If amiibo and other collectibles of its type have taught us anything, it's that you're never too old to buy toys. Action figure company NECA knows this only too well, as it's bringing new toys to San Diego Comic Con (21st-24th July) that go straight for a gamer's sense of nostalgia.
The action figures you see above will come in two different four-figure boxsets at the iconic expo, and will be exclusive to the event. The toys have been designed to look like the characters in the original (and iconic) Konami arcade game, something they do rather nicely. NECA's official website is promising pre-order details later this week for those going to San Diego.
Whether these will ever be available to the wider world (outside of eBay) is unknown, but we certainly hope they will be.
[source necaonline.com, via retrocollect.com]
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This has nothing to do with Nintendo, but I couldn't care less. I love these things. I was a HUGE ninja turtle fan as a kid
So awesome
This is Nintendo related how exactly? Love TMNT but not really a fan of how they look in the upcoming movie.
I want but probably can't afford
Lmao comic-con
It is to do with Nintendo because they are fashioned on the SNES game, look at the pixilation on the shell and the arms. They are so much better than the now a days turtles. Give me Corey Feldman playing Michelangelo any day
Reading articles helps everyone.
Technically, it has more to do with Konami since these designs are fashioned after the TMNT coin-op arcade game.
The NES had a port of it and was descent, for the hardware.
The SNES came out with Turtles in Time which is modeled after the arcade game. So...I can see how someone might associate this with Nintendo.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE I think it's just a reminder that Wii U isn't getting the new TMNT game that releases today. (I don't beleive in coincidences) Well we all know the Wii U can't handle PS3 games. And Nintendo gave Activision Skylanders amiibo why? And got Platinum Games to work on Starfox Zero. Nintendo needs a little work with it's side of quid pro quo.
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/05/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_ps4_launch_trailer_is_packed_with_gameplay
@leo13 This game was on the NES so it does. I used to play this game all the time.
being a fan of neca myself they always have good quality toys.
guess ill have to hit ebay
I'm going to SDCC so this is a priority for me from now on
That pixel look looks really strange...
My Ninja Turtle tattoo started glowin when i saw this. Awesome!
@Bunkerneath Feldman played Donatello. He's Slash in the current cartoon.
The 90s movie Mikey is the current cartoon's Mondo Gecko. I forget his name, I think it starts with r.
@Roam85
You beat me to the correction. But at least he knows who Corey Feldman is and that he was in the movie. I remember watching this movie at the theater as a kid. Awesome!
Dang, if only Nintendo Life knew of any reporters who lived in San Diego and were going to Comic Con.
They look awesome to say the least.
Really a shame to read they'll be exclusive to the event and not distributed worldwide.
This is always unfortunate for those in the UK, though I think I have managed to snag other con exclusive toys on eBay in the past. I would certainly like these, though I'm slightly confused. Two four figure sets? So does that mean to feature multiple of the same colour like in the above image, I'd need multiple of the same sets? Cowabummer!
What a horrible tease. When I first looked at the screen, I thought they are doing a remake of the arcade game for the WII U since it was on the Nintendo Life site. Thanks for getting my hopes up. What is worse, Platinum is not making their new TMNT game for Nintendo. Why? It looks like it can be played on the WII U easily.
These look fantastic! Of course, I'll almost certainly never own any. I'll definitely try and pick up the new game though on another console.
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