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The Sewer Den has the works. Articles, travelogues, event coverage, and enough ninja nostalgia to take down the Technodrome. Take a peek at past issues!

THE ORIGIN STORY

Synopsis: How did I become master of The Sewer Den?

TAILORED FOR A TURTLE

Synopsis: Get radical on the runway with cowabunga fashion.

Featured: t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweater, sweatshirt, pajamas, jumpsuit, hats, bandannas, belts, underwear


REAL NINJAS PLAY HARD TO GET
Synopsis: Send your sweetheart love from the sewers.
Featured: Valentine’s Day cards (original cartoon)


SHOP TIL YA DROP, 90’S STYLE
Synopsis: Track my Dad’s travels as he shops for action figures back in the 90’s.
Featured: action figures, packaging cards

WHERE’S THE BATHROOM?
Synopsis: Freshen up with the fearless foursome.
Featured: mini soap, tissues, shower curtain, bubble bath, scrub brush


LAND OF THE LOGOS
Synopsis: The TMNT cartoon logo has evolved over the years - see them all.
Featured: all TMNT logos


ONE COOL IRISH GAL
Synopsis: On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish! But, April O’Neil is always Irish.
Featured: April O’Neil action figures


PLAY BALL!
Synopsis: Take me out to the ball game! Buy me some peanuts & Turtles merch!
Featured: baseball glove, folder, & action figure


OLD SCHOOL
Synopsis: Cowabunga hits the classroom.
Featured: pencil, pencil case, notebook, bookmark, folder, calculator, backpacks, lunch boxes


A GOLDEN EGG FOR A GOLDEN NINJA
Synopsis: The Easter Bunny explores the sewers.
Featured: The Turtles Awesome Easter VHS, Usagi Yojimbo action figures


EAT UP, DUDE (PART 1)
Synopsis: The Sewer Den dishes out TMNT foods.
Featured: cereal bowl, plastic mug, TV tray, Toast-R-Cake button, apron, Jello


PUNK’D
Synopsis: Although they loved Ninja Rap, these dudes were punks. Oy!
Featured: Mondo Gecko, skateboard, bike horn, bicycle bag, roller skates, Skatin’ Raph


BUTTON UP
Synopsis: The Sewer Den has 8 pieces of flair.
Featured: 8 different buttons


EAT UP, DUDE (PART 2)
Synopsis: Have a sugartooth? You’ll want seconds.
Featured: fruit snacks (2003), trading cards gum, Topps gum, PEZ, candy-gum-tattoo tin, cookies


RADICAL RECOGNITION
Synopsis: A “thank you” to those who’ve contributed to The Sewer Den collection.
Featured: pencil box, winter hat, plush, original comics, Red Herrings book


BODACIOUS BIRTHDAYS
Synopsis: My wish came true. I got TMNT gifts for my birthday!
Featured: Topps trading cards, yo-yo, Neca April O’Neil figure, candy tarts, training manual comics


TOP 10 - A TURTLE TRIBUTE
Synopsis: A Top 10 paying homage to the first Turtles flick.
Featured: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie


HO, HO, HO, DUDES
Synopsis: Santa is coming to the sewers.
Featured: Christmas stocking, classic ornaments


GOODNIGHT TURTLE
Synopsis: Sleep tight with Turtle Power.
Featured: bedsheets, pillow cases, curtains, blankets, plushes, night lamps, nightlight


TOP 10 MUTANTS
Synopsis: My Top 10 favorite mutant action figures.
Featured: action figures (80-90’s)


CUPID CIRCA 2007
Synopsis: Fall in love with Valentines from 2007.
Featured: Valentine’s Day cards (2007 movie)


AWESOME ART
Synopsis: The Sewer Den morphs into a museum of TMNT artwork.
Featured: poster, prints (official & fan)


THREE-POINTER
Synopsis: These Turtle items are a slam dunk. Nothing but net.
Featured: Slam Dunkin’ Don, Mini-Mutants - Donatello’s Basketball Playset, laundry basketball hoop


SUMMERTIME
Synopsis: Keeping cool with cowabunga.
Featured: Sewer Party Tube, Sewer Sludge, Sewer Cyclin’ Raph, windsock, postcard book


TOP 10 - A TURTLE TRIBUTE (PART 2)
Synopsis: A Top 10 paying homage to the second Turtles flick.
Featured: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze (movie), action figures from the film


EAT UP, DUDE (PART 3)
Synopsis: Sink your teeth into more TMNT foods.
Featured: cheese pasta, bite size cookies, apple cinnamon grahams, ice cream popsicle


MONSTERS & MUTANTS
Synopsis: Be afraid. Be mutated.
Featured: Halloween die cuts


TURTLE TAPES
Synopsis: The Sewer Den dusts off the VHS collection.
Featured: 9 VHS tapes


COLLECTING COOL
Synopsis: With a new series from Nickelodeon, it’s time to shell out the green for new merchandise.
Featured: bandanas, cell phone stickers, calendar, bed set, winter hat & gloves, bean bag chair, action figures


GRATITUDE, DUDE
Synopsis: A “thank you” to those that made my Christmas merry.
Featured: underwear, t-shirt, action figures, Legos, coloring book, DVD set, winter hat, poster, NYC sewer cufflinks


SENTIMENTAL IN THE SEWER
Synopsis: Love is in the air, and in the sewers.
Featured: Valentine’s Day cards (2003 cartoon)


COWABUNGA CLEAN
Synopsis: Hygiene is cool, kids! Bathroom goodies galore!
Featured: soap dispenser, travel toothbrush, bubble bath, lip balm, adhesive bandages, bath toy, bath bubble statues


MY WISH LIST
Synopsis: A Top 10 of my hopes and dreams regarding Nickelodeon’s TMNT series.
Featured: pizza points, Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour, mug, costumes, ice cream, pizza, games, cereal


GAME ON!
Synopsis: Lady luck likes the sewers. See my collection of TMNT games.
Featured: maze puzzle party favors, paddle ball, Tower of Doom, pinball, video games, Velcro toss, playing cards, Heroes in a Halfshell Card Game


PARTY HARD
Synopsis: RSVP to a celebration filled with TMNT party favors.
Featured: invitations, plates, cups, napkins, tablecloth, party masks (all Nickelodeon)


EAT UP, DUDE (PART 4)
Synopsis: Getting full? Well, more TMNT food for your gullet.
Featured: juice boxes, Burger King cups, goblet, pies button, PEZ box, Squeeze & Lick lollipop


US TURTLES
Synopsis: A timeline showcasing all my silly and spooky TMNT Halloween costumes.
Featured: 6 Halloween costumes


COWABUNGA CAMPING
Synopsis: The Sewer Den brings the collection camping.
Featured: tent, flashlight, tackle box, comics, books, "All Hallows Thieves" (episode, 2003 series)


24 DAYS OF TURTLE
Synopsis: A Christmas countdown guaranteed to make you merry. From December 1-24, this advent calendar shelled out 24 different TMNT Holiday-themed treats. Each day offered something new, something ninja.
Featured: 24 Christmas & holiday items from the all eras of TMNT.

TOP 10 - A TURTLE TRIBUTE (PART 3)
Synopsis: A Top 10 paying homage to the third Turtles flick.
Featured: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (movie), action figures from the film


SEWER UNDIES
Synopsis: Slip on ninja skivvies.
Featured: retro & modern underwear


Eat Up, Dude (Part 5)
Synopsis: It's a 5 course meal of TMNT food merchandise.
Featured: fruit snacks, candy, pizza crackers, water ice, toxic ooze, cookies,


GREEN MACHINE GARDENING
Synopsis: Equipped with TMNT gardening gear, it's time for cowabunga cultivation.
Featured: gardening gloves, shovel, pail, watering can, pizza plants


SUMMER BUGS
Synopsis: Pesky insects from the TMNT universe invade the summer season.
Featured: action figures (original - Nickelodeon series)


RADICAL READING
Synopsis: Comic book movie adaptations to mutate you into a bookworm.
Featured: Movie adaptations in comic book form from the original 3 films.

TRAVELOGUE: JAPAN

Synopsis: During a voyage to Japan, I relentlessly hunted for Japanese TMNT toys. Pack your bags for a cowabunga-fueled trip to the Far East.

Featured: Japanese TMNT toys (original-modern) & the country of Japan.

5 FAVORITE NICKELODEON FIGURES

Synopsis: The TMNT toy universe is massive. Which are Nickelodeon's best?

Featured: Nickelodeon action figures

GRATITUDE, DUDE (DANDY EDITION)

Synopsis: My pal and avid Sewer Den reader, Dandy, sent me package of TMNT treasures.

Featured: Mutant mysterious galore!

24 DAYS OF TURTLE (2014)

Synopsis: The countdown 'til Christmas returns for its 2nd year. Joy to the world!

Featured: 24 Christmas & holiday items from the all eras of TMNT.

COWABUNGA CUISINE

Synopsis: The Sewer Den Culinary Team cooked up tasty pizzas inspired by the original cartoon. Cowabunga cuisine or total food fail?

Featured: 4 wacky and outlandish pizzas.

THE SEWER DEN'S DAY OFF

Synopsis: The best mutated gear for fighting or fabricating an illness.

Featured: Movies, soup, robe, lounge pants, tissues, sunglasses.

GRATITUDE, DUDE: MUTANT MAKER

Synopsis: Embrace your inner mad, mutant scientist & get creative!

Featured: Mutant Maker 

COWABUNGA CUPID

Synopsis: Our valiant heroes woo you with Valentines from the early 90s.

Featured: Valentine’s Day cards (original cartoon)

NINJAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

Synopsis: TMNT merchandise is popping up in the weirdest places...

Featured: ninja combat gear, cartoon coin banks, lollipop rings, eggs with candy, battle game, Band-Aids, winter hat, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Crush soda cans

RADICAL READING
Synopsis: Your favorite mutants take an educational spin around the globe.
Featured: TMHT World Atlas


MUTANT MERCH
Synopsis: 3 random item from the 2K3 cartoon series.
Featured: party invitations, switchplate, Monster Truck pennant


TOP 10 RIDICULOUS MOMENTS
Synopsis: Bust a gut laughing at TMNT: Back To The Sewer.
Featured: TMNT: Back To The Sewer


HATS!
Synopsis: Awesome accessories for your noggin!
Featured: original & new hats

AWESOMECON 2015: BEST OF TMNT

Synopsis: How awesome was Awesomecon?
Featured: event coverage (original cartoon voice cast, Judith Hoag, Kevin Eastman)

FIRST GOKIN KRANG
Synopsis: The big toy from Dimension X can do crazy things.
Featured: First Gokin Krang collectible

10 HOLY GRAILS
Synopsis: 10 toys I wanted from childhood & am still seeking today.
Featured: action figures from the 80s & 90s

TNNT BOX: MUTANTS IN THE MAIL
Synopsis: Monthly mutant merch delivered to your doorstep!
Featured: hat, money clip, lanyard, ID holder, projector flashlight, pinball game, t-shirt

TRAVELOGUE: THAILAND

Synopsis: Journey to the "Land of Smiles" for a mutated travelogue of TMNT discoveries. Explore the vibrant country of Thailand in this 3-Part, Turtle-Powered series.

Featured: TMNT oddities found in Thailand

SIDEKICKS

Synopsis: Bundled sidekicks were the best! These quirky characters acted as companion pieces to the main figures. The Sewer Den looks back at a 10 plastic pieces that were 

Featured: Action figure sidekick accessories

GRATITUDE, DUDE: BODACIOUS BUTTONS

Synopsis: Awesome internet friends send their best buttons to The Sewer Den.

Featured: original movie button, Pizza Point button

HORRORS IN A HALFSHELL

Synopsis: In this 13-part Halloween series, the cartoon crypt is opened! Revisit the best and most bodacious blood-curdling episodes from the original TMNT show.

Featured: 13 episodes of the original cartoon series

NYCC 2015: BEST OF TMNT

Synopsis: TMNT took New York Comic Con by storm. The event was bleeding green - Turtle Power was unavoidable.

Featured: panels, autographs, Nickelodeon booth, showroom floor, Artist Alley

NOT WITHOUT MY IRMA

Synopsis: The education of women through cartoons ends in an action figure.

Featured: 1992 Irma figure

COWABUNGA CHRISTMAS (2015)

Synopsis: The countdown 'til Christmas returns for its 3rd year. Jingle bodacious!

Featured: 24 Christmas & holiday items from the all eras of TMNT.

CHRISTMAS FALLOUT OUT (2015)

Synopsis: Nurse your yuletide hangover & take a peek at the gracious gifts Santa was kind enough to give me.

Featured: Nickelodeon action figures, Dorbz Rocksteady, pocket tissues, winter hat, slippers, Stretchkins


AWESOME ACCESSORIES

Synopsis: The best plastic accessories from 90s action figures.

Featured: 10 accessories from the original Playmates toy line.

GRATITUDE, DUDE: STUNT ZOMBIE
Synopsis: One of the best bloggers sends a oozy package of goodies to The Sewer Den.

Featured: original movie trading cards, coloring pad, Mutatin' Raphael (1992), French activity book

THE SEWER DEN'S PIZZA PARTY
Synopsis: A select group of social movers and shakers gathered in New York City for a night of cowabunga festivities.

Featured: Diamond Select Toys pizza cutter, bust banks, Minimates

HAIRCUTS IN A HALFSHELL
Synopsis: Take a trip to the sewer salon & see which characters have bodacious locks.

Featured: Crazy Clownin' Mike, Punker Don, Toon Dask, Troll Raphael, April The Ravishing Reporter

$200 ON OLD TOYS
Synopsis: I shelled out a sewerload of cash for vintage toys.
Featured: Arctic Donatello, Deep Sea Diver Leo, Halfcourt, Apollo 11, Fugitoid (2K3), Undercover Donatello

TRAVELOGUE: NORWAY
Synopsis: Like a viking exploring the sea, I navigated the waters of this foriegn country.
Featured: Norwegian treasures, travel tips & TMHT comics

RADICAL READING: DISNEY MAGAZINE
Synopsis: Before Disney had Marvel & Pixar, they had Turtle Power.
Featured: Pop culture magazine for kids


DOOR HANGERS
Synopsis: Come and knock on my door - cause I've got high-resolution treasures from the yesteryear!
Featured: 5 door hangers

HANDKERCHIEFS
Synopsis: Blow your nose in outlandish designs from 1992.

Featured: 4 handkerchiefs


FLEA MARKET FALLOUT (2016)
Synopsis: A summer adventure to New Jersey's best flea market.
Featured: Mini-Mutants, Ghostbusters, Krang's Android Body


MOUTHGUARD
Synopsis: A good friend sends a goofy addition to The Sewer Den.
Featured: Mouthguard


HORROR MOVIE MUTANTS
Synopsis: Boo! These toys are too similar to horror movie maniacs.
Featured: Casey Jones, Super Shredder, Don the Undercover Turtle, Troll Raphael, Crazy Clown Mike, Robotic Bebop & Rocksteady

COWABUNGA CHRISTMAS (2016)
Synopsis: Blow your nose in outlandish designs from 1992.
Featured: 4 handkerchiefs


CHRISTMAS FALLOUT (2016)
Synopsis: Santa continues to bring Turtle Power.
Featured: Candy cane, puzzle, eraser, Dire Beaver, bath fizzies, DVD

TRAVELOGUE: PALM SPRINGS, CA

Synopsis: Venture to an oasis between mountains, a throwback to the days of old Hollywood.

Featured: Various TMNT items & sightings

HOME SWEET HOME
Synopsis: I bought a house!
Featured: first home & Muckman

FLEA MARKET FALLOUT, PT 1 (2017)
Synopsis: The quest for used goods in the heat of the summer.
Featured: action figures

FLEA MARKET FALLOUT, PT 2 (2017)

Synopsis: The quest for used goods continues! Journey into the belly of an antique beast.
Featured: action figures

MUTANT MUSIC
Synopsis: All the cowabunga classics on cassette tape.
Featured: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour, Soundtracks, Singles


MONSTROUS MISTAKE
Synopsis: A scary mistake on classic toy packaging.
Featured: Leo as the Wolfman (misprint)


READING IS SPOOKY!
Synopsis: Comic book art that will make you scream.
Featured: TMNT Ultimate Visual History


COWABUNGA CHRISTMAS (2017)

Synopsis: The 5th annual event where the sewer Santa leaves pizza under your tree!

Featured: 9 Christmas & holiday items from the all eras of TMNT.


RARE JUNK: JAPANESE VHS 

Synopsis: Be kind & rewind to Japan in the 90s!

Featured: Japanese anime TMNT VHS

RARE JUNK: European Tissue Box

Synopsis: Blow your nose with Turtle Power!

Featured: European Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles tissues box

THE SEWER DEN MOVIE

Synopsis: Lights, camera, pizza! We're making a movie about me.

RARE JUNK: Promotional Cereal Box

Synopsis: The most important meal of the day is also really rare & uncommon.

Featured: Advertising promotional box of 90s Ninja Turtles cereal