Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Stockman-Fly

We're finally able to pick this new figure up in the UK - I ordered mine online, but I have seen this figure in my local Smyths toy store. I really liked how much build up Stockman got before finally being mutated into a fly and the mutation scene in the show was pretty great itself!

Stockman-Fly comes with the one accessory in his chocolate bar. It's sculpted in a chocolate brown plastic that has "choc" and "log" sculpted onto it, as well as some wrapper and a bite taken from it. It's a nice little piece and goes with the character.

I'll immediately get into the biggest flaw in this figure: the articulation. As usual, the basic range of Playmates' TMNT figures that aren't turtles get a minimum amount of articulation. Stockman's head is on a ball joint, his shoulders are on a ball and hinge, as are his wings, his waist swivels, and his hips swivel his legs back and forth and outwards... and that's your lot. No elbow, wrist, knee, or ankle articulation at all. A bit poor but this is a great looking figure and one of the better looking villain figs from this line.

The paint is good on this figure, but again a little lacking in places. Stockman's skin is a brown and he's wearing his pink sweater, blue jeans and tan shoes. There's black paint on his sculpted tuft of hair that's left on his head, and his wings are really nicely sculpted in a translucent green plastic. The barbs that are sticking out of his clothes are the main annoyance on the body. These would have looked great with just a small application of brown paint.

The real highlight of the paint and sculpt on this figure though are Stockman's big bug eyes that are moulded in that great translucent green plastic that his wings are done in, but then painted in a shiny metallic green that really make them pop.

There are aspects of this figure that, if corrected, would make it into an excellent piece. But sadly Playmates - to save money - won't be able to change these practices. Conversely though, these figures are kept at a pretty reasonable price and here in the UK I'm sure Smyths are selling some of their older TMNT stock off with a 25% discount, so if you're missing some characters, it might be worth a look in!

Overall I'd say this is one of the better villain figures we've got from this line and I'd recommend him for collectors of this line or kids that are into the show!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles M.O.U.S.E.R.S Bonus 7 Pack

I've been looking at picking this pack up for a while but the Mousers have evaded me for a while. But finally, while walking through Asda one afternoon, I spotted them for a little under £10, so I swooped!

This little set is great. It comes with three silver mousers, 2 dark silver and 2 black mousers. They're all the same sculpt and have the same paint apps. They have small red eyes and some small red paint apps inside their mouths. The sculpts are really nice though, they have great little feet and teeth, and there are even sculpted details inside the mousers mouths which is great as you can open all of their jaws.

The articulation is minimal but it's all that's needed: the jaws open and can be left open a little or fully, the heads are on a ball joint so they can be swivelled, and the legs move back and forth.

They're in really nice scale to the basic TMNT figures currently available and will look very cool in your collection.

If you can get these guys for a reasonable price (I've seen these sell online for some silly prices), then I'd recommend them. They're a lot of fun and look great.

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