Introducing the ‘TMNT Party Wagon NES’

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Introducing the ‘TMNT Party Wagon NES’ – a fully functioning Nintendo Entertainment System built into the vintage TMNT toy van. To my knowledge, it’s the first in the world!


A ton of R&D, a solid month’s worth of labor, countless hours of cutting, sanding, wiring, gluing, action figure modifying, and more went into this one-of-a-kind NES. It wasn’t simply a matter of dropping a top loading NES into the plastic shell of the toy van – it was a grueling process of modifying everything to fit and also look authentic. Parts had to be removed from the NES motherboard and rewired and repositioned inside the van. The top loading cart tray and dust flap were entirely custom built. I actually used parts from BOTH a top loading AND front loading NES AND other miscellaneous parts to make everything look and function the way I wanted. Even the 72 pin connector had to be totally rewired and repositioned to make everything fit and line up for the top loading mechanism.


The headlights and passenger compartment light up, the guns, radar, and armored windshield are posable and removable, there are new ‘glass’ windows, a new steering wheel, and more.


The power and audio/video cables plug into jacks mounted on the back of the van. The POWER and RESET buttons are located on top just in front of the TOP LOADING cart slot. The controller ports are built into the side door.


Leonardo is at the wheel while Michelangelo eats pizza and plays with his nunchucku sitting shotgun.


Matching custom painted controllers with unique overlays mimic the design and color palette of the van. The paint is all professional automotive base coat clear coat system. The clear coat was color sanded and buffed just like you would do on a show car!


A side note – in Europe, the turtles are called the “Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles / TMHT”. In Spanish speaking parts of the world they are known as “Tortugas Ninja” or “Tortugas Ninja Mutantes Adolescentes”.