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JCC classic ninja turtles toys (weird facts on the back)

Discussion in 'Community' started by jacktherack, Sep 3, 2013.

  1. jacktherack

    jacktherack Jedi Master star 4

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    I was looking at an archive of all these old toys and found a listing of all the classic playmates ninja turtles (88-96) and if you didn't know already similar to the 3 3/4 G.I Joe figures they have made up backstories on some of the original characters along with facts.​
    Some of these ninja turtles facts make absolutely no sense. actually most of them don't. ​
    But there is onethat takes the cake as one of the most confusing and random things put on the back of a toy box. Ladies and gentlemen i present you, from 1991, Wyrm.​
    Here are his "facts" (notice the quotation marks)​
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    "The Wiggly Weirdo Warrior!
    VITAL TRASHTISTICS:
    Accessories: Trash Compactor Mallet, Worm Knife, Worm Belt, Porcuepounder and Munchy Mouth Worms
    Birthplace: City dump
    Weight: 183 lbs. (with open mouth)
    Favorite Food: Rotten Meat
    Favorite Measurement: Inch
    One day, a mild-mannered trash man slipped and fell headlong into Shredder's garbage bin. The resulting nightmare: Wyrm - a planetarium warped and wiggly creepy crawler. Embarrassed by his slimy stench, this greedy garbage ghoul gathers gunk from the bowels of the sewers. This head honcho of the Unsanitation Department has a voracious appetite for munchy mouth worms, which make his eyes bulge with hunger. Tenderizing rancid rubbish with his trash compactor mallet, Wyrm's got the belly of a beast - and the breath to prove it. Only Muckman's foul enough to be Wyrm's friend. Mostly, though, no one likes to get too close to Wyrm - and that's why he's one solitary slitherer."
    And that's all i have to say about that.
     
  2. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Speaking of G.I. Joe figures, I always liked keeping track of which Joes came from Michigan, being that's my home state and all. And the Dreadnok character Road Pig:

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    Was given the town of Goblu, Michigan as a birthplace. Which is rather funny, since it's not a real place, it was a place added to a map by a mapmaker who was a University of Michigan alumni and fan (Goblu=Go Blue, get it?).
     
  3. I Are The Internets

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  4. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    From the back of the old Masters of the Universe Stinkor figure:

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  5. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's an inch-wyrm, duh.
     
  6. Aytee-Aytee

    Aytee-Aytee Jedi Master star 5

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    I loved the Kenner ALIENS action figures back in the day.

    However...I couldn't freakin stand their Colonial Marines.


    Real Drake:
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    Mark Rolston


    Fake Drake:
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    With Zack Morris' cellular phone glued to his head.

    The worst part is that his M56 smartgun was just a static prop. It didn't do anything. To make the "shooting" sound, you had to twist him at the waist.
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    And it sounded like crap.



    But...at least it was better than the Apone and Bishop figures. Kenner didn't go crazy with the design trying to make Drake more "cool".
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    "They gave you a metal arm? SERIOUSLY?"
     
  7. I Are The Internets

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    I love his t-shirt.
     
  8. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Funny story: Kenner's Aliens toyline was supposed to be a tie-in for a cartoon called Operation:Aliens, but only a pilot was made, and never got to series, because it was considered too violent. The more "toyetic" designs of the Colonial Marines from the toyline as compared to the movie were probably also reflective of the designs of the show, if I were to guess.
     
  9. JangoMike

    JangoMike Jedi Master star 4

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    Is that pilot available for viewing anywhere???? Id like to see that...
     
  10. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    As far as I know, it has never turned up anywhere, even on the bootleg circuit. Maybe someday.
     
  11. Aytee-Aytee

    Aytee-Aytee Jedi Master star 5

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    Here's a few screenshots...
    http://www.alienscollection.com/operationaliens.html
     
  12. JangoMike

    JangoMike Jedi Master star 4

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    OMG!!!! I would have LOVED to have seen that.....must find this....
     
  13. Darth-Lando

    Darth-Lando Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Holy crap. The final frame from the presumably Korean animation studio actually says "ARIENS".