Thursday, 22 December 2011

Diamond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sticker Activity Album 1989 - 100% Complete

Finally received the album for my Diamond Publishing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles yesterday - I decided to pick up the album and a lot of sticker packs online maybe a month ago in an attempt to complete the album. I was a hardcore Ninja Turtles fan when I was a kid and the album was very nostalgic, I was so sure at the time I placed my bids that I had actually owned this same album when I was growing up but after taking a look through it first hand, I think it might have been a different book.


As this post title states, I did manage to pull off completing the book; 180/180 sticker slots filled with a couple stacks of doubles and a few unopened packs left over.


The stickers consist of scenes from the first episode or two of the cartoon series from the late 80s.  Though unfortunately no mutated Bebop and Rocksteady or Krang.  I also want to mention that it was frustrating attempting to put the puzzle stickers together because some of the stickers were unevenly cut either too close to the border or too far inside.  The quality of the stickers are not that great either, some fair better than others - some look like they've been taken directly from a television screen using a camera.


The album comes with an animation viewer referred to as "Slide-O-Scope".  Above is an example of two pages filled with stickers that when viewed through the Scope, move back and forth slightly.



Happy I am able to add this one to the collection and even happier that I was able to complete the album with the lot of sticker packs that I picked up to go along with it.  Making it my second 100% completed sticker album in my short venture.

Check out the video recording I did showcasing the completed album:

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

That Dreaded Last Sticker Turmoil


And the chase is on for the last sticker in my Panini Spongebob Squarepants album, #132.  Apparently it's been impossible for me to pull this sticker, leaving me double after double.  Can't seem to find anyone to make a swap with either!