NECA’s quarter-scale Michelangelo captures the grin and orange bandana of the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. This is Jon Deak’s video review, accompanied by our written assessment and original photographs.
The Face and Nunchucks
The smile was the highlight of our written review. The lively eyes, textured skin and bright mask make Michelangelo look different from his more serious brothers even before the weapons are added.
His nunchucks have textured handles joined by cord. The pizza slice and miniature pork-rind bag give him a couple of quieter display options, too. They are small extras, but they suit this version of Mikey.
Quarter-Scale Size
NECA lists Michelangelo at 16.5 inches tall with 30 points of articulation.
He shares much of the other Turtles’ body design, with differences in the belt, shell and paint. The original review praised the clean paint on his front shell and the way the four figures look together.
Hips, Knees and Wrists
The movement demonstration shows a wide hip spread, but the shell limits how far the legs move backward. Knee bend is much smaller. The wrists have directional hinges, so the fitted hand affects the angle of a nunchuck. Some hidden wrist pegs shed paint during changes; the hands themselves did not.
Small Details in the Close-Ups
The pork-rind bag gets its own close look around nine minutes into the video. The printing runs beyond the front label to the ingredients, nutrition panel and barcode. It is a character prop with detail on more than the side facing the camera.
The head section starts around 17:30. It picks out the small amount of visible teeth and tongue inside Mikey’s smirk, then follows the orange mask around to the fabric tails. The mask across his face is sculpted, so the soft material is limited to the hanging ends.
The later body close-ups show a clean rear shell without the scratches seen on some of the other brothers. The pads have sculpted stitching and rivets, adding smaller details beyond the orange mask and weapons.
Michelangelo’s Place in the Team
The expression makes a bigger difference than another change of weapon would. Michelangelo’s open grin gives the group a lighter mood beside the more serious portraits on Leonardo and Donatello. If you collect just one Turtle, that personality is worth weighing against the shared body construction. If you collect all four, compare their faces together as well as their accessories.
