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The Ninja Turtles Easter Egg Value Pack!

As mentioned, Toys 'R' Us now considers Easter the most important holiday of the year, and they're celebrating with more candies, more baskets and more SPRING SALES than anyone scheduled to die within the next fifty years could count. It's mostly a sea of forgettables, but a few of the selections are worth buying billboard space for to celebrate. Example:

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Easter Egg! WOOOOO! This thing is friggin' amazing. Basically, Playmates grabbed a couple of TMNT toys that by and large are considered obsolete, but once packed in a turtleshell egg with see-thru top (think pantyhose), it's the single greatest contribution to Easter since damned dead lamb. The egg itself is the only "new" item included, but come on, that's more than enough. You could do pretty much anything with that thing. Fill it with toys, fill it with candy, fill it 10% with gravel and 3% with baby turtles...it is your unlikely championship canvas. Do what you will, take what you may.

Retailing for 9.99, the contents just barely pass as a good deal. You get two miniature Ninja Turtle figures still in their packages, one regular sized figure sans package, a sheet of stickers, and the ultimate must-have: Retromutagen Ooze!!! Hell yes. They had me at "big egg," but if not, they would've had me at "small ooze." Combined, big eggs and small ooze tag team every frown upside down. It's the ten buck miracle cure.

Though all of the eggs have the same assortment of stuff, the characters differ. Dunno how many parents-of-little-ones read this site, but trust an eternal little boy on this: they will love a Ninja Turtle Easter Egg. I can think of no one who wouldn't. Except most girls and people who hate Ninja Turtles. Total minority.

Posted by Matt on 03/21/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 92 comments

ninja turtles kick ass…i still have all my old toys which was pretty much every one from the first few sets

The didnt say theyd be there in an hour cause they displayed turtle power

Chestnuts roasted by sexynigelthepharoahwizard @ 03/22/2005 10:45 PM


I remember playing with the plastic eggs from my mom’s L’Eggs too, and putting toy cars and alien erasers and colorful rocks and things into them. Can’t say I am much into the new TMNT (was totally apeshit about the original), but thanks for bringing back another fond memory from childhood Matt. And the guy who decided to stop packaging L’Eggs in those colorful plastic eggs should be beaten.

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 03/23/2005 1:05 AM


Oh congrats E Major! How exciting, a boy just like you were hoping! And with older sisters to beat him up and make him tough!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/23/2005 1:35 AM


I don’t know about everybody else, but I always connected green ooze with Easter more than silly bunnies… and who wouldn’t want to join Leonardo in an easter egg hunt?

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 03/23/2005 2:33 AM


Captain Hook was related to the Filet O’ Fish sandwich, which ironically was Ray Kroc’s favorite sandwich. It was he who ordered that it only have HALF a square of cheese rather than a whole one, saying it made it taste better.

I used to have (and maybe my parents still have it) some plastic McDonald’s plates, one was an octopus trying to steal a Filet O’ Fish out of a chest and Captain Hook "saved the day".

Another one was Grimace jumping into a big pile of leaves.

They all had a rhyming poem around the outside lip of the plate.. gosh I wish I still had them!

Pax

Oh I just remembered that there were 4, one for each season. Grimace jumping in the leaves was Autumn while CH and the gang were on the beach for a summer frolic. Don’t remember Spring or Winter.

Chestnuts roasted by Soj @ 03/23/2005 6:06 AM


Having two older sisters, I can vouch for growing up tough. And a bit sneaky. Trust me on sneaky. Ma collects turtles, and a good number of them are TMNT. One time she found a plush Mikey as big as a four-year-old. His mask is gone, but the ‘M’ on his belt is still there. He sits in a corner of the living room, all turtle-y and everything. guss I’ll have to get some toy ‘chuks for him one day, and a new mask.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/23/2005 12:11 PM


The Manimal, I’m not offended! I just forgot to put this: ^_~

and that ep also mentioned Big Mac, and I must have forgotten about that part.

Oh, and Happy Bday to me ^_^

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/23/2005 5:25 PM


I left out the "e" in "guess."

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/23/2005 5:36 PM


Ronald MacDonald is my favorite character because hes funny. I’d Drink him if he was orange juice.
BTW Mc Ribs are nasty why call them ribs if they have no bones in it. I WANT MY BONES!

Chestnuts roasted by Jonny Zero @ 03/23/2005 5:39 PM


Ronald MacDonald is my favorite character because hes funny. I’d Drink him if he was orange juice.
BTW Mc Ribs are nasty why call them ribs if they have no bones in it. I WANT MY BONES!

Chestnuts roasted by Jonny Zero @ 03/23/2005 5:39 PM


Oops sorry bout the double post clicked on it twice.

Chestnuts roasted by Jonny Zero @ 03/23/2005 5:40 PM


I’m an unabashed fan of the food at McDonald’s and even I actually wasn’t aware that Grimace once had 4 arms until Strong Bad mentioned it in passing a couple of weeks ago in http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html">"best thing", the "sbemail" with the Limozeen cartoon. You can see the story of "Evil Grimace" http://home.att.net/~planetgarp/">here (link found at the http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/best_thing">Homestar Runner Wiki).

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 03/23/2005 5:43 PM


Oh, sorry, the "here" went to the Planet Garp front page. The "here" I meant to give is http://home.att.net/~planetgarp/grimace.html">here.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 03/23/2005 5:45 PM


Happy Birthday Invader Norbert. Welcome to the world of skin mags, smoke AND smokeless tobacco, and the draft. :)

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 03/24/2005 6:24 AM


I remember Surge tasting like Ecto Cooler. Anyone else?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 03/24/2005 9:02 AM


Totally off topic, but Matt mentioned the giant inflatable NYC union protest rat in a blog post some months ago. He’s outside the building next door to me today. For those in NYC, he’s outside the Fox building on 6th b/w 47th and 48th.

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 03/24/2005 10:13 AM


All hail the Inflato-Rat!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/24/2005 11:21 AM


oh yeah, by the way, what the FUCK is grimace supposed to be?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 03/24/2005 11:36 AM


Ah the eternal question once again rears it’s ugly head. A Google search tells me there are many theories on the subject. Officially? (from Straightdope) "According to McDonald’s spokesperson Jane Hulbert, Grimace is a "big fuzzy purple fellow." Probably you figured this out for yourself. What you want is detail. Too bad. Here’s the complete McDonald’s personnel file on the guy: "Grimace personifies the child in everyone. . . . He is Ronald [McDonald]‘s special pal. Everyone loves Grimace because of his innocent loving nature. He occasionally causes trouble in McDonaldland because he is clumsy, but his friends overlook this because he is so happy."
Personally (and this is from me now, not Straightdope, which until now I never actually heard of), I think he’s just something some Marketing guy came up with. Purple amorphous blobs probably register well in children’s minds. What an evil evil mind-controlling coporation McDonald’s is. Before they can even read toddlers recognize the golden arches and want to go there. That’s from personal experience by the way. A little disturbing to see your little nephew who can barely speak say "Madonahs!" whenever you pass one of their restaurants.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/24/2005 11:49 AM


"A little disturbing to see your little nephew who can barely speak say "Madonahs!" whenever you pass one of their restaurants."

Its called cradle-to-grave marketing. Many many companies do it, although McDonald’s is probably one of the best. Some companies market things to children long before they will be customers…but once they reach consumer age, they will recognize the brand name and feel comfortable with their choice because it is so hammered into their heads.

Everyone should read "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. Great book, and has a whole section on that type of marketing.

Chestnuts roasted by mattbrand @ 03/24/2005 12:52 PM


Yeah…You have to register with selective service…Its, the laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

Stupid radio commercials.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 03/24/2005 1:05 PM


mattbrand-Funny you should mention that book. I believe it was mentioned in the last 3 blog’s messages. Yes, defintely an awesome book. If everyone did read it, I’d like to hope there’d be a lot of changes to the way they do business. More than the superficial ones they are doing now (offering "healthier" food, for instance). His other book is good too. I’m looking forward to his next, I believe it’s about the prison-industrial complex or something along those lines.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/24/2005 1:09 PM


Yeah, funny "We will never have a draft again. Don’t worry. Oh, but yes, of course you have to register for it. What? No, it makes sense. Stop thinking! Just fill out the form, dammit!"

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/24/2005 1:10 PM


Soj, I remember having those same plates. Is there anything that can’t be found on ebay?

I’m pretty sure Grimace is meant to represent the milkshake. He’s a big unidentifiable thing, sort of like McDonalds "shakes". And his name is the face you make when you try to suck one through a straw.

Chestnuts roasted by cravipat @ 03/24/2005 1:11 PM


Well, it may have been mentioned before cravipat, but he was originally a four armed monster who stole shakes from children, so you probably are getting pretty close to where the idea came from.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/24/2005 1:16 PM


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