Unless the new licensors get Playmates' master molds, likely not. Though I wouldn't be surprised if one of the collectors' market toymakers won't hesitate to snag those reissue rights.

(Plus Playmates helped make TMNT.)

The end of an era. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MADE Playmates for nearly 40 years, especially on the kid-friendly consumer level. Curious who'll take the reins full-time in 2027 in that sector.

Playmates also bankrolled the original five episode miniseries in 1987. Without that we don’t have a franchise full stop.

If they’re the mutant rat people from the 2000 film…

How I'm showing up to the bluesky Xmas party.

🎄🏀

The Grinch for the Kingpin’s return. (Slow Clap)

50,000+ followers and counting. Xmas Miracle. Thanks for sticking around and supporting me on this site, guys. Glad to have you all as friends and allies. Together we are lots more. Nobody can take that away. MORPHIN!!!!

💙🩵🤍🩶❄️🧊🌊💙🩵🤍🩶❄️🧊🌊 The perfect motivation song for everyon. ❤️💖💛🖤🧡🤎❤️‍🔥🩷💜♥️💚🩵💙🩶🤍

Call him in.

Morphinomenal!

One last shameless self-plug before the holidays! "Look Out! Here Comes The Mope!" Grrr! Wahh! Argh!! The Mope is angry. The Mope is sad. The Mope is having some really big feelings today. It’s a roller coaster of emotions!! Bookshop: bit.ly/3MMsXAz B&N: bit.ly/4p3eGNc Amazon: a.co/d/15ukwNG

🎶 “I'm Mister White Christmas, I'm Mister Snow. I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mister Ten Below. Friends call me Snow Miser, What ever I touch… Turns to snow in my clutch! I'm too much!” 🎶

I love this movie so damn much.

It’s time. Made some popcorn and currently watching…

Watching a great holiday episode of The Ghost and Molly McGee. The McGees and Scratch are with Libby and her mom at their bookstore when the power goes out in town. The store’s generator only has enough gas for an hour but somehow lasts for eight.

Currently watching…

I don't think there's enough Christmas spirits to visit all these assholes.

“You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money. Well, it doesn't, Mr. Potter. In the whole vast configuration of things, I'd say you were nothing but a scurvy little spider.”

And PR isnt *really* American, its Sentai but… semantics

Yyyyyyyup I often like to think of a lot of the 90s properties as being the last major American evergreens and TMNT was right there with Power Rangers following not too long after

Avenger: Doomsday reactions: “SLOP!!” “CHEAP NOSTALGIA POP!!!” “MARVEL IS DONE DONE!!!!” “DISNEY BAD!!!!!” “WHITE PEOPLE!!!!!!” People will bitch, moan and complain about EVERYTHING IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE, huh.

DEAN AMBROSE IS COMING BACK!!!!

I popped!

Looks like WWE is taking some ideas from TNA without Disco or the F-slur

Tatum Paxley fucking rules! #Wrestlesky #WWENXT

Tatum Paxley chased Shawn Spears with a chainshaw! 😳 #WWENXT

Leon Slater and Oba Femi are going to tear it up at NXT New Year's Evil #WWENXT

Happy holidays y’all 🦈🎄

those are load-bearing turtles goodbye playmates I guess lol

If they’re the mutant rat people from the 2000 film…

“They are open to making items from other seasons depending on the success of the current Re-Ignition line." Start buying, folks. LOTS.

Per Legacy of Nerd: "Playmates will only be focusing on making toys and products from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers seasons and has no plans to do any other seasons at this time. They are open to making items from other seasons depending on the success of the current Re-Ignition line."

Yep, TMNT along with Star Trek were basically their mainstay lines for decades, and Trek stopped being a factor years ago.

To put it in more context, TMNT basically MADE Playmates. Like, they were known for some baby doll toys before they acquired the TMNT license, and ever since, the two have basically been synonymous

Holy fuck

Tokusatsu is the best for lifting your spirits, making you laugh, and filling you with appreciation for human creativity

Gentlemen, it’s been an honor.

Maybe I’m misreading but it’s hard for me to see Hasbro taking on another toy license. They seem much more interested in getting out of that business than adding to it unless the terms are incredibly in their favor. Also? They kind of have an incentive not to (PR is the core competitor to TMNT).

Honestly shocked considering I figured they’d always keep the toy license. Definitely on the same scale as Bandai losing the license if not bigger

Know most folks won’t care but this is beyond stunning from the toy world.

Wow. Nearly 40 years of Playmates Toys making TMNT toys coming to an end. Wild.

Wow. Another partnership that has existed since the ‘80’s bites the dust.

Wow!

Was absolutely my first thought as well. Incentive to make Power Rangers work at retail just heightened considerably!