Stranger Issues And Ninja Turtles Crossover For Complicated Motion Figures

Stranger Things Season 4 is over, so what higher time to announce a brand new collaboration with… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? It was revealed on the Netflix Geeked Twitter account that Stranger Issues and TMNT had been crossing over for a brand new set of motion figures. That is proper, now you can purchase two-packs of toys that function the turtles (effectively, a few of them) standing aspect by aspect together with your favourite Stranger Issues characters (effectively, a few of them).

There are two units obtainable, one that includes Leonardo and Eleven, the opposite that includes Raphael and Hopper. Pardon us for not understanding why this collaboration exists, apart from to wring a number of further {dollars} out of followers of the franchises. What do the Ninja Turtles need to do with Stranger Issues in any respect, apart from the truth that the long-running franchise first debuted as a comic book guide within the Nineteen Eighties?

Granted, the turtles within the units are based mostly on the comedian guide look of the characters–not the animated sequence variations, that are how TMNT turned popular–but this explicit crossover appears like a significant stretch–and one which’s truthfully not all that fascinating. Why is Leonardo paired with Eleven? Hopper and Raph are each hotheads, however what hyperlinks them apart from that? And why are these the variations of the characters from Stranger Issues Season 3, which first aired again in 2019? That is extra then a complete pandemic in the past!

This simply appears like a lazy play for money, they usually did not even trouble to incorporate the 2 coolest turtles. In any case, what’s higher than having two of the 4 Ninja Turtles in a Ninja Turtles toy assortment? All of them, possibly. And if Raphael ought to be paired with any character, it is clearly the Demogorgon.

Curiously, these toys comply with one other collaboration between TMNT and Netflix in the crossover figures with Cobra Kai . In that occasion, although, you bought all 4 turtles paired with characters from the series–Daniel, Johnny, Miguel, and Kreese. The turtle designs they used weren’t excellent, however a minimum of the set made sense. In any case, they had been basically posed at martial arts showdowns–what’s to not love about that?

Now, with Stranger Issues, it is the “Upside Down Remix.” All which means it one of many figures (the Stranger Issues determine in every set) is packaged the other way up. In a world the place Neca and Tremendous 7 are releasing among the greatest Ninja Turtles motion figures ever launched and Playmates, who’s behind this new set, has been reissuing a number of objects from the unique TMNT toy line, these simply appear totally pointless for followers. However hey, possibly it does not matter and these items will promote like hotcakes. They’ve already made an ’80s-style toy business to advertise them and you’ll preorder them at Goal for $40 per set. So, you already know, run out and get them. Or, alternatively, purchase the a lot cooler Stranger Things toys from Bandai which, for one motive or one other, can be found solely at Goal.