Getting to know us! *Please Read*

[Michaelangelo]

Hiya everyone and welcome to TMNT-L.

This is a place for TMNT fans to come relax and hang out.  Though so everyone has the chance to get to know each other.  Please do take time to read and fill out our Welcome Questions.  If you want to learn about any of our members, just go through these pages and read up their answers.

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1.  What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer?   Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

2.  Where are you located?

3.  How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

4.  What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

5.  Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

6.  Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

7.  Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect....   if so, what events?   And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

8.  What other things besides TMNT do you like?

9.  Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

10.  Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL?  Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

11.  Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

12.  How did you hear of TMNT-L?


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[Michaelangelo]

1.  I am most known on the internet as Ivey, though I also go by IveyAngelo, Donatello Ivey, and Michaelangelo.  

2.  Ferndale, Michigan (dreaming to relocate)

3.  I am 30 years old now, I was 11 when I first heard of TMNT in October 1989.

4.  The very first thing I ever saw of the Turtles was a Michaelangelo action figure, later that week my brother changed the channel from Chip and Dale over to Ninja Turtles, at first I was upset though I soon got into the cartoon and found myself enjoying it a lot.   The first ep that I saw was "A Thing about Rats"

5.   Michaelangelo is my favorite Turtle because he reminds me of myself.  I'm kind hearted, I like to play around, I love watching movies with friends, pizza is one of my favorite foods, I love comic books, and I use to be a writer/artist (hopefully will be able to do that stuff again in the future).

6.  TMNT 1 is my all time FAVORITE movie!   I saw it here in Michigan first at a new movie threatre at the time called the Star Threatre (now it's one of the biggest name theatres in the Detroit, Michigan area).   The deal about seeing the movie was if I read the TMNT movie novel before the movie came out my mom would take me to see the movie first showing (skipping school that day).   It was the first book I ever read and I got to go to the first showing of the movie.... I was a 1st grade reader in 5th grade because I'm dyslisic (spelling may be off).

7.  I have been to a TON of TMNT events, from the Tours, Did Childrens Bday parties (150) :Mike:, MGM Studios to see the Turtles, Turtle Con 92, and much much more.  I'll be happy to share my adventures in another posts (too many for here).  

8.  I like anime, animals, cartoons, hanging out with friends, and swimming (in a heated pool).

9.  I collect everything I can get my hands on TMNT, from the comics, toys, dvds, to movie props, scripts, animation cels and original art work.   If it's TMNT, I'm hoping to some day have one myself *G*

10.  I have a few TMNT web sites:
http://www.CowabungaCorner.com/  A news site with TMNT reports and Movie reviews.  Mainly a site for my youtube blogs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TurtleGirlIvey/  A direct link to my youtube page, behind the scenes, interviews, reviews and more.  Please subscribe, rate and comment!  Thanks
http://www.myspace.com/iveyangelo  
http://www.collectorsquest.com/collector/michaelangelo.html (Collectorquest is a website for collectors to post their collections.)

11.  I'd love to meet Barry Gordon.  The original Donatello voice, I've never got to meet him and I'd be honored to get that chance. This message originally had all four original VAs listed though since I joined TMNT I met three of them, check Fall Motor City Comic Con 2005, Another Anime Con 2006 and San D Comic Con 2011 to learn more

12.  A TMNT web page that no longer exisit I found in September of 1995.  The owner of the list later gave it away to Shredder (owner of http://www.shreddersdojo.com/Forum/ ).  He has a forum still at this time, which is a great forum I do highly recommend checking out.  This forum is created to be fully decated to the original TMNT mailing list.  (And trust me, I was searching for a long time before that one was even created.. it was the first.).

13. Yes I have added myself to the map!  

A little bit extra about me that was not in the questions.  I was injuried in October 2004, to where I can't draw, write, or take the cold anymore.   Which is why in some of the stuff I listed I mentioned that I either can't do it anymore or I need it heated.   I'm hoping that it heals, though in the meantime it does even hurt to type too much.   I will be around, but if I go quiet at times it's because of this injury and I'm sorry.

[TurtleNinja]

Heh, I feel like I've done these a dozen times in the past year. But hey, one more time isn't gonna kill me. XD

1. I'm TurtleNinja, known as TN for short.

2. Located in Minnesota, yes, it gets cold here.

3. 25 years old, first heard of the TMNT in the fall of 1989, around Thanksgiving(yes, I'm a freak, I keep track )

4. The original cartoon, actually. My grandmother lives next door to us on the farm and I'd always go over to her house after I got off the bus from school to have a snack and watch TV before I went home for dinner, chores, and homework. Most of the time, I think I spent flipping through the Disney Afternoon or something, whatever happened to catch my eye at the time.

This one particular November afternoon, right before Thanksgiving(or possibly even the first day of vacation that year even), I happened to turn over to channel 9 and there was an episode of TMNT playing. Not sure why I decided to watch, or how it caught my interest, but it did and I was hooked ever since.

5. Eh, technically, I love 'em all, see a little bit of myself in each Turtle, but if I had to choose, heh, it's Don. I suppose he's the most like me, intelligent, always on the computer, keeping to himself a bit, not always understood.

6. I'd have to say the first is my favorite. It's the most gritty, not quite as cartoony as the other two got. Though it's been so long, I don't know if I could tell you anything about when I first saw it. Not really sure why or when I went to see it, if I was a big fan or if I just wanted to see it or what.

I do remember where I saw it, same theater that's still here in town, only back when the TMNT movies were out, it was a 3-plex instead of the 6 plex it is now, and I recall the admissions being a lot cheaper, too. Got expensive after the sixplex came in, don't even buy candy and drinks there anymore. But back then, it was nice and cheap, probably cost five bucks for my mom and I to get in, where now it's five bucks just for ONE person to get in.

7. I didn't get to see any of the Tours, even the first one when it came to the Target Center in Minneapolis. Parents wouldn't take me, so I didn't see that. I didn't go to Turtle Con 92, didn't even know about that until I got online.

I did go to a couple of the silly little grocery store appearances that they did at the local grocery stores. Kinda embarrassed about it now, but in the fifth grade, it was pretty cool. Heh.

I also did see the MGM Studios Turtles twice in 6th grade and later in 9th grade when my parents and I went down to Disney World for vacation. That was fun, kinda wish they'd bring that back.

Otherwise, heh, most I've done has been fan gatherings at Words and Pictures in Northampton in 99, and TurtleCon 2000 and 2001.

8. Well, right now, aside from TMNT, I'm big on Star Wars. After that, I'm into some anime(but now there's so many, I can't keep up anymore), and Samurai Jack(which is sadly on hiatus for awhile, darnit, I miss that show!).

9. I do collect TMNT stuff, just about everything I can get that I can afford, though I'm behind as of late, money's been too tight for me after I moved and with gas prices the way they are.

10. Oh goodness, I do have a couple of sites, but I'm embarrassed to say that they haven't been updated in AGES due to computer problems or lack of time. Been trying to get it reorganized and updated, but I haven't had time lately.

But if you don't mind really OLD websites and equally old fanfiction...

http://www.starpoint.net/~dennis/index.html - The original Turtles Lair, hasn't been touched in 5 years on account of computer probs.

http://members.tripod.com/theturtleslair/tmntindex.html - A more recent, temporary Turtles' Lair site, hasn't been touched since 2002, did that when I had computer access at home, but no access to the original files and site, just something I slapped together so I could host some of my more recent fanfics.

11. Hmm, toughy. I haven't really met many people that have worked on TMNT, mostly some of the Mirage crew that was at the W&P party in 1999. Otherwise, probably some of the voice actors, both from the original and new cartoons.

12. I think I first heard of TMNT-L back in 1996 in the summer when we first got the internet at the farm, I started browsing around, looking for fan sites, and I think that was where I came across Neil's site, where he had Don Ivey's email posted and I think the address for joining the list as well.

[Danceingfae]

1. My online name is Danceingfae but i preferred to be called Fae for short. That's just about how i'm known everywhere.

2. I live in Vancouver, Washington but i grew up overseas in Sigonella Sicily

3. I am 24 and first heard of the Ninja Turtles in 1989 when they showed the cartoons for the first time on the american channel (The only one american TV station). This is when i was in Sicily. Ever since then, i have been a big Fan! *Edit* Heh I was 24. To make it easier age wise I was born in 1981

4. The original cartoon is the first time i saw the TMNT and instantly loved them!

5.    Always and forever my favorite turtle is My Mikey!    Okay he's not really mine but i love saying that phrase it just sounds so good together!

6. My favorite movie is the very first Movie. The costumes were great (Jim Hensen is a genuis!) and i thought they were portrayed very well! I was in Sicily still so i saw the movie in our little theater on the Navy Base

7. The closest i have ever gotten to any event fot TMNT is seeing the Coming out of their Shell tour on tv, then getting a cassette tape of the songs at pizza hut

8. Besides TMNT i also love Harry Potter, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

9. I collect any TMNT stuff i can afford. I have posters, a Mikey wall scroll, the videos, many of the old cartoons and the movies, the coming out the shells tour music, working on collecting the new cartoons. Actions figures, old and new ones and many misc stuff. If you really want to know what i have exactly, ask and i'll tell ya.

10. I have my personal website which has TMNT stuff on it, but it is not dedicated soley to tmnt. I'm working on posting up all my tmnt fanfiction so if a link doesn't work, give me time. http://www.angelfire.com/magic2/danceingfae/index.html

11. I would love to meet Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! They would be ideal. There's others too, but i'll list them later

12. I heard of TMNT-L through Ivey! Thanks tons dudette!

[Brinatello]

Hmmm!  This looks familiar!  Better update it with some new answers...and the old ones, too!  

1.  What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer?   Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?
For TMNT, I've gone by Brinatello since 2000 and many people know me as that no matter where I go.  For other fandom worlds, I've chosen a shorter nick, such as plain Brina.  I would prefer the shorter nick here, just to make it easier for others when addressing me.

2.  Where are you located?
Currently at my computer desk.    J/K, I live in Escondido which is about 40 miles north of San Diego.

3.  How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?
Just turned 27 today!  I first heard of TMNT in 1987, or the debut of the original cartoon when I was 9 years old.

4.  What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.
Well, the cartoon was my first introduction, but I'd have to say I really started getting into it after the first movie came out.  I went to a comic book store to find some books based on the cartoon and walked out with Archie issues #10 and #15.  I later went back to get more issues and from there, I was a fan for life!

5.  Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?
Donatello, but he wasn't my first love when I became a fan.  I won't say who it was to avoid arguments (and hurt feelings), but he became my favorite after the initial viewing of TMNT 2.  He won my heart after watching his dramatic scene when Perry insulted him and his brothers.  

6.  Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?
Sorry, but there's a lot of reasons why TMNT 2 became my favorite out of the three.  Although TMNT 1 was A LOT better as far as the storyline, dialogue, character development and just about everything else, TMNT 2 came at a time in my life when I was really down and looking for someone to cheer me up.  My parents had just split up in early January of 1991 and my grades took a major drop from lack of attention as well as depression.  I think it was the guys that saved me from a near suicide attempt during that year, and I'm very grateful they came when I needed them most.

7.  Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect....   if so, what events?   And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.
Only conventions, the San Diego Comic Con every year since 1994, the Motor City Comic Con in 2000, and the experience of meeting VA's at AnimeNEXT!  Although the conventions weren't TMNT-related, I was with friends who do like the fandom and made the experience even more special.  Oh, and in 1991 at a TMNT 2 movie premiere in Chula Vista, I met a costumed Leonardo.  

8.  What other things besides TMNT do you like?
Let's see...Disney stuff, Pixar movies, Harry Potter, The Muppets, the Beatles, the Monkees, musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita, The Wizard of Oz 1939 movie, Return to Oz movie and of course, the Oz book series, Lemony Snicket's movie and book series, Tim Burton's movies both live-action and animated, and I'm much into the paranormal and mysterious unexplainable things involved with it.  I recently joined a forum for T.A.P.S. (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) as well as watch their Sci-Fi show, "Ghost Hunters" every Wednesday.  I used to post at a board for the Whaley House, took Ghosts and Gravestones of both San Diego and Boston and became quite a fan of the tour.  With so much of this re-discovered interest in the paranormal, I thought about going back to school and getting a degree in Parapsychology!  Fancy that, eh?

9.  Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?
Not anymore, not like I used to.  Only what really really appeals to me is when I'll spend the bucks on the guys.  But other than that, I leave it for the kids.

10.  Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL?  Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.
I believe I provided a link and the WWW should be at the bottom with my Profile info.  I have no other current web sites in existence.  Although, I wouldn't mind making another one!

11.  Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?
The actors inside the movie suits: examples Leif Tilden, Michelan Sisti, and Mark Caso.  Also, I wouldn't mind shaking hands with classic Leonardo VA, Cam Clarke.

12.  How did you hear of TMNT-L?
I heard of the original TMNT-L back in mid-2000 and decided to sign up to meet new people who love TMNT as much as I do.

[Donatello]

Hay there!  


1. What is your name, and which nick name would you prefer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

I signed up as Donatello, but you can also call me Don, or Donnie.  Or if that's too much of a change to fathom, HorseTechie or HT would work too.  

2. Where are you located?

Right smack dab in the middle of Indiana.

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

I'm 3 decades old now.  I heard about the TMNT from this cartoon show I saw around 1988.  But I didn't "become a fan" of it all until after I saw the first movie late in 1990.

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

Like I mentioned in #3, it was the first TMNT movie that reeled me in.  Unlike the first cartoon, the movie really did a lot to develop the Turtles as four brothers who cared a lot for each other.  My eyes were opened up to how the four were so much more real cause they also had to deal with problems that anyone could relate too.  Unfairness, anger, failure, grief, and being scared.  That's something anyone could overcome... even in a world were super heroes and nasty villians don't exist.

Of course... after reading all the movie reviews and stuff, I leanrt about where the TMNT really came form.  The Mirage comics, which were just as interesting and profound as this movie.  So I tracked them down, and became a fan of that genre too.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

Don:  Me... of course!  
Raph:  But HT also like's me, too.  

Heh.. I'll be honest, I like all of the TMNT as a team.  Just focusing on 'one fav' all the time makes me feel like I'm missing something.  (like a a pizza that lacks the cheese and the sauce!)

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

The first one, of course.  I don't have anything really "cool" to tell.  At the time the first movie came out, I was a just a teeny-bopper who could not drive, nor did I have any friends who could.  I also wasn't too sure about the TMNT before this anyway... so my parents didn't make an effort to take my bro and I.

So as we did with most movies, I waited till it came out on VHS so we could rent it.  And well... after realizing just how cool the movie was, I wished I did see it in the theatres with everyone else.  Let's just say I ended up getting the movie for my birthday, and I practically watched the thing every other night while doing my homework for the rest of the year.  *heh*

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

Comic cons, most definitely.  The Motor City Con is the one I've been to the most.  Been to the San D con one year, and then Anime Next last summer.

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?

*grinz*  Giant transforming alien robots!!     This has become my new addiction, drug, and hardcore pastime.  And the main reason why I seem so scarce on the TMNT fanfront now.  *heh*

But I still like the TMNT, horses/horse back riding, digital art stuffs, watching movies, and annoying my husband.

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

I just go for the awesome pro art stuffs now.  Comic panels, sketches, things like that.  Used to get the toys, but since the Transformers are back in full force... my fun money ends up spent on those.  

I prefer the comics over the cartoons, and the movies DVD's over the other things... so comics and movie memorabilia was what I used to collect in the 90's.

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

The TMNT site is can now be found at http://www.turtlequest.com/tmnt  But it will soon be moved to www.mechaninja.com

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

Peter Laird.  (Just to see if he really is as grumpy as he sounds in the back of his comics!)    AC Farley and Dan Berger are a couple of other cool folks from the Mirage comic book team I have not met either.

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?  

Many... many years ago, way back during the summer of 1997.  Started chatting with a few fans I met from the letter section of the Image TMNT comic book.  They told me of the TMNT-L back when it used to be a listserv, and there I was!

[Mily]

1. Well many of you know my real name but I just prefer 'Mily' I also use, Milykins and Mily-Chan,

2. Ontario, Canada! (Michaelangelo LOVES This place!)

3. I am 19 and I used to watch the old show when I was like, 6 or 7, I only had three channels and somehow I got to watch the turtles...

4. I loved the cartoon! I don't remember a whole lot but that's what started it, I also watched TNM when it was on TV.

5. MIKEY!!! I just love him the best because I'm the most alike with him, he's just so funny, he always makes me laugh he has the corny jokes, and the best colour I mean come on! How can you NOT like him?

6. I love the first and the second movie, I don't remember seeing them when they first came out, I was too little... but I saw them again when I got back into the turtles like, four years ago. I only remember seeing the third movie when I was a kid.

7. Oh conventions? Yes! That's about it, and Ivey's turtle party for Anime Next, I got to meet Wayne Grayson at that convention, (he hugged me!) and I got Peter Laird and three other mirage crew guys to sign a shirt I made with fabric paints... (I should have gotten FIVE signatures but I only got four...)

8. Anime, I love RPGs, and drawing, and writing fanfics, I have all my fanart here: http://www.milykins.deviantart.com anyway, animes a pretty big one, I have a fairly large collection of mangas...

9. I collect the DVDs when I find them... I have some action figures, but not a whole lot.

10. No, Sorry... no websites yet... I am going to have a myspace thingy soon though.

11. I want to meet Kevin Eastman, he has to sign my shirt, also I would love to meet the four Voice Actors of the turtles from the new show... I have met Wayne so now I only need to meet the other three...

12. Hmm... lemme guess... Ivey begged me to come here... I couldn't refuse.

[Kusanivy]

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

I more or less go by Kusanivy on the Net (although if you ever wander over to the Vic Mignogna's Risembool Rangers board you'll find me there as the Chibi Generator)

2. Where are you located?

Ontario, Canada

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

24 and I got hooked on the TMNT in 1987

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

Well from that last question I bet you can guess I was introduced to our dear boys through the 80's cartoon. I remember seeing the commercials for it one Saturday morning and thinking it was going to suck - then when it finally came on I couldn't believe I had to wait a whole week for the next episode!

I came back to the fandom briefly around 1997 and then again when the new show premiered.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

Leo! When I was 6 it was because he had swords and my favorite colour was blue but now a days it's because I find I relate to him the most. I've always been "a good little turtle".

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

The first movie is my favorite because I feel it was treated more realistically. As a student of special effects make-up and a lover of the Creature Shop's work I love the costumes from the first movie.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

 I did see the boys once at MGM when I was 10 but the closest thing to a "Turtle con" I've ever been to would have to be CNA last year (2004). I made sure to wear my Leo costume, and I got Peter Laird and Micheal Sinterniklaas to sign my katannas. Plus that's where I first met Michealangelo!

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?

Anime (especially Full Metal Alchemist, Slayers, and Blue Seed), superheros movies, Farscape, Muppets, costuming, sculpting, and special effects make-up.

Plus in the last 6 months or so I've become absolutely obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera.

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

I try to collect the DVDs (although I'm sadly behind). Other than that I only grab the occasional TMNT toy - I have the giant Leo, a TMNT back pack, two Leo figures (one in the box and one not), TMNT playing cards, TMNT poster and an 80's Leo lamp

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

I'm in the process of putting up a portfolio website of my costume work.

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

Hmmm I don't know. I met Peter Laird and Mike S. Probably someone from the Creature Shop who worked on the original movie.

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?
Michealangelo told me when I ran into her again at CNA this year (2005). I didn't get to visit as much as I was hoping to so I made sure to come on over.

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[Raphael]

Once more into the breach...feel like I'm setting some sort of record for how many times I've answered this.

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

Well, here I'm going by Raphael, I was Raphael on the original TMNT-L (sometimes Raph-Lady *G*), I'm Raphael in #TMNT. Also been known as Emerald Isle, RaphEmer and, on the rare occasion that the online personnas let me out, I've been called Erin.

2. Where are you located?

In a chair, in my basement. That's located in Nova Scotia, Canada

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

I'm older than most of you...I saw Jaws & Star Wars the FIRST time they were out in the theatres. I was known as one of the Tribal Elders and I've pushed past the 4-0 mark.

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

The Mirage comic, in 1987/88. Visiting a comic store, looking for Care Bears/Ewok comics, I happened to be there when one of my cousins was there, trying to sell a copy of Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters. The sale fell through, I was given the comic, it was read, letter columns lead to TMNT and the rest, as they say, is history.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

It's changed over the years. First fave was Don, because the first TMNT comic I read was issue #12 of the original Mirage run. Mikey took over during the Archie comics/Original cartoon run. When I ended up using the Raphael nick on TMNT-L (the mailing list) in 1996, I slowly began to see the error of my earlier ways in having any fave but Raph.  

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

Hard call, I really do like all of them. The first was, of course, closest to the original comics, etc, but I found some of the editting sloppy and I didn't like the static costume heads during fight scenes. Saw it when it premiered locally, dragging a few coworkers and their kids/nieces along, went back for repeat viewings with friends, more coworkers, by myself. Earned myself the nick "Turtlelady" by the kids/nieces/nephews of my coworkers.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

Made a (not terribly good) Mikey costume which I wore to various outdoor Hallowe'en parties locally, I also made an appearance at the kids' Christmas party at work one year, as well as the b-day party of a coworker's daughter. Other than that, did a pilgrimmage to Northampton, MA in 1999 for the Words & Pictures Museum party and got to tour Mirage Studios, as well as meeting a handful of TMNT fans.

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?

Music - Beatles (113 albums/cds), Monkees, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, B52s, Bee Gees
Collecting - Dragons, wizards, Egyptian things, Aristocats, Irish Barbies, Little Apple Dolls and, of course, Living Dead Dolls.
Photography - Especially cemeteries

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

Oops, see #8. Oh, actually, yeah, I do collect comics and DVDs (Xena, Hercules, A-Team, Nero Wolfe, Beatles, TMNT, Monkees, Charlie's Angels, Hogan's Heroes, Charmed, Battlestar Galactica, Night Gallery, Muppet Show, Thundercats)

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

About the only website I have is a photobucket account and a Dead/Live Journal. Nothing terribly exciting.

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

Kevin Eastman - I've got a sweatshirt that I painted that has been signed by Peter Laird, Jim Lawson & Dan Berger...I need Kev's signature on it.

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?

From the TMNT newsgroup back in 1996. The list was in danger of folding when I joined but things started to pick up and I've been a member during its many ups and downs.

Raph "> (clever contractual obligation thingy)

[Phoenix]

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

Phoenix is fine. Or PG. That's all you guys will get =p

2. Where are you located?

Kentucky. And no blasted southern jokes.

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

26 and way back in 87.

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

The Original Cartoon. I had to be up by 6am to get ready for school and had nothing to do for a while.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

Raphael. The angsty rebel is just great.

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

The first one. Just more well done in all aspects. I never got to see them in the theaters. I always had t o wait until they were out on VHS.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

I guess just the Turtle Con 2001 and the mini Turtle Con of 2000 that was held in Cleveland.

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?

X-Men. Night Court.  Xena and Hercules. Greek Myth in general.

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

No, not really. I have a few of the archie comics and a small handful of the toys. But that's it really.

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

http://www.freewebs.com/random-act
Not turtle related except for Ivey's section.

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

I suppose Kevin Eastman. I hear he's fun. =p

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?

Ivey, whoelse. lol

[Fugitoid]

Now that I have finished all the things on my "must do" list for TMNT-L Forums, I guess I'll take some time out to go through the questions.

1.  What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer?   Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

My real name is Mark. But online, everyone knows me as Fugitoid. I don't think I've ever use any other nick. Then again I never really been on many boards/forums.


2.  Where are you located?

Despite what it says for my location in my profile, I'm in Sarasota, Florida. About 1 hour south of Tampa or 2.5 hours south of Orlando.


3.  How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

I'm 28, and I think I first heard of the TMNT from the cartoon. So, that's like 1987-1988. But I feel I've been following the TMNT all my life.


4.  What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

As I said above, I honestly can't remember. It was either the cartoon, the first NES TMNT game, the Archie comic book series. Heck, I really don't know!


5.  Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

I've always like Don. Partly because he's supposed to be a pacifist ninja, which is devilishly ironic. But mostly because when he wants to, he can kick some serious butt. Prime examples, the "Night of the Dark Turtle" episode from the original cartoon and the "Same As It Never Was" episode from the current cartoon.


6.  Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

I'd have to say that I like the first movie overall because it best represents the original Mirage TMNT. I don't remember anything from when I saw it in the theater, but I still have the ticket stub from it! Also, I remember wanting to REALLY win the contest for movie tickets and some other related prizes from Nintendo Power magazine.


7.  Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect....   if so, what events?   And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

So far only one thing for sure, Turtle Con 2000. And I guess AnimeNext 2005 kinda counts.


8.  What other things besides TMNT do you like?

If I'm not doing something TMNT related, I'm probably spending time with my dog Molson.


9.  Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

Right now I just collect the DVDs. I really gotta get back to keeping up with the comics. Never really got into the action figure collecting. Oh... I also try to get all the posters out there.


10.  Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL?  Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

I used to run a *little* TMNT website called Under Manhattan. But I couldn't keep up with it. Other than that, it's the current website your visiting right now.


11.  Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

Meeting anyone involved with the TMNT would be kinda kewl... I guess. I'm just not really into *having* to meet the real life people. In the end, they're human beings like me or you. Don't get me wrong, I totally appreciate their talents and what they do for the TMNT fans and such. Besides, I've met one person way too involved with the TMNT... and that's enough.


12.  How did you hear of TMNT-L?

I first heard and participated with TMNT-L when it was a Majordomo mailing list back in 1996. Then, I left the mailing list. Then I heard it became a egroups group (something like Yahoo! Groups), then it became a forum. And now, I own the tmnt-l.com domain and set up this site/forum. Who'da thunk it?!? But I'm not sure how official in the history of TMNT-L this site is, only time will tell.

[hazlov2004]

1.i am known as hazlov2004 hazzy and hazlov

2. jeffersonville ohio

3.19 i heard about when i was young

4.i was turning channels and i found it

5.leonardo because he`s the leader

6.the first movie of tmnt cause my mom took me to the movies

7. i seen the tour on pay-par-view

8.i like yu-gi-oh hi hi puffy amiyumi and digimon

9.new school tmnt tapes comics and some other tmnt stuff

10.i hope to have a tmnt site someday

11.kevin eastmen i havent met him yet

12. another forum that go to

[Sevenangelo]

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?

I am Amber, known as Sevenangelo on this board and that's what I prefer to use here. I'm also known as  Samara_Draven on other, non-TMNT, boards.

2. Where are you located?

I am located in the wouldn't-you-like-to-know-? section of your mind.

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?

I am twenty four and I'm not really sure how long ago I heard of TMNT. I remember watching the cartoon when I was younger right around the time I'd seen the first movie on cable. So, somewhere around then.

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.

As I said in my previous answer, I'm not sure what came first.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?

Michaelangelo is definitely my favorite turtle. He's a lot of fun and I like fun.

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?

The first movie I ever saw in a theater was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. I couldn't tell you the name of the theater or what day it was exactly but I could find the place in my childhood town and to this day, I remember that I had brought a box of animal crackers with me. So that's my favorite.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.

I went to the W&P party in 1999. I even got to be Bebop. I also attended TurtleCon 2000, 2001 and 2003 to some extent. I don't believe I've missed any. I haven't been to any tours or store appearances, though.

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?

I'm a fan of science fiction in general. Star Trek was my poison of choice for a good long while. Now I'm into Sci Fi channel's Stargate sg-1 and Stargate Atlantis. I also like Star Wars and LOTR. I wish Farscape was never cancelled. Battlestar Galactica is OK too. I'm into some Anime. Whether or not I like it depends on the story and how the characters are portrayed. I like playing video games a lot so XPlay is a show I dig. For some reason, I'm also into a show called Miami Ink on TLC.

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?

Once in a while, I'll find a toy I like that I just gotta have. I prefer the toys over the comics. I would like to get my hands on some DVDs, though. Still like my toys more than them, however.

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.

Nope. No website of any kind. I'm working on it, though.

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?

I know it sounds terribly cliche but since I'm not familiar with all of the artists and just because I can because I haven't met him, I'd want to meet Kevin Eastman. He seems like a cool guy.

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?

My friend Ivey, also known as Michaelangelo here, introduced me. Thanks Ivey!

[CriticalCrittles]

Critte has updated this post as of 4-8-2012

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?  
My name is Krystle (which is like crystal just spelled weird) but most of my friends call me Crittle. Another common interweb nickname I use is Ebony Starfire

2. Where are you located?  
I'm originally from Maryland, but have just recently moved to Peoria, Illinois. Still getting used to it out here, but I'm liking it much better!

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT?
I'm now 26 (ha, I was 20 when I originally made this post, geez! lol) and I'd have to say I was about 6 or 7 when I first started watching TMNT as a kid. So that's like what, about 10 years ago? Wow!

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it.
I used to watch it after school as a kid and loved it cuz it was one of those awesome action packed yet funny toons I tend to enjoy (even now lol).

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why?
While I do like each turtle for their own reason, I'd have to prolly say Donnie's my fav....I have a thing for nerds, plus hey, purple's my fav color! lol

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it?  
I really think the first one's my fav just cuz...it was the first TMNT movie I saw and it was so awesome, the first time I actually saw them not drawn as cartoons and I swear for the longest time I thought they just might really be real lol It was amazing for me.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events?
 Well, I have attended numerous conventions that voice actors from the cartoon series were at, does that count? They're always a treat to hang out with!

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like?
I'm a cartoon lover in general, but here are some favs: Venture Bros, Futurama, Family Guy, Spongebob Squarepants, Fairly Odd Parents, etc. Also love Disney movies, and of course Disney/Pixar, ADORE Tim Burton stuff, love animals to death, and so on. Wanna know if I like it? Just ask!

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all?
I don't really collect TMNT stuff beyond a tshirt here and there and whatever free stuff I've gotten at cons. The center of my collecting is Nightmare Before Christmas. Gotta whole shelf full and more, though it's still a work in progress, I'm sure there are many others that would have larger bragging rights then I! lol

b10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well.
I don't have a TMNT site, but I used to have a website dedicated to Michael Sinterniklaas (voice of Leonardo in the 4Kids TMNT toon series) as I adore him and his work as a voice actor. Unfortunately the site is currently no longer up, as I didn't have the money to keep it going. I hope to change that in the future and get it back up and running asap, as it was his first and only fan site, but we shall see what the future holds.

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet?
The voice actor on my list of people to meet currently is Billy West...though I'm not sure if he's ever done anything TMNT wise lol. I'm DYING to meet him one day though, he does AMAZING stuff! (Plus I'm a HUGE Futurama fan, which makes me wanna meet him even more!)

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L?
You can thank Ivey for that one!

[Mindy]

1. What is your name, and which nick name would you perfer? Also do you have nicknames from other boards that you'll like to lists so friends will know it's you?  My name is Mindy; throughout the internet, I'm just called Mindychan or Mindy Mousie "

2. Where are you located? Mississippi, USA

3. How old are you, and how long ago did you hear of TMNT? 22 and when I was.....7? XD

4. What first introduced you to TMNT, please tell us a little bit about it. My cousin when we were little although I didn't quite get into the Turtle fandom until... 95 or 96, when the original cartoon ended.

5. Who is your favorite Turtle, and why? Leonardo ~ sweet, caring, mysterious (at times), and a leader. Just a cool dude :p

6. Which of the TMNT movies is your favorite, and do you have any stories to share about why, when and where you first saw it? TMNT movie 1 definitely, and I can't tell you when I first saw it =( I wanna say in the mid 90s on my cousins' VHS tape. The Turtles were dark, not like the cartoony ones I was used to, and you just felt so much closer to them. They felt real.

7. Have you been to any TMNT events like Tours, conventions, Store apperances, Bday party type Turtles... ect.... if so, what events? And please feel free to make a post about it in the 'TMNT fandom' under 'other'.  Nope.. afraid not "

8. What other things besides TMNT do you like? Sailor Moon, Vampire Princess Miyu, Terminator, and Alf ;P

9. Do you collect stuff of the TMNT, if so which items.. toys, comics, dvds, ect, or all? Not in a while dued to money problems.

10. Do you have a TMNT web site and would you like to share the URL? Also if you got a web site and it's not TMNT, please share the URL as well. My production site: http://psychomouse.phoenixcrash.net

11. Who is someone that's done something TMNT, that you have not met and would really like to meet? Kevin and Peter, of course ;3 And ALL of the TMNT voice actors o.o!

12. How did you hear of TMNT-L? From Michaelangelo's Livejournal