Scratching The Collectors Itch ... TMNT Holy Grail Toy
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- It's absolutely crazy what this cat is going for these days!
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What's insane about this toy and (the dalmatian figure in particular) is that a local department store back in the day literally had ONLY these left on the shelf for like a couple years. Nobody wanted them or the turtles figures anymore. Granted there were much less of Scratch, but I swear to God my brother and I remember seeing tons of these, and nobody bought them. We were like 8 at the time so we didnt know, and didnt want them either!
If you look at the other animal mutants that came out in 93 i’d pick the cat and dog last for sure too 😁
Your area was clearly very different from mine. I never saw a Scratch on shelves ever. Same for Hot Spot. But Hot Spot was a bit easier to find due to Canadian releases.
@@EdsRetroGeekOut yeah they just weren't as cool as the others. Wish I had the foresight as an 8 year old!
@@tmntman3086 Yeah there were literally rows of Hotspot. And a couple of Scratch. Just remember picking the Hotspot up and not really giving a crap. I'm from the eastern US. And swear to God they were on the shelf for at least a year. The store was called 'Hills'.
@@gertywhatagash_ I don't doubt it. If I can find one in near mint condition in a $5 bag of random figures at a thrift store in the late 2000's, anything is possible. Of course I already had one at that point, but I certainly wasn't going to pass up a grail level find at a thrift store.
So he's a criminal on the... "Most Wanted" list.
🤣👌 yes
Cloth Undercover Turtles are my ultimate grail. I had Undercover Raph several years ago and sold it; I may never forgive myself
My $0.02 on Scratch's desirability is actually fairly simple. For many Turtle fans, the real core of the line was the basic figures and particularly the non-Turtle variant figures. And Hot Spot and Scratch were the last two figures released in that core portion of the toy line.
If you wanna get all the characters you will indeed need those 2 🤓
Holy grail for me is the Giant TMNT Trolls dolls.
I believed it was only released at K-Mart.
R.I.P, K-Mart
Those are soooo tough to find dude only ever saw one!
I want a Mona Lisa for my collection but cant drop a whole lot on it plus never seen it in the wild and not a big selection last time I looked on ebay
She’s harder to come by but luckily price wise she ain’t up there
As a modest, chill collector this is one of the rare "holy grail" toys I actually have a desire to nab at some point. I just love that Playmates line and Scratch is a good sculpt with a fun character design. I disagree with the take about the sculpt here. I love it's relative simplicity compared to some of the other figures in the line.
I LIKE TURTLES
Aw yeaah
I gave my Monster Winged Donatello to my buddy who collects toys, as I collect games. That Don makes me happy that its a collectors piece now tho cause I loved his look growing up.
I wish I new then what I know meow! Same, growing up, I had no connection to Scratch but he clearly is a great peace, but can live without unless I get lucky some how! Great video Ed!🙏
Thank you sir 🤓
I sold a MOC Scratch a few years ago for about $350. It was a gift that had been hidden and turned up after I was out of toys, so I kept in on card just because. I thought it was a pretty good haul at the time! Not so much now, though....
Stuff fluctuates all the time maybe in 10 years it won’t be fetching that even anymore 😅
I got Scratch when he was new in stores and I still have him. There is a sketch for a toy for that Nocturno the Owl character from that Archie comic and in that sketch he came with a little sidekick cat called Scratch. But I believe the cat in the sketch looked like Hallo Cat.
Awesome video man! Would love to see more like this one, with other franchises ❤😊 keep up the amazing work
I’ve been looking for some more toys with an interesting story 🤓
I’ll have scratch that one of the list🐈⬛
😁👌
I just started collecting TMNT. I didnt have them as kids. My brother had a couple. But I like the TVshow and the movies. I am fine when I dont get SCRATCH. There are so many cooler TURTLES-toys.
It's strange but as a french tmnt collector, I'm only obssesed by the 1988-1990 release. As a child, I was deeply frustrated not to have one foot soldier when others children had it. So frustrating when my mother offer me the foot scout vehicle without any bad character. scratch is not part of my nostalgic heritage and I find it so inconceivable to spend so much on such an average character
The foot soldiers were great in the og release 😁
Before I started watching collector videos I had no idea who scratch was, the figure. I seen the line he came from, but I thought they were toxic crusaders. I guess I had the opportunity to get one but didn't based upon my ideas of him. (Oops)
We all learn everyday 😁
I personally like the main heroes and villains that cat never care much for him
Thanks for watching 🤓
So funny I had 2 of these as a Kid. I remember when I bought Scratch at Toys R Us and the other was a gift from my Meemaw for Christmas.
Cool story bro
Awesome
I picked up a resin bootleg with great detail that i got someone to make so I could modify it to match my 3 legged cat!
Cewl
Love him or hate him for being overrated , if a collector cares about a complete Basic Assorted Characters you'll need Scratch unfortunately. Way out of my price range as well maybe one day lol
GREAT VIDEO
Thanks for watching 🤓
Your Videos are great and they provide so many detailed information that it is the ultimate pleasure to watch them 😊!
I didn't even knew about Scratch, but I am not that much into TMNT anyway .. So maybe, I have to check my loose figure boxes 😁😇.
Thanks buddy
Love the shout out to toy hunter was sad it only had one or two seasons then gone. Thank goodness for UA-cam because between your toy history videos, toy hunts especially the attic invaders ones, and all your other videos are way better than anything on cable TV anymore no jokes. Keep the videos coming.
I love that show im glad he at least as many episodes out as he did, the last season with the celebrity co-ops was cool but i wanted to see him hunt more with his buddies
You continue to not only entertain us collectors Ed, but educate us. I'm with you mate, in the absence of nostalgia for Scratch I don't feel compelled to break the bank for it, but if I came across one at a killer price I wouldn't say no!
Great character and video bro!
Thanks buddy
UA-cam is the new research library. Thank you for bringing such enjoyable and informative content, Ed! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching 🤓
SUPER fun look back at the TMNT stuff from my childhood. Blows my mind just how much of this stuff I had/ inherited that we just gave away. Thanks for another awesome video!
It’s a common story that’s why we hunt for em to get the memories back 😁
Thanks for another great video Ed! Your upload schedule has been fantastic, with a great variety of videos - thanks for feeding the plastic habit!
Thanks buddy 🤘
Idk about you but I really miss those frozen turtles pizza and the pies. They were really good just like the hi-c slimmer ecto cooler drinks. Wish they bring them back again
We need those ice creams 🤤
@@EdsRetroGeekOut good call on those I forgot how good those were and I believe the eyes were bubblegum
Awesome video man! Great points and very insightful. Surely Playmates has this on their radar for a reissue🧐
my dad has a giant collection from the 90s including scratch in card. had to tell him how much they were worth a while back, he didn't believe me lol.
Grate video as always
Thanks 🤓
Great job on this one Ed.
Thanks 🤓
What a fantastic video Ed! Can’t say I lose sleep not having him in my collection but he has such a fascinating story as a grail piece 🐱
The story is good indeed 🤓
Holy grail for me would be a krang action figure. I'm also really hoping to find a complete Baxter figure out in the wild
Baxter is soo cool
Really fun diving in to the history of some of the more sought after toys
Thanks buddy
I hope reissues of Scracht and Hot spot come out.
Indeed it would solve a lot 🤓
Surfer Leo is the holy grail toy.
Is it tough 😅
@@EdsRetroGeekOut I think so
Great video Ed! 🍕
Thank you sir
I wouldn’t be opposed to Playmates doing a re-release set of rare figures. I don’t think it would really knock the value of the originals down that much as it’s clearly not vintage and I think a lot of us collectors would snatch those up so fast.
They’ll probably do it eventually with the way everything seems to be getting a new chance 😁
Awesome video as per usual!.. that figure is definitely something that I would love to have even Wayback in the day I could never find one and now at the price is so high I doubt I’ll ever have one, but you never know I might win the lottery! Well, either way great video. Keep up the great work!
Thanks 🤓
I had Scratch as a kid and of course I sold him when I sold my entire collection during college... womp womp waaa... I always kinda liked him actually, he was a neat figure, obviously not one of my favorites though, just wish I knew then what I know now and I would of held onto him. Actually I would of held onto a lot lol
We all should have kept em all 😅
@@EdsRetroGeekOut The constant battle I have with myself is 1) it would have been so easy to hang on to a few select pieces from my collection despite moving a dozen times between college and now, but 2) I've fallen on some pretty hard times in that span of time and I know FOR SURE I would of had to sell them all at some point to pay bills, so I just accept that I still wouldn't have any of my valuable toys from childhood to this day lol
Awesome video brother,I’m new to the channel and iv been loving working my way through the back catalogue. Brilliant channel mate 👌👏👏
Thanks buddy
Great Video, so much cool figures
Thanks buddy
We love what you’re doing over here at the CRAKA BLACK’S TOY TRAP Keep up the great work ed
Thanks buddy
Great job man. Very interesting
Thanks for watching 🤓
that goddamn cat.... one day... one day... ohh well we have the super7 ultimate after all for reduce our sadness...
I love cats and would have bought scratch, but i NEVER saw it at my toysrus, kmart or KB toys sadly. only learned about it after it was $$$$
Ive seen some with those price tags on him tough
THANKS FOR SHARING A HISTORY LESSON ABOUT THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. YOUR CONTENT WAS ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL.
ACK! Scratch the Cat + Ed's Retro Geek Out video? *CLICK CLICK CLICK* asap and reprioritize the next 12mins. Lol!
Thanks buddy
I want to see more videos on the history of an individual figure! I like my Super7 Scratch. Don't need to cough up more money on an original
the truth is...people wanted the figure for jailbird, Id want it just for that little dude :o) great video love these deep dives into the history and lore
Thanks buddy
I still plan on finding one in the wild 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Im waiting for that too 😁
If I had a Turtle grail, it's be an early NECA piece-a Mirage-style Leonardo. There's an insane amount of bootlegs out there, but I've always dug those original Turtle designs and Leo's my fave of the batch.
Those look great indeed
Great video ed. Hope to get him to one day
I still can't believe I didn't pick this up. I remember seeing it in the store, an thinking the sculpt was a bit odd. He's just wearing a jail suit. Seemed so boring so I passed on it.
Like the fig info vid, maybe you can do more like these on other figs of this and other lines...
Yeah i’m not sure how yet or what it should consist of but it needs a good story and some desire 😅
Totally nuts that that people are paying $8K for Scratch!! (Gen X and Millennials with benjamins to burn). True story - I remember seeing a few of these and Hot Spot on sale at KB back in 1993/94. I was out of TMNT by then (Batman and Marvel had my attention) and wasn't interested. 😭😭
It's a huge holy toy grail and scratch the cat should be in a TMNT series one day. 😀👍🐱
Concept wise it should work but might be a little too less backstory to have him featured a lot in the og series 🤓
I now have most of the vintage line in my collection but I don't think I will ever have Scratch. There are also alot of fakes about
It’s insane how close to the original they’re gettinf
@Ed's Retro Geek Out its scary really. Someone could be selling a counterfeit one and not even realise
My Holy Grail is the 2008 Neca Mirage tmnt single releases! I have all 4 Brothers MOC!
I had a similar Scratch story.... A vendor I work with had a bunch of rarish TMNT. I made him a fair offer a tad under ebay prices and he got pissed that I was not giving him scalper prices. IIRC I was the one who informed him of the great value he had in his closet to begin with. I believe I was going to give him 200 dollars or somesuch for Scratch 5-8 years ago.
My best score ever is paying 250 dollars for dozens of MOTU w/weapons and chest gear, plus the playsets, vehicles, Dinos, etc. This deal included like 20+ 1989/90 era TMNT guys with weapons as well.
Now Scareglow alone costs more than the whole collection. Why don't I start selling?????
Never sell just keep everything or at least the memories 😁
I hope they reissue these.
That would be great, but I have a feeling the molds are long gone since they were created in the waning days of the original line. Playmates is WAY too cheap to create new ones.
All they ones they have reissued so far have been remolded 🤓
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Like recently or just from their reissues over the years? If brand new then some of their choices are pretty bizarre, like the pizza tossing turtles minus Donatello. In any case, these all seem to move pretty good in the stores, so I hope they keep going.
Excellent video Ed its education i actually listen to lol
You should just get the Super 7 one!
Nah 😬
Ed do you have a quick link for a video of you visiting that tmnt toy room (9:34)??
ua-cam.com/video/NixzLZmTMOU/v-deo.html
Id be very cautious these days buying a grail piece with Mattel, Hasbro, Playmates doing a lot of reissues / reimagines, there is a high chance you could end up loosing a lot of money. The price of MOTU sky rocketted during COVID and now the prices are 25-50% less for most figures especially since Origins came on the scene. We will always have our regrets, Scare Glow loose complete used to sell for £50 back in 2013 and now its £150-250, the thing is in 2013 that was expensive for a toy ... now its considered cheap.
Yeah now we pay the equivalent of a 2013 expensive toy to a new one so it has definitly changed the whole concept of what’s expensive for plastic 🤔
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yeah i avoid Hasbro for that reason £25 for a basic standard figure is too expensive, Mattel is catching up to that price too. Salaries havent raised to match inflation here in the UK.
I can’t pay that kinda’ “scratch” for this turtle. I bought super 7’s for $39
👌😁 indeed
How can you tell if it’s authentic 100% mine has the playmates sign on foot doesn’t have a scar under the right arm do you know if all authentic have it??
Turtles got old because we got tired of them making turtles into characters. Like Basketball Michaenagelo etc it sucked. Wave 1 was the only wave I liked after that I fell out either tmnt.
Not true! Some of them were really awesome
Then you didn’t like turtles…
Actually, sumo wrestling feels even more impressive
Can you make another hot spot video for a great video? Thank you.
$1000.
Kind of looks like Greco. Sratching for attention.
🤣
I'm gonna put my funny little socialist hat on and say that this demonstrates perfectly what Marx meant by the difference between use-value and commodity-value, given how nobody was all that fond of him as a character they just jacked up his price through hype alone...
I think pokemon cards have even crazier stories