From the people that made the World's smallest toys, here we have Tiny Arcade TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES... it's a "keychain sized" "arcade game" where you can "play the 1990 TMNT Game".
It IS a Keychain... an Impractical and bulky Keychain, but it has a claw type lock to recieve your keys. It's about the size of a GI Joe figure, but it is NOT Proportional to that scale.
It LOOKS like the old Arcade Machine including the Mysterious Model that played April that looks a bit familiar...
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| NO, it can't be her... I KNOW she's not (due to math), but she kinda looks like Tiffani Thiessen. |
Not gonna lie, but I may have had a little crush on this model... while the game and Saved By The Bell came out in the same year, I didn't see SBTB until late 1990 or early 1991.
Let's look at the machine itself. It operates on AAA Batteries. It has an original interpretation of the arcade game. You can only use Donatello and it has 3 levels inspired by the original game:
April's Fiery Apartment
Sewers
Carpark
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| Splinter: My sons! Donatello made a game about us! Mike: Duuude! We're gonna be rolling in pizza! Raph: By Pizza, you mean Pussy, right, Mikey? Mike: Pour Kay no Loss Dos? Leo: I will play first and set up the High Score, because Leonardo Leads!! Raph: Oh no... |
The game is playable but super janky. It's a nice novelty, but not worth $20. You COULD use it as a Bar Top Arcade Machine, because it is way too short to work as an "Action Figure scaled Arcade 1up" Machine. Unlike the World's smallest Hot Wheels, that work as Model Kit Vehicles for your figures, this one requires some Moderate Modification and Diorama Building skills to properly display... You're better off using it as a Christmas Ornament... assuming you get one for Christmas.
You can see for yourself in my zero production values video.
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| Leo: Why is Donnie the only one available? Donnie: This is a proof of concept... Mikey: I'd like to proof the concept of interspecies mating with this April... Raph: We get it, you'd get freaky with gingers wearing yellow... |
If it had been say, $30 and it was a USB rechargeable Mini Arcade Cabinet using one of the portable sized Raspberry Pi computers with the arcade game or the NES game, it would've been a lot better than what we got.
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| Splinter: Are you Winning, Son? Don: WOW WOW WOW WOW Raph: Cool it, Owen Wilson Leo: My Virginal Eyes!!! Mike: Donatello DOES MACHINES, get it!! Raph: Gimme a Break! Mike: Raphael is cool but rude... The signs are all there! Splinter taught us to be Ninja Teens because he's a radical rat! Leonardo Leads, Donatello does Machines, Youre Cool but Ride and I'm the Party dude!! And I got some grass from Mondo Gecko!! |
Seriously, DO NOT BUY unless you're super duper hardcore TMNT Fan. Even then, there's better merch to buy.
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