And I had this review on the back burner for quite some time. I didn't fix her reversed shins... too scared to mess with a NECA. April O'Neil is based on the 1990 movie version, played by Judith Hoag. That's why there is no Banana Flightsuit... but the 1990 movie is still the best TMNT movie. Who is April? Well, she's the Turtles's first human friend. In this iteration, she's a reporter that was getting too close to the Foot Clan and is saved by Raphael. She learns of the origin of the Turtles and they help her out with her Ninja problem. When Splinter gets captured, she flees with the Turtles and Casey Jones to a farmhouse outside NYC. After the whole incident with the Foot Clan April is a changed woman... (mainly because the studio was pissed at Hoag for defending stuntmen from studio abuse, so they changed Hoag for Paige Turco.)
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| April: Is everything Okay, Martin? Martin: I don't think so, Miss O'Neil... Crazy haired man: I WAS FROZEN TODAY!! Girl: Everbody was kung-fu figh'ing! Ginger: Those ca's were fas' as ligh'ing! Nerd: In fac' i' was a li''le bi' frigh'ening! Crazy haired man: But they fought with Expert Timing! April: You were attacked by Karatekas? Girl: They weren'' doin kara'e... They 'ad 'heir pyjamas an' covered faces, like muggers! Nerd: Ninjers!! Marty: Whoa, easy on the racism, Lewis Skolnick! Miss O'Neil, can you believe these weirdos? Ninjas... April: Please tell me more about them! Crazy haired man: Apparently, they also have a Foot Fetish. They said they were from the Foot Clan! |
Articulation
Theoretically speaking April has about the same articulation as Marty McFly. The problem is that her skirt limit a lot of leg movement and her high heels and reversed shins make it NEARLY impossible to keep her standing. For taking the pics of this review April fell about 17 times... while using her Stand... no this is not a JoJo reference. She fell like 13 times before I decided to use her Stand.
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| Shredder: Tunaito Ai Dain on Tataru Suup! April: You ain't touching my tatas, bub! Shredder: Watto a yu toking abauto? Ai donto kea abauto yua oppai... yua titsu! April: I know what Oppai means!! |
Paint and sculpt
The sculpt it's really good because you can easily identify her as a late 80s early 90s version of Judith Hoag. The only complaint I have about paint work is that they painted the leg joints instead of molding plastic in the correct color. Some of the paint has chipped off from the joints and it kind of looks like she's torn her pantyhose in a lot of places.
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| Mikey: Thanks for the Pizza April! April: Wait a minute... No groping, no desire to see me naked or wanting to do unholy sexual acts between human and turtle? Mikey: Nope, I respect you and value you as a friend. Asking for such crude things... April: You shagged the British girl... Mikey: Yeah... April: Knew it! |
Accessories
Extra head
4 extra hands
Stand (extremely important)
Microphone with bendy wire as its cable
Frozen pizza boxes
Sai
Purse
Aside the yellow coat from early in the movie (only available to those who bought the Autographed edition), she's got plenty of stuff from the first half of the movie.
Not gonna lie, but I kinda want a Farmhouse April and Casey 2-pack.
5.0
Overall
April's final score is 4.33 and I'm a bit disappointed. Mainly in her inability to stand properly and the wrongly assembled shins is where I feel this disappointment. Other than that she's great. But she'd be even greater if she could stand...
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| April: ♫Oh Hermione♪ I'm going to Alohomora that ass once I Bombarda your butthole with my foot! |
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