Mondo Teases One of the Coolest TMNT Figures We've Ever Seen

There's nary shortage of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collectibles retired determination these days. Turtle Mania is backmost successful afloat force, and plentifulness of companies person been getting successful connected the fun. But determination are TMNT figures and determination are TMNT figures, and Mondo has decidedly impressed america with their newest release.

Mondo is kicking disconnected a caller enactment of 1/6 scale, collector-oriented TMNT figures with Donatello. This fig isn't straight based connected immoderate past incarnation of the franchise, but is alternatively meant to seizure the champion elements of the movies, comics, and animated bid to make the eventual Donatello. We similar to deliberation they succeeded, but you tin justice for yourself successful the slideshow assemblage below:

This Donatello fig measures 12 inches gangly and includes each the accessories you'd expect, specified arsenic aggregate swap-out heads and hands, assorted weapons, a brace of Mouser robots, and adjacent the caput of Metalhead. The fig volition beryllium disposable exclusively connected the Mondo tract arsenic a timed edition, with a terms tag of $250.

IGN spoke with Mondo's Sr. Director, Creative and Product Development, Hector Arce to larn much astir the plan doctrine down this figure. Arce explained that portion this is hardly Mondo's archetypal ace astatine the TMNT license, they saw an accidental to make a enactment of archetypal designs that tin basal alongside different figures from the Masters of the Universe and Thundercats lines.

"Mondo was the archetypal to bash 1:6 TMNT backmost successful the day, and those were straight based connected the Mirage comics," Arce tells IGN. "When we decided to leap backmost into this space, we wanted to marque definite we approached it from a caller space that celebrates the look and consciousness from the '90s films portion besides creating a brand-new Mondo-specific communicative that informs each the fig plan choices. This meant truly digging into that vibe and grounding our designs successful that era. Paramount besides gave america a generous magnitude of state to adhd caller characters, weapons, accessories, and specified that person ne'er been done with different TMNT figures. These caller TMNT 1:6 present unrecorded alongside different MondoVerse 1:6 wherever we person redesigned iconic characters successful our ain style."

While this is an archetypal design, Arce notes that the squad was heavy inspired by the classical '90s movie series, and that informed the elaborate textures and the tendency to marque Donatello look little similar a mutated turtle and much similar an histrion successful a suit.

"The 1st and the 2nd [movies] became our main root of inspiration, keeping this enactment looking grounded and gritty - and astir importantly keeping that vibe of an histrion successful a suit," Arce says. "With those films arsenic our starting point, we past wanted to grow that a bit, what if the brainsick sci-fi and much amusive elements from the cartoon were brought into that world? What if, Krang appeared and pulled Shredder retired of the Hudson and told him 'Hey possibly halt utilizing teenagers arsenic your ft soldiers and regenerate them with my robotic army.' From determination Peter [Santa-Maria, Mondo Senior Creative Director] and I started to physique quality bibles for the turtles, making definite that each accessory has a meaning, informs the imaginable storyline, and expands into the adjacent fig release."

Arce explains that the extremity with the immense swath of accessories successful this merchandise is twofold - Mondo wants colelctors to person arsenic galore show options arsenic possible, but the accessories besides assistance archer the communicative of this peculiar TMNT universe.

"As with galore of our different 1:6 standard figures, we emotion to cram swappable heads, hands, accessories, and truthful distant successful with each release. It's astir giving our collectors options to show their figures successful endless ways and besides a mode for america to person amusive and sneak successful easter eggs and such. In this case, each the heads and accessories are determination to assistance further our communicative - Donny has present afloat embraced being the 'tech guy' of the group. He's experimenting successful his lab, creating caller tech for the turtles to use, updating immoderate of their weapons with caller tech driven enhancements that volition assistance them combat these caller and improved (and robotic) Foot Soldiers."

Arce continues, "At this constituent successful our story, Donny and the different turtles person already encountered the Mousers successful battle. Donny, ever trying to find a mode to larn astir the tech that Krang uses, decides to instrumentality 2 Mousers backmost to his laboratory to study, but past yet turns them into his helpers and buddies. This gave america a accidental to present 2 marque caller characters, 2 frankesteinded Mousers named Newton and Magellan. Newton being his laboratory assistant, helping with mundane needs and Magellan being a combined RC truck/Mouser that Donny controls with his gaming mitt to get into tiny areas the turtles can't get into. We truly enactment a batch of thought into everything that goes into this fig release, truly wanting it to consciousness similar an acquisition and thrust a communicative arsenic overmuch arsenic being a chill collectible!"

Naturally, the evident question with this merchandise is erstwhile and if we'll spot the remainder of the Turtle household successful this caller 1/6 standard format. Arce confirms that Mondo is processing much TMNT figures, though Shredder appears to beryllium the adjacent fig successful the pipeline.

"You can't redesign the 4 turtles without besides tackling their large nemesis, Shredder," Arce teases. "We person shown disconnected immoderate aboriginal looks of the quality astatine immoderate conventions this past summertime and we're truthful excited to amusement everyone the absorption he's going in. He's turning retired truly cool! Outside of that, arsenic I mentioned there's a ton of amusive easter eggs we're including with each the figures that volition pass imaginable aboriginal releases. Donny for illustration comes with a Metalhead caput that he's been moving on, that could pb to a aboriginal merchandise of the robotic turtle. I personally would emotion to research the mutated villains and truly observe what their real-world designs volition look like."

Will you beryllium adding this Donatello fig to your collection? Let america cognize successful the comments below.

In different TMNT news, cheque retired our interrogation with the comic's caller artist, Freddie E. Williams II.

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