Monday, August 25, 2008

"Turtle Tunneler" designs

My pal Jim Lawson is a genius at designing and drawing cool vehicles. Going through my files of stuff related to the 4Kids TMNT show, I came across these intriguing sketch concepts he did for the "Turtle Tunneler", used in a number of episodes of the show. -- PL











10 comments:

  1. Now if only someone could come up with a working version so I could get through freaking traffic here in L.A.

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  2. #1 reminds me of the new Batman movies Batmobile. And of course, I love #5 for sentimental reasons :). I also love the irony that in this series, it's the turtles that have a Transport Module..

    My 25th Anniversary wish:
    Letting Dan, Steve, Ryan and Murph loose on a comic based off the old show. Total restart after the fist five episodes, slight design changes to keep Fred Wolf off their backs, but same fun spirit :).

    Technodrome stuck in Dimension x, a smarter Bebop and Rocksteady, Shredder and Krang not quite working as a team and at odds.. more ninja action and the story picks up from there :).

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  3. -->> Hey yeh, Neil .. #5 really looks allot like the Krang's old transport modules.

    Damm !!

    >v<

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  4. Wow!
    Awesome design sketches!

    So many choices!

    I agree that # 1 does look like the new Batmobile!

    And I also agree that # 5 looks almost exactly like the old transport from the cartoon!

    I think # 10 kind of looks like the Batman: Animated Series Batmobile!

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  5. I like #8, kinda looks like a vintage steam locomotive :D

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  6. These are all pretty cool looking alright, but the real question is what kind of mileage do they get?

    ;o)

    ~Donna

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  7. I'm diggin' the front wheels on number 1--pun partially intended. :)

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  8. Number 5 really does look like the old toon Transport Modules! hah man I love seeing this stuff!
    BTW! I got the Quazine I orderd in the mail today! Very nice indeed the photos do it no justice! Simply awesome, I hope to see more site exclusives from Mirage.
    -Vaughn M.

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  9. Neil V said...

    "My 25th Anniversary wish:
    Letting Dan, Steve, Ryan and Murph loose on a comic based off the old show. Total restart after the fist five episodes, slight design changes to keep Fred Wolf off their backs, but same fun spirit :)."


    I believe a colorized "spiritual" successor to the old cartoon/Archi Comics would be a great way of tapping into the mainstream casual TMNT fanbase.

    #7 kinda reminds of the Tim Burton Batman Batmobile.

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  10. The Tunneler was a neat idea and I loved how it was used. #5 would have been interesting to see though. Very much in the spirit of the Old Toon's Foot Module.

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