If you grew up idolizing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and still want to satisfy the action figure-craving child inside you, you may want to consider grabbing yourself these magnificently real-looking action figures offered up by Bandai.
These action figure toys are so realistic that they look exactly like the animated versions, with identifiable expressions and loads of individual character in each figure. For the time being however, you can only pre-order Donatello and Leonardo action figures starting Friday, and only from the Tamashii Nations webstore.
Fans of the other two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will have to wait a little, but considering just how emotion-conveying and accurate these action figures look, they will certainly be well worth the slice.
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Trend Themes
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