And here’s that aforementioned retro toy review: a closer look at April, the Ninja Newscaster! Or whenever Ridiculous outfit aside, the figure’s as good as any other April Playmates has ever released — and is far hotter than all of them, including even the 2007 movie April. That may not be saying much (that figure is so not cute), but Movie III April is admittedly a strong contender in the attractiveness department.
Also, note the screencap of April from the Genesis version of TMNT: Tournament Fighters that appears in the article (as well as the modified image on the content pages, which I really love) — yeah, I actually had to play the game to get that. Which means that you totally owe me. That game was bloody awful, which makes even less sense in light of the undeniable fact that the SNES version was pure awesome.
More figure reviews to come!
I have mixed feelings about the anniversary re-release of the old toys. It’s a cool idea, but i still have most of my old TMNT toys anyway. Now, if they brought back the “Wacky Action” line (always wanted the WA Leo figure) I might be more interested.
I’d rather just go for the NECA comic book based TMNT figures, or get the stone generals from the CG movie. I wouldn’t mind getting a few Foot soldiers, but my Dollar-store Ninja make fine stand-ins for them.
Anyway, I agree that the April figure in question is dressed horribly. She looks more like Heavy Metal cover art than a TMNT character (interesting considering who owns Heavy Metal Magazine) .
I disagree about her being the most attractive April figure, though. I’d give 2003 toon April that title.