Both of these were drawn by me, probably around 1988 or 1989, and were done as concepts for vehicles in the Playmates Toys TMNT line. The top drawing is of a TMNT helicopter, and one of its interesting features is the lineup of various "landing grippers" -- magnet, suction cup, and velcro -- that would attach to its landing skids. We had considered -- and I think I even did a sketch of it -- making these into accessories for the Turtle figures also, so that they could be stuck to many different surfaces.
The Troop Carrier was intended as a vehicle for the evil Foot Clan to use (I think that's a proto-Bebop at the controls). I think I was inspired by the cool design of the APC in the movie ALIENS.
-- Peter Laird
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Playmates just sent us these four photos of a painted version of the Leonardo coldcast statue on its base. (Note: These images are taken from scans of printouts of the photos -- Dan Berger will soon be posting better-looking versions from the original digital files on the official TMNT site, www.ninjaturtles.com.) I must say that I flipped out when I saw these images today. It's been a while since I have gotten so excited about a TMNT product. I love what the paint job does for the figure -- it really gives life to Leo. And the base is very cool too. I'm REALLY looking forward to getting a set of these!
