Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutagen Ooze

Picked up my first canister of Mutagen Ooze from Toys R Us yesterday. I've been looking at these for a while, I really like the look of these and the fact that it comes with a little turtle figure was an added bonus!

I mainly wanted one of these as a prop to go with my TMNT figure collection. And I have to say, I really like these! I think the canister itself looks great with the TCRI logo from the new cartoon sculpted into it, and the ooze inside looks amazing. It's a light blue with a glitter effect through it, making it look very cartoon accurate.

To get into the ooze itself, you need a small Philips head screwdriver to open the canister. You can kind of see it in this picture.

This seems extreme, but you don't want this mutagen spilling out over your stuff. It has a real plastic fake smell to it and it's really quite sticky! Once you get the top off, there's another cap that pops off.

Which then leaves the third and final cap.

This initially has a little strip of tape over it to keep it in place, but once that's off, you're in!

And you can see swimming in that ooze, a little turtle!

I got Raphael!

Really liking the sculpt of these little guys. The colour matches up with the adult figures, and they come sculpted with their weapons on their backs making it easy to distinguish who's who. I'd love to get the other 3 turtles - the mutagen is a little transparent so if you're in store you can kind of wiggle them about and try and see what turtle is inside - but I'm not sure I want to buy another 3 canisters. Maybe though, if I'm passing and the canisters are there, I'd probably pick up another!

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Zomlings In The Town Series 1

I was in Toys R Us today, and picked up a couple of small pieces. One of those pieces was a new toy that I've never seen before, a new blind bag toy called Zomlings in the Town.

Seems like these guys are in the same vein as Trash Pack toys. They're made by Magic Box Int. and it mentions on the front of the packet that there are "+100 Zomlings to collect". Wow. There were 3 choices in the Zomlings box - you can pick up one Zomling for 50p, a Zomling & a tower for £1, or a Zomling and a house for £2. I went for the middle option.

The little booklet had 1/3 on it, which is why I think I couldn't find the name of the little cowboy Zomling that I got. He came in a little blue tower that kind of looks like a jail, but it's quite a cool little thing.

The Zomling itself is a little rubber toy which is kind of cool, but I don't think I'll be picking up any more of these. To be fair, at least these seem to be more reasonably priced than something like Moshi Monsters or Trash Pack - I really only grabbed this because it was a horror looking thing that sounded like zombie!

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NECA NES Robocop

Robocop is one of the best, most violent and most visceral action movies the 80's had to offer. This guy had to be mine for a couple of reasons: 1. I don't own a Robocop figure; 2. It's an excellent looking figure; and 3. it's Robocop that matches in with my Jason and Freddy!

Colour wise, he's a really dark and beautiful metallic blue with even lighter blue highlights. He has some black shading on his mouth which gives it some nice highlights.

Robocop is a brilliant likeness to his movie counterpart, he looks fantastic! I really like the look of this figure, great details in the helmet, shoulders and those pistons on his ankles are great. But the real stand out is the spring loaded hip holster that opens with a switch at the back and stores his gun. My figure seems to have a bit of an issue that the holster is a little fragile, but it's not so bad that you can't use it.

Articulation wise, Robocop is pretty good. His head moves side to side and up and down, he has armpit pivots and his arms move up and down, and he has a mid arm swivel (no wrist joint). He can swivel at his diaphragm, on my figure his left leg moves at his hip and moves up and down and his knees bends - this isn't the case on his right leg which his holster is on. His ankle doesn't even really move on his holster leg. His ankle on his left leg though moves his foot up and down, which interacts with the piston which is a really cool little feature.

I really like this guy, the highlights really work and look as though light is bouncing off of his metallic frame. This all makes him look like his videogame appearance. For me though, it's the sculpt that stands out. The feet and hands look so robotic, the pistons are very cool, his holster is a great touch and all the small touches in his armour just make this guy look like his movie counterpart.

Your move, creep! Go Figure!

Check out Fezbongo and his tumblr for more great shots!

NECA NES Freddy Krueger

I find it only fitting that I follow up NECA's 8-bit Jason with their take on videogame Freddy.

Again, this figure has the crazy trippy colour scheme in the same vein as Jason, mimicking the in game appearance of Krueger.

This guy is very cool and the only Freddy I own other than the small 2.5" Funko mini-mystery horror figure.

The sculpted detail in this figure is really nice. Especially in Freddy's scarred face

And that hat's removable to show off even more of his mug!

A face only a mother could love right there. But none of the mothers from Elm Street...

Articulation on this guy is minimal but enough to get him in a nice Freddy pose - which he's pretty much in anyway while in box. His head moves side to side, but only a little, his shoulders move back and forth, his elbows bend and his wrists swivel. His waist barely swivels, no articulation in the knees and his feet move up and down a little. Really, this guy is just for standing while looking sinister!

His glove is flesh coloured, but again that's in keeping with his in game look. I'm really glad I've added this guy to my NECA videogame inspired collection, he's really great looking and is a great partner to 8-bit Jason. Go Figure!

Fezbongo is my go to photo guy, he's a boss! Check his tumblr!

Nightshadow Leo TMNT 2012 Exclusive

I spotted this guy in Forbidden Planet a few weeks ago and couldn't pass him up, even though he was pretty pricey for what he is! I think he was originally the San Diego Comic Con exclusive back in 2012 but he's obviously made his way out and about - which is great news because I'd freaking love to eventually get my hands on the exclusive black and white Raphael that was at this year's con!

In black and white this figure looks amazing! In colour he's also very cool, but because of the extreme black shading, black and white really makes this guy pop out.

He's sculpted on the new TMNT Nickelodeon cartoon Leonardo and the paint and shading is based off of art work... which I don't really know anything about - if you do, please let me know!

Articulation is minimal on this guy, his shoulders move a tiny bit and his swords can be sheathed, but he's mainly just a model to be admired!

He comes with a sewer lid base that has his name written on it, and it's in the same black with some nice green highlights.

Leo's not really one for just picking up if you want to play with or pose him, and he's certainly not a kid friendly figure, but I'm glad to have him in my TMNT collection! Go Figure!

Fezbongo is a photo taking champ. Go look at his tumblr for more evidence!

NECA NES Jason Voorhees

Ever since I saw this guy I knew I had to have him. I'm a fan of the Friday the 13th franchise and a videogame fan, so really it was a no brainer to pick this guy up when I could. Thankfully Amazon had him at a very reasonable price so he quickly became mine!

And look at him! Isn't he awesome?!

The packaging made to look like the NES videogame box art is great and it's even better that it's a hinged door to a window display of the toy, so cool. The colour scheme of this guy is crazy, but nails the in game look of Jason with his wacky purple and light blue colours.

The light blue of his mask (which is removable), shoes, hands, and blades of his machete and hatchet all glow in the dark which is a nice touch. This figure is from NECA so is just the same model of Jason that we've seen in the past, but that's no bad thing as he's a great figure. Here he is with my battle damaged Friday the 13th Part 3 Jason

As you can see (other than the battle damage of Jason's face) they're the same sculpt and figure, just updated paint jobs.

This NES Jason is excellent though, it appeals to the old school video game nerd, toy nerd and horror nerd inside of me all at the same time, which is just great!

Articulation wise, his head moves side to side and up and down just a tiny bit. His arms move out and up and down at the shoulders, a single elbow bend and his hands can spin right round and pivot a little. He has a bit of a diaphragm crunch, his legs move forward at the hips but not back really, his knees bend and his ankles move a little. It's not a ton of movement but enough to get him standing with no issues holding one of his weapons and looking menacing!

Keep your eyes peeled for my thoughts on the rest of the NECA 8-bit inspired figures, coming this way soon! Go Figure!

My man Fezbongo was good enough to take these shots for me so in turn you should go look at his tumblr, I'm hidden in there!

Kidrobot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blind Boxes

At this point it sounds like I'm endorsed by the place, but I'm not - I was in Forbidden Planet yesterday and spotted the new Kidrobot TMNT blind boxed figures. I had to have them. So I grabbed two.

Pretty happy with my first two finds

Donatello and Michelangelo!

LOVE these little guys! Super cute and really nice looking!! They come with their weapons which (especially Michelangelo's nunchucks) are really nicely sculpted and painted. The paint detailing on the figures themselves are really nice and they're such neat little sculpts. I'm a big fan.

I'm such a big fan in fact, that I went back today and bought three more, hoping that I wouldn't end up with any doubles.

So other than Mikey and Donnie, I could end up with Splinter, Raphael, Leonardo, Shredder, Bebop, Rocksteady, Foot Soldier, or Kraang in his android suit. Of course, at this point, the want was for Leo and Raph.

Well, I shouldn't have said the dreaded double word.

Splinter and two members of the Foot Clan!! They're very cool but I'm pretty disappointed in a double this early on. In saying that though, two Foot Soldiers are about the best doubles you could ask for. They work almost as army builders, and they look really cool. I'm not totally sold on the look of Splinter, though he doesn't look terrible.

The articulation on these guys are minimal, the heads swivel (not on the Foot Soldiers though, due to their sculpt), and the arms move up and down. That's your lot, but really, they don't need it, the look of these little guys is what it's all about.

I'll definitely be looking at getting more of these guys, and until then, I need to think if I want to sell that extra Foot Soldier or keep him as extra muscle! Go Figure!