The Neca figures in the tubes I believe were an official re-release by Neca for a short time after the original carded figures were released. The original carded figures came with the street bases that linked together to form a display base of a street scene for all 4 turtles and more accessories. They are more sought after and valued higher. They also came in a limited box set including all 4 as a set in either color or b&w and these also included the bases. The boot legs were never available with the carded packages or any of the additional accessories. They only come with the Turtles main weapons and that's it. They come in variations of either all turtles with the original comic red bandanas , or the different colors given to each from the original animated cartoon series. They could be either bought loose or in a repro of the tube packages Neca used on the re-release....
I have the original carded ones, alas I never opened them and now I can't bring myself to do so since they are valued so high... One day I may just pick up the boot legs to have a loose set.
