Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7)) Review

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Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7)) Review

Casey Jones
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) (Super7)The tone of the 2003 TMNT series set it apart greatly from its predecessor, focusing more on action and character development than goofy, standard 80s Saturday morning cartoon plots. It also loosely adapted some of the stories from the original Mirage comics, even being co-produced with the company behind the Turtles. This also meant character personalities were a bit more like said comics, including Casey Jones, who had more depth to his character than his '87 series counterpart did, who was just an infrequently appearing ally with a few screws loose. Thanks to Super7, the true Casey has a new figure.

While Casey wears a hockey mask like usual, you can see his eyes through it unlike his prior counterparts, and for such small eyes, the work is pretty clean (save for some bleed on the left eye). The mask itself stays true to the semi-angular style of the cartoon, and is an off-white color with a shinier finish than the rest of the body. The hair is different from the Caseys before him, being long and messy like his New Line trilogy counterpart, and is blue instead of solid black (it's a cartoon; hair can be any color). The hair on the figure is made of a softer plastic to keep it from restricting head movement, and there's some wash to it as well. There's an unmasked portrait as well, with a serious look and clean paint for the brows and eyes. I think a matte finish would've made it look better, as we've seen Super7 do it before with some Ultimates (including wave 9 of TMNT, before they switched to '03 figures), and it always turns out very well.

At about 6 7/8" tall, Casey is a bit more on the slender side than the others, but his upper body and arms are still quite muscular. The arms are a little simpler in detail than the vintage toy-accurate Ultimates before him, but the muscles look great, and the joints blend in well, including the double-jointed elbows (can't say the same for the knees, though). Aside from his maroon tank top, Casey also wears sweatpants with stripes on the sides and zippers on the bottoms, as well as blue and orange sneakers. The shape of the legs is also quite simple, aside from some bagginess at the bottom of the sweats, and the dark colors are good, though the paint is a little rougher than the rest of the body.

The articulation on the '03 Turtle figures has been above average for Super7, as they give them more joints than they're accustomed to. Casey moves as well as the others so far, with movement at the head, shoulders, biceps, elbows (double-jointed), wrists, chest, waist, hips, thighs, knees (also double-jointed), calves, and ankles. The head has plenty of tilt, alongside the different portraits swapping with ease, and the ball chest and waist work great together despite having some limitations. The double-jointed elbows and knees work great as well, having plenty of bend, though the sculpt of the arms leaves the upper elbow joints in a semi-bent position. You can force them back a bit to get the arms straight, so it's not as bad as Splinter.

As a sports-loving vigilante, Casey comes with his usual equipment, including two baseball bats, a hockey stick, a golf club, and a golf bag to hold it all. You'll have to pop off the head to get the bag on him, but the soft plastic of the strap makes fitting it on a breeze. He also comes with three pairs of hands - gripping, closed, and relaxed - and they swap easily, though I would've liked a pair of vertically-hinged gripping hands for better weapon poses. A piece of the mask by itself would've been nice as well, given there's already an unmasked head with him. Speaking of which, the Super Pack, which could only be gotten if you pre-ordered the whole wave directly through Super7, includes a third head for Casey, with windblown hair and eyes looking off to the side. I wish this head was included with the figure itself, as it's my favorite portrait of the three.

Super7 already put out a decent Playmates-style Casey beforehand (alongside a Mirage-themed redeco), and aside from some issues, he was pretty good. This version, however, like the other '03 figures, blows his OG counterpart out of the water, with a great sculpt and better articulation than before. Super7 already revealed the next wave, which should go up for pre-order soon, and I'll certainly be going for it, but the higher prices than before are going to sting for my finances.

- 2/17/26