These two figures are the only ones that I have completed so far from series 3. Like every other TMNT fan, I adore the figures from the Playmates toyline that represent other characters than the four turtles and the other main characters. They are so well designed: colourful, funny, with great playability (for example, unlike theturtles, most of them are very easy to set them standing) and cool accesories.
I am observing that the line is gaining value in the last months and some figures are really expensive already. Will this trend continue?
Well, the two figures today are:
TRICERATON:
Most mutant characters from the TMNT universe are humanoid animals living today, but in this case, it is a dinosaur. It looks like a crazy Playmates idea, but it is actually already in the very first issues of Eastman and Laird´s. Actually they are living on some other planet in Dimension X and are intelligent beings. There are many of these, although in the comic, they are wearing a different suit and look slightly more aggressive.
The figure comes with a grey belt and two rather big blue guns, that contrast with its orange skin.
It is an enemy of the Turtles
WINGNUT:
Wingnut is a bat, and Screwloose is a mosquito, maybe two of the strangest creatures in the toyline, because, how do you make a bat look human? It has strange proportions, with short legs, big belly, and the strangest of all is its head, and more particularly, its nose.
Besides the small Screwloose, the blister pack included two mechanic wings, in which we could insert a revolver and a grenade, both in light yellow, and a yellow belt.
From this figure I also have the bio-card, cut from the original blisterpack in English. These are very funny to read, as they always include many jokes and puns. Although I have this notes about its background and origins, I am still unsure if the figure actually appears in the comic books at some time, or if, in this case, it is a Playmates invention.
Wingnut is a friend and helper of the Turtles.
FACTS and FIGURES:
- Name: TRICERATON + WINGNUT & SCREWLOOSE
- Toy Line: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) (Waves 3)
- Year: 1990
- Company: Playmates (U.S.A.)
- Size of the figures: 3.75’’ or 9,75 cm
¡Fabulosas! En realidad para mí todas las figuras de la línea vintage de las Tortugas Ninja son geniales. Estas dos las conservo completas de niño y, concretamente, Wingnut es de mis preferidas. El diseño, el esculpido, los accesorios... una maravilla. Y la agresividad de Triceraton siempre me impactó también.
ReplyDeleteSí, yo me refiero a que las figuras de las cuatro tortugas están sobreexplotadas con tanto disfraz, pero las que no son tortugas (ni personajes muy recurrentes) son excelentes. Lástima que sea tan difícil conseguir algunos accesorios para tenerlas completas. De triceraton me gustan mucho las tramas del cómic original, en el que en realidad hay muchos Triceratons transportados de la dimensión X a Nueva York.
ReplyDeleteDe Winghut no sé nada, no lo he visto en cómics ni dibujos, no sé si saldrá en algún episodio o historia.
ReplyDeleteSí, los triceratons serían soldados al estilo de los del Foot Clan, pero de la Dimensión X, como ocurre también con los soldados de piedra dirigidos por el Greneral Traag.
ReplyDeleteEn cuanto a Wingnut y Screwloose, sí, aparecen tanto en los cómics como en algún capítulo de la serie animada. En Google puedes ver su apariencia tanto en un medio como en otro.
Echaré un vistazo a lo de Wingnut, a ver cómo lo retratan. ¡Gracias!
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