Editor’s Note — Playmates acquired the license to produce toys based on characters from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series which began publishing in 1984. The toys — produced by Playmates beginning in 1988 — played a pivotal role in establishing what would become a popular franchise that grew to include toys, games, animated and live-action television and film productions, and more. Here, Dave from Toy Polloi repairs a Baxter Stockman figure using a component from another popular toy line, LEGO.
Dave is creator of Toy Polloi, a YouTube channel offering repair tutorials and restoration tips for vintage toy lines.