2014 Holiday Gift Giving Guide: Playmates Toys: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

My son's Christmas requests this year focused largely on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Legos from the TMNT series, action figures, action figure sets, TMNT books and more. Luckily TMNT items are extremely popular right now and it is easy to find some really great items in stores and also online. Playmates Toys makes some great TMNT items that are going to be great for this upcoming holiday season but they also recently came out with some Half Shell Heroes toys that appeal to the younger crowd that might not yet be ready for the big boy action figures. My little man is six so we go with the items geared toward the older crowd. 

We have the Shellraiser and also the RC Patrol Buggy for Leonardo. My son really likes the Patrol Buggy because it is a remote control but he can sit his action figures in the seat and drive them around. What could be cooler than that? Mainly, my son will just sit and play with his action figures on their own so he has collected a bunch of them and will be getting some brand new ones for Christmas this year. All of the characters from the shows and the movies come from the Playmates Toys line and the best part is they are really affordable; typically under $10 each.

My son is also going to be getting the TMNT Blimp. This is an inflatable 'vehicle' that you can actually hang from the ceiling. The turtle action figures can hang from the bottom of the blimp and be released down for play. We are also giving our son one of the zip line playsets which attaches to the wall and the turtles can move down the line from one location to the next. 

More information can be found at Playmatestoys.com. The toys that are part of the Playmates line can be found online and also in a variety of retail stores. All of these items and the other toys part of the holiday lineup this year are really affordable and they will get a ton of use. The best part is, the majority of them do not use batteries which is my favorite kind of toy!