Same opinion as slimcoder and Etheru.
As mentioned in my previous post I have seen better race lift depictions of April via fan art on Tumblr of all places. The design of this character is lackluster (along with the other designs) rather than the fact she is now black. I say lose the glasses and change the hair to similar curls she have in both the Mirage comics AND movie, and we have a good design for April in this show.
No, the one that poked a lot of fun at '87, but ultimately made a point through Splinter that it deserves just as much respect as the '03 turtles, had the '03 turtles themselves being humiliated by the Mirage turtles, and had '87 characters save the day, even if by accident.
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I don't think they can legally reference the '03 show and only have distribution rights to it. If so, it would explain why the two characters from there in the '12 show barely resemble themselves. Also, they can't even get the voice actors back because they're non-union, or something.
edited 6th Feb '18 1:46:45 AM by GamerSlyRatchet
Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).I think they can at least get Sam Riegel (Donatello) and Michael Sinterniklaas (Leonardo), since those two have become more relatively mainstream VAs, with the former being a voice director and actor for Ducktales, and the latter still doing some anime voice acting, but also having shown up in OK KO!.
But yeah, I never liked how the series characterized the (I think) two 2003 cartoon characters. While the series always tended to borrow liberally from previous incarnations (such as the Rat King and even Bebop and Rocksteady), it felt like they didn't care much for the 2003 series at all, hence why it got only two representatives who were nothing like their previous incarnation (although to be fair, neither were Mona Lisa or Tokka).
Given that Bishop was a model swap of a basic Norman Kraangenhoffer, I'm almost inclined to believe that Hun was a model swap instead of being a convenient model for past!Oroku Saki.
Wouldn't surprise me if there was at least some interest, thanks to the crossover with the 2012 series.
edited 6th Feb '18 5:01:56 PM by Etheru
The boys in Injustice 2 trailer:
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Personally I would have liked a comic about the 2012 Turtles meeting the 2003 Titans.
Especially for the obligatory gag where Michelangelo and Beast Boy accuse the other of stealing his voice.
edited 9th Feb '18 1:47:22 PM by Etheru
Season 4's penultimate episode ended with Splinter being impaled and thrown off a building, and actually staying dead.
And yes, the impalement is (mostly) on-screen, albeit not that bloody.
Here's video showing the toy line. It shows some details regarding some heroes and villains, and it also confirms that the show will premiere in September and will have 11 minute episodes.
Baron Draxum. He's the villain John Cena is voicing.
Though there's also the fact that they said we won't see the Shredder "yet".
Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).

Maybe this one will give 2003 the credit it deserves and not write a bunch of "Turtles in Time stuff" blatantly ignoring it to fawn over '87.