That cover Bellybomb is gorgeous!  Player 2 vibes.  He's going on my fireplace for sure.  I like how this one looks less like a wrinkly "appendage" to say it mildly.

I finally got Bellybomb today so I'm now all caught up. Such a wacky character design and NECA captured it well. Articulation is poor, but I assumed that just by looking at the design. Is anybody able to get any range out of the elbows on this guy? Mine are either stuck or the range is just that poor.

All of that looks awesome, but I really like that Shredder. 

Yeah, the Shredder is smacking my brain around in such a pleasant way. The more toony buff look and the colors and the linework is just...ugh, need it. Archie stuff is really exploding with goodness after such a slow start.  I'm very, very interested in them doing figures from the Saturday Morning Adventures comic, too! 

I love “Player 2” Belly Bomb!

I only bought the pink one because I saw pictures of his eye rolled back and thought he looked really fun and creepy with the big white eyeball, like one of those Real Ghostbusters monsters where TMS just drew whatever the Hell they wanted, so a blue one?! They can carry on the long standing Ninja Turtles tradition of two strong guys who are friends, not just in muscles but also in friendship, being a team!

The Pink and Blue “RGB Ghoul” Bellybombs can hang out with that Ghost Samurai who comes with Black Lotus (Chicasaki or whatever), and Creepy Eddie and the Ninja Ghost who was revealed with him (Shibohama or whatever), maybe put 2012 the Creep (that’s the blob of plant guy wearing a Casey mask and overalls right? He and Creepy Eddie could have a whole FvJ thing going on) and Tempestra WHEN WE GET HER (I know she’s electronic not ghost, but she kinda has a Victorian Ghost vibe with the blue skin about her, like Heddie from CBS’ Ghosts) with them too… that’d be a pretty creepy fun little gang!

Bellybomb is back in stock at Target as of this writing. Also eligible for the current 25% promotion going on if you haven't used it already.

https://www.target.com/p/neca-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-archie-comics-bellybomb-7-8221-action-figure/-/A-92466701

So there is a placeholder on Walmart's site for the Krang Shredder:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/TMNT-Archie-Krang-Shredder/13523764986

And my question to the more Archie-familiar members here is: would buying one of these as a regular Shredder pretty much cover that base?  Or is there another look or anything else that would justify NECA doing a separate regular Shredder down the line?  As is, I'm considering getting two of these, but I'd just get one if I thought there was a "better" regular Shredder coming later.

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So there is a placeholder on Walmart's site for the Krang Shredder:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/TMNT-Archie-Krang-Shredder/13523764986

And my question to the more Archie-familiar members here is: would buying one of these as a regular Shredder pretty much cover that base?  Or is there another look or anything else that would justify NECA doing a separate regular Shredder down the line?  As is, I'm considering getting two of these, but I'd just get one if I thought there was a "better" regular Shredder coming later.

Thanks for the link to Shredder. I can’t think of anything beyond them possibly doing one with a white face mask and an alternate unmasked head. But I might be forgetting other options.

I saw in the latest NECA interview on Robo’s channel that the blue Bellybomb variant will be a Walmart exclusive.

Ohhh that Shredder is tempting. I hope it shows up on AliExpress so I can get it easily, since the line isn’t carried anywhere else in Canada. 

Per ToyShiz, expect Archie Shredder/Krang sometime in 2025, probably Q1, but not necessarily anytime soon. I read it as he received some inside info that the placeholder is up very early.

EDIT:  Aaaaaaaaaand it's gone! That landing page has been taken down so clearly Walmart put it up way too early. At least we got a nice look at the figure for a couple of days.

It looks like Shredder is showing up at Walmart in the US. Does anyone know what the street date is supposed to be? Or when it’s going up on their site?

I really don’t don’t want to miss this one. 

@calbretto I don't think there's a street date. I found two at a local store already. The website did have a page for it, but it was taken down. Not sure if it's back up.

I haven't seen any Shredder sightings. Is he showing up in certain regions thus far?

Apparently found in Illinois according to the post thwt I saw Preternia share.

@misfit I'm in OK, and have seen him and the Nightwatcher Last Ronin figs at three stores between OKC and the surrounding areas. For what that's worth.

I'm honestly surprised we got it so fast.