I was at my Uncle’s house today for a birthday party. Wandering around the back yard was this fairly large turtle. No one knew exactly where it came from but it was wandering around everywhere. Andrew was fascinated by it and turtle is one of those words that he says very well so he was excited to say turtle over and over. He was especially fascinated watching the turtle eat a strawberry.
When I went to the Time to Play Showcase last year I saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys that were coming out for the brand new show on Nickelodeon. I even received a Raphael toy to bring home. It has been on my desk at work ever since. I’ve had that figure posed in a dozen different ways. The new figures have several points of articulation which means that you can position them more ways that you can count. They are also pretty well balanced so you aren’t constantly readjusting them or picking them up. I had Raphael balanced on one leg on the flat screen monitor of my computer and he didn’t fall off unless I bumped the desk. So Playmates sent me two toys to review and they are a basic Shredder figure and a Flingers Donatello figure.
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