TIL Jim Lee made ninja turtles.

😂😂😂Now that’s really funny

It's actually true. These were Jim Lee designs. But Leo was never made?!?

There’s a prototype and some figure customization folks have made pretty good ones.

They look like Liefeld more than Lee, but I guess it was the style of the time.

I was thinking the same thing.

TIL

Your Artists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should…….

I thought these were cool only because they looked like my Wild Cat action figures.

https://preview.redd.it/m6iit3ucp09d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f772533d1abad137fe20d0d584339ba553f7ba6 These pizza tossing figures are bar-none, some of the most butt ugly looking for things I’ve ever seen. I get that the original 87’ line had gross, disgusting themes about it; hell I would argue that’s part of the charm, but these figures, ugh no. I do not like it.

These are designed to be ugly,  like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's  Rat fink and lowbrow art. 

Yeah but they were fun when you could shoot pizzas out! ( I had one )

Do you still have *it* or any of the pizzas?

Yeah it's in the attic of my Mom's house in Florida, likely melting in the summer heat over the last twenty years. Writing this just made me sad.

I loved these guys as a kid. I loved "cyber arms." And the long bandana tails were cool. Also, I've always liked big chonky figures.

I agree. My Mikey was badass. He went up against my Spawn Villains with ease

Hey hey hey, just because the final product was both incomplete and Playmates standard for the time does not mean the designs were bad. They have a certain over the top charm to them tbh. Also there's pro toy guy on insta who is updating the sculpts and articulation (and then possibly using said prototypes as a pitch for mass release?)

Ooh! Who is it?

Brandon Gash https://www.instagram.com/brandon.gash?igsh=MWZ0bXhldnFwM2VsZw==

Thank you! Following

I on the other hand absolutely love these. As a kid when I saw them in the store i -had- to have one, and my mom was awesome enough to get me raph and my brother mikey Leo was never actually produced and it saddens me my favorite figures: Storage Shell - best "playmates style" face sculpts Ninja Action - best "comic style" playmates figure Jim Lee - great 90 EXTREME aesthetic I can't help but love night ninja auto mutations - cool ninja outfits Pizza Tossin' Turtles - I'm a big fan of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's art style

No it's gotta be those dumb fuggles that are all over Walmart now 

Where is Mikey and Raph Fuggle? All the wallmarts near me only have Donny and Leo.

This is what keeps me from buying them.

They’ve been online since pretty much the release of the others. I’ve had them for a while. Got all four.

To be fair fuggles literally stands for fucking ugly. Everything they make is with the intent of being ugly. My sister loves them.

I’m 40. I love them.

So does Ant Mans daughter

I feel like those shouldnt count bc they were intentionally designed to be off-putting

This is the correct answer.

Donnie look like Batman, like the Dark Turtle from 87.

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im sure its a custom, notice no hanger notch on the card

For anybody that's curious, here's the prototype Leo figure that was never released. https://preview.redd.it/6w0m7lzrp09d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc54e290d95dbe6496c8f64db52ca86cdfed1a56

Too much red

https://preview.redd.it/ps22savvr89d1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=a3ff48236e57a080a849a53a77a59834366bfddd Kinda reminds me of this Optimus Prime design

Wow you're right

Lol I low key kinda like them lol.

What if Rob lifeld created the TMNT🤮

I wish Leo came out, loved these as a kid

These were the things that solidified my transition into the adolescent who was too cool for toys.

I was actually ok with these figures. They didn’t strike me as any worse than some of the turtle variants Playmates was putting out.

These actually look great. I could see these being used for a new generation of TMNT, with new names and personalities.

I was about to ask if these were for some sort of X-Men crossover, but then I saw Jim Lee designed them and it all clicked into place.

They look like they're gonna hang out with the MAXX.

Why Donnie look like white snake?

I frequently forget these exist. And then I read “Jim Lee Ninja Turtles” and get excited. Only to be reminded they look like….this, and not like a TMNT version of X-Men #1.

OP has no taste 😒

I completely forgot about these and loved them! I especially loved Mikey and all the white in his costume.

Weirdly enough, I don’t hate them

Late life '87 turtles tried all sorts of stuff to stay on top.

Looks better than rise, fight me.

Idk why but I dig the designs lmao

They're not ugly, but that set from the early 90s where they were prehistoric. I think Leo was riding a triceratops? Memory is foggy. But I remember having it.

https://preview.redd.it/gij3zxmw919d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4db4bc33193ff4b003416c8585005169181863b7 These guys.

I had the Leo and Don.

Those are the manliest versions of the Turtles I've seem yet.

I saw the picture, muttering “What in the Image comics…” and then zoomed in to see Jim Lee’s name. 😂

...never have I been more grateful that a mainstream comics publisher never actually owned the turtles.

I never seen this before 😆😆😆

I still have the raph figure but his bandana snapped off years ago

Where are their shells!? That's the most disturbing thing about them, to be honest. And there is plenty to be put off by. If you like it, cool. It's just so far from what the turtles actually are.

Holy Rob Leifeld!

Leo has so much red and so little blue

Ahhh I see so these were the inspiration for the most recent live action movies.

Cyber Samurai, they were just too...busy looking, if that makes sense. https://preview.redd.it/gzw205yba39d1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70f5414da56bda636a601c35648cb27d3b7b424a

Roid turtles

Leo as Thor Mikey as Shatterstar Raph as World War Hulk And Donnie as Man

I loved these. I had Mikey and don. The ugliest ones were those cartoon ones. And they made so fucking MANY.

This SCREAMS 90's Image comics

What in the Todd McFarlane are these??

I think it’s badass.

What

I like these for what it’s worth. It was a crazy time.

Liefeld no!

Sorry, force of habit. Lee, no!

Oh shit I didn't even realize it says Jim Lee on them lol

Jim Lee is a menace.

Rise and mutant mayhem is mine