Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past Board Game

[Freelancer]

Triceratons are from the original comic series (and the better of the TV animated series). Big humanoid triceratops'.

[Teskal]

Haha. This is exactly why I think Obsidian3D is correct. The version of the turtles that I know and love is the original 80s Eastman and Laird comics, and the associated cartoon series from the early 90s. I've never even seen the 2003-2012 series (what's a Triceraton?). This probably explains why this Kickstarter isn't for me   !

If you read the original Eastman and Laird Comics, you should know Triceratons. They appeared already in these comics and also in the 87 series.
The original comics are much nearer to the 2003 series as the 87 series.

The IDW comics are a good restart, mostly mix of the old comics and different early series (do not know 2012 series much), including Bebop & Rocksteady, Krank, Shredder, Utroms, Slash and more.

[flags_of_war]

If you read the original Eastman and Laird Comics, you should know Triceratons. They appeared already in these comics and also in the 87 series.
The original comics are much nearer to the 2003 series as the 87 series.

The IDW comics are a good restart, mostly mix of the old comics and different early series (do not know 2012 series much), including Bebop & Rocksteady, Krank, Shredder, Utroms, Slash and more.

  1986

[psyberwyche]

It's been a very, very long time...

[Oldben1]

TMNT issue 1-7 is one of the best runs (in my humble opinion) of any comic series ever.  The amount of imaginative work that went into those early comics was staggering.  It's too bad Eastman and Laird decided to focus on business rather than art.  Although the return to New York series had some good work in it.

Does anyone have the triceriton miniatures painted from Dark Horse?

[Teskal]

The Heroclix turtle van, is it already available or was it only for the convention?

[obsidian3d]

I think it first appeared at the convention. They often filter out soon after, and in some cases the molds have been re-used with slightly different dials. If I see one locally I'll quite likely pick one up and remove all traces of heroclix-i-ness from it.

[Vermis]

Actually that's better put than my post. The ones in the base set don't resemble the Turtles I grew up with... So to find out it's Works only was a bit of a let down. Im looking at some of the minis you do get thinking "Who are these guys?"

Aye. The latest movie turned them into Hulks in a half-shell, but these guys look like preteen mutant ninja turtles. (Somewhat similar to the most recent cgi tv show - how connected is that to the IDW comic?) Also, I dunno if flat, smooth digital sculpting really captures the grungy two-kids-and-an-uncle's-money look and feel of the original comics. I agree that the clix versions look much better - to some of us 80s-90s grognards anyway. (They're not perfect, but the grimaces and inflated musculature remind me of the Leonardo action figure I used to have...)

And not to gain meself an unfortunate reputation of being hypercritical of animal-men, but the Bebop render looks too lanky, and the Rocksteady render too bulky! Though I gather that's based on IDW designs too. So help me, but I actually think this is one time Michael Bay did it better.

[Freelancer]

 So help me, but I actually think this is one time Michael Bay did it better.

Isn't that one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

They may have stayed my hand from cancelling my pledge. I've wanted a Fugitoid mini for ages, and its just possible Triceratons may be following.

[flags_of_war]

I have to say I'm more than happy with what im getting for my money with Rocksteady and Bebop added but i do feeling a litttle dissapointed at the gaps between the stretch goals now. I get a hint that they have not been prepared for the KS being as this succesful and have ran out of things to give. They making it harder to get anything extra by increasing the gaps which is a little unfair imo.

[flags_of_war]

These are the Turtles that the game is based on. Id have loved a cartoon version but hey i quite like these guys too. Apart from giving Leo a shit pose....TWICE!!!

[fergal]

I just threw in the towel.  While I love TMNT, I don't really care for the IDW versions, at all really.  The game itself looks a bit more complicated than I'd ever play as well.  I might pick it up retail when it's all said and done.

I feel good about the decision as they've more than met the funding goals they were looking for.  If it was a little guy, I would totally have stuck it out, but there were only really the turtles I was after, perhaps some mousers.

[CptJake]

I'll likely be dropping my pledge as well.  Not showing anything but renders, and those being pretty softly detailed, is killing it for me. 

[Freelancer]

They are really stringing backers along. " Big anouncement .....tomorrow!"
and all their strech goals are just ally CARDs, not even a miniature to back it. I'm out.

[psyberwyche]

Yeah, I don't feel bad for dropping out. The campaign is almost over and we haven't seen a single actual mini, and
I don't really like the renders. I think there's not only a disconnect between fans of different version of the turtles, as discussed here earlier, but also between guys (like us) who want miniatures to paint, and guys who just want a cool board game.