Mousers with no pretty jaws...

Ever since I had bought NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last year, I had waited for a while for other line up in the series. Then the Mousers came out.

Then again, it will be too much for my wallet to handle should they all come out at the same time... Good thing they come out one at a time. The Turtles themselves were quite a stretch for my wallet to be able to collect all four of them.

Anyway, the Mousers were created by Baxter Stockman with the help of April O Neil. The Mousers are one of the popular and dangerous Turtles enemies. They look awesome in great numbers but I have to settle for three Mousers. For now that is…

Still, they do look good though…

The Mousers are slightly more expensive compare to the Turtles. Apart from the look, other things are quite a let down. NECA had done a good job with the Turtles. Never had the Turtles look as wonderful as they are now and the articulation points they have are the best among all of the Turtles’ series.

Then the Mousers really turn my expectation to pieces. They look great and their sizes are exactly like in the comics. The biggest let down, their jaws would not open up! So much for being much more expensive than the Turtles.

WHAT IS A MOUSER WITHOUT ITS JAW!? So much for their jaws that can crush concrete and steel…

Their heads can be moved up and down and also moving their head from one side to another without a slight problem. The best thing is, the ball joint that connects the head to its neck is very stiff. It will probably helps to make it last longer. It was so stiff that I thought it cannot be moved at first.

The same thing can be said for the legs. Good stiff joints but not much of articulation points. I had to move them so carefully so as not to break their delicate legs.

No, definitely no legs breaking…

So not much can be done with the legs…

It is very hard to make them into running position because of lack of articulation points. They just look weird with their legs like that. If the toes are moveable, then they will look super! Greater still with running pose plus jaw wide open!

The Mousers also come with display base…

The display base is a part of road and a manhole cover. Exactly like the Donatello’s display base except his manhole cover has holes and looks so plain. The Mousers manhole cover has San Diego written on it and underneath the lid, picture of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The reason why San Diego was printed on the lid was because the Mousers were introduced exclusively during the San Diego Comics Convention. So that is why…

Then I snapped the display bases together and get the Mousers to attack Raphael, one of the turtles.

Why Raphael, I can hear you ask… Well, I just like his aggressive expression on his face.

So then I just play around with the angles and the positions and try to get some exciting fighting scenes between Raphael and Mousers…

Still wish their jaws can be opened… So much for their jaws that can crush steel and concrete. Wait, I had mentioned that already.

NECA had announced last year, Casey Jones, Shredder and the Foot Soldiers will be next in the line... The new series or the second wave also includes Mousers with jaws that can be opened.

Why not now?