Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret Sewer Lair Playset

 Brand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Model: 95011

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret Sewer Lair Playset

Feature

• Wind and load for 360 degree Ninja flip kicking action!
• Battle Hatch on the top of the Vehicle bursts open!
• Includes Rooftop spring loaded Blasting Bazooka Launcher!
• Vehicle also features fold-down battle ramps, sewer pipe battle grips, and rail-to-road rough ridin' wheels!
• Fits all your Turtle figures!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Playset returns, 22 Jan 2013

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philius black - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret Sewer Lair Playset (Toy)

Just when playsets seemed to have become a thing of the past, trust the Turtles to bring it back with a vengeance!

This is the perfect platform for the stellar new line of Turtles figures. The first thing to note is just how big this is, standing at nearly 4 foot tall when built. On top of this it's packed with really fun features, some brand new (the zipline being a particular highlight) and some nice little nods to the Turtle lair Playmates produced in the late 80s (like the hidden periscope and secret elevator entrance to the lower levels) which take me back to my own childhood. The quality of this line as a whole has been consistently high and the Sewer is no exception. Everything is solid and the features work really well once all put together.

Some minor quibbles though: This takes some serious building. I must have spent about three hours in total putting it all together, not helped by the fact that there is no guide for where all the stickers are supposed to go. Granted there is a certain amount of common sense involved and others you can work out from the pictures on the box but an actual guide would have trimmed some time from the construction process.

Also when it's done it's not easy to take apart again and frankly you won't relish the idea of having to put the whole thing together multiple times anyway so once it's built it's pretty much staying that way, so make sure you have a place for it.

All that said however, when you see the whole thing up and working all quibbles are quickly forgotten and seeing the amount of fun your little Turtle fans get out of it will make it all worth the effort.

Addendum:
I've just found a brilliant instructional video for construction of the lair on the Playmates website (playmatestoys.com - please don't make the mistake of going to playmates.com first...) which will cut your building time down considerably and solve the sticker problem too.

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1.0 out of 5 stars durability, 21 Jan 2013

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memeof1&3 - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret Sewer Lair Playset (Toy)

Kids love this toy but it is not worth the money you have to pay for it!! The durability of it is flimsy and should be better made!! Would not pay that much for it had I known just how flimsy it really was!!!!

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