When Mondo announced its new line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures , made from soft vinyl, the collection certainly stood out from what other collectible companies are offering up from the franchise. In a market flooded with highly articulated "ultimate"-style figures based on everything from the original comic book to the cult-favorite Coming Out of Their Shells concert tour , Mondo's bigger, chunkier reimaginings of the original action-figure line were certainly a unique take. When Mondo sent a prototype of its Michelangelo figure to me for review , though, there was something about the toy that made it a more impactful nostalgia punch than just about anything else on the market--even if I couldn't put my finger on what it was until I spoke with the creative minds behind Mondo.
The company's soft vinyl toys are larger than most of the collectible action figures you'll find on the market, and with the upcoming release of the Ninja Turtles figures, the reason becomes crystal clear. "You get your nostalgia from the colors and the idea of having a Turtles toy, but there's a tactile nostalgia," Mondo Senior Director, Creative and Product Development Hector Arce told GameSpot. "We said when we were kids and you held a turtle toy in your child-size hand, they felt a certain way.
Now that we're grown, our hands are bigger. [These] feel in your hands the way they did when you were a kid." Peter Santa-Maria, Mondo Senior Creative Director, added, "Not many people [have gotten .