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The Adult Nerd: A blog by Rob Blatt

The Adult Nerd: A blog by Rob Blatt

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  • Focusing on the Spider-Man Animated Series Retro Cardback Figure

    I think I’m in love with this Spider-Man figure. I won an Adventures in Collecting holiday raffle, which had the Spider-Man Animated Series Retro Cardback figure. They called it “perfect. I would change absolutely nothing about it, it’s amazing.” This figure lives up to that hype. Read the Full Post


  • A Blast From the Past That’s Still Here: Comics from the Koch’s

    How a two-page advertising spread from 1981 was advertising a comic shop that still exists today in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Read the Full Post


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    Why The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Bandanas Were Red

    When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles took the leap from black and white comic book pages to color merchandise, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird hadn’t decided what color their bandanas would be. The inspiration would come from a universally hated comic book. Read the Full Post


  • The Peter Laird First Turtle from ISH and Bottleneck Gallery

    The Peter Laird First Turtle from Justin Ishmael/ISH and Bottleneck Gallery hit my stoop this week and I’m extremely happy to have it on my shelf. It’s home next next to the 2015 Mondo Kevin Eastman First Turtle. While the people and company who produced the figure aren’t connected to the 2015 Kevin Eastman First Turtle, it feels a lot like an excellent sequel. Read the Full Post


  • Who was the Artist for the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cardback Art? A Search for an Answer.

    If you don’t want to read, there isn’t a definitive answer here, but I think the assumption that Errol McCarthy did the original art is valid. This is likely the first ad for retailers to sell the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VHS, “Turtle Soup,” from page 117 of Video Store Magazine in June 1988. Read the Full Post


  • Two GRoundchuck figures showing the differences between the common and variant

    The 1991 Groundchuck Variant and Common from Playmates’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Line

    There were two Groundchucks in 1991, and the variant is the one with the yellow skull on his left shoulder pad and silver hair. Groundchuck was a part of the 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles releases from Playmates. The figure is pretty close to the character that debuted as a part of the Teenage Mutant Read the Full Post


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