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The year 1993, man. For Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their fans, it was the best of times and kinda the worst of times. On one hand several TMNT comics were going strong, the animated series was in its seventh season and Playmates was on the cusp of releasing some of its most tubular toys yet. On the other hand... the near-universally loathed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III dropped and a lot of kids were moving on to watch the newly-launched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. With so much going on, many fans probably didn't realize what they missed out on: A ninja-piloted Party Wagon toy that "mutated" into a giant mecha warrior suit.

Ooze, bad guys and storage are the name of the game in Playmates' 2013 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures and vehicles. The toy maker's Toy Fair 2013 booth yielded a sewerful of upcoming toys, including scads of new villainous basic figures such as Spider Bytez, a new Liefeld-ian (look at those shoulder pads...

Movies: Director Bryan Singer took to Twitter to tease some set models from the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past movie(s). Toys: MTV has a first look at Playmates' upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Rocksteady and Bebop figures...

Toys: Atamaii takes a look at some previously unseen upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys from Playmates shown at the recent Hong Kong Toy Fair 2013. Scholarships: Any graduating high school senior enrolling in a college, university, or trade school to study animation can now apply for the 2013 Warner Bros ...

Movies: If you haven't seen them yet, the latest issue of EW has new stills from Iron Man 3 and The Wolverine to feast your eyes on. Creators: Return of the Dapper Men writer Jim McCann competed on The Price is Right last week and was awesome to watch...

Fan Films: Batman and Captain America throw down in Start's new interactive superhero fan film. Movies: It seems that Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman are both down to make a Hellboy III. Toys: Mint Condition Customs brings out the full potential of Playmates' new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure line with fresh paint jobs...

Gaming: Gazillion's COO David Brevik gives fans their latest look at the Marvel Heroes MMO in the game's first developer diary. Upcoming: Buck Rogers will return to new comic book adventures from Hermes Press as written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin...

In advance of its full New York Toy Fair reveal, Playmates has shared more from its line of toys based on Nickelodeon's upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CG animated series at MTV Geek. Joining the several varieties of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael are basic figures of Shredder, a possible Krang, a Foot Clan ninja, April O'Neil and Splinter...

In anticipation of Nickelodeon's new CG animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series set to debut later in 2012, Playmates is ready to roll with several distinct lines of TMNT toys during this month's New York Toy Fair. MTV Geek got a jump on the new animated action figure line, which includes basic and deluxe figures, a new Turtle Van called the "Shellraiser," the Turtles' gigantic-look