Those robot guys are pretty freaky looking. They have noses. Minifigures with noses look weird.

I remember this set; I always thought it was cool.

This was included in a bulk haul I got recently. I am piecing it together now.

@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"Leatherhead is awesome, really wish his figure wasn't $55"

I paid a lot less than that a few years ago to get a third that I could use as a Killer Croc.

I'd like to be...
Under the sea
In a Turtle Submarine
In a Chase...
Hmm...it works...What, wrong Beatles song:)

Otherwise, wish TLG would bring 'em back...even just 'mining' the previous iterations (80's, 90's,...)

@MCLegoboy said:
"Those robot guys are pretty freaky looking. They have noses. Minifigures with noses look weird."

If that is your concern with guys having brains in their stomach...

I liked the design of that thing. Also the Lego version is much more appropriately scaled than the official action figure version (which barely fits a single turtle).

Weird how this is for once a TMNT model scaled somewhat correct. Most were typically far too large.

The scuba masks for Leo and Don were interesting I guess, but a bit more variants for regular face prints would likely have been better.

Glad that Leatherhead made the cut for Lego figure, wouldn't have counted on that.

@Atuin:
I would have been thrilled to get a full third set, but Donnie here only got two, plus two special outfits. The other three only had one special outfit, so they all got a third basic design (excluding movie versions, Shadow Leo, and Pantsless Leo). And just to make things more irritating, they didn’t even get one complete matched set of special outfits.

It's like Sonic riding a car.

No, I get it. Absolutely anything that'll help you clear that atrocious dam-level in TMNT for the NES. That level was a hate-crime, and I absolutely would have used a submarine, had I known that was an option.

Or maybe I would've just let Shredder blow up the damned dam. Guys, we can just build a new one, a nicer one. Leave it, it's not worth it.

@Atuin said:
"If that is your concern with guys having brains in their stomach..."
M: "That guy? He- he- he had a brain!"
L: "We all have brains, Mikey."
D: "Not all of us!"
M: "In our *chests*?!"
L: "No Mikey, not in our chests."
M: "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME!"

TBH I didn't even recognize those minifigs until you pointed that out.... I didn't watch much TMNT back in the day, and what I did watch I didn't pay much attention to, but some lines were worth remembering.

This is a great set, much better in execution than early versions of the Shellraiser. The front flippers move when you push the sub forward thanks to some linkages in the wheels.

I'm not a fan of TMNTas I never watched anything of it. But I think this set is genuinely great. It has a nice interior to actually carry figures and the bike peddaling propulsion is a fin detail. And it's functional!

Maybe the ugly submarine I have ever seen!…. And one of the all-time ugliest LEGO sets!
Seriously, the minifigs are the only redeeming feature, especially Leatherhead

@BLProductions said:
"TBH I didn't even recognize those minifigs until you pointed that out.... I didn't watch much TMNT back in the day, and what I did watch I didn't pay much attention to, but some lines were worth remembering. "

Different series dealt with the Utrom/Kraang in different ways. These sets were based on the 2012 Nickelodeon series, so they came in three basic flavors (two of which got represented in the theme, and the remaining one is stupid simple to figbash). There were bare endoskeletons, like T-800’s with a belly brain, which are the grey version. There were endoskeletons with some sort of gel that formed a humanoid shape, which are the medium-blue ones. And then there were the ones that looked like they escaped from the Men in Black franchise, except if they were all clones, which just need black suits, black sunglasses, and black hair. So the ones in this set are the basic endoskeletons, but I don’t know if it has anything to do with them being underwater (other than the fact that there aren’t many people swimming in the harbor around NYC, so there’s not much need to disguise their nature).

I'm not sure why, but I have two of these in my collection. It must have been on a great sale back in the day, since I'm not a big TMNT fan.

@BLProductions said:
" @Atuin said:
"If that is your concern with guys having brains in their stomach..."
M: "That guy? He- he- he had a brain!"
L: "We all have brains, Mikey."
D: "Not all of us!"
M: "In our *chests*?!"
L: "No Mikey, not in our chests."
M: "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME!"

TBH I didn't even recognize those minifigs until you pointed that out.... I didn't watch much TMNT back in the day, and what I did watch I didn't pay much attention to, but some lines were worth remembering. "

yes, I thought the dialog in the 2012 version was really excellent! especially thanks to Mikey. I loved TMNT as a kid and really wanted more sets and figs, but this set was great with the moving feature (without the wheels/flippers being too intrusive, the great figures, and the overall shape being a mechanical version of a sea-turtle.
I like all the versions of the show, but they seem to get better (2004 version was better than the original in storyline and 2012 also seems better, but I haven't seen as much of it).

@purpledave - you're right it would have been nice to have a full set of the turtles in some other gear, but there were times in the original figures where Mike was a sailor, Don was a parachuter?, Raph was a comando? all in the same 'series'. The underwater here and mask in 79119 (Spiderbite Mutant Chamber) are similar, leaving only Mikey out, which he could have had a nice mask print in 79120 (T-Rawket) but unfortunately just got a smirk on Mikey and goggles on Don.
You're completely right on the bloodskull as well. I saw the packaging yesterday where it looks really clear, but both skulls I have are impossible to see clearly... quite misleading.

@PurpleDave said:
" @BLProductions said:
"TBH I didn't even recognize those minifigs until you pointed that out.... I didn't watch much TMNT back in the day, and what I did watch I didn't pay much attention to, but some lines were worth remembering. "

Different series dealt with the Utrom/Kraang in different ways. These sets were based on the 2012 Nickelodeon series, so they came in three basic flavors (two of which got represented in the theme, and the remaining one is stupid simple to figbash). There were bare endoskeletons, like T-800’s with a belly brain, which are the grey version. There were endoskeletons with some sort of gel that formed a humanoid shape, which are the medium-blue ones. And then there were the ones that looked like they escaped from the Men in Black franchise, except if they were all clones, which just need black suits, black sunglasses, and black hair. So the ones in this set are the basic endoskeletons, but I don’t know if it has anything to do with them being underwater (other than the fact that there aren’t many people swimming in the harbor around NYC, so there’s not much need to disguise their nature)."

COMCON026 is the third type, isn't it?

The “Mr. Incredible in LEGO The Incredibles game” fig

Wish we got more wacky-sized figs like Leatherhead or Dogpound nowadays.

I have no particular affection for the TMNT, but I'm all in on a turtle shaped vehicle any day of the week. For the longest time, this set was on top of the TV cabinet. Maybe I should get it back out after all these years.

@RogueWhistler said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BLProductions said:
"TBH I didn't even recognize those minifigs until you pointed that out.... I didn't watch much TMNT back in the day, and what I did watch I didn't pay much attention to, but some lines were worth remembering. "

Different series dealt with the Utrom/Kraang in different ways. These sets were based on the 2012 Nickelodeon series, so they came in three basic flavors (two of which got represented in the theme, and the remaining one is stupid simple to figbash). There were bare endoskeletons, like T-800’s with a belly brain, which are the grey version. There were endoskeletons with some sort of gel that formed a humanoid shape, which are the medium-blue ones. And then there were the ones that looked like they escaped from the Men in Black franchise, except if they were all clones, which just need black suits, black sunglasses, and black hair. So the ones in this set are the basic endoskeletons, but I don’t know if it has anything to do with them being underwater (other than the fact that there aren’t many people swimming in the harbor around NYC, so there’s not much need to disguise their nature)."

COMCON026 is the third type, isn't it?"

It’s the second type, with the blue goo over the endoskeletons, but with battle damage. I can’t get this image to load, but here’s a URL that should hopefully show you all three basic types:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/tmnt-kraang-droid--224828206387974716/

@BlackFalconBirdman:
While I did like the first Nick series, the one from 2003 is my gold standard. The new show (and associated movie) isn’t bad either. Regarding the old toys, remember that show lasted a _long_ time, and the toy line went along with it. There’s only so much you can do with four naked heroes. They had the regular versions, the versions that transformed into regular turtles, the versions that had accessory storage inside of their shells, probably a set that had action attacks built in…and then there’s just a point where they have to start borrowing a trick from Barbie, and put them in goofy costumes. At least this theme’s special outfits had some legitimacy. The T-Rawket and the turtle sub were both used in the show, and the sub episode did involve them having to infiltrate a building by swimming. I don’t remember of the specific outfits depicted appeared on-screen, but other than Road Warrior Raph, I can look at them and feel like they might have origins in the series. Raph…I’m just not sure about. I think the vehicle he’s using in that set is based on the show, but I don’t remember any specifics about it, particularly involving alternate costumes.

And the irony of this is Mikey got four regular heads, while Don only got two. If they’d have flipped that, and given Mikey goggles and not Don, at least I could use head swaps to round out a third distinct set. Or if they’d given _Raph_ four basic heads, my OG Comic Turtles could all have distinct heads! But no.