Hall o’ naked ladies” in the Musée d’Orsay in. A top notch sculpt is also evident, especially when you see the black and white versions. It’s not easy to pull off this effect, but it was done expertly here. The crisp brushwork is very reminiscent of the source illustrations, and I’d be a cheesy bastard to say they looked like they leapt straight from the page. A lot of outlines are included, and black lines to denote muscles and scratches on the figure. The first thing you’ll notice is a very careful graphic technique to make the figures look like drawings. Why am I going nuts over these Ninja Turtle action figures? Well I’m glad you asked. So not only is it one of the best action figure sets ever, it’s doubley valuable (being limited to 500 sets, and autographed). Peter Laird was also on hand to autograph the 500 sets, and so this one also sports a signature and head shot!!! by Laird himself. It retailed for $50 and includes the plug-together bases that the non exclusive 4 pack doesn’t have. This TMNT four pack (in color) was an exclusive at the New York Comic Con last weekend. Even the most perfect of intentions suffers the occasional short coming, but this set is about as close to perfect, that I could ever dream of achieving. This is one of the best executions of an action figure (set) that I have ever seen. Is it possible? My foundation has been rocked.
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