Dimension X Tears Into NYC in new TMNT Trailer

Still not feeling the love for this movie version of Casey Jones (WHERE'S THE ATTITUDE??!!), but on the flip side, I'm loving how insane it seems they went with the rest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie universe! The winning formula for a live action TMNT movie will always be hysterical, smart writing, plots that make at least a little sense and crazy, crazy moments. Basically everything the first movie was not. It can't take itself so seriously..and that is the most important element. Paramount unleashes a new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, complete with nods to our favorite cartoon/comic book characters and the classic toy line. Basically, they geeked all over it..and it's working. My God, it's working.

BEA 2014: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Shredder & Splinter Concept Art Revealed

Here at Idle Hands, we like to call our style of news coverage "water cooler geek", which is to say we jump across a range of topics we think are awesome, and we know our friends will like and talk about, so how can we go wrong? Book Expo America is the perfect place for this kind of coverage, with every publisher on the planet in one place, at one time, providing the perfect hunting ground for excellent titles you'll want to add to your uber reading lists. For book fiends, I'm positive this coverage is a ton of fun. For the rest of you looking for news with a bit of meat on it, we dig. This year we dug til we hit the sewer and scored TURTLES!!! Yes..I am having a super cheesy day. Thank you for noticing. Insight Editions produces many an extra large tome that proves to be a dream come true for fans of all flavor of geek. Their June release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History is nothing short of perfection.

New Movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures Surface

Welcome to January 2014. Every January, Toy Fairs across the planet give retailers a chance to see all the wonderful new plastics they'll be able to sling to you all year long. That said, along with these glimpses at the entire year at one go, there are bound to be MOUNTAINS OF SPOILERS for your most anticipated movies! Hasbro has already drawn first blood with detailed looks at their Captain America: Winter Soldier toy line and a hefty lump of their Amazing Spider-Man 2 merch, without spoiling the complete look of the robotic Rhino or what is sure to be The Goblin...or Green Goblin..or whatever they are running with in the new film...and supplemental Cap villains as well.

Today, some lucky individuals got into a room with the full range of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie toys and one reported back on what he saw. Here's the meat of that conversation...