{"id":37707,"date":"2021-07-01T15:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=37707"},"modified":"2022-09-08T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:42:52","slug":"the-motu-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/the-motu-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The MotU\/TMNT crossover that never was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So remember last month, when we learned about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=34432\">the <i>Star Wars<\/i>\/<i>TMNT<\/i> crossover<\/a> that almost happened? Well one side, Skywalker, because there's another beloved '80s property that tried to commingle with the Heroes in a Half-Shell: <i>He-Man and the Masters of the Universe<\/i>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt01.jpg\" title=\"He-Man + The Turtles\" width=\"530\" height=\"815\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Artist Freddie Williams II, who did the art for the various Batman\/TMNT comics, just broke the news that IDW and DC were working on a He-Man crossover. The book was delayed twice, then fully cancelled over a year ago. And this is the first we've ever heard of it!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt08-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt09-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There's art of the characters hanging out in interesting and yet thematically appropriate combos:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-37707 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-37729\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-37729'>\n\t\t\t\tEvil-Lyn\/Shredder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-37730\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-37730'>\n\t\t\t\tBeast-Man\/Mutants\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-37707 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-37732\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-37732'>\n\t\t\t\tOrko\/Mikey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt14.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-37733\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-37733'>\n\t\t\t\tTeela\/Raphael\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-37734\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-37734'>\n\t\t\t\tMan-At-Arms\/Donatello\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-37707 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt16.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-37739\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-37739'>\n\t\t\t\tSorceress\/Splinter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt17.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-37740\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-37740'>\n\t\t\t\tRoboto\/Metalhead\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt18-300x195.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it looks like it would have been a lot like the <i>Mighty Morphin Power Rangers\/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/i> comic, with the Turtles taking on the roles and appearances of the <i>He-Man<\/i> characters:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt10-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-37707 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-37711\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-37711'>\n\t\t\t\tHe-Max Leonardo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-37712\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-37712'>\n\t\t\t\tRam-Man Michaelangelo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-37713\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-37713'>\n\t\t\t\tTeela Raphael\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-37714\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-37714'>\n\t\t\t\tMan-At-Arms Donatello\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-37707 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-37716\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-37716'>\n\t\t\t\tNinja Prince Adam\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-37717\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-37717'>\n\t\t\t\tShreddator\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They'd even gotten to the point of designing some covers; one an homage to the first meeting of the X-Men and the New Teen Titans, the other a two-parter (suggesting this was going to be a <b>very<\/b> mini series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt19-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hmnt20-300x231.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don't know why the book was cancelled, but how cool would it have been to get toys based on this concept?<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freddieart\/status\/1410591541442363394\" target=\"twit\" rel=\"noopener\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Muta-Party Wagon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/soon-forget-muta-party-wagon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Muta-Party Wagon<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"TMNT is back, baby!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/tmnt-is-back-baby\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">TMNT is back, baby!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"What Prince Adam does\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/what-prince-adam-does\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Prince Adam does<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Honda using toys to sell cars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/honda-using-toys-to-sell-cars\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honda using toys to sell cars<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #73\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-73\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #73<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So remember last month, when we learned about the Star Wars\/TMNT crossover that almost happened? Well one side, Skywalker, because there's another beloved '80s property that tried to commingle with the Heroes in a Half-Shell: He-Man and the Masters of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/the-motu-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[96,15,181,28],"class_list":["post-37707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","tag-he-man","tag-motu","tag-skeletor","tag-tmnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37707"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37752,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37707\/revisions\/37752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}