The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Treasury: The One and Only Collector's Guide to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Memorabilia

by Stanley Wiater

With over 600 licensed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles products available today, how is the aspiring collector to know what in this green sea of Turtleabilia is a true find? What are the whimsical items unique to the Turtles? How is a collector to discern the “must haves” from the merely interesting, or worse, the fakes? Easy. Use The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury, the ultimate collector’s guide for all those afflicted with “Turtle fever.”
 
Lavishly illustrated with photos of the many products included, Turtle creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, together with input from their marketing experts, have compiled a true treasury of what they believe will be the most valuable and collectible items of all the Turtles merchandise being produced. They have added personal comments on their own favorite products, plus the story of how the Turtles and their world began. The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury has an in-depth section on the comic books that started the green tide, and tips on how to know when you have a possible gold mine—such as one of the first comic books in mint condition. It all adds up to give fans the real inside story of the incredible phenomenon of Turtlemania.
 
Many of the items included herein can be collected for fun, and many are potentially worth quite a bit—but The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury puts them all in one place, to help both the Turtle lover and the serious collector alike.

145 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 1991

Reviews

[Stephane Beaulne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice brief look into the creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the mass marketing that followed. Unfortunately the book is rather short and is mostly made up of images of the various collectible items that were released. The book was also released in 1991 so it doesn't go past the first movie. It would be nice to get an updated version, or perhaps a more detailed biography on the history of these heroes in a half shell.