[TigerShard]

Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor

You're right, of course. Weird that the show had been around since I was two, but I didn't know about it until I was four. Funny how I remember the original, good episodes in the first and second seasons, but they'd already given way to the later half-hour toy commercials by the time I'd gotten into it.

But most people aren't going to look at 1984 as the beginning. I'd say for most people, TMNT began with the TV show. I know it did for me for several years. I was one of those kids who was disappointed that the movies didn't stick to the show. *Shame.* Now I know better, of course.

And although it's been 16 years since the show started, it's been only 7 since it ended. Not quite long enough for those like me, who were 12 at the time and definitely on the older end of the TV show's target audience, to grow up and start buying nostalgia. From a marketing perspective, it doesn't make quite as much sense.

TMNT is not coming back to capitalize on nostolgia. The original creators of the show, Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman sold the rights to Fredwolf studios which did the original cartoon. The new cartoon is adapting the original comic books and is actualy being written/supervised by Peter Laird. There is much argument amongst the fandom about which show is actually better. Some TMNT fans hate the comics and only like the original show, while others hate the original show and only like the comics and new show, etc.

Sorry, I didn't mean to take over the thread. This is the last thing I will say about this. You can hit me with a if I ever start rambling about TMNT again