@Dropje008 said:
"I think it is courageous and cool that they gave every turtle a different colour. "

That was already the case back in 2003. The first seasons of that series were incredible too.

I appreciate the little touches in trying to make them different but that’s still four very samey looking builds…

No way. Didn’t see there return on my bingo card for 2026. What’s it been. 9-10 years ?

@Ikkad said:
" @Clutch_P said:
"It's great to see TMNT back! But I have to say, teal for Mikey is quite a choice..."

It reminds me of the classic toys from Playmates! Kinda wish Donnie was Olive Green to really drive the homage home.

The gold used on their weapons kinda irked me at first (an obvious budget save thanks to Ninjago keeping those parts in circulation always), but I guess if they're based on the '87 toys you could say it's interpreting the dark orange plastic of their original accessories!"

Ahhh ok, yes I was also thinking one of them definitely should have been olive green!

And yeah, I immediately thought of that when I saw the gold weapons. Luckily it's not too difficult to buy the same parts in silver though.

I genuinely loved the Ideas set and after seeing that absolute banger I don't think any TMNT set they can crank out will pique my interest quite like that one. But I'm not even a TMNT fan so idk...

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/b0f00966-b678-45d2-addc-d63c2736d54a

Gonna need some pearl grey parts for Donnie's shell, though.

These are so cool!

Booyah-kasha!!! Still don't know why Mikey is teal...

Is there 4 different Green colours?

Definitely not based on the same series as the minifig sets, but since I happen to be watching the episode in question right as I'm typing this, I STILL WANT MY SQUIRRELINOID MINIFIGS!

@Dropje008 said:
"I think it is courageous and cool that they gave every turtle a different colour. "

Most film and TV depictions make them all different colors, so they actually cheaped out when they did the minifigs in only two. Though, to be fair, the color gradiant in the 2012 series was one of the most muted they've ever done. And if they flipped the colors for Leo and Raph, ditched the monogrammed belt buckles, and changed the eyes to solid white, these would be a pretty good match for the 2003 show.

@Elrond:
Um...you're thinking of the wrong series. 2003 was the fantastic show where Peter Laird was the sole owner and made it closer to the original comics. The LEGO sets were based on the 2012 Nickelodeon series after Laird had sold the IP to Viacom. Still a great show, but not quite up to the level of 2003's.

Yes, it is high time to enjoy this.

These look amazing, I wonder if you could do a black and white one for Ronin....

Guys! Remember to watch TMNT Mutant Mayhem (2023)

I made a set of Turtles almost immediately after BrickHeadz were unveiled because their design is perfect for them. I like my build choices more, but they're still good.

@TurtleFinland said:
"Guys! Remember to watch TMNT Mutant Mayhem (2023)"

Saw it on the big screen. I'd rank it the best iteration they've done since the 2012 Nick series. I even picked up the first season of the spinoff series (still waiting for S2 to hit home video), and will be watching the sequel film when it arrives.

Being color blind in the greens and reds range means teal looks bluish gray to me, and lime looks like an ugly, dulled yellow.

Sorting is a real chore with some colors, also. But I do like the look of these! Very exciting, as I missed the Party Wagon first time around. Hope we get a redux.

Let this be the rekindling of LEGO and Nickelodeon ?? we need Avatar back

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"It is so surprising to see the return of TMNT to LEGO. These are almost perfect. I dislike the color choice of Michelangelo. It’s blue, the Bright Bluish Green AKA teal. It’s reminds me how annoying to see the teal color used in the Wicked sets. So frustrating because it’s freaking blue, dude. "

It's a nod to the 2003 cartoon (and probably some newer ones too), where Mikey was indeed very bluish.

It's also been there in other toys from the 80s/90s, where Mikey was distinctively leaning to blue in many cases (the first action figure from 1988 was a bit closer to Lego's regular green, but still a bit bluish). Donatello was also basically brown in those toy lines.

I kinda like it. A bit extreme maybe, but I always envisioned Michaelangelo as teal (in toy form at least). Probably the first Brickheadz I'm gonna pickup.

Maybe I'm missing some deep lore here, but why is Mikey teal?

These are cool. Now a few system scale sets that are under 100$, is that too much to ask?
(We all know the answer sadly)

@ACubeInABox said:
"Let this be the rekindling of LEGO and Nickelodeon ?? we need Avatar back "

Don't forget Spongebob! I would love an updated for modern times Sandy's rocket and a proper Flying Dutchman's pirate ship! Also, if we ever get Avatar the last Airbender, we need the battleships (maybe a monorail too?) from Legend of Korra! At least give us a proper Fire nation ship!

Those are great fun but Mikey looks more like Slash in the teal

@BricksandBoosters said:
"Those are great fun but Mikey looks more like Slash in the teal"

Exactly! Thank you for mentioning this! I thought of Slash, too.

The first set of Brickheadz I've actually liked....

.... Still not going to buy them though.

@Clutch_P said:
"It's great to see TMNT back! But I have to say, teal for Mikey is quite a choice..."

if they had a color between Teal and Bright Green, that would've been perfect

@Atuin said:
" @LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"It is so surprising to see the return of TMNT to LEGO. These are almost perfect. I dislike the color choice of Michelangelo. It’s blue, the Bright Bluish Green AKA teal. It’s reminds me how annoying to see the teal color used in the Wicked sets. So frustrating because it’s freaking blue, dude. "

It's a nod to the 2003 cartoon (and probably some newer ones too), where Mikey was indeed very bluish."

It doesn't match any specific version that I can identify. 1984 had them all the same shade of green. 2003 had Raph darker than Leo, brown pads, and no monograms. TMNT (2007) had them all the same shade of green, with brown pads and no monograms. 2012 had all but Leo in lighter shades of green, brown pads, and no monograms. Rise (2018) just had wildly different costumes for all four (who weren't even the same species of turtle), with Donnie and Raph both wearing masks that covered the top of their heads. And Mutant Mayhem kept the full dome mask for Raph, while giving Donnie glasses over his mask.

"It's also been there in other toys from the 80s/90s, where Mikey was distinctively leaning to blue in many cases (the first action figure from 1988 was a bit closer to Lego's regular green, but still a bit bluish). Donatello was also basically brown in those toy lines."

I don't know why the 1984 toys didn't match the animation at all. Usually when they change the looks to create visual distinction for a kid's series, that's done specifically with merchandising in mind (like the Ghostbusters having different colors for both jumpsuits and hair), so apparently someone thought ditching the matching red masks from the comics wasn't extreme enough.

"I kinda like it. A bit extreme maybe, but I always envisioned Michaelangelo as teal (in toy form at least). Probably the first Brickheadz I'm gonna pickup."

I'm going to have to rebuild a set to switch the skintones between Leo and Raph, ditch the monograms, and give them all solid GitD eyes.

I'm continually amazed that BrickHeadz as a concept just never dies. I feel like most people completely lost interest after a few years, yet here it is still chugging along.

I think having them all be a different colour is an interesting idea but in practice the green LEGO colours are way too dissimilar outside of bright green and regular green. The teal sticks out like a sore thumb. Two in bright green and two in regular green would've been much nicer, they are still differentiated by their signature colours, weapons and other details after all, they really didn't need to all have a different skin colour too.

@Graysmith said:
"I'm continually amazed that BrickHeadz as a concept just never dies. I feel like most people completely lost interest after a few years, yet here it is still chugging along.

I think having them all be a different colour is an interesting idea but in practice the green LEGO colours are way too dissimilar outside of bright green and regular green. The teal sticks out like a sore thumb. Two in bright green and two in regular green would've been much nicer, they are still differentiated by their signature colours, weapons and other details after all, they really didn't need to all have a different skin colour too."

https://assets.mycast.io/posters/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2003-live-action-series-fan-casting-poster-284067-medium.jpg?1674993250

This series would be a perfect match, if they switched the colors for Raph and Leo, gave them all white eyes, changed all the pads to brown, and got rid of the monogrammed belt buckles. But short of seeing what style logo they use on the packaging, it's impossible to tell precisely what version they were trying to emulate.

@PurpleDave said:
"It doesn't match any specific version that I can identify.

I don't know why the 1984 toys didn't match the animation at all. Usually when they change the looks to create visual distinction for a kid's series, that's done specifically with merchandising in mind (like the Ghostbusters having different colors for both jumpsuits and hair), so apparently someone thought ditching the matching red masks from the comics wasn't extreme enough.
"

Both the Belt Buckle style and the skin colors come somewhat close to the 2024 (?) Tales of the TMNT Animated Series, though the belt and mask styles are more based on the 1987 era version most people claim being familiar with.

Regarding the 1988 toyline, I think you're pretty much right about that. The Turtles all looking "the same" was a big concern at Playmates at the time, fearing parents couldn't tell the difference otherwise.
Oddly those different colors weren't used anywhere else (except the SNES games) until 2003.

Leonardo: Awesome!
Michaelangelo: Righteous!
Donatello: Bossa Nova!
[Leonardo and Michaelangelo look at Donatello]
Michaelangelo: Dude, "Bossa Nova"?
Donatello: Chevy Nova?
[Leonardo and Michaelangelo groan]
Donatello: Excellent!

How easily we forget the song.

"Michaelangelo is teal
Raphael likes food with a good mouthfeel
(Chow-umami!)"

I’ve grown to like Brickheadz over the years and these 4 are fine, not great, not bad.

@Atuin said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"It doesn't match any specific version that I can identify.

I don't know why the 1984 toys didn't match the animation at all. Usually when they change the looks to create visual distinction for a kid's series, that's done specifically with merchandising in mind (like the Ghostbusters having different colors for both jumpsuits and hair), so apparently someone thought ditching the matching red masks from the comics wasn't extreme enough.
"

Both the Belt Buckle style and the skin colors come somewhat close to the 2024 (?) Tales of the TMNT Animated Series, though the belt and mask styles are more based on the 1987 era version most people claim being familiar with.

Regarding the 1988 toyline, I think you're pretty much right about that. The Turtles all looking "the same" was a big concern at Playmates at the time, fearing parents couldn't tell the difference otherwise.
Oddly those different colors weren't used anywhere else (except the SNES games) until 2003."

Tales is the spinoff series to the Mutant Mayhem feature film. 2023 for the first film, 2024 for the series, and the sequel film is due late next year. And it's not so odd when you consider that all the live-action stuff that preceded 2003 was basically treated as being part of the same continuity as the first animated series. 2003 was the first time they did a hard reboot. The ironic thing is Laird wanted the new series to feel more like the original comics, where the four Turtles all wore red masks. But every full reboot since the first animated series has come up with a unique look for the four brothers. That would be:

1987 (1st) animated series, Next Mutation live action series, first three movies, and TMNT (2007).

2003 (2nd) animated series + finale movie.

2012 (3rd) animated series + two finale movies.

2014/2016 live action movies.

2018 (4th) animated series (Rise of the TMNT) + 2022 Netflix movie.

Mutant Mayhem, 2024 (5th) animated series, and upcoming sequel film.

So far, I know the first three animated series and the original comics have all had crossover appearances with one or more of the others via alternate dimensions. I think Rise may have also done some sort of crossover with at least one previous continuity, but I think the second live-action run, and the current animated continuity, have yet to make any sort of crossover appearance.

My club has an upcoming show in two weeks, and I'm going to have to go big with TMNT at that show. I'm thinking I can have Leo facing off against Karai, Donnie up against a bunch of Mousers (and maybe a mutated Baxter Stockman...which I might still need to build), Raph and Casey against a bunch of Foot, Mikey against some Krang, and Splinter confronting Shredder. And as always, April drives the Shellraiser. And maybe I can figure out a way to attach her father like he's flying after her.

@gunther_schnitzel said:
"The ‘half shells’ of these heroes aren’t that impressive. They’d struggle to retract into them."

To my knowledge that’s not typically something the TMNT do anyway. They’re not Koopa Troopas.

@Graysmith said:
"I'm continually amazed that BrickHeadz as a concept just never dies. I feel like most people completely lost interest after a few years, yet here it is still chugging along."

Well, obviously they must be selling, if Lego keeps making them.

I love the nunchucks

@SearchlightRG said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"The ‘half shells’ of these heroes aren’t that impressive. They’d struggle to retract into them."

To my knowledge that’s not typically something the TMNT do anyway. They’re not Koopa Troopas."

Someone clearly hasn't seen the 1990 Movie.

@PurpleDave:
Talking about "reboots" is a bit funny in the TMNT universe.
Technically there more than 4 active separate versions in 1990-1994, all with minor contradictions to each other:
-original Mirage Comics
-the MWS Cartoon show from 1987
-Playmates' character bios creating their own loose "universe" (often a mix between Comic/Cartoon/movie)
-Archie Comics started as a mere adaption of the MWS show, but then went a crazy different route
-the plots and characters exclusive to the Konami games
-those episodic comics from Britain/EU which were loosely based on Archie/MWS but with their own plots and some characters
-the Golden Harvest live action trilogy, which was loosely continued by The Next Mutation (at least TNM was much closer to those movies than the 2007 movie was; I don't get people associating this as "Part IV", complete nonsense in my book)

They are all beautiful. I watched it when I was a child and loved it. But I thought all of them were green. Why is Michelangelo's color turquoise?

@Atuin said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"The ‘half shells’ of these heroes aren’t that impressive. They’d struggle to retract into them."

To my knowledge that’s not typically something the TMNT do anyway. They’re not Koopa Troopas."

Someone clearly hasn't seen the 1990 Movie.

@PurpleDave :
Talking about "reboots" is a bit funny in the TMNT universe.
Technically there more than 4 active separate versions in 1990-1994, all with minor contradictions to each other:
-original Mirage Comics
-the MWS Cartoon show from 1987
-Playmates' character bios creating their own loose "universe" (often a mix between Comic/Cartoon/movie)
-Archie Comics started as a mere adaption of the MWS show, but then went a crazy different route
-the plots and characters exclusive to the Konami games
-those episodic comics from Britain/EU which were loosely based on Archie/MWS but with their own plots and some characters
-the Golden Harvest live action trilogy, which was loosely continued by The Next Mutation (at least TNM was much closer to those movies than the 2007 movie was; I don't get people associating this as "Part IV", complete nonsense in my book)"

I have no idea how many reboots there have been - I haven't kept track. I did recently get into the IW-series, which is pretty good, although it currently seems to have fallen into the Multiverse-trap. And I gather... not for the first time? I guess Turtles just cross over all the time?

And then Bebop and Rocksteady took that up to 11.

This'd be a fun set to try out the Brick Pixels brickheadz upgrade w/ arms and legs - https://brickpixels.net/2018/09/16/brickheadzupgrade/

@SearchlightRG said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"The ‘half shells’ of these heroes aren’t that impressive. They’d struggle to retract into them."

To my knowledge that’s not typically something the TMNT do anyway. They’re not Koopa Troopas."

I'm watching the Complete Series box set of the 2012 show, and somewhere in the middle of the second season, there's an episode where Donnie gets knocked flying off a roof into a dumpster, and fully retracts everything in his shell before landing. Pretty sure it's happened in at least one other series (most likely Rise, the goofiest iteration since the first show).

@Atuin:
Yeah, I wasn't even going to touch the comics continuities, beyond mentioning that the OG version got pulled into one of the animated crossover stories. I know there are several continuities, and I've only read a couple of issues across the full spread (like a reprint of the very first issue I picked up on Free Comic Book Day). I just don't have the base knowledge to even begin to tackle that mess. Besides, now that they've stopped doing SDCC minifigs, I don't expect to ever see them making sets based on any of the comics continuities, which tend to be a lot less kid-friendly than the shows and movies.

But you're saying the live-action stuff from the 90's was a different continuity from the first animated series? I watched a lot of the early episodes, but probably not the entire run. I saw all three films, but not the live-action series. And I never watched any of it since the 1900's wrapped up, so my memory on that era is a bit fuzzy. Anyways, my take on the 2007 movie was that it's the same continuity as the first three films in the same way that Superman Returns is the same continuity as the Christopher Reeve movies, or how the Schumacher stuff is (somehow, unbelievably) the same continuity as the Burton films. It may have a very different feel, but that doesn't mean it's not meant to tie in to what came before.

Anyways, just dug through my TMNT display materials (most of which has barely been touched in years), and I did make a mutated Baxter Stockman. I got three copies of his set when it came out, which meant I could have both a pre-mutated and mutated version. For the latter, I used the claw from a PotC Davy Jones with a hand of the same color, the wings from Marvel's Beetle, and the head (including dark-red antennae) from a Galaxy Squad Mosquitoid. I've just updated him to use the claw, wings, and head from 71010-6, plus a dark-red hand.

@PurpleDave
Think of the 1990 movie as far more faithful to the Mirage comics. They included a few details from the Cartoon like April being a reporter and the colored headbands, but that's it. Everything else thats different is basically movie exclusive.
The tone was also much darker, much to the disdain of both Playmates Toys and parents, resulting in the slightly "brighter" atmosphere in the sequels.

A few examples of differences between Movie and Cartoon:
-Splinter was Yoshis Pet Rat in the Movie, in MWS he was Hamato Yoshi himself
-no Krang, Technodrome, Robots, Dimension X, Stone Soldiers at all
-always called "Ooze", never "Mutagen", origin is TGRI (the TCRI from Mirage/2003) not Krang's Dimension X
-Tokka & Rahzar instead of Bebop & Rocksteady (Tokka & Rahzar were found in one Episode of MWS, but they were much more intelligent than in the movies)
-Casey Jones never took off his mask in MWS and was much more of a rare side character (also a lot more weird acting)
-Tatsu (sort of important side character) never appeared in the Cartoon
-Danny & Charles Pennington, Keeno, Chief Stern are Movie exclusive, yet Irma, Vernon, Burne and the Neutrinos are Cartoon exclusive
-April works at Channel 3, not Channel 6 (small detail, but still...)

@Crux said:
" And I gather... not for the first time? I guess Turtles just cross over all the time?"

Not exactly, but you got something there...

The Bios on back of action figures were designed to create this "one world" to increase sales. If this is canon or not is probably everyone's own decision.

First time it "officially" happened was the movie "Turtles Forever" in 2008/2009 (not sure how it was released, but certainly NOT cinema). I thought it was interesting, but the movie got a lot of negative backlash for portraying the 1987 Turtles as comedic goofballs versus their 2003 counterparts. The entire movie was basically a huge TMNT cross-over fest, loosely anchored to the 2003 cartoon canon.

The next time it happened was in the 2012 animated series for a few episodes. Actually, they still mocked a lot of the 1987 show, but it seems to have been subtle enough to not cause any major issues in long term.

EDIT:
Fun little side note: Rob Paulsen voiced Raphael in 1987, then Donatello in 2012 and then directed the 2018 show.

@Atuin:
Okay, so film-wise, it breaks down into:

Animated 1
Live-action 1
Animated 2
Animated 3
Live-action 2
Rise animated
Mutant Mayhem animated

And the 2007 CGI film either fits in with the first live-action movies, or is just a standalone work.

For crossovers, I know Turtles Forever brought the first two animated series together. And the third series had at least three crossovers with the first series. I can't remember which of these looped in the original print versions, but I'm leaning towards Turtles Forever. I don't think any of the live-action stuff, or the fourth and fifth animated series have ever tied into any other continuities.

@Atuin said:
" @Crux said:
" And I gather... not for the first time? I guess Turtles just cross over all the time?"

Not exactly, but you got something there...

The Bios on back of action figures were designed to create this "one world" to increase sales. If this is canon or not is probably everyone's own decision.

First time it "officially" happened was the movie "Turtles Forever" in 2008/2009 (not sure how it was released, but certainly NOT cinema). I thought it was interesting, but the movie got a lot of negative backlash for portraying the 1987 Turtles as comedic goofballs versus their 2003 counterparts. The entire movie was basically a huge TMNT cross-over fest, loosely anchored to the 2003 cartoon canon.

The next time it happened was in the 2012 animated series for a few episodes. Actually, they still mocked a lot of the 1987 show, but it seems to have been subtle enough to not cause any major issues in long term.

EDIT:
Fun little side note: Rob Paulsen voiced Raphael in 1987, then Donatello in 2012 and then directed the 2018 show."

The 2003 series had a clean, 5-season story that concluded with Ninja Tribunal, except the fifth season got shelved in favor of the sixth. The sixth season retooled the artwork and sent Splinter and the Turtles 100 years into the future, and the seventh season once again retooled the artwork and brought them all back to the present. Somewhere in all of this, the Ninja Tribunal season did get released on DVD. Turtles Forever first aired on The CW (a defunct network) before releasing on home video. It is definitely intended to act as the finale to the 2003 series, and even uses a variation of the same logo. The art style may not match, but keep in mind that they'd updated it _twice_ at this point. It was also done to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the IP, which is why they did the crossover with the first series (and why I think this is the one instance I remember where they gave the original print versions a brief cameo). This was also the final production under ownership of at least one of the creators. The first production to follow was the 2012 series with Nickelodeon fully in charge of the story.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Atuin said:
" @Crux said:
" And I gather... not for the first time? I guess Turtles just cross over all the time?"

Not exactly, but you got something there...

The Bios on back of action figures were designed to create this "one world" to increase sales. If this is canon or not is probably everyone's own decision.

First time it "officially" happened was the movie "Turtles Forever" in 2008/2009 (not sure how it was released, but certainly NOT cinema). I thought it was interesting, but the movie got a lot of negative backlash for portraying the 1987 Turtles as comedic goofballs versus their 2003 counterparts. The entire movie was basically a huge TMNT cross-over fest, loosely anchored to the 2003 cartoon canon.

The next time it happened was in the 2012 animated series for a few episodes. Actually, they still mocked a lot of the 1987 show, but it seems to have been subtle enough to not cause any major issues in long term.

EDIT:
Fun little side note: Rob Paulsen voiced Raphael in 1987, then Donatello in 2012 and then directed the 2018 show."

The 2003 series had a clean, 5-season story that concluded with Ninja Tribunal, except the fifth season got shelved in favor of the sixth. The sixth season retooled the artwork and sent Splinter and the Turtles 100 years into the future, and the seventh season once again retooled the artwork and brought them all back to the present. Somewhere in all of this, the Ninja Tribunal season did get released on DVD. Turtles Forever first aired on The CW (a defunct network) before releasing on home video. It is definitely intended to act as the finale to the 2003 series, and even uses a variation of the same logo. The art style may not match, but keep in mind that they'd updated it _twice_ at this point. It was also done to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the IP, which is why they did the crossover with the first series (and why I think this is the one instance I remember where they gave the original print versions a brief cameo). This was also the final production under ownership of at least one of the creators. The first production to follow was the 2012 series with Nickelodeon fully in charge of the story."

Pretty much that.

Turtles Forever basically reused the art/models from Back to the Sewers (the "7th Season" of 2003) but seemingly pretended BttS and Fast Forward never happened, with certain events and characters being suspiciously absent.

Anyways, I feel that the 2007 Movie was also intended to fit this continuity somewhat. It's the one stand-alone movie to not start at the beginning, but a clear point after Shredder's defeat, and most of it seems to fit the 2003 series.

@Atuin oh, you mean the two seconds when Mikey pulls his head into his shell to avoid being decapitated?

I thought you meant more of the full on, pulling head and all four limbs into the shell.

@SearchlightRG said:
" @Atuin oh, you mean the two seconds when Mikey pulls his head into his shell to avoid being decapitated?

I thought you meant more of the full on, pulling head and all four limbs into the shell."

That does happen, middle of S2 of the 2012 series. Head and all four limbs inside.

@PurpleDave said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @Atuin oh, you mean the two seconds when Mikey pulls his head into his shell to avoid being decapitated?

I thought you meant more of the full on, pulling head and all four limbs into the shell."

That does happen, middle of S2 of the 2012 series. Head and all four limbs inside."

It was also the special ability of Raphael (I think) in TMNT 3 Radical Rescue for the Game Boy in 1992ish.

EDIT:
The same pull on head happened in the 3rd Movie, done by Leonardo, dodging a cannon ball.
The way Koopa Troopas do it isn't actually that accurate to how it works on real turtles btw.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Atuin:
Okay, so film-wise, it breaks down into:"

Not sure I can follow, but here's what I think you mean:
Animated 1 MWS 1987
Live-action 1 Golden Harvest 1990 / Saban - The Next Mutation 1997
Animated 2 Fox Kids 2003
Animated 3 Nickelodeon 2012
Live-action 2 Bay/Platinum Dunes 2014
Rise animated Nickelodeon 2018
Mutant Mayhem animated Nickelodeon 2023 (movie) / Nickelodeon 2024 (series)

Both the 2007 movie and Turtles Forever fit in the 2003 Fox Kids continuity for me. Characters, plot, scenery and art style line up best with that.
Note that Karai was very present in the 2007 movie, yet never appeared in ANY media prior to 2003 except Mirage and that one obscure boss fight in TMNT Tournament Fighters. The character "Lotos Blossom" from MWS might have been intended/merged into Karai, but that was never confirmed. Nor did she ever appear again after that one episode.

I thought I had been a TMNT fan much like I felt I could speak passable French. Now I’m worried about what I actually said on the Rue Cler.

If they release a Usagi Yojimbo, that will be a Day 1 purchase for me.

Did I miss something, but BrickHeadz models 299 and 300 haven't been revealed yet? 298 appears to be Supply Lama from the Fortnite series, and 301 appears to be Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

I love that they have different colors, and that the colours are based in a certain source. Which I didn't know, but still good that they are aware of such details.

@SetToBuild said:
"COWABUNGA, DUDE :D"
I can't believe it took ten comments to get to this ;-)

Those might be the first Brickheadz I'll get, if only to motivate LEGO to start making new sets again.

The timing has me a little confused, though. I suppise it could mean they got the license again in time for the sequel to Mutant Mayhem but apart from that, they don't really have anything major announced regarding TMNT in general... quite the opposite, even : they've just canceled the latest tv show and even Playmates lost its licensing rights...

@Crux said:
"I have no idea how many reboots there have been - I haven't kept track. I did recently get into the IW-series, which is pretty good, although it currently seems to have fallen into the Multiverse-trap. And I gather... not for the first time? I guess Turtles just cross over all the time?

And then Bebop and Rocksteady took that up to 11."

For the ongoing series, continuity-wise, only the 2 crossovers with the Ghostbusters are part of the timeline (althogh they do play a lot with time travel). Everything else (Batman, Street Fighter, Naruto, Power Rangers and even Godzilla xD) are one-shots that are fun but have no bearings on the overarching main story. Same with the Last Ronin series. It's a completely separate thing.
It's only this year that they have started a "proper" multiverse tournament thingy that is part of the "main" storyline...

@woosterlegos said:
" @Dropje008 said:
"I think it is courageous and cool that they gave every turtle a different colour. "

Also necessary, considering their designs are otherwise very similar."

Also, Playmates Toys has done it ever since 1988, so it's nothing new.

@yellowcastle said:
"I thought I had been a TMNT fan much like I felt I could speak passable French. Now I’m worried about what I actually said on the Rue Cler.

If they release a Usagi Yojimbo, that will be a Day 1 purchase for me."

Unlikely. Usagi Yojimbo is a completely different IP owned by Stan Sakai. Eastman/Laird and Sakai had an agreement when they shared a publisher, which allowed each other to borrow the characters into their own books. This agreement extended to a couple episodes of the first animated series, quite a few episodes of the second series, and three episodes right at the end of the third series. A few months later an announcement was made regarding the Usagi Yojimbo series on Netflix, at which point I suspect it's going to be a lot more complicated to work in further appearances, since it would require negotiating with whoever currently holds the film rights. Toys would apparently remain possible, but only if they were based on the comics or series where the character has already appeared. If @yellost is right about the timing, any forthcoming minifig series is likely going to be based on the Mutant Mayhem continuity.

@yellost:
The fifth series was never intended to be a long-term ongoing series. It was only meant to serve as an interim between the two movies.

@Atuin @PurpleDave
The 2007 CGI movie does not take place in the 2003 animated continuity. I guess it could work, story-wise, but at the time it was intended as a very loose follow up to the 1990s movie trilogy, with several references to those films, including the time scepter from TMNT III. Since that time scepter is pretty much the same object as the scepter wielded by Renet (the time traveler), who did appear in the 2003 series and Mirage comics, it could also hint at other, unseen time travel adventures or dimension hopping.

The 2007 CGI movie was (at least) the third attempt to tie-in the 90s movies into current media. The intro to the last few seasons of the original cartoon series incorporated footage and designs from the 1990 movie to imply the cartoon takes place within the same universe (which it doesn't) and the live action series The Next Mutation also heavily implies to be a continuation of the movie trilogy, even using the same subway station lair props. It is never explained though how Shredder survived the events of Secret Of The Ooze, but considering the had his head crushed in the first movie and walked away scuff-free, that might be just a given. The absence of April and Casey is odd, though.

The 2009 animated film Turtles Forever and the 2012 Nickelodeon series both established that all continuities are connected, as was also explained in a later volume of the Mirage Comics, and again in the current ongoing comics. While it makes for fun crossovers, I does mess with the overall continuities, where things are best kept separate from each other.

Krang, Rocksteady, and Bebop were all intended to appear in Secret Of The Ooze, by the way, but Eastman and Laird didn't want any characters created specifically for the cartoon to appear in the film. It was later planned for Professor Perry to reveal he's a Utrom, but they never filmed it. That would've been an amazing set up to a third movie set in Dimension X, but alas...

@AustinPowers said:
" @SetToBuild said:
"COWABUNGA, DUDE :D"
I can't believe it took ten comments to get to this ;-) "

And mine is the first comment to mention pizza!

@Atuin said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @Atuin oh, you mean the two seconds when Mikey pulls his head into his shell to avoid being decapitated?

I thought you meant more of the full on, pulling head and all four limbs into the shell."

That does happen, middle of S2 of the 2012 series. Head and all four limbs inside."

It was also the special ability of Raphael (I think) in TMNT 3 Radical Rescue for the Game Boy in 1992ish.

EDIT:
The same pull on head happened in the 3rd Movie, done by Leonardo, dodging a cannon ball.
The way Koopa Troopas do it isn't actually that accurate to how it works on real turtles btw."

Seeing as how the shell is basically a turtle's ribcage, this is just one more reason why you shouldn't send a plumber to do a diplomat's job. Mario should not be tasked to handle matters of state. You should also seriously question your decision to let him manage your health - he's no more a doctor than Dre or Victor von Doom.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Elrond:
Um...you're thinking of the wrong series. 2003 was the fantastic show where Peter Laird was the sole owner and made it closer to the original comics. The LEGO sets were based on the 2012 Nickelodeon series after Laird had sold the IP to Viacom. Still a great show, but not quite up to the level of 2003's."

I was talking about the show itself when I mentioned 2003, not LEGO sets. :p