The most obvious item won't be on the list, because Super7 is not allowed to do it for the moment... rumor has it that NECA will release a Toon version of it.
"Character Booster" packs:
Heads, hands, weapons, effects, and other things should be in these. Sure some may require new tooling but other parts can be simple repaints. These could work like this. Let's use Leonardo as an example.
He gets:
Both heads from his normal release with Mirage Red Headbands.
Extra hands (hang ten pose, pointing pose)
Kunai from Sewer Samurai Leo.
Actual 4 point shuriken
Boomerangs
Ninja scroll... not the anime but generic ninja scrolls like anime ninja use... totally NOT a reference to the first NES game... but if we can reference it, then good.
Add on effects for some weapons like slash effects for the swords and kunai.
For Shredder it would be similar in that he would get effects, additional weapons, hands and heads, but the items would be different.
Heads he would get a normal shredder head in blue with blue mask.
A second unmasked Oroku Saki head.
Hands would be "ninja pose hands" a true to vintage accurate 2 finger grip hand, a hand that could hold shuriken between the fingers.
Maybe a red cloth tunic (nod to Mirage and Wacky Action)
Not all characters would get packs and not all packs would be similar. In some cases packs could be combined, like say Rocksteady and Bebop both would get hands and weapons and such... maybe even the communicator... (Super Shredder had one, so it was in the vintage line.)
Cheapskates:
The party wagon may be temporarily unavailable, but the other Main method of sewer transportation for the turtles is rather easy to do. Theoretically speaking this could be roughly $65.
Footski:
This vehicle is a smidge bigger and probably would carry a bigger price tag. The only reason I'm suggesting it is Turtles in Time... and to push for a Rat King... because Turtles in time.
Smaller Dioramas:
Realistically speaking, the chances of us Getting a Technodrome or a Sewer Lair are slim to none. Sure there are mini playsets like oozey or flush-o-matic that they could do. I'm not saying go full playset, but have you seen these cardboard dioramas? Well, I'm not suggesting something as extreme... I'm suggesting a couple of plastic props that can be put on a cardboard floor base and a backdrop wall. Because let's face it: Even if the Technodrome or the Sewer Lair were made, based on the vintage toys, it's a pain in the ass to display stuff there.
For example, let's say Sewer Lair. You get a cardboard sewer backdrop and floor. Then various accessories: couch, coffee table, TV and a TV Table, pizza boxes, pizzas both whole and sliced, a blanket, various ninja weapons.
They be out here is to create a display of the sewer lair it could be April sitting on the couch and Splinter tells her their origin story. Or it could be splinter trying to watch the news while the turtles are goofing off. Maybe the cardboard pieces could be double sided and a half different backdrops and the other backdrop could be the dojo. That means that means that the dojo side of the display could be used for Splinter training the turtles or the turtles fending off from a Foot Clan attack.
For the Technodrome styled display, you could have the Dimensional portal as the backdrop with both Cardboard and plastic pieces, other gizmos and stuff. On the other side of the display, it could be the Foot Soldier factory and by switching around certain parts and reassembling them in a different more, they would turn into different pieces of machinery.
The beauty of these is that super7 could expand on them later on by releasing other expansions.
Not only that, but they could expand unto different backdrops. Alleys, subway stations, Central Park, etc.
Only problem is that they're not purely vintage and nick/Playmates might have an issue.
Small enemies that wouldn't work as a single release on their own:
Mousers, Roadkill Rodneys, and other small enemies from the games, comics, and toon. The idea is to have bunches of barely articulated enemies that could work as accessories in normal releases, but to come on their own. Yes, this is an expanded version of the bucket of Mousers idea.
Normal accessory packs:
By Normal packs I mean accessories that are not character themed. These aren't tied to the dioramas either. Kinda like a hybrid between NECA'S accessory packs and Mattel's Weapon packs.
Other small vehicles:
April's Ninja Newscycle comes to mind. Pogocopter and Technodrome Scout vehicle come to mind as well...
The reason I don't ask for larger vehicles is the exaggerated pricetag that they will come with. If they weren't so bloody expensive, I'd be screaming Technodrome, Mutant Module, Tuetle Blimp!!
Can you imagine a 1:10 scale turtle blimp!? My God!
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| Not mine... in fact whatever happened to my blimp? |
Easily Super7 might ask for $1000 for the Blimp...
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