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Write a Review link for that item. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Classic Cartoon (Neca)Quarter-scale is rather unusual for action figures, considering that sixth-scale is a more common size for large figures. However, NECA's being producing figures in such as scale for years, with the more recent ones coming from the TMNT license. I already got the first 1/4 toon figure, Raphael, and now it's on to the second one: Donatello. Since the turtles all looked the same in the show, NECA was easily able to reuse the mold for Raphael for Donatello. The default portrait gives Donnie the reused mad eyes, but the closed mouth is a new piece, and the extra head is a surprised expression with open eyes and mouth. Like before, the eyes and mouths are separate from one another, and can be swapped. There's also a third mouth with a closed smile, but you will need to heat up the plastic to attach the eyes. Throw in the open mouth smile from Raph, and you'll have plenty of ways for Don to express himself. Standing 15" tall, Donatello's body is mostly the same as Raph, save for the belt. The belt has a "D" emblem on the front, and storage for his weapon on the back. Donnie is solid, hefty plastic, with great accuracy to the show. It's basically just a scaled-up version of the 1/10 figure, and both were sculpted by Jason Frailey and Trevor Zammit. The paint is clean - it's hard to slip up on such a large figure - and the ink lines and shading are done well. Donatello is loaded with articulation, with the large scale allowing for more joints to be implemented. He gets a barbell-jointed head, neck, and waist, swivel/hinge mask knot, shoulders, elbows (double-jointed), wrists, hips, upper knees, and ankles, swivel biceps and thighs, hinged lower knees, and additional barbells for the elbow and kneepads to assist with arm and leg poses. The joints are tight and ratcheted, which is important for larger, heavier figures, and he's quite stable too, being able to achieve plenty of poses. His thighs were stuck tight, and needed a lot of hot water to get moving, and some better range on the waist would've been nice. Donatello has a good amount of accessories, actually a bit more than Raphael. The two pairs of eyes and three mouths can be used for plenty of expressions, and as mentioned, heating up the plastic is recommended for swapping parts. Three pairs of hands are included - gripping, pointing, and flat - and they swap with no issues. Donnie's bo staff is included, of course, and it pops apart at the middle to fit it into his hands easier. Recycled from Raphael are a turtle com that opens and closes, and two slices of pizza that connect together. Two paper extras are included: a pizza box that opens to store the slices, and a "Genius Quarterly" magazine, with graphics on the inside and outside. I'll admit I'm not too big on the quarter-scale figures, but when I saw this one discounted at Go!, a place that usually overcharges for action figures, due to box damage, I went ahead and got him. I'm glad I did, too, since he looks great, poses about as well as his smaller counterpart, and has some nice extras. I'll probably be getting Leonardo and Michelangelo as well if I feel like it to round out the brothers, but if you don't have the space for them, I'd suggest sticking to your favorites. - 9/18/23   by RMaster007 |
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