Heroes in a half shell

Good news everyone! Well, incredibly delayed good news, anyway.

Remember all those weeks ago where I was complaining about how I wanted the re-releases of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys? Well, just about a week before I left Toys R Us, they finally got them in, and luckily I was there to see them put out and was able to pounce on them, acquiring all four turtles, just as I had planned.

Ahh, aren’t they beautiful? Such retro goodness, and for a reasonable price, as opposed to the hundreds of dollars I would have paid for them on EBay. I’m at a loss of whether I want to open them or not though. I know that as re-releases their worth is significantly less than the originals, but I still don’t think I could bear to even possibly spoil their “mint-on-card” status.

I’m a little disappointed that there weren’t any Shredder figures, but that’s okay. It’s a few bucks saved for me, and I think that if I had gone even one figure outside my original plan, that I would end up buying the whole line, and that’s an expense I really don’t need. So I’m happy enough that I got all four turtles. That really has been more than enough to soothe my swollen nostalgia gland. At least for now…