Playmates take a lot of heat from collectors for the fact that their action figures have remained essentially unchanged since the ’90s, with the same levels of sculpt and articulation, and the same lack of internal scale (Krang’s Robot Body can be anything from a deluxe giant to a turtle-sized figure). But these criticisms miss the point, which is that Playmates, ever since the ’90s, has still managed to sell fully poseable, fully accessorized figures that a kid can buy for under $10 (plus tax, of course). With the new Mutant Mayhem basic Turtles for the upcoming animated movie, they’ve done so and upped the sculpt and paint games. You might be lucky to find them for $10 still, but it’s not impossible.
For the new movie, the foursome come in all new sculpts, and each figure includes a baby turtle, signature weapons with colored handles (except Don’s staff; he makes up for that with an extra accessory of headphones), and a weapons rack with pop-out bonus weapons all in one color.
The single-color aspect is a little gross when we’re talking pizza slices, but this is New York — maybe some gourmet place makes expensive metallic pizzas with edible silver and squid ink, or something. Your imagination, your rules. If you want the weapons to stay attached to the rack “unpopped,” take extra care to cuts the ties that hold it in the package. Pulling the rack out too abruptly may pull one of the weapons off.
That aside, they lie on the posts pretty well after being popped or cut off.
The gang do all include sheaths for their primary weapons, though in a slight change, Mikey’s are on his back. This is because he now has a fanny pack on his front, containing what seem to be a non-removable smartphone. (His glasses are removable, if you’re an older-school fan who hates that look.)
These Turtles draw on what came before, and with Donnie now having glasses in many incarnations, that’s what this one has too. Likewise, the trend lately has seen Raph wear a bandana and be bulkier and more battle scarred than the rest, which also carries over. Mike looks a little goofy, as the party dude. Leo’s serious but calm, with head ties fluttering in the wind. To fit the aesthetic of them all being actual teenagers who look like teenagers, they’re thinner and not full adult-muscle size.
Packaging includes tiny file cards, containing factoids like Raph wanting to be an MMA fighter (Huh? Isn’t he one, unofficially?)
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