Super7 have switched over to the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series going forward, as they are currently not allowed to make modern updates to vintage toy inspired figures that they’ve been offering. This series was the the first animated relaunch of the brand since the classic show, and aired 155 episodes from 2003 – 2010. The first wave includes Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello all given updated articulation and inspired from the show.
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Availability: May 2025
Raphael comes packaged in a brown mailer box (not shown), and inside, he comes in a window box with beautifully done artwork inspired from the series. The front includes logo’s and an image of him on the bottom, and the back includes additional images and a description. Raphael comes packaged in a plastic tray along with his accessories. He includes three sets of interchangeable hands (closed fisted, open grip, and neutral), two interchangeable head sculpts, a Shell Cell, and two nunchucks, and two spinning nunchucks. .
Super7 kicks off the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line that replaces what they’ve done before by offering the four turtles as seen in the animated series. Rapaehl is given a brand new sculpt that’s also reuse from the other three turtles figures in this wave, and inspired from the tv series, with dark green skin, a beige chest, light green shell, brown elbow and knee pads, harness that includes a belt, and a beige chest. The bright green shell does closely resemble to how it looked in the cartoon, which is also a surprising color given that the turtles shells are usually brown on most other shows and action figures. But some action figure lines do have black shells, such as Playmates Toys 2003 figures. The belt over the shell also has some gaps to place the sais in, including the back and front.
Raphael includes two head sculpts, one with a smiling face, and the other with an open mouth. Both heads are given a red bandana, with white eyes, and the bandana can swivel in the back.
Raphael includes three sets of interchangeable hands, including closed fisted, open grip, and neutral. The open grip hands can hold both of the sais, which come in a light grey blade, red handle and a yellow end.
The Shell Cell is given a new design and is a call phone used by the turtles. This comes in green, blue, brown and yellow deco. The open grip hands are too small for it, so the neutral hands/open hands are the best option to place it on.
His articulation includes a ball jointed head and neck, ball hinged shoulders, swivel biceps, double-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, swivel-hinged hips, swivel thighs, double-hinged knees, hinged and rocker ankles. The double-hinged elbows and knees are new articulation offered in these figures.
Here is a comparison with the 2003 (reissue) figure that Playmates Toys recently released,, and the vintage toy-inspired Raphael figure that Super7 previously released.
Overall, Raphael as well as the rest of these figures are an excellent set with a great likeness to the source material. This is definitely a great figure that you should grab while you can. Make sure to pick him up and additional figures now at Entertainment Earth!
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