Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Blast from the Past #63 repost: Jumper and Crawler


Here are two more mutant animal characters from my sketchbook, drawn sometime in the late 1980's for possible inclusion in the TMNT action figure line. I like them both, but I really like the octopus thing -- I really wish Playmates had gone for that design! -- PL

6 comments:

  1. The jumper, any connection to dumpjumper produced for the new movie line?

    And you're right, the crawler is freaking awesome! Was he meant to be like a vehicle? He would have fit in with those huge mega mutants from the old toy line.

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  2. "Ectopaul said...
    The jumper, any connection to dumpjumper produced for the new movie line?"

    No.

    "And you're right, the crawler is freaking awesome! Was he meant to be like a vehicle? He would have fit in with those huge mega mutants from the old toy line."

    My memory is that I intended the Crawler to be just a little bit bigger than a Turtle. -- PL

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  3. I see. Maybe he didn't get the OK because he wouldn't have fit in the normal figure package since he doesn't stand on two legs?

    It's a shame, he's so much cooler than something like the birthday turtles (even though I love them too).

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  4. I remember these from the TMNT Role Playing Game book "Turtles In Space" i think. I loved them! By the way, thanks for doing a blog Peter, i appreciate seeing all this cool stuff that is very much a part of my formative years.
    s.

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  5. -->> ..notice some similarities in ways of design style in 'Jumper' there to early J. Lawson designs.
    Interesting.

    ( i recall these in the RPG game materials as well ).
    >v<

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