I have to say I'm really glad I'm not a huge Turtles guy and I only buy the figures from this Ultimates line that I can mesh into other displays I have - because it does seem to disappoint on the regular.   And it's hard to imagine dropping the ball routinely when you are competing for dollars against NECA who is doing all manner of Turtles product, much of it in similar scale.   The most recent Triceraton release from NECA is better than this and there's just no excuse for the issues with this

I’m so glad I picked up that NECA Tog Triceraton on a whim. Doesn’t fit in with Ultimates at all, but at least I have some type of representation for him.

@theknightdamien I legitimately laughed out loud when I got to BONKERS. I am looking forward to his next interview with VeeBee just to see if his description of the figure is nearly word for word what you just gave.

Super7 can be counted on to disappoint more often than not. There are so many ways they could have made sure those knees weren't a problem, but they didn't bother to try any of them. And he looks like he can't pose for shit which just means, to me, that I would have more likely than not to put him in some kind of stance where his knees are bent to some degree. Instead, he's practically a giant ReAction figure.

https://imgur.com/a/nrekETj

Those knee joints on Triceraton are annoying AF.  Luckily, I wasn't going to get Metalhead Mikey.  But I can't believe those knee joints.  We waited all this time, and you couldn't get that right?

Just to pile on to the "Super7 gonna Super7" thing, I've had the Karai figure for about a month or so now. Bought it thinking it'd be a good "what if" figure for the rest of the line. It is such an archaic attempt at what anyone would consider an action figure. For the full price, it is insulting and I hate that I paid for it. I know this is 98% the April figure, so that one must suck just as much... But God damn. The figure feels clunky to move or pose, the accessories are all too chunky or borderline useless for the figure itself...and the soft goods scarf is honestly quite ugly. 

I will say the face portraits are good. They're not fuggo April or anything, so points there. But this is just bad figure design, through and through.

@detrimental-fig  I don't think I'm the first, or tenth, person to say that Super7's weakest offerings are their humans. But I really don't think they're uniquely bad among Super7 figures. I think the issue is more that we ignore or are less bothered by the utterly juvenile construction of most figures because they're so visually interesting.

Super7 is MASSIVELY behind the times, though. If you break down the figures just into their moving parts and functionality, they're on the same level as your average 'for kids only' $10 Marvel figures or whatever in the toy aisle at Walmart. That issue is hidden by really interesting sculpts and nostalgic designs. Throw it on some shitty plain-looking lady ninja and it's too undeniably obvious how bad everything about Super7's design process is.

Super7's best offerings are just shelf-presence toys. Mukman can't move for shit or really do anything, but damn that sculpt and paint is something else. When they try to do April or even Casey, characters that don't have a ton of size or an outrageous design, it just highlights how basic these things are from articulation, to bare plastic, and poor thought-out accessories. It's in comparing something like Karai to what Nacelle has put out with its Biker Mice line or Jada with Street Fighter that you just see how terrible a value some of Super7's offerings are.

And all that said, Triceraton was basically the line for me where the Super7ness of the figure counteracted the size, presence, and nostalgia so I went ahead and cancelled that one. I loved that Playmates Tricerataon, but not enough to toss down $55 for a poorly done remake. I'm still in for Punker Don and Robotic Bebop.

The individual whose pictures have been floating around did some video reviews as well. Triceraton articulates even worse than I thought. It's a shame, because the accessories turned out well and the sculpt is pretty much there, but Super7's actual production let their sculptors down. He also has videos up of the rest of the wave.

Triceraton looks great.  But as folks have been saying on here, making something look great has never been Super7's problem.

Colorful, large, bulky, nostalgic.  Triceraton has it all.  But articulation isn't great, and the fact the knee joints are green instead of orange blows pretty hard.

I have to say though, I will probably still get this figure.  I'd say Super7 is damn near done with the unique, vintage Playmates characters.  So, I want Tricereaton and Rat King to finish up.  And since this figure will just be displayed standing holding his weapons, it will totally work for that.

I'm not ruling out the idea of Triceraton joining my collection at some point, just not for $55.

I can live with the green knees. Maybe orange hinges would have been less offensive, since even though they'd be visible from the back, they'd be in the back anyway. I'm sure they could have figured out SOMETHING for the range of those elbows though.

I only had a few figures from the original, vintage TMNT line.  The first wave and then Slash and Triceraton.  So those were essentially the only Ultimates TMNT figures I was interested in.  Although, I've never liked the shirtless Shredder and Foot designs, so those were/are easy skips.  Anyway, the Ultimates Slash is a pretty great figure.  It's a shame the Triceraton figure is such a letdown.  But at least NECA has released a few rather nice options for Triceratons.  

It's funny that you mention only having Slash and Triceraton because I always associated the two figures together. I must have got them at the same time, and having yet to encounter them outside the toy line, my own head canon as a kid made them a pair. They were the better, more competent, version of Bebop and Rocksteady for my play sessions. Then Slash debuted in the cartoon and was a total moron...what a letdown.

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It's funny that you mention only having Slash and Triceraton because I always associated the two figures together. I must have got them at the same time, and having yet to encounter them outside the toy line, my own head canon as a kid made them a pair. They were the better, more competent, version of Bebop and Rocksteady for my play sessions. Then Slash debuted in the cartoon and was a total moron...what a letdown.

Yeah, cartoon Slash was a major downgrade.

I was considering getting Triceraton at full price instead of waiting for the price to drop like I usually do, but there’s no way that’s happening now with how he turned out.