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Write a Review link for that item. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Classic Cartoon (Neca)Yeah, sure, sixth-scale is cool and all, but what about quarter-scale? I will admit I feel that not a lot of companies are doing stuff in a ¼ scale, but NECA is one that enjoys doing it. But rather than being super-expensive statues and whatnot, their offerings in this size range are affordable and fully-posable. I got my first figure in this scale a while back, and not surprisingly, it’s a Ninja Turtle, and the best one at that. This is not the first time NECA did quarter-scale Turtles, though. They did some movie ones a few years back, and a lot of people enjoyed them. It was last year that they announced the toon line would be receiving this treatment as well, starting with Raphael. While we ended up waiting longer than anticipated for him, he saw release in the first quarter (get it?) of the year, and Donatello came out a few months ago as well. I scored Raph from a toy expo some time ago, so let’s take a look. The packaging follows the same design cues as the two-packs at Target, with a mixture of green and yellow resembling the Turtle Van. The back shows off some photos of the figure, and the bottom shows off all four Turtles. There is a bit of tape and ties to remove, but it’s all pretty collector-friendly. Onto the sculpt, the figure is basically a scaled-up version of the earlier 7” scale one, standing tall at around 15”, but there are various enhancements. The head here, rather than just being copied off the video game Turtle figures, is a more show-accurate one, and it’s much nicer (no wonder the Turtles were reissued in a four-pack with these heads). We get two heads here, one happy and one angry. The special part is that the top and lower halves of these heads are separate pieces that can be swapped around, allowing for four different expressions. The hands are designed to grip the sais in two different ways, giving you some pretty cool display options. The rest of the upgrades are really more articulation-related than sculpt, and I’ll go over that below. He’s got the same type of paint apps as the smaller line with the cel shading and outlines, but the colors look much nicer in this scale. As mentioned above, the articulation is a bit more plentiful thanks to Raph’s larger size. The ball-jointed head/neck combo works great, and the bandana tail has been updated to a swivel/hinge, allowing it to flow back or to the side. The swivel/hinge shoulders and wrists and swivel biceps remain the same, but the elbows are now a double swivel/hinge, allowing for nicer arm poses and deeper bend. There’s a ball-jointed torso hidden under the shell that works okay enough to allow for some dynamic poses. The hips are swivel/hinge, with nice ratchets to allow them to stay in place. The thighs swivel, of course, but the right one won’t budge for me. Fortunately, we got a swivel/hinge above the kneecaps to mimic that joint, along with a simple hinge below it. Lastly, we got rocker/hinge ankles that help Raphael stay stable in certain poses. None of the joints were really stuck tight aside from the one thing, which is good. There’s a good selection of accessories here for the turtle in red. Aside from the gripping hands, there’s two extra pairs of hands included – pointing and thumbs up – and they swap easily. We got a pair of sais, of course, and both the gripping and pointing hands can hold them. The Turtle Com is included as well, and it actually opens up! You can see all the nice details inside, though there is a bit of paint ruboff. Last but not least, there’s three slices of pizza. Two of them can connect together (and the other Turtles will have these pieces), and the third has a hole in it so you can slide it onto Raph’s sai. Sure, we had to wait until February-March of this year to get Raph rather than his planned summer 2020 release, but I feel that it was worth it. He looks great and is a lot of fun. If you have the room for him, I’d recommend getting him (or Donatello, depending on who you think the best turtle is). I eagerly await Leonardo and Michelangelo next year, and I hope they consider doing other toon characters in this scale.   by RMaster007 |
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