
TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird gave fans an update on thestatus of not only the upcoming cartoon, but the previously discussedlive-action TV movie in his BlastFrom the Past column. Here's what Laird told his readers:
"A coupleof cool things came in this week. First, we got some photos of the sculpts beingdone for the live action Hallmark TV movie. These are clay maquettes created tofine-tune the look of the Turtles and Splinter before going on to create thesuits and computer models. And they look pretty darn spiffy! I'll see if I canpost a couple of the photos.
"The otherthing came today -- the rough cut of the second episode of the new animated TMNTshow. I'm digging this thing more and more! In this episode we get to see AprilO'Neil and Baxter Stockman for the first time, plus more Mousers and more of thenew sewer lair... and a new TMNT vehicle! There are a lot of nice touches to theanimation that I wasn't expecting, some of which made me laugh out loud."