Neca, the toy company responsible for some of the most genuinely impressive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures ever put on a shelf, has apparently decided that the Fortnite x TMNT crossover skins were too good to stay locked inside a video game launcher.
All four Turtles are getting the full Neca treatment, translated from their Fortnite skin designs into 1/12 scale 7-inch action figures, and they are dropping as a limited-time Target exclusive this July before presumably being able to pick them up at other shops later on.
Let me be clear.
You will be able to walk into your local Target, past the dollar section and the inexplicably placed furniture display, and walk out with Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael rendered in plastic glory based directly on their Epic Games counterparts.
And then there is Shredder, who is already up for pre-order right now on storefronts like Big Bad Toy Store. He is landing later this year in Q4, and his listed specs paint a pretty clear picture of what the full line is probably going to deliver across the board. The Shredder figure clocks in at 7 inches, carries multiple points of articulation, and comes loaded with two pairs of hands, a Krang back bling accessory, and a special code for an emote in Fortnite itself.
The Turtles’ full specs have yet to be detailed, but given what Shredder’s box contents are already confirming, fans can reasonably expect a similarly stacked package when those details eventually surface.
When these skins originally dropped in Fortnite, the words “these would make incredible action figures” came out of my mouth in real time to my squad. And somehow, as though the toy gods were lurking in my party chat and taking notes, Neca went ahead and made it happen. Whether that is coincidence or cosmic intervention is a matter of personal philosophy, but either way the figures are real, the pre-orders are live, and July cannot get here fast enough.
Every single one of these is coming home.
