{"id":38410,"date":"2022-11-26T17:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T22:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=38410"},"modified":"2022-11-27T17:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T22:43:02","slug":"the-aliens-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-aliens-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aliens\/TMNT crossover that never was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You've seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=37707\">He-Man<\/a>, you've seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=34432\">Star Wars<\/a>, but now how about the Xenomorphs?<\/p>\n<p><center><script language=\"JavaScript\">\n function banner() { } ; b = new banner() ; n = 0\n b[n++]= \"<img name=randimg src='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/art\/necaaltmnt1.jpg' width='185' height='320'>\"\n b[n++]= \"<img name=randimg src='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/art\/neca_tmntccpm6.jpg' width='255' height='340'>\"\n b[n++]= \"<img name=randimg src='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/art\/necaaltmnt6.png' width='155' height='230'>\"\n i=Math.floor(Math.random() * n) ;\n document.write( b[i] )\n <\/script><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/art\/necaaltmnt1.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"320\"><\/noscript><\/center><\/p>\n<p>No, not like that!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In 1985, Palladium Books published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/dcdbvt1_rr.php\">the roleplaying game <i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness<\/i><\/a>, one making them one of the first <i>TMNT<\/i> licensees.The game allowed players to pick their own animal and mutate them the way they chose, creating a surprisingly varied assortment of characters. Game sales were hurt by the cartoon series shifting the TMNT's public perception from \"adult\" to \"childish,\" but the system remains fairly influential despite its obscure nature (one group of pre-made enemies, <a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MAEuSXTAG9w\/VEpVuQe0fEI\/AAAAAAAAOh8\/hFABaMxbA9c\/s1600\/004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Terror Bears<\/a>, inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-p6Idlt-hgVs\/VGf8YCRi5eI\/AAAAAAAAOug\/Dn9GZV7-Ht8\/s1600\/1416091674582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Dream Beavers<\/a> in the 2012 cartoon; and after Palladium opted not to renew the license in 2000, one of the former supplements, \"After the Bomb,\" was spun off into its own in-house campaign setting, complete with the extensive character-creation process intact).<\/p>\n<p>The sourcebook was published with an original Eastman and Laird comic in the middle, \"Don't Judge a Book...\". This eight-page story saw the Turtles getting ready to go to a Halloween party when some thugs try to break into April O'Neil's apartment and they have to fight them off. In that story, Donatello was dressed up as the Alien:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tmntalien0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tmntalien0-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(And it was definitely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/shocka\/funko_ra_alien1al.php\">THE Alien<\/a>, because this was a year before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/necaalienscam.php\">the sequel<\/a> came out.)<\/p>\n<p>Clearly that story stuck with Ryan Brown, because in 1991 he pitched the xenomorphic \"Alienator, the Extra-Terrestrial with a Hard-Shell Finish!\" for Playmates' toyline. It was rejected, but he resubmitted twice, reminding them that <i>Alien 3<\/i> was coming out soon and this would be a good way to cash in on the hype. Still no luck.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38410 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\/2022\/11\/tmntalien1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tmntalien1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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\/2022\/11\/tmntalien2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tmntalien2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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\/2022\/11\/tmntalien3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tmntalien3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>At Playmates, no one can hear you scream!<\/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=\"Teenage Mutant Ninja Deadpool\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/teenage-mutant-ninja-deadpool\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Deadpool<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Children of the '90s Try to Explain '80s Cartoons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/children-of-the-90s-try-to-explain-80s-cartoons\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Children of the '90s Try to Explain '80s Cartoons<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - September '13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/flippin-through-previews-september-13\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - September '13<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #187\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-187\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #187<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #234\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-234\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #234<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You've seen He-Man, you've seen Star Wars, but now how about the Xenomorphs? No, not like that! &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;When the Easter bunny brings the wrong egg Minimalist Lego designs Happy Halloween from Dimension X DC Direct Teenage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-aliens-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":[331,160,10],"tags":[80,28],"class_list":["post-38410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancelled-toys","category-comics","category-playmates","tag-alien","tag-tmnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38410","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=38410"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38435,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38410\/revisions\/38435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}