TMNT New Animated Adventures #9 - Variant Cover Guide

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In addition to today's new animated adventures, if you're following the X-Files crossover event, you can also pick up The X-Files Conspiracy #2.

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Dario Brizuela.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Jon Sommariva.
Retailer incentive cover; 1 copy sent to retailers for every 10 copies ordered.

TMNT Movie Trailer Previewed, Will be Online Thursday

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Paramount has previewed the first teaser trailer for the upcoming TMNT movie (now officially titled "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in the featured logos) at CinemaCon, a trade show in Las Vegas for theater owners. Among those in attendance were several representatives from various entertainment websites, who have posted descriptions of what they saw.

According to these descriptions, the trailer is voiced over by Shredder (William Fichtner), who tells April that he has worked with her father to create the Turtles. And thus, the tagline given is "Heroes Are Not Born - They're Created."

The other big reveal is the Turtles themselves. Although we've seen posters and toys and (creepy) Halloween costumes, we still haven't seen the fully CGI-rendered, moving Turtles as they will actually appear in the movie. However, we DO see them in this trailer. Unfortunately, reactions to how the Turtles do actually look haven't exactly been positive...

Meredith Woerner from ion.com writes:

The best way to describe the look of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is giant, galumping, green babies. Like the baby masks that costume shops sell on Halloween, only as turtles. Similar to these babies below — but with Voldemort's nose and very, very childlike eyes. It's very jarring, but kind of what we expected.

Although filming of the trailer was obviously not allowed, this still of Megan Fox (April O'Neil) and Will Arnett (Vernon Fenwick) from the movie was shown and allowed to be photographed.

Read all of the descriptions for more details:

• io9.com
• IGN.com
• Badass Digest
• CinemaBlend.com

For those of us not at CinemaCon, word is that the trailer will hit online sometime Thursday morning. And then you can catch it on the big screen before Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

So, how bad does this seem to you? Or are you excited?

IDW Announces "Turtles in Time" Comic Mini-Series

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With an obvious throwback to the classic video game title, IDW last week announced a new TMNT comic mini-series that will help the Turtles celebrate their 30th anniversary. 

Traveling to the farthest reaches of the space-time continuum, the Turtles encounter dinosaurs, pirates, samurai warriors - and a bleak future, should they fail on their quest!

Written by TMNT scribes Paul Allor (Utrom Empire) and Erik Burnham (Secret History of the Foot Clan), each issue features a time-travelling cover by superstar artist David Petersen (Mouse Guard) and interiors by a rotating lineup of different top artists! Issue #1 kicks off with artwork by fan-favorite Ross Campbell, who will also provide art for the issue's SUB variant cover.

The first issue of "Turtles in Time" is scheduled to hit comic shops in June.

TMNT Utrom Empire #3 - Variant Cover Guide

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IDW's TMNT side-story "Utrom Empire" continues today with part 3.

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Andy Kuhn.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Nick Pitarra.
Subscription variant cover; distributed to those who subscribe to TMNT through their local comic shop.

TMNT 2012, Episode 2.13 "Wormquake"

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Last week when this episode first hit the Web I reported its title as "The Manhattan Project," because that was apparently its working title. However, its broadcast title will be "Wormquake." See it TONIGHT at a special time on Nickelodeon!

If you haven't seen it yet, this is the episode that features cameos from the original TMNT cartoon voice cast!

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.13 "Wormquake"
Facing Shredder's deadly new assassin, Leo must decide whether to risk his brother's lives or ask for Splinter's help.

Watch it on TV at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central time tonight! Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

You can also still watch this episode online at Nick.com!

TMNT: Mutagen Mayhem DVD Release & Giveaway

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem
Available on DVD March 11, 2014

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The first six episodes from season two of Nickelodeon’s CGI-animated hit series pack the all-new DVD, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem, full of crime fighting adventure. The Turtles face real danger from villains all over the city, including some who bring the fight directly to their doorstep. Don’t miss over two hours of non-stop turtle entertainment! Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount Home Media Distribution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem is available on DVD March 11, 2014 for the suggested retail price of $14.99.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem Episode Synopses:

The Mutation Situation
When Shredder teams with the Kraang to receive a batch of mutagen, the Turtles’ problems only get worse—even putting their friendship with April at stake.

Follow the Leader
When the Turtles face Shredder’s newest threat, an army of Robot Foot Soldiers, Karai captures Leonardo and forces him to do battle with these new and improved ninjas that can adapt to his every move.

Invasion of the Squirrelanoids
While tracking mutagen, the Turtles bring a mutated squirrel back to the lair. When it starts multiplying, the Turtles must hunt the squirrel mutants and prevent them escaping into the city.

Mutagen Man Unleashed
Donatello obsessively experiments with mutagen in a bid to find a cure for April’s mutated father. Unfortunately this puts April in danger from a new threat—Mutagen Man!

Mikey Gets Shellacne
Michelangelo is tired of being the “runt of the litter.” But when he fools around with some mutagen, he gets a dangerous infection that is mutating out of control.

Target: April O’Neil
April tries to resume a normal teenage life, but when Karai starts hunting her again, April realizes she may have put her new friend Casey Jones in danger as well.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem Fast Facts:

Street Date: March 11, 2014
DVD SRP: $14.99
Running Time: Approx. 135 Minutes
Audio: English 5.1 Surround
Special Features:
     The Mutation of a Scene
     Channel 6 News Special Report: Creatures of the Night

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TMNT 2012, Episode 2.12 "Of Rats and Men"

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The Rat King returns and Kevin Eastman is the voice of Ice Cream Kitty!

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.12 "Of Rats and Men"
No description.

Watch it at 11am Eastern/10am Central time Sunday morning. Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

Kevin Eastman Voicing Ice Cream Kitty in TMNT Cartoon

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USA Today reports that none other than TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman will be heard as the voice of Ice Cream Kitty, who debuts in this Sunday's new episode, "Of Rats and Men." Ice Cream Kitty was first revealed at Comic-Con last July.

Kevin Eastman

Ice Cream Kitty

Also noted in the USA Today article is that Friday, March 14, will see the long-awaited episode that unites the current TMNT voice cast with the voice cast of the original cartoon. Townsend Coleman (Michaelangelo), Cam Clarke (Leonardo), Barry Gordon (Donatello), and Rob Paulsen (Raphael) will be reprising their roles in cameos in this special 1-hour episode. Of course, Rob Paulsen will be pulling double-duty as Donatello in the current cast. He is joined by Greg Cipes (Michelangelo), Sean Astin (Raphael), and Jason Biggs (Leonardo). This special episode will air at the special time of 7pm Eastern.

"Ninja Turtles" Trailer Set for April 4 with "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"

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Producer Galen Walker has announced via Facebook that the first trailer for "Ninja Turtles" will be tied to the upcoming film, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," which is due in theaters April 4.

Chances are that the trailer will debut online the same week, and then once it's out there the marketing machine for the movie should be in motion.

"Ninja Turtles" is scheduled to hit theaters on August 8, 2014.

IDW TMNT #31 - Variant Cover Guide

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Hold onto your wallets! There's a lot of new TMNT comics today!

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Ross Campbell.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Kevin Eastman.
Regular cover.

Cover C

Cover C: J.K. Woodward.
Retailer incentive cover; 1 copy sent to retailers for every 10 copies ordered.

TMNT New Animated Adventures #8 - Variant Cover Guide

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More new animated adventures!

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Dario Brizuela.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Ciro Nieli.
Retailer incentive cover; 1 copy sent to retailers for every 10 copies ordered.

TMNT Utrom Empire #2 - Variant Cover Guide

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IDW's TMNT side-story "Utrom Empire" continues today with part 2.

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Andy Kuhn.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Nick Pitarra.
Subscription variant cover; distributed to those who subscribe to TMNT through their local comic shop.

TMNT Nominated for Favorite Cartoon Kids' Choice Award

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Nickelodeon has announced the nominations for the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards and their on-going Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI series is nominated for Favorite Cartoon. Also nominated are Adventure Time, Phineas and Ferb, and Spongebog Squarepants.

Voting for the awards is now open. Click here to go directly to the Favorite Cartoon category. And don't forget, you can vote as often as you like!

TMNT 2012, Episode 2.11 "Metalhead Rewired"

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Metalhead returns in this week's new episode!

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.11 "Metalhead Rewired"
Metalhead gets upgrades from Donnie, who wonders if Metalhead should be viewed as a loyal friend or an enemy.

Watch it at 11am Eastern/10am Central time Sunday morning. Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

Vanilla Ice Drops a Beat for TMNT Macaroni and Cheese

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Kraft has managed to work some nostalgia magic with the above commercial for the new TMNT shapes macaroni and cheese. In it, we see Vanilla Ice stocking shelves with the boxed product when a mother and son approach him. The mother jams to the beat while the kid looks seriously embarrassed. Well played, Kraft! Well played! For some bonus fun, check out the behind the scenes video below.

Playmates' Nickelodeon TMNT Toy Fair Display

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We've seen the movie classics figures and the Half Shell Heroes, now here's a glimpse of what Playmates will be offering in 2014 for their standard TMNT line based on the current cartoon from Nickelodeon.

First up, it's a blimp! The classic Turtle Blimp has been modernized, but it's still inflatable fun.

ToyArk.com reported seeing the following items of note on display:

• Basic Vehicles
• High Flyin’ Blimp – Fall 2014
• New Vehicles with Figures – Ninja At-3, Turtle Sub, etc. – Fall 2014
• Ninja Control (aka R/C) – Flying Mikey, Shellraiser, Patrol Buggies – Fall 2014
• Z-Line Ninjas – Play sets with zip lines that can connect using the lines
• Dojo Splinter, Turtles in Role Play costumes, other basic figures
• New Deluxe figures – Fall 2014
• Stretch N Shout Figures

And some pics, also from ToyArk.com. Check out more!

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Newtralizer

Wizard Don

Dojo Splinter

Tiger Claw

Playmates Debuts "Half Shell Heroes" TMNT Toys at Toy Fair

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If you were disappointed with the 1990 movie Turtles from yesterday, this might make you feel a bit better. Playmates is also revealing at Toy Fair a brand new line of stylized figures that are targeted at a younger market than the usual 7+ that the standard toys based on the Nickelodeon toys are targeted for.

The main assortment of toys in this line will have 2" figures, plus vehicles and playsets. These are similar in concept to the Mini Mutants line Playmates briefly introduced following the 2007 animated movie.

Also included in this line are larger 6" talking figures.

These figures are currently scheduled to start shipping in June. Get more pictures over at ToyArk.com.

X-Files Conspiracy TMNT #1 - Variant Cover Guide

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If you're not following the entire X-Files Conspiracy event from IDW, you might still want to pick up today's offering, which is the first of two TMNT-specific books.

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Miran Kim.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Joe Corroney.
Retailer incentive cover; 1 copy sent to retailers for every 25 copies ordered.

Cover C

Cover C: Michael Walsh.
Subscription variant cover; distributed to those who subscribe to TMNT through their local comic shop.

Playmates 1990 TMNT Movie Classic Figures

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Last year at Comic-Con, Playmates impressed the crowd with a slide showcasing an upcoming line of classic figures based on the first TMNT movie. Now at Toy Fair we're getting a better look at all four Turtles in this line.

Unfortunately, the mass production version of these figures seem to have lost a lot of the awe that the prototype shown in the early pictures elicited. These figures are in the same 6" scale as the classic cartoon Turtles from Playmates and are expected to hit shelves in the Fall.

Note to Playmates: Movie Mike never had chucks with chains.

You can get more photos of these figures over at ToyArk.com.

There is a lot more news coming out of Toy Fair, but my current schedule is probably only going to let me update you with one piece a day. If you haven't already hunted down everything else, just hang tight and you can look forward to Turtle tie bits all week!

TMNT 2012, Episode 2.10 "Fungus Humungous "

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We're on a new episode streak!

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.10 "Fungus Humungous"
The gangs' worst fears surface because of a fungus mutant, and Leonardo worries he'll lose his team.

Watch it at 11am Eastern/10am Central time Sunday morning. Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

TMNT 2012, Episode 2.9 "The Kraang Conspiracy"

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Two new episodes in a row! Yay! And a reminder that the show is now airing on Sundays.

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.9 "The Kraang Conspiracy"
April feels ignored, so she joins the turtles on a mission, and a secret from her past is revealed.

Watch it at 11am Eastern/10am Central time Sunday morning. Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

TMNT Color Classics Vol. 2 #4 - Variant Cover Guide

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IDW's "Color Classics" series continues with this reprinting of TMNT Vol. 1 #17.

Cover A

Cover A: Eric Talbot.
Regular cover.

A Real Look at the 2014 TMNT Movie Toys

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And here it is - finally, our first real picture of the 2014 "Ninja Turtles" movie toys! Here we see Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. This picture is via Stoer Magazine at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. These are apparently the 12" scale figures.

TMNT 2012, Episode 2.8 "The Good, the Bad, and Casey Jones"

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Attention! After a loooong hiatus, TMNT is back with new episodes on Nickelodeon this weekend! However, do note that the day has changed to Sunday. Same time as it has been airing on Saturday, but now on Sunday.

From TVGuide.com...

Episode 2.8 "The Good, the Bad, and Casey Jones"
Casey tries to work solo, but then he teams up with Raphael and they fight a common enemy.

Watch it at 11am Eastern/10am Central time Sunday morning. Check your local listings to be sure when it's on in your town!

First "Ninja Turtles" 2014 Movie Poster

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This poster for the upcoming "Ninja Turtles" movie has been spotted in the wild. In the poster we can see yet more details of the individual look for each Turtle. The poster also retains the logo from a very early teaser poster spotted last year.

A version of this photo was first spotted on Instagram, with a member of the Technodrome forums finding the clearer shot seen to the left. This is part of a display at the Nuremberg Toy Fair.

IDW TMNT #30 - Variant Cover Guide

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Part 2 of "Northampton."

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Cover A

Cover B

Cover A: Ross Campbell.
Regular cover.

Cover B: Kevin Eastman.
Regular cover.

Cover C

Cover C: Andy Belanger.
Retailer incentive cover; 1 copy sent to retailers for every 10 copies ordered.

First Look at "Ninja Turtles" 2014 Shredder

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Technodrome forum user RaphTMNT has posted the image to the left showing the design for Shredder in the upcoming movie. I can confirm these images to not be fake. In them, we can see Shredder sporting extreme-metal, samurai-inspired armor. Definitely not someone you want to run into!  

UPDATE: Alas, I've had to remove the pictures due to a request from Paramount.