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On this #TurtleTuesday, we’ve got another fun character from the 1987 animated series. It’s the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Krang with Android Body!
Now, this is the version of Krang you may be more familiar with. Yes, it was produced as a toy for the Playmates line in 1992, years after its appearances in several TMNT video games, and after Krang’s Android Body first appeared in the Archie comics. Do you know where it first appeared? The fifth episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, “Shredder & Splintered,” aired back in 1987.
NECA released this “Ultimate” version of Krang because the previous bubble walker was not adequate. In addition to the new Android body, there is a new Krang with improved articulation for controlling the joysticks inside, three sets of hands, and two antennae (in case you lose one). Six weapon attachments, including spiked flails, blaster cannons, an axe, a spinning spike wheel, soap on a rope, a bath towel, a shower cap, two blueprints, and Shredder in baby form from the season 3 episode “Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp.”
I chose to picture him with a flail from season 3, episode 47, “The Big Break In,” as this was the first time since the body’s season one debut that you could see any attachments. This hulking 9″ figure really stands out on the shelf with the smaller turtles, and NECA included many more accessories than any Turtle fan could have imagined. I’m certainly satisfied with this release; however, NECA has teased an even larger version of the character at shows, with a future release planned.
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