Mutant Raphael, “Universal Studios Monsters”
This TMNT figure may be forgotten, but he is awesome. Unlike the easy combos of Turtles and Universal’s classic monsters—e.g. Don as Dracula, Leo as the Creature From the Black Lagoon—Playmates had to extend the pool to turn Raph into one of the Metalluna mutants from the 1995 sci-fi flick This Island Earth. While absolutely cheesy, it’s a pretty decent movie for its time and subject matter, but it still ended up the fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. I never knew this figure existed until I researched this article, and now I want one so damn bad.
