They have not retired yet. As soon as they are gone I think the growth is going to surprise a lot of people. TMNT is one of the dominant pop culture icons of the past 30 years. The new Nick series is a raging success and turtle mania has taken another generation of kids.

Agreed. I like to think I've guided my son into the important things like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, superheroes, but TMNT he found on his own and it is immensely popular. I've been picking up sets on sale whenever I can. Just got a bunch of that sewer sub chase from target for 50% off the other week.

Looks like some sets from the first run of TMNT are due for retirement. I'm seeing more and more TMNT OOS, especially the Lair. I bought some stuff on sale this weekend in anticipation of retirement. I guess over the next months, we'll see how they do.

The whole theme looks to be going rapid.

 

If you've had your eye on any sets now is the time.

 

http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-ByTheme?_requestid=637044

 

Only keychains left in the UK store.

 

Best regards & happy new year.

 

Alpha.

Interesting, wonder if this goes for other countries too. Doesn't seem like a very popular theme.

The US store is fully loaded still.

They are gone from the Uk lego stores now.

With no new TMNT sets on the horizon it seems this theme may be done.  The second Nick cartoon wave and the movie sets are all that's left and I wonder how long they will be around this year.  I can see a lot of them hitting clearance at retail in Spring/early Summer.  The Shredder Lair didn't last long on Shop at Home but 40% off LEGO sets are hard to resist.

Mega BLOKS is taking over tmnt in 2016

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mattel--nickelodeon-to-expand-licensing-partnership-with-mega-bloks-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-in-2016-291716041.html

If MB doesn't start until 2016 then anyone with LEGO versions can still do good with them this Christmas.

SpongeBob lego has been helped by MB taking it over, since MB are crap

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with a 4th season renewed into 2016... I can see the retired lego sets doing well.

Do you guys think people will forget how fragile the shellraiser is after it eols? I feel like it might be the winner from the theme. I'll definitely keep an eye out for a deal on black friday.

 

that is pretty much an unfounded rumor started by a few AFOL's when the set came out.  talk to the kids actually playing with these sets. The boys seem to love the Shellraiser. 

 

What happens is when you build it, there is a brief point in the instructions where the vehicle has a tendency to come apart at a weak clutch point but only lasts for a handful of steps in the instructions before more clutch is added making it just fine.

 

this rumor has been blown up and exaggerated quite a bit. And besides if the kids don't have a few extra bricks to add for clutch then something is amiss.

 

Right now for $40 Turtle Van takedown is a pretty good deal which is the main reason Shellraiser has yet to take off.

Edited February 15, 201510 yr by Brickmythic

SpongeBob lego has been helped by MB taking it over, since MB are crap

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I agree with this statement, I thought it was going to hurt it so I dumped my bikini bottoms last year only for them to rise $50 in the past 12 months

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Also the series just added a few old school enemies, Rocksteady and Bebop!

 

They were introduced in the season 3 finale.

 

 

The good news is that Rocksteady can easily be made with a Chima rhino head and LOTR gundabad shoulder pads.

 

Bebop may be a little more difficult to make because the head is a warthog with sunglasses..

LEGO TMNT Retired, Mega Bloks Picks Up License

 

whats your toughts about the sets on the market? going up or let it die?

I think like spongebob some sets will have surprising growth. Both are popular shows that after short production runs by lego switched to MB. Just a question of which ones imo.

Many of these sets will do extremely well ...some of these will be 2.5-3x msrp this Christmas and many others 2x...if no refresh these go through the roof in 2-3 years I'm holding long term.

Now that Donatello is dead is the minifig gonna be more sought after?

Now that Donatello is dead is the minifig gonna be more sought after?

 

Comics or TV?

The comic book.

Oh crap! The wife said our son must not know.

Now that Donatello is dead is the minifig gonna be more sought after?

But who's gonna do machines ?  Are the turtles just going to run around or swim ?

Nobody stays dead in comics. Donnie will probably be back soon.

But who's gonna do machines ? Are the turtles just going to run around or swim ?

They'll transfer his brain over to Metalhead.

They'll transfer his brain over to Metalhead.

Leonardo leads

Donatello Metalhead does machines

Raphael is cool but crude

Michaelangelo is a party dude !

 

It does not have the same ring to it