Cowabunga, dude! Designs from the original comic books. Bring the TMNT action to you!
This totally awesome, 7-inch tall action figure box set includes all 4 original Turtles. The black-and-white character designs are detailed from Eastman and Laird's initial comic book series. These terrapin heroes feature their 1st masks and trademark weapons: Michelangelo comes with nunchucks; Leonardo has his katana; Raphael brings his sai; and Donatello arrives with his bo staff. They're set to bring all the exciting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fun and action straight to you. Cowabunga, indeed!
REVIEW
In The Beginning... ...The turtles started as a black and white comic by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. These awesome turtle figures are based on the artwork of the original comics, before the turtles got turned into a kid's cartoon franchise.
I've been a Turtle fansince the 80's when I was growing up (I'm 27 now), and I've been playing or displaying their toys throughout the years. I've got to say that these are defiantly some of the coolest Ninja Turtles figures out there, past or present. They're greatly detailed and the fact that their black and white makes them all the more cooler.
If you love the ninja turtles, and love to collect figurines, I would defiantly recommend these. As far as children go, however, I'm not sure how wise it would be to pass these on to little kids. They are durable and highly posable, but I just get the feeling these weren't meant to be played with. It does seem like they might break at the joints if you pushed on them hard enough. I was a little nervous when trying to put Raphael's sai's through his fingers for fear of breaking off his hand in the process. The hands are a tight squeeze to put the weapons into, so be carefull.
Now, since they're all black and white and there's no color, nor is there the first letter of their names on their belts to tell them apart, I've found that in case you get the weapons mixed up there are small noticable differences between the four of them:
Raphael has a larger gap inbetween his fingers to put his sais through (I just don't really recommending puttin them in his hand that way, just do the normal by the handle).
Leonardo has two things on his back to hold each one of his swords.
Donatello is the only one of the 4 turtles not showing his teeth.
Michelangelo kind of has this grin or smile on his face, while it seems that Leonardo and Raphael are baring their teeth in anger. Also, I must say that it looks cool that Michaelangelo's Nunchucks have actual little chains on them, and are not just plastic shaped like chains. However, the chains seem like they would be real easy to break.
As a turtle fan, I love them, and as a toy collector, I love them. The only thing I really wish this pack came with is display stands to put them on. But they're feet are really big, so you shouldn't have any problem getting them to stand.
