Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sets listed at shop.LEGO.com

 
 
 

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Posted by The Green Brick Giant in United States, 06 Dec 2012 01:32

Interesting. They have been listed for December 31st for a few days now. The new date means you will get the sets before Santa.

Posted by MrSeatle in United States, 06 Dec 2012 02:09

Totally Awesome! I really keen on the Master Splinter fig.

Posted by rnsrobot in Canada, 06 Dec 2012 02:35

The price points are surprisingly nice. Three of the sets range from $18-$30 Canadian and contain three of the four turtles. Shredder and Krang are easy to get. The lair is only $60 CDN. I was concerned it would cost a couple hundred to get all four turtles within sets. It's great for a line geared at a younger audience that half the sets can be had for low...

Plus, every set except Baxter has a Foot Soldier in it - can't NOT army build. I'll wait for sales, but I might pick a few up after all...

Posted by Zordboy in Australia, 06 Dec 2012 03:19

I don't think the sets are brilliant, no, but darn it I want those figures, and I'm prepared to push people out of the way to get them.

Posted by shaase in Canada, 06 Dec 2012 07:26

I have a feeling that through bricklink you'll be able to pick up parts from these sets cheap as everyone will want the figures. This theme didn't win me over now having seen the released pics.

Posted by piratemania7 in United States, 06 Dec 2012 09:23

Wow, everyone is on point today! I went right over to LEGO.com and was SHOCKED at the prices. So cheap, it was amazing! This does however scare me into thinking this is geared to quickly sell and sell to a younger crowd probably for pure pleasure and fun sake. Which is fine! But I do not think I will be picking up doubles of every set. If anything I will head over to bricklink and pick up the figs that way.

Posted by Odeinoichus in Canada, 06 Dec 2012 12:18

Joy, perhaps retailers will stock them soon too. Unfortunately I can't switch my region over at the LEGO shop because my IE Browser is acting old as outdated again. Anybody care to list the CND prices?

Posted by leppg in Canada, 06 Dec 2012 12:55

79103 Turtle Lair Attack - Price CAD59.99

79105 Baxter Robot Rampage - Price CAD49.99

79104 The Shellraiser Street Chase - Price CAD74.99

79101 Shredder's Dragon Bike - Price CAD29.99

79100 Kraang Lab Escape - Price CAD17.99

79102 Stealth Shell in Pursuit - Price CAD24.99

Posted by erbse2000 in Germany, 06 Dec 2012 15:44

Minifigs look great but all the buildings/cars look like designed by a 5-year-old. Come on Lego, you can do better than this...

Posted by chrismajor2124 in United States, 06 Dec 2012 21:04

Up so early? I was hoping they'd wait a bit before selling this garbage. Don't even consider these worth buying, Huw. :D

Posted by Aanchir in United States, 07 Dec 2012 08:08

I think Faefrost summed up the situation pretty well in this Eurobricks post: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=74784&st=525#entry1452277

"The Turtle sets are almost predestined to suffer a bit in this regard. In the new cartoon the Turtle vehicles are supposedly made mainly of junk. Well when you try and make a Lego vehicle based on source material that is designed to look like a pile of junk, then by design the end product looks a bit junky. (Kind of the root problem with the new Shellraiser vs the classic Turtle van.)"

Personally, I think the TMNT sets are great. I'm not a Turtles fan in any capacity, but I can recognize that the sets are pretty excellent likenesses of the source material, considering the price points they are built for and the building level of the target age range. They definitely use some extremely creative building techniques. I honestly think anyone who suggests they look like they were built by a five-year-old isn't looking hard enough or comparing them objectively to their source material and to other sets aimed at the same sort of audience (like, for instance, the LEGO Spongebob Squarepants sets, which also tend to seem a bit sketchy in design but use some magnificently clever building techniques to suggest their highly irregular subject matter).

Posted by bekindsorewind in United States, 08 Dec 2012 13:26

In the USA, the sets are listed now as being available Dec. 24th. However, all sets but the lair and Baxter are available to order from Toys R Us.com.

But beware, they are overpriced a lot.

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