Some things just don't make sense together. For instance: ninjas and turtles, which really don't make any sense together. But if you make them teenage mutants with a craving for pizza, suddenly they're awfully entertaining. No such super combination can save the odd and ugly matchup you'll find here, courtesy of The Undiscovered Playthings bootleg action figure blog.
If bootleggers should take up any motto as their own, it might just be "don't judge a book by its cover". Despite the abysmal and ever-disappointing action figures and toys they produce, those darned bootleggers always seem to put them in decent looking packaging. And of course, "decent" isn't a word I'd generally use to describe the bootlegs themselves. This specific package is a beautifully printed color-loaded piece that shows the gang in all their glory... wait, those names are a little off. Leonardo wears red now? Michelangelo uses swords? Even stranger, the logos beneath each figure's picture have the right names, but the printed text doesn't much up with the images. Thankfully, this is the "NEW 2007 NINJA PASI FORWARD" chase variant edition, so that shouldn't be an issue for all you hardcore turtle fans.
Looking inside the package, you'll find the "odd and ugly" matchup mentioned in the introduction above. It appears Michelangelo/Donatello is riding his very own motorcycle. Now I'll be the first to admit that the turtles do experiment with all kinds of wild toys, costumes, and oozes (pure thoughts fellows!), but for Mikey/Donnie to borrow the Pink Ranger's motorcycle (look closely, it's hers) and paint it green, now that is weird. The bootleggers don't even hold the Power Rangers sacred, subjecting my young love, Amy Jo Johnson, to the sight of her precious motorcycle in the hands of a raving mutant reptile.
And then there is his buddy, who (based on the packaging) could be either Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, or Leonardo. The lazy paint applications and indistinguishable colors make it hard to tell who exactly it's supposed to be. No matter the identity, you have to love the requisite LED in the chest... which for whatever reason is missing! Someone at the bootleg factory must be planning a wicked cool Christmas lights display this year, hijacking LEDs from every other figure to use on their roof in the holiday display to end holiday displays. Bootleggers, you never ever disappoint.
For some more looks and thoughts on these figures, check out The Undiscovered Playthings bootleg action figure blog!
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