Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans are getting a whole new look at a classic animated villain.
Per Mondo, the fan-favorite pop culture brand is bringing back its line of soft vinyl toys, beginning with a brand new, highly detailed edition of none other than Baxter Stockman. This Baxter Stockman comes complete with an Anti-Turtle Swatter and a Muta-Zoo Ray gun, both tailor-made for taking down any roaming Turtles.
The new Baxter Stockman soft vinyl figure also features an interchangeable, partially transformed arm and translucent wings. As per a statement from Mondo announcing and celebrating the upcoming product, "Baxter Stockman was one of our bucket list characters for this line, so to bring him to life we gathered out evilest geniuses in the Mondo Technodrome... including James Groman (Concept Design), Mark Pendley (Sculpt), Hector Acre (Sculpt, Paint & Art Direction), Hilary Arce (Paint), Jordan Christianson (Packaging Design) Aaron Conley (Packaging Art) and LordBobasaurus (Photography)."
Baxter Stockman is one of the oldest and most beloved villains in the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. In his original incarnation in the Mirage Studios comics, Stockman developed his infamous Mouser robots, diminutive monstrosities capable of chewing through stone, steel, and flesh all the same. Eventuallly, this version of Baxter Stockman suffered a catastrophic injury, forcing him to transfer his consciousness into a hulking mechanized form of his own.
It was in 1987's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series when Baxter Stockman was transformed into the half human, half fly creature seen in Mondo's new soft vinyl figure. This came about after a disastrous trip to Dimension X, where the malevolent Krang saw no use in Stockman's scientific genius. Thrust through an unstable portal prior to being locked in a mutagen-powered death chamber, Stockman emerged as something more than he ever was before, albeit with a newfound appearance that has defined much of his animated career since.
The Mondo Baxter Stockman Soft Vinyl Figure goes on pre-order beginning January 28.
Source: Mondo
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