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Recommended music: Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow

Yes, for this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’ve got another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This custom yellow version of the Foot Soldier figure is based on its appearance 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game. NECA also never got around to making this version, so I also had to do it myself. This head style from the animated foot soldiers works better than the rounded heads, in my opinion. However, I am missing something crucial to the Yellow Foot Soldiers from the game. They need a pink boomerang (or a white boomerang in the NES port).

This version of the foot soldiers can throw boomerangs across the screen to attack from a distance, but can also engage in some hand-to-hand combat as well. I’m not planning on NECA making this color of foot anytime soon, so I guess I need to go ahead and get started on some boomerangs. 😄

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Recommended music: The Greatest Bits – Technodrome

Well, on this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’ve got another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This white version of the Foot Soldier figure is inspired by its appearance in the 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game. This variation of foot soldiers is a common enemy in the game, armed with either a katana or throwing knives. They show up early in the game, and all the way until the final level: The Technodrome. The knife version has unlimited knives to throw across the screen (which can be blocked) or, if they are up close, can be used to stab the Turtles. “Look out,” indeed!

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Recommended music: Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (Live)

Also present for this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’re taking a look at another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This purple version of the Foot Soldier figure is based on its appearance 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game. I believe this is the most common color variant of foot soldier for both the TMNT animated series and the video games, showing up right away in this game to attack unarmed, or to peek around a corner and throw sticks of dynamite at our heroes.

In the ‘Parking Garage’ level, this version is more advanced, now armed with a spear that can not be blocked and the ability to toss a player across the screen. In the ‘Highway’ level, the purple foot carry missiles above their heads and gain the power of tossing manhole covers like frisbees. 🤨

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Recommended music: Sewer Burzum – Pink Incident

Popping up for this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’ve got another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This custom pink version of the Foot Soldier figure is based on its appearance 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game. NECA never did get around to making this common version, so I had to do it myself. I like this head style from the animated foot soldiers better than the rounded heads, anyway. While I didn’t paint all the pixels seen on the other video game figures in the line, I was able to incorporate multiple color shades to resemble the sprites from the game.

This version of the foot soldiers shows up in the sewer level, carrying sledgehammers. They are slow but can attack from a distance. They also appear later in the game with green machine guns and even later to pilot little helicopters, but I don’t expect NECA to make those accessories any time soon.

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Recommended music: Foreigner – Hot Blooded

Well, we’ve reached another #TurtleTuesday, and today, we’re taking a look at a NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael!

This version of the Raph is based on his look during the 1990 TMNT live-action film. The figure was first released in an SDCC exclusive 4-pack with the other turtles. The oversized packaging for this set was reminiscent of the movie’s original VHS release box, except it says “THE FIGURES” in place of “THE MOVIE.” NECA has continued this same idea for 4-packs from the following two TMNT films.

Playmates Toys made ‘Movie-star’ figures in the vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line. They did this again in 2014 with their ‘Classic Collection’ line. However, these NECA figures represent the first super articulated and detailed representations of the movie likenesses in a 7″ scale. NECA warmed up on the designs by making 1/4 scale turtles from 2016 to 2017. They then released the 4-pack of 7″ turtles the following summer.

The hothead of the turtle boys comes with a pair of his familiar sai weapons, extra hands, and an alternate bandanna design. The set also comes with accessories to share among all the other turtles, including an ooze canister and four slices of pizza.

Raphael comes with 30 points of articulation, including double-hinged elbows and knees, ankle rockers, and more. Thankfully, NECA made the four turtles easier to acquire in the years to follow, eventually repacking them as a GameStop exclusive and then in 2-packs that were even more accessible to collectors at Walmart stores.

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[Reminder, no “daily toy” post tomorrow as Bond is back for October – DM]

Recommended music: Figure – Cowabunga

For this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’ve got another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This orange version of the Foot Soldier figure is based on its appearance 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Arcade Game. Even though it is not a completely accurate head sculpt for the foot soldiers, I like the pixelated paint work on these guys, and the orange version is no exception. This variant shows up early in the game to throw ninja stars, AKA shuriken, at our hero turtles and comes back in level four ‘Parking Garage’ (or level five if you’re playing on NES with the added ‘Snowy Central Park’ level) right after a large sedan pulls out, taking out anyone in its path.

While the ninja star orange soldiers are easy to take out, the machine gun versions are a bit harder, being able to shoot a spray of bullets from a long distance, and can gun-butt the turtles when up close. Usually, a jump kick or special attack will take out this common enemy without too much effort.

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Recommended music: Florian Haack – Neon Night Riders

For this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’ve got another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Soldier!

This Foot Soldier figure is based on its appearance from the 1991 video game ‘Turtles in Time.’ The pixelated deco really works well for the foot soldiers and is supposed to depict their look from the level “Neon Night Riders,” which takes place in the distant future year of 2020. 😄

For the home console ports, most of this level was a 3rd person view where Foot Soldiers come right at the screen, but the end of the level versus Krang’s android body (and the entire arcade version of the level) is side-scrolling with both the turtles and Foot Soldiers on hover boards.

Like the turtle’s figure releases, the hoverboard design does not match the game. It uses a surfboard design versus the more disc-like design from the actual video game. It is not a huge deal. However, it takes up unnecessary space on the collection shelf. Some coordination is involved in getting your flying turtles to get up close to your flying feet. 😛 Thankfully, the release also includes a sword and a ray gun for some variety.

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Recommended music: Twenty one pilots – Jumpsuit

Jumping up this #TurtleTuesday, let’s have a look at another NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Professor Jordon Perry!

This Hazmat Jumpsuit version of Professor Perry is also based on his appearance in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. The figure arrived in a 2-pack containing another Professor Perry in a lab coat (see last week’s post). The likeness for this version is just as accurate for actor David Warner as the other figure as the heads are fully swappable due to the removable hard hat.

Yes, this set does come with film-accurate accessories, including multiple canisters of ooze, an extra set of hands, a clipboard, two pairs of glasses, and a full set of lab equipment, including a computer, vials, and other test tubes. What this set is missing, however, is that even after 20+ years since the film, NECA forgot to include that giant mutated flower seen in the picture.

April O’Neil’s co-worker didn’t forget and snagged one for the Foot Clan. Fortunately, NECA packed in this correctly scaled prop with the Secret of the Ooze Ultimate Shredder. While I appreciated the inclusion of this version of Professor Perry, which is very detailed down to his name and information being printed on his tiny ID card, the costume only appeared in two brief scenes. I would have much preferred NECA to take on the additional tooling and likeness rights for other SOTS characters like April, Chief Sterns, or a ninja rapping Vanilla Ice. 😎

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Recommended music: Leonard Bernstein – Candide Overture

Popping up this #TurtleTuesday, let’s have a look at the NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Professor Jordon Perry!

This Lab Coat version of Professor Perry is based on his appearance in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. The figure arrived in a 2-pack containing another Professor Perry in a hazmat suit. The likeness is remarkably accurate for actor David Warner. Warner is likely more known for roles in The Lost World, Star Trek V and VI, Time Bandits, and Titanic.

For film-accurate accessories, Perry includes both an empty and a full TGRI canister of ooze, an extra set of hands, a clipboard, two pairs of glasses as you will lose one in the carpet, and a full set of lab equipment, including an early 1990s computer, vials, and other test tubes. I’m glad NECA finally made this figure more than 20 years after the film was released, as Professor Perry was an important part of the film.

If you’d like to see more of the accessories in action, you can scroll down a long way on my Instagram, as this figure was my #9 action figure release of 2024.

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