NECA 1/4 Scale TMNT 1990's Turtles

[Snake Plissken]

My tracking updated. Says tomorrow. Hopefully it's a defect free batch.

 

[Ninja4H]

Yes, why?

Because I was the ***** who replied to you with the "Donnie's lookin' lonely" post. Small world. Kinda.

 

[slamscaper]

I've got 3 shipping... Only one charge so far.

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[hehateme23]

Mine should be here on Monday

 

[atexp80]

Because I was the ***** who replied to you with the "Donnie's lookin' lonely" post. Small world. Kinda.

Haha. Well there you go. Don't like our chances mate - still not in stock so I highly doubt it will be shipping today. Guess it'll be next week and considering it's pretty likely PopCultcha will have a sale over the long weekend we might be waiting a little longer.

 

[Rotfish]

So customer stories regarding Calendars run the gamut of "what the hell did they do to my order?" to "wait, I'm actually getting it?"

Meanwhile BBTS has supposedly shipped some figures, yet still calls it a preorder on their product page. Placed my order a few weeks ago and have yet to receive a shipping notification.

 

[Ninja4H]

Haha. Well there you go. Don't like our chances mate - still not in stock so I highly doubt it will be shipping today. Guess it'll be next week and considering it's pretty likely PopCultcha will have a sale over the long weekend we might be waiting a little longer.

Well, as long as the sale includes pre-orders, I can get a discount on Leo like I did Raph.

 

[Murderofcrows71]

So customer stories regarding Calendars run the gamut of "what the hell did they do to my order?" to "wait, I'm actually getting it?"

Meanwhile BBTS has supposedly shipped some figures, yet still calls it a preorder on their product page. Placed my order a few weeks ago and have yet to receive a shipping notification.

Don't expect it any time soon, I got my notice of it shipping in March and no notification of shipping so I sent them their notice back asking why my order hasn't shipped.


Thank you for providing the additional information regarding the notice you received (as that is somewhat of a different circumstance) and I'm happy to explain further - I apologize for the confusion. We were sent a partial shipment of these figures recently but it was not enough to cover every preorder. We were also notified that we can expect them to be shipped in waves as well. I do apologize but this has become common as of late with some vendors/suppliers and has happened to several other lines that we have carry. We are expecting the rest of our purchase order to be arriving soon though at which time more of our preorders will process accordingly. We are anxious for the rest of the inventory to be arriving as well, and will have yours out as quickly as possible!

Thank you again, and have a wonderful week ahead!

--
Sincerely,
Liz
Customer Service Representative

 

[Shawpaw]

Crazy to think calendars beat out BBTS on Raphael.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Mines out for delivery.

 

[irok84]

Got mine on Tuesday. Looks good so far. I really don't want to open it till I get Leo and Mickey though.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Was that from Calendars?

 

[a-dev]

Was surprised to actually get Raphael this week from BBTS. I paid 28.27euro customs fees (Ireland) for anyone who may be interested.

The art box took some damage, a hole punched from the inside (he's alive! and actually 'kicked' since the hole is down at foot level) and the window part got busted at the top. Considering BBTS ships with bubblewrap it's surprising this would happen and yet so far I've gotten immaculate boxes from NECA direct and they don't provide any cushioning whatsoever in their shippers.
Also packaging related, one of his feet was not properly captured by the twisty ties and the others were looser than they normally would be. This explained the movement I could hear inside the box as I took it home - the figure was in fact moving. Thankfully this didn't appear to cause any surface damage to the figure.

I'm reasonably happy with the paint. There is some glossiness in the muscles of his right thigh and not anywhere else on the figure. Seems like it shouldn't be there but it's not too noticeable. I saw it because I'm quite deliberately looking for flaws. The light green on his snout is a little bit assymetrical but again, not too noticeable, I can live with it. His eyes...I think they're OK. I'll post a pic to get other people's opinions.

A thing that is slightly annoying me is that his default position seems to be to lean to one side inside his shell. And while I can push him upright there's resistance and he won't really lean to the opposite side much at all by comparison. So there's some sort of unevenness to his torso articulation. I don't see how it can be fixed if I can't disassemble the figure. Related to the same thing is if I straighten him from the front he becomes out of alignment at the back, if I realign him at the back he's leaning again at the front. It seems like the front and back shell are somewhat skewed.

So, some disappointment with mine but I think I'll keep it. Could be a little bit better, but could instead be a lot worse.

 

[Mike86]

I would love these if they weren't 1/4th scale. They look great but they're just too damn big.

 

[Shawpaw]

I would love these if they weren't 1/4th scale. They look great but they're just too damn big.

They are just the right size

Just pick one turtle.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I think their fine as is. I for one stay with 1/6 and 1/12 and I don't like 1/4, but in this case I think it just makes them stand out from the rest of the collection and rightly so. I can't wait to get them all lined up on my shelf.

Speaking of which, I need to rearrange my whole collection to accommodate the two of them.

 

[Mike86]

They are just the right size

Just pick one turtle.

I know if I got one I'd end up wanting all four. If they were like 6 or 7 inch figures I'd buy them all no question.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I know if I got one I'd end up wanting all four. If they were like 6 or 7 inch figures I'd buy them all no question.

Put them in a pool.

 

[Shawpaw]

I know if I got one I'd end up wanting all four. If they were like 6 or 7 inch figures I'd buy them all no question.

fair enough. Just try one of them to keep or sell it off before you get too attached.

 

[Texas Finest]

Mines out for delivery.

That's awesome, glad to hear everyone's Raph is starting to ship. Got mines from BBTS a few days ago and posted a quick video couple pages back. 2 down 2 more to go.........


Here's the video if anyone missed it. Awesome figure