Finally the new ‘Bay-turtles’ (or
‘Bay-tles’ as a buddy of mine says it) action-figures from Playmates hit
Malaysian shores. Saw these the other day at one of the TRU in town. Obviously
I wasn’t too keen on how Michael Bay had re-imagined our beloved TMNT
characters. The 4 turtle brothers now looked distinctively different than the
other.....which is not a bad thing really but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Here are a few of my observations
off the new toys:
1 1) Donnie’s
legs are too skinny. He has the most non muscled-up legs among the four. Is
this because he’s the scientist and presumably didn’t get much fight coming his
way?
2 2) April
O’Neill aka Ms Megan Fox’s action figure has an abysmal 5-points of
articulation...WTH? Why were the rest of the figures well articulated but this
one gets sidelined?
3 3) On
the hindsight, I think Raphael was the most decent one out of the four, not
just because he fits my image of how a live-action ‘Turtle should look like,
it’s also because he’s always been my favourite among them all (*shucks*). Yup,
I grabbed him the moment I saw him (hey, ya’ didn’t think I was gonna go home
empty handed now?!)
4 4) Shredder
looks menacing even though I think he seriously lacks paint. His picture at the
back of his card looks better than the actual toy. Matters not...I think many
customizers will give him a paint anyway. I almost got this together with
Ralphie but decided otherwise (I opted to get the Nickelodeon Shred-head with
the removable helmet for my son instead).
5) The
sight of the ‘I-look-more-like-a-terrorist’ Foot Soldier disgusts me. Just why
did Bay have to fix something which clearly was not broken? Oh how I miss the
90s TMNT live-action movies (yes, even that sub-par third movie too....LOL).
Despite the
negativity on the action-figures and the bad rap given by fanboys and media
alike, I am actually looking forward to this movie. Let’s give Bay a chance
shall we? And if it does end up like a pile of cinematic excrement/faecal
matter, then I shall leave it to the masses to start off the ‘anti-Michael Bay’
campaign we all truly deserve.
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