This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Limited Edition Is A Fan's Dream

WANT! (Yes, that is all I have to say...)

@GrailUK

Agreed! Expensive but very cool.

It looks so rad, but it's too much for me. I would love the artbook if it gets a separate release, though.

It’s amazing but the game is so pick up and play for me I’m happy just to get it digitally on my Switch.

Glad for the fans of this stuff, it looks so amazing though.

LOL What a waste of money!

@BloodNinja Just wait in 10 years when it's worth double or more for resale

Whoever is behind the artwork to this game knows exactly what they're doing.

If it's released in Europe, I'll buy it.

Pricey, but looks really cool.

As a huge turtle head I am pretty damn tempted…

Cool, but I'm just not that much of a Turtlemaniac.

@Bizzyb Lol, indeed.

Almost sexual isn't it Smithers?

Five years of Switch, 100+ physical games, but I've never gotten any special edition. I'm not principally against it, but they just never seem really worth it. I can imagine this being worth it to massive Turtles fans though, the art work is very nice. I'll just probably stick with the standard edition as always.

I really hope this comes to Canada, as a fan of TMNT I really need this (you would be surprised how many Limited/Collectors editions we don't get over here).

I guess my kids could skip a couple meals

Release date.

That's a whole bunch of swag I don't care to own.

I'll be content with my $40 standard copy, thanks.

I always find it funny how the NInja Turtles appeared less edgy in the 80s cartoon compared to how they appeared in the games and box art. A bit of inconsistency, wouldn't you say?

I'd definitely buy that Art book separately, the rest I might need to think about

😭😭😭😭

Realese it already!!!!

Worth grabbing if you can store it for a few years to increase in value. Nothing that I think I just have to have.

BUT, excited for the release. I hope they don't release at the same time as Shredder's Revenge. Definitely grabbing that at launch.

As others have said, the art book alone would be awesome. But not $100 awesome (assuming $40 for the game itself). The rest is just clutter to me.

As much as I love the turtles, it's a little too rich for my blood.

I would assume this is for die hard collectors. The same who purchased Arcade1Up cabinets. Too expensive.

Yup, Konami found a way to get as much money from us as possible.

Optional at least, but I'm sure enough folks are gonna pick up the limited edition. Gotta pay for the license somehow.

It looks nice, but not worth $150 to me.
I'll stick with a standard physical copy for both Switch & PS5, probably for Xbox too!

Release date?

Cowabunga…
Cowa-f***ing piece of dogs***!

This is only for the super fans. I wish they’d do a lower tiered one for 70 or 80 with just the art book

If the art book ever goes up for sale, that’s the line I’ll be in. I really think I’d love to own this but I just… I just can’t spend that right now. 89.99 and I’d have clicked buy so fast, my finger would break the stability of 3DS.

Already sold out on BestBuy Canada, also appears like that's the only place to get the collectors edition in Canada.

I really want the artbook, but unfortunately that's the only extra I'd really want. So, I guess I'll pass on it. :-

... obviously still getting the base game.

I picked it up. Day one for me as a die hard fan. Thanks NL!

If younger, I would have been all over this.

Pricey... but my wallet wants it!

I'll just stick with the Basic Version for the Switch, if that's okay with everybody.

What @Magrane said. Just preordered it myself. That collection is an epic one for any TMNT fan. It is expensive but if you can afford it it's a must pick up. Also, as @Bizzyb says it's going to appreciate in value over time if it stays intact. Out!

Target has the release date as December 31, 2022.
https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=Teenage+Mutant+Ninja+Turtles%3A+The+Cowabunga+Collection+Limited+Edition

Gonna save up for the preorder. Nostalgia dude!

@russell-marlow Sorry if this is an obvious comment or something you already knew, but its because its all based on the very earliest original comic books, which were far edgier and not aimed at kids at all. Even the 80s Playmates action figures based on the TV series used the edgier style of drawing on their packaging, and somewhat in the designs of the figures too.

To answer your question, as someone who was a kid at the time, yes it did raise questions, but the answer being "they look different because they are based on the comics, which are super hardcore and kids aren't allowed to buy them" made it seem really cool so all the kids I know who loved the cartoon, definitely weren't put off by it, and of course it made the games more appealing to teens and young adults as well.

As a rule, the only merch that used the art style of the 80s cartoon was stuff aimed squarely at young kids and not also targeted at teens/collectors - clothes, pencil cases, board games, throwaway items like novelty candy, pool inflatables etc. The 1990 indie movie was very much based on the art and style of the edgier comics too - again, with an element of "this isn't for little kids" to make it have a wider appeal (and of course be irresistible to said little kids). My parents wouldn't let me see it in the cinema incase it was too scary. Still kinda bitter about that to this day, its an awesome film, would have blown my mind on the big screen at 8 years old.

The art is sublime, but the price tag leaves me shell-shocked.

Heroes in a Half-Shell! Turtle Power!!! 🐢💚🥷🏾

Just went to go preorder and it's already sold out

TMNT was my childhood, this is a small price to pay for my childhood.

The original action figures are being re-released too I just noticed at the store. Replicas of the 80's figures that used to retail for $5-6 are now $13. My originals unopened are worth about $40 which is slightly disappointing after 20 years. But now I can finally get the the turtle van that I couldn't afford as a kid.

@samuelvictor Sure, I grew up with the 2003 versions and they have yet to have any nostalgia representation aknowledged.

@russell-marlow My kids watched the 2003 Turtles, and I thought they were awesome. They were purposefully designed to be visually styled more towards the original comics and therefore the kind of art on these games. Looking at all the iterations and reimagining of the Turtles throughout the years, seems to me the 1986 version really is the outlier in terms of style/edge (or lack thereof).

I work in media (predominantly movies, but also brand management and promotion of franchises) and the era of mainstream "nostalgia" based on 80s and 90s is reaching its natural end, as the people who grew up with these properties are no longer the biggest spenders, who tend to be people in their early 20s with disposable income but no kids/mortgage etc. For obvious reasons, things are slowly starting shifting towards early 2000s nostalgia, so its likely you'll see your version of the Turtles getting more representation over the next 5-10 years.

I would like the art book but that is all. So standard version for me.

nice, but where is the pre order for the standard edition in uk.

@samuelvictor Thanks, but I'm not sure about that. Transformers is mostly known as an iconic pop culture changing 80s franchise and doubt they are going to stop catering towards G1 fans that are Gen X or Y.

@russell-marlow Well, the difference there I spose, is that most fans agree that Gen 1 Transformers in the shows, toys and comics was the best, or certainly better than the next handful of generations. Whereas with Turtles, the 2003 iteration was widely accepted by original fans as being arguably better than the original show. So there's more likelihood of it happening and bein successful.

Note that I didn't mean to imply that 80s and 90s nostalgia pandering would disappear completely - partly because there is still a market of people in their 40s, 50s etc who will buy merch and watch shows, but also partly because they will have raised their kids to watch old stuff. Just today in the supermarket I saw a kid around 10-12 wearing a Goonies t-shirt, and another with a Back to the Future one. Also of course the constant bringing back of old designs for new films/shows/merch means that kids experience the "old" brand 10-20 years after its golden age. My own kids grew up preferring 80s and 90s games to modern ones, but perhaps thats because they experienced playing them with me growing up. But, this will most certainly stop being the primary "nostalgia" era and will become secondary after early 2000s (see Spongebob memes being the most enduringly viral, rebooting of 2000s era Disney Channel and Nickelodeon stuff etc).

In the 80s when I was young, the primary "nostalgic" era was 50s and 60s, of course because it was aimed at my parents. Films and shows like Happy Days and Grease, for example. Elvis iconography everywhere. Back to the Future pandered to this of course, but mixed it with new/modern (for the time) tech and ideas. In a way, this is what happened with Micheal Bay era Transformers movies bringing back G1 designs with Bumblebee, or the 2009 "Turtles Forever" movie, bringing together elements of old and new. Of course, you still get merchandise, music, film and TV based on 1950s and 60s stuiff, but its not the primary market anymore. And interestingly, 50s/60s "style" iconography or influences mixed with more modern aesthetics are now a thing. Elvis merchandise and memorabilia went from being extremely valuable to now essentially worthless - but Elvis parodies, or music, costumes, dances etc with some elements inspired or evolved by it have become commonplace. 2000s kids couldn't care less about buying an Elvis statue, but go nuts for Stitch dressed as Elvis. This kind of crossreferencing of different generations nostalgia whilst creating new things to combine is the precise reason the MCU has been so widely successful, theres a joke or reference or style choice thrown in for everybody, regardless of age.

I think, as far as Turtles goes, that there will always be an element of the original comics and the 80s cartoon in the marketing, preciesely because its stuck around and fans of all generations have been consistently exposed to it, but we will see an increase of the 2003 designs too. Hell, it was never particularly successful or well-liked, but we've started to see the 1997 "The Next Mutation" show being referenced in modern Turtles media, and even becoming somewhat canon - Venus De Milo being brought back this year even though Peter Laird swore that would never happen - I'd wager its because there is a strong enough market now of consumers who were little kids when that show was on TV, and for them, its "their" Turtles even though the older and newer fans mostly dislike it. Going by that example, the chance of 2003 stuff becoming more commonplace to reference or bring back is about 5-7 years away - and I think will be a lot more welcomed and therefore widespread.

@samuelvictor I mean, if you say so. You said you work in marketing, allegedly. I heard Peter Laird was the guy who heavily pushed for the 2003 show too be more close to the comics and it turned out well, later on think both him and Kevin Eastman had a falling out because they had creative differences and I think Kevin was the one who wanted to bring back the 80s Turtles because he, unlike Laird, liked them and they were still popular among gen X who were the first to experience the golden age of Turtles popularity when they became pop culture icons of that era. I think that's why there's so much 80s Turtles merchandise compared to other incarnations of them even 25 years later.

The 2003 Turtles do have a strong fan following, however I don't think it's as strong as the 80s ones and I think the creators have more control over deciding which gets more representation.

I'm entirely uncertain if there will be nostalgia pandering to the 2003 show since I barely hear most people my age talk about the 2003 show to begin with. Right around the 2000s era, the thing that became culturally well known from around that time was most likely early anime premiering in America like Dragon Ball Z or Pokemon.

@russell-marlow Yeah I think theres definitely truth in what you say about the 80s version being SO culturally well known that it sticks, like DBZ and Pokemon, or indeed like G1 Transformers. I don't think that will go away but I definitely see more 2003 Turtles stuff appearing soonish due to market trends in general. I'm actually spearheading a superhero movie/comic/game franchise with a tonne of 80s and 90s nostalgia/references/themes in there, but we were told with no uncertain terms to add more stuff for 2000s kids too because otherwise we're literally halfing the marketability of the franchise, especially moving forwards.