For those who have been wondering if there will more LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets coming out in the future, we have some bad news for you. A press release yesterday confirms that the pretty popular Nickelodeon theme will no longer be produced by LEGO and the license has shifted to Mattel’s Mega Bloks which will start in 2016. Obviously, this is terrible news for us TMNT fans since some of us were hoping for some classic sets based on the late 80’s/90’s animated series. Rest in piece LEGO TMNT, you will be missed.
The stock on store shelves have been slowly shrinking on both the animated series sets as well as the movie sets but you can still pick them up on Amazon
Thanks to Garrett for emailing this in.
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Sad to see it go
Why on earth would any company want to downgrade!? seriously this makes no sense (especially from a business perspective).
There has to be some reason. Maybe Mattel is willing to pay more for the license. I can’t understand it either, but Nickelodeon must have some monetary reason.
I’m not surprised. The sets always sat on the shelves at my local stores. It’s a shame, I really love the minifigures.
Sad to see it go, they just introduced Bebop and Rocksteady on the show too!!! Its one of the highest rated basic cable shows in the world, with a huge cult following. Most folks probably didn’t have time to pick up the sets or even knew they existed. I need to go pick these up before they end up hundreds each..