Don and Leo’s outfits are similar to the first round, but … nicer? More sophisticated? I’m surprised they did a “remaster” of basically the same design idea.

Excited to see Clamp Champ in the mix. This line is going strong!

@chrisa This is so cool. Glad to see this line continue! Would be great if this led to a MOTU/TMNT DVD animation adventure, much like the Batman/TMNT one a couple of years ago

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Nice! Looks like Mattel is happy with the line.  So...10 new figures, 3 of which haven't been revealed yet.  3 confirmed turtles, Raph is an easy guess for one of the unrevealed ones. 

My predictions:

-The waves will be Snake Men themed, there are a lot of reptiles in that case.

-The Turtles have energy weapons, these will probably be branded as "snake capture" weapons, like in late 200X.

-The Foot Soldier will be a regular figure, the large King Hiss (?) will be part of a build-a-figure.

Donnie's hood is definitely snake themed and Mikey's outfit reminds me of 200X's Snake Capture He-Man so you may be on to something there.

However the Foot Soldier top is King Hiss' alternate human torso. He's going to be a deluxe figure the sign under him says he'll be a Wal-Mart exclusive. (ugh!) Don't see anything about store exclusive for the big mutated Ninjor though. Could he actually be a regular wave figure just with more accessories like Casey? The wings do seem to be the same as Hordak's

While I like that the line will continue I'm gonna have to back off from completion collecting and pass on the variants. Well most of them That Snake Shredder is just too cool! Why does Leo get an extra variant?

"Snake Hunter" Donatello has a new belt and uses Mikey's torso and straps. 

These are from Pixel Dan's Facebook. 

Turtles Of Grayskull Snakemen https://imgur.com/gallery/nj1sTCz

@smitty-81 Can’t get over how batsh*t crazy that Rattlor is!!

First off, that is the most badass that Mekaneck has EVER looked!

Second off, Rattlor's neck piece is his HEAD. He's spitting out his own ooze-covered skeleton. Nasty!

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Second off, Rattlor's neck piece is his HEAD. He's spitting out his own ooze-covered skeleton. Nasty!

I know it's gross

I need two.

Last unrevealed figure at the TMNT panel.

No surprises here.

@chrisa “Reptile Wars”!

So looking at it again, Raph's armor is based on Snake Armor He-Man, while Mikey's is based on Snake Armor Skeletor. 

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@chrisa “Reptile Wars”!

Terrapin vs ophidian

Snake Armor Raph looks awesome. I love his do-rag mask and he's got that new belt that "Snake Hunter" Donnie has.

https://imgur.com/gallery/LVPKRfG

Mekanek has a interesting design, but I'm not really seeing much TMNT influence there. Kinda looks like he has a shell/shield on his back but otherwise it's just a Mekanek in new armor and not even ninja/samuarai armor. Or is hie supposed to be mutated and the ooze affected his cybernetic parts?

Likewise Clamp Champ seems more like they made a Snake Hunter (ala 200X) variant of him. He kinda has a shell themed shoulder pad and bracer but otherwise it doesn't really say TMNT crossover figure. I have to wonder if these were meant to be anti-Snake Man variants for the regular line that got shifted into Turtles of Grayskull. I mean a while back the word was the crossover line was only planned for one year. So maybe when they decided to keep it going they made quick alterations to have something to put out while they worked on new ones.

Now King Hiss and Ninjor would suggest otherwise, at least for those particular figures. Although, there was that whole "Emperor Hiss" bit in the Eternia mini-comic....

I'm digging the new TOG stuff. I might need to get two King Hiss figures for a couple of Foot Soldiers, then I'll be able to create a Hiss twice as huge!

@2uki four will be my number. I'll use the King Hiss parts on normal King Hiss and just use these as Foot Soldiers.

The next batch of ToG are pretty mind-blowing. I wasn't expecting this line to go past the wave with April, Hordak, etc, so this was a huge surprise for me. I love the innovation here... Rattlor and Ninjor being chef's kiss, especially. Mekaneck is giving me New Adventures vibes for some reason. I don't like the maniacal crazy face head they chose to go with for Clamp Champ, but love everything else about him. Not sure I have much use for the variants of the four turtles. They might be the ones I just end up getting for the mini-comics and some of the accessories, but end up selling off the bucks. Now I'm hoping we get more... would love to see an insane re-interpretation of Tung Lashor or Ssssqueeze, and "Vs. Snakemen" style variant of Teela (a chance to bring in that cobra armor, but do something kind of crazier with it and her weapons?), gimme a mutated Tri-Klops... just keep the weirdness coming, please... it's exciting!

@smitty-81 

Found Splinter in PA while we were at Hershey park over the weekend. All I need to be caught up is Merman and Leatherhead. I’m glad this line is going to continue bc the new reveals are fantastic!

I have Raph, Leo & Donnie.  Mikey is my favorite, I have the money, Amazon has him IN STOCK and I want to order him. But they are currently charging $29.99 for Mikey & $31.29 for Skeletor. WTF is going on?  Now Amazon has jumped on the SCALPER bandwagon? And NO!  They are not being sold by 3rd party sellers. They both say shipped & sold by Amazon. 

Is this really where toy collecting is heading?  Pretty soon Amazon, Walmart & Target will just put all their stock directly on eBay & join the scalpers.   Kidding, not kidding! This crap is getting ridiculous now. 

And Mikey says 400+ sold in the past month. People are actually paying $30 to a site that should be charging the normal $20 retail price??? The buyers are causing this whole problem. They are ruining it for the rest of us. I can't afford to pay $30-$40+ for every figure. I got into Origins because they were originally AFFORDABLE at $14.99. Damn man, I can't afford to pay the insane prices Manchild & Mr. Home Arcade can pay. 

F***!!!  Try to enjoy your hobby & everybody is out to ruin it for you.  Where are they getting all that extra disposable money from?  I want some of that action. 

(END RANT) 

@sci-fitsunami Amazon has had third party sellers for years, and their pricing algorithm will adjust prices based on those listings.

BBTS has Miley for pre-order, due this month.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/262850?o=3

They also have the rest of wave 3 and 4 for order or pre-order. 

@sci-fitsunami It happens, but it also changes according to whatever – those figures might go back down to 19.99 if you watch the listings.

Especially preorders are usually the regular price. When they come in, it’s often the regular price. But then at some point, maybe when 3rd sellers deplete the quantities too much, it goes up.

It sucks but for Amazon, you kind of have to pay attention. Strike when the prices are ok. If the toy is out for … more than 6 months…? … they may not get any new deliveries and you’re better off with BBTS if possible.

At some point, Walmart also has the right prices for an item, but again, u kind of have to keep an eye out. Perhaps apps can help notifying you.

I’m definitely *never* paying double prices for Origins. Couldn’t even if I wanted to. Sometimes I miss the opportunity and have to pay a little bit more. I search a lot and may even buy an opened one on eBay. I’m always annoyed when it happens though.

I keep refreshing the Amazon page waiting for it to go back down.

I have him pre-ordered on BBTS. But I was hoping to get it shipped immediately. It's super annoying because I could simply order from Amazon right now but instead, I have to wait for a "normal" price. So stupid! 🙄 

It's also really annoying how easy it was to get the other 3 but they have to pull these shenanigans with my favorite. 

LMAO! I just checked all my BBTS orders & I accidentally ordered Mikey twice. I just canceled one. 

UPDATE: Today Mikey is $20.31 so I was finally able to order him.