2017 Holiday Geekbook: Mondo's Classic Comic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A few days back, we showed you the best Ghostbusters collectible I've seen all year. Today, we get to show you one of the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collectibles ever made, based on the sorely underappreciated original Mirage comic art. Mondo is fairly new to the collectibles game, having made a name for themselves in the collector world with fantastic art prints from our favorite films. It's been amazing watching this company put so much care and overwhelming geek-love into this project, and the finished products do not disappoint. 

Mondo have produced all four of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a style that mixes the original comic art models with a bit of their own flair, creating a smoother overall appearance that really does the characters and their individual personalities justice. Here's a rundown of each:

Raphael, the hothead of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

Based on the original Eastman and Laird comic book, Raphael features 25+ points of articulation, interchangeable heads and hands, with weapons and accessories taken right from the pages of the comic book! Continue your Mondo TMNT 1/6 scale collection today!

Accessories Include:

- Classic Comic Red Mask Head
- Unmasked Head
- 2 Sai
- 1 set of C-Grip Hands
- 1 set of Climbing Claw Hands
- Unique "Clenched Fist of Untamed Aggression" Hand
- 2 Four-Point Shuriken
- 2 Eight-Point Shuriken
- Grappling Hook and Cord
- Triceraton Blaster
- Belt
- Utrom Lieutenant
- TCRI Canister
- Pre-Mutation Baby Raphael

Mondo Exclusive: This version, limited to 500, includes Casey Jones' Hockey Mask!

Leonardo, the stoic leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Accessories Include:

- Classic Comic Red Mask Head
- Cartoon Blue Mask Head
- Dual Katana and Scabbards
- 1 set of C-Grip Hands
- 1 set of Climbing Claw Hands
- Unique "Pointing Finger of Leadership" Hand
- 2 Four-Point Shuriken
- 2 Eight-Point Shuriken
- Grappling Hook and Cord
- Utrom Blaster
- Belt with Scabbard Straps
- Pre-Mutation Splinter
- Pre-Mutation Baby Leonardo

Mondo Exclusive: This version, limited to 500, includes Shredder's Destroyed Gauntlet from TMNT Issue #1!

Donatello, the genius inventor of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Accessories Include:

- Classic Comic Red Mask Head
- Cartoon Purple Mask Head
- Bo Staff
- 1 set of C-Grip Hands
- 1 set of Climbing Claw Hands
- Unique "Vertical Thumb of Affirmation" Hand
- 2 Four-Point Shuriken
- 2 Eight-Point Shuriken
- Grappling Hook and Cord
- Utrom Blaster
- Belt with Bo Holster
- Utrom Commander
- Pre-Mutation Baby Donatello

Mondo Exclusive: This version, limited to 500, includes Donatello's Gravitic Equalizer!

Michelangelo, the laid-back partier of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Accessories Include:

- Classic Comic Red Mask Head
- Cartoon Orange Mask Head
- 2 Nunchaku
- 1 set of C-Grip Hands
- 1 set of Climbing Claw Hands
- Unique "Splayed Fingers of Positive Vibes" Hand
- 2 Four-Point Shuriken
- 2 Eight-Point Shuriken
- Grappling Hook and Cord
- Triceraton Blaster
- Belt
- Lil Orphan Alien
- Pre-Mutation Baby Michelangelo

Mondo Exclusive: This version, limited to 500, includes 1 Slice of Cheese Pizza, and 1 Slice of Pepperoni Pizza!

Mondo also cranked out a Mouser figure with 20 pts of articulation. The Mondo exclusive came with three rats for the evil robots to kick around or..ya know...eat.

 To sum up, you are looking at a fairly amazing set of toys that probably cost the company waaaaay too much to develop, just to get everything absolutely right. This psychotic attention to detail and quality show instantly in the box art, and again when you see the figure with all his accessories lines up... and again when you hold a figure in your hands for the first time. For a life long fan, this is the sort of toy you can't imagine could be real until you stumble across it in a store and then obsess over it until it is yours. Here's the catch. If you buy these guys thinking they are going to perform like a 6 inch, super posable action figure, you are in for heart ache. This is a larger scale collectible, not unlike the quarter scale Neca offerings, with weight issues and sculpt standing in the way of full movement. You get super tight joints and a really sturdy feeling form at the center of a true work of art that will hold accessories and strike a badass pose or 3 and that's about your lot. Trust me when I say they will be massively impressive on any shelf, amid any collection, even if you leave them, untouched, in their original boxes. In short, BUY before it's too late and the prices climb on the secondary market well out of your reach. You can thank me shortly after!

Thanks to Mondo for sending over our new turtle bros!