Several serious, badly infected injuries later, we realised wed made a huge mistake.

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IDWs comic is a collection of short stories from various Turtles comic series.

Here, we end up with nude Bebop and Rocksteady in a supermarket.

It makes your eyes teary with nostalgia, doesnt it?

Also released in May was issue 32 of the fourth volume of the original Turtles continuity.

Its actually stated in the notes that the issue had been written some time ago.

Lets hope its not 5 years until the next issue.

Im not very good at LEGO.

This is a bright, colourful set, clearly the work of careful, thoughtful planning.

You get the feeling that whoever designed this LEGO set really loved what they were doing.

While this one wasnt created specifically for the anniversary, its release was timed to coincide with it.

Ladies and gentlemen, me and this book have fallen in love.

Its driven a wedge between me and my wife.

More than once Ive woken up cuddling it.

On one occasion, I even woke up being hit with it.

Like I say, my wife is furious.

Me and this book are going to go on a camping trip together.

I might even take it to Paris.

Just the two of us.

Im still digging into Faragos book, but I can confirm that it is tremendous.

This book is must have for Ninja Turtles fans, or for people who like things that are brilliant.

Just dont expect me to lend you mine.

Tenuous LEGO bit:I really dug into the LEGO.

I was clipping bits of everything together and the set was starting to look the part.

Much like The Ultimate Visual History, I was doing an ultimate job.

I was also thrilled with the product.

The little Spider Bytez is an utter delight.

At the end of May Lionsgate released four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVDs.

But thats just me.

Tenuous LEGO bit:I dont know about this.

I was careless and disinterested and just slapped a load of odd bits together.

Sometimes putting together LEGO is frustrating.

Paramount will be releasing it in the US in August.

Looks brilliant, right?

But, er, then the release got pushed back again.

Clearly, people can smell money coming off of this film.

Whether this film will be a worthy celebration of the Ninja Turtles 30th anniversary remains to be seen.

In its own way, though, its already contributed a good deal of attention to the series.

Tenuous LEGO bit:I finished my LEGO!

At numerous points during the production of my LEGO, everyone thought I was making a hash of it.

At times it was undeniable that I was getting things very, very wrong.

I was putting the LEGO together like the instructions were written by aliens.

Yet, I pressed on and I worked hard and I finished my LEGO.

I think it came out looking pretty good.

Also, there will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie LEGO.

Also, there will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie Lego.