I got my 2k3 Michelangelo from Super7 back in July. The figure doesn't look great in hand. You know something's wrong when right Out of the pck I'm disappointed in Michelangelo. Now I know how my dad feels about me.
Articulation:
He has double joints and they Kinda work, but you need to do some heating up and NECA styled prayers. Joints feel fragile, so be careful.
There is neck rotation. It's pointless but it's there. The bananas can spin at the not for windswept action poses.
5.0
Paint and sculpt:
The paint and sculpt is mostly accurate to the cartoon, but they looks too fat in 3d and what's worse is that they're shorter than the 1988 styled toys.
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| 2k3 Mikey: Whoa you're big! 88 Mikey: You should, like lay off the pizza. 2k3 Mikey: What the Shell!? |
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| Nefty VO: Good thing I got those Playmates movie Turtles. There go my plans for Adult Turtles. Kyle, you failed me big time. |
There is some shading, but the flat sculpts do not help. I don't like them.
But I have to be fair...
4.5
Accessories:
Here is where Super7 dropped the ball:
Extra heads
Fists
Dramatic hands
Twirling Chucks
Shellphone
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| You used to call me on my cell phone Late night when you need my love Call me on my cell phone Late night when you need my love I know when that hotline bling That can only mean one thing I know when that hotline bling That can only mean one thing |
Mike can't hold the phone unless I use BluTac.
The twirling Chucks are added to the normal Chucks by popping them at the chain. But both the Chucks and the twirlers fall off easily when posing. That chain will get lost in shaggy carpets.
One more thing: the nunchaku are very thin and will NOT work on the vintage hands.
He needed far more extra hands.
3.0
Overall:
2k3 Mikey gets a 4.17 as his final score. It's not a bad figure.It's just that I have too many hangups with it. I only hope that Shredder, Casey, and the Foot Soldier do not suck. Then, April, Baxter, Bishop, Rat King, Renet, Savanti Romero, and Hun are all I need to call it quits. Unless they make the Justice Force. MAAAAAYBE Chaplin and the Karai sexbots.
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| PM Mike: Get me outta here! S7 Mike: Not cool, man! Nefty VO: I've been sitting on that Mikey since Deadpool and Wolverine, or was it Las Super Estrellas de la Lucha Libre? In any case I've been sitting on that Mikey for a long long time! |
But as a certain Wrestler/Mosquitor Enthusiast says: It's Comparison time! I need to compare 2k3 Mikey to 2k3 Mikey. So let's tackle Playmates 2k3 Mikey reissue.
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| Mikey: Brooklyn Rage!! Nyeh!! Nefty VO: Wait, you're a third rate duelist with a fourth rate deck!? |
Articulation:
Neck, shoulder, and wrist cuts.
Hinged pegs at the shoulders and hips.
It seems a lot less than modern figures.But this is a playmates figure from twenty two years ago... and Playmates tends to be further behind than Mattel on stuff. So I will rate this figure as a figure from 2003. Not one from 2025.
Shit! Spider-Man Classics and Marvel Legends were out at the time!
The articulation is an improvement over the 1980s line, but contemporary toylines had improved articulation at the time.
3.5
Paint and sculpt:
One thing Playmates USED TO DO GREAT was tiny details in the sculpts. The figure has tons of detail that rival the movie Turtles from the 80s line. The colors are gritting without requiring washes and drybrushing.
4.5
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| PM: Leave that Gadgick alone! S7: Fuck this shit, I'm out! Also, that Taras reference was Kul. Nyeh! |
Accessories:
Here the amount of accessories were exchanged for the wacky action accessory that even works with the Super7 figure.
2 shuriken
2 unchecked
The quick escape box that works like Webstor's backpack. I knew I made that PixelDan reference for a reason!
5.0
Overall
2k3 Mikey gets a 4.33 as his final score.
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| S7: How the shell did you score higher than me? PM: I am just that better than you... Nefty VO: Why is there a potato in my bed!? It's throwing up all over my room! S7: Mutant Mayhem April? You're Evil! PM: That wasn't me. I gave him some scans from the Mirage Porn comic... S7: the one where 87 us gets fucked by Donatello? PM: precisely. |
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