The Stump set may very well be a Target exclusive with the four turtles getting broken up into singles down the road like the Mirage set. There's also always the possibility of a NECA direct sale at some point too. Trevor indicated they're kicking around the idea of doing the actual wrestling ring so if true then you know they want to make sure these wrestling turtles are very much available. And if the set is anything like the Punk Turtles, it shouldn't be too hard to come by (reports from people who found them say they arrived in sets of four).
I don't care about the Archie TMNT stuff as a whole, but Bellybomb is such an oddball design, I think I'll get him if I find one in the wild.
FYI - I'm hearing the Stump Wrestling set are being stocked by Target itself so employees might actually be able to help you out if you show them a barcode. Of course, since the employees are so used to NECA product being vendor stocked, they may accidentally sit around for a bit in the back if no one is telling the store employees to put it out. Or if they just wait for the NECA rep to do it and it doesn't actually make it into inventory.
Spotted Mondo Gecko today. I passed since I already have the Toon version, and I’ve only picked up Archie figures to supplement the Toon collection (like Man Ray).
Does anyone here have experience ordering Neca turtles on AliExpress? I’m tempted to get a wrestling turtles set since I haven’t seen any info on these sets coming to Canada. Usually we’d get some kind of international sale via the NecaStore or one of their Haulathon events.
In any case if anyone has any thoughts on AliExpress let me know.
It's kinda crazy how the Archie turtles are the turtle improvements people have wanted for the toon line. Double elbows, knees, pinless, all the rockers, etc. When they make just normal Archie Turtles, I could see people using them as their 80s Turtles in display. These are really good.
They've hit all the stores in the city & south suburbs, but supposedly not where *I* am.
And I'm seeing some people online (not all, but one is too many, and it's been more than one) buying all of the 4-packs to flip.
And I want them ****.
Spotted Belly Bomb and Stump Leatherhead at a local Target yesterday, but passed on them.
I was out for an appointment so I hit a different Target before that, and snagged an Archie Mondo, and as I was cutting back through the toy isle, I spotted the wrestling 4 pack on the bottom shelf by all the Playmates figures, so I grabbed that as well.
I still haven't come across anything new up here in MA. Only new figure across all lines I have seen has been naked Ronin. One of the Targets by me is sitting on 4 of the Punk four-packs so I wonder if they'll hold off on putting out yet another TMNT four-pack for a bit.
I will say, on mine, I had to go to one of the Targets in a city over to get it since my local store hasn't yet for some reason. They also had locked them in their backroom lockup thing, so I had to go to service desk to even get them to pull one.
I got a shipping notification from Walmart for Cryin' Hound, so he should start appearing soon. Looks like it's coming from NECA.
*sigh* Hopefully they put more back up, then.
Spotted Belly Bomb and Leatherhead today. Leatherhead looked smaller than I expected. I passed on both.
I want Bellybomb for the novelty of the eyeball gimmick and the mouth stomach, but almost moreso I want the Krang he comes with. Leatherhead I will wait for a Mutanimals version, so far I'm not really in on any of these wrestling characters.
Interesting reading the "Findings" here. I saw a fresh stack of maybe 5 Archie Mondos, but no Leatherhead or Bellybomb. Other Target in town had nothing. Looking for Bellybomb mostly, but admittedly they're all looking great. Mondo was very hard to walk away from, if his articulation were better I would pick him up.