Feb 1, 2018

New TMNT toon Character designs "leaked"

Nickelodeon is making a new TMNT series, where Raphael is Leonardo and Leonardo is Raphael... And April's black...
These are the supposed official character designs:

And you can start to see the beef I have with this: What the Hell did they do to Splinter, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo!?  Getting some funky vibes here...

Yup, that and more Michael Bay Turdles to up the suck!
The art kinda looks like a hybrid of 2012 and TMNT 200X (200X is not just for MOTU)
I know that for years, they've tried to make Raph a tank, but come on, making Leo look as wimpy as this wimp Donatello is messed up. Also how can he fit through the street accesses to the sewers?

And notice something? Raph lost his Sai, Mikey his nunchaku, Leo lost a sword, and April is some sort of Green Lantern now. Just read a reaction on Facebook that sums up part of my issues with the TMNT designs, especially Mikey:

"I don’t hate it but it looks more Battletoads than Ninja Turtles in design."

Now the Elephant in the room: April...
Once again, she's made a child. I don't mind  that she's black. The race swapping no matter in which direction is made... (White to Black, Asian to white,  Black to Asian, Black to White) it bothers me.
If you want diversity ADD characters, don't REPLACE EXISTING CHARACTERS!!

WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, Black April doesn't bother me. Aside the Green Lantern construct bat, or that she looks like Superhero Girls Bumblebee's smaller sister and the glasses kinda give me Irma vibes...

Looks like I'm very likely to skip this.

It came from the Toy Chest: Oh the Inhumanity!

I don't care about the Inhumans, other than Crystal who had a thing for Johnny Storm, but chose Quicksilver over Torch. But Crystal is NOT one of the Inhumans I got.
I have the King and the Queen... (Insert clucking noises) Do you have any idea how racist would've been if I had used any Ugandan Knuckles reference on the Black Panther review?
So, Medusa, Queen of the Inhumans and Really long prehensile hair... Then Blackbolt whose voice can break things... Like entire cities if he utters a single sound. Both have crossed paths with Muties and the 4... Which is a good thing that Disney owns Fox...
I am Cornholio!


Articulation:
Medusa is on a female buck similar to Phoenix or Rogue. The heavy weight of her hair limits her head Articulation, but the heavy hair can act as an extra leg if needed.

Blackbolt has normal male Articulation minus the butterfly wing Pecs. Many poses are undoable since his wings would look awkward if  posed incorrectly. So he's reduced to be stuck in the Cornholio pose.
Medusa: 4.5
Blackbolt: 3.5

Paint and Sculpt:
Like I said, both are in plain bucks, but Blackbolt got a bit of more love than Medusa.
Medusa's unique parts are head and maybe belt.
Blackbolt has heads, forearms and biceps as his unique pieces.
Paint wise, Medusa has a few areas of metallic burgundy and some shading on her hair.
Blackbolt on the other hand has silver accents on his outfit and some screaming blue energy on his speaking head.
Medusa: 3.5 Blackbolt: 4.0

Accesories:
Medusa has nothing. Blackbolt has a BAF Piece and a silent head.
Medusa: n/a Blackbolt: 1.0

Overall:
Medusa gets a 3.0 (after substracting a point for having nothing) Blackbolt gets a 2.83 as his final score... If I wasn't interested in completing Okoye, I wouldn't have gotten Blackbolt. Without Blackbolt, I wouldn't have gotten Medusa. Feeling meh, for the Inhumans... Both in MCU and in toy form...