Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Overview
LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ran from 2013 to the end of 2024, coinciding with the Nickelodeon animated series reboot. The theme produced around 15 sets covering the four turtles alongside key allies — Splinter, April O'Neil — and the main villain roster including Shredder, Kraang, and the Foot Clan. Production was tied to the Nickelodeon licence and ended with the close of that animated run, leaving a compact, fully retired catalogue. TMNT occupies an interesting collector niche: a genuinely beloved IP with a multigenerational fanbase, a small and closed production window, and a minifigure aesthetic that faithfully captures the Nickelodeon-era character designs. The four turtles are rendered with colour-coded bandanas and individual accessories — a clean approach that has aged well and remains visually distinctive within the LEGO minifigure catalogue. Collector interest skews toward completionists — people seeking all four turtles in a specific configuration, or fans of the Nickelodeon era specifically rather than the broader TMNT franchise universe. Secondary market activity is consistent, if modest in volume.
Key Characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme
The TMNT roster is built around the four turtles — Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael — alongside Splinter and a villain lineup led by Shredder. Each turtle appears across multiple sets in broadly similar configurations, while the villain figures and supporting cast tend toward single-set distribution — which is where individual figure values concentrate in this theme.
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Leonardo
Raphael
Michelangelo
Donatello
Foot Soldier
Shredder
The Kraang
Karai
Largest Sets by Piece Count in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme
At 21 sets, the TMNT catalogue covers the 2013–2015 Nickelodeon series run across a range of vehicle, lair, and battle play sets. Used prices start at £2.67 for small promotional releases and reach £317.93 for 79122 - Shredder's Lair Rescue, the theme's most sought-after set. The theme’s largest set by piece count - 79117 - Turtle Lair Invasion - comes in at £185.00 used. Both are fully retired, and good-condition examples are increasingly difficult to source.
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Turtle Lair Invasion
Big Rig Snow Getaway
The Shellraiser Street Chase
Turtle Sub Undersea Chase
Turtle Lair Attack
Shredder's Lair Rescue
Baxter Robot Rampage
Turtle Van Takedown
Notable Minifigures
The four turtles appear across multiple sets throughout the catalogue, which limits their individual scarcity. The stronger collector positions sit in the villain and supporting cast figures with single-set distribution: Shredder, Leatherhead, and the rarer enemy variants from the later waves of the theme command premiums driven by single-set availability and the theme's now fully closed production window. The TV series and Movie subtheme variants of the same characters are worth distinguishing — the visual differences between them create genuine functional uniqueness in collector terms.
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Shadow Leonardo
Shredder - Dark Purple Cape
Shredder - Dark Blue Cape and Detailed Helmet (Movie Version)
Donatello with Goggles and Pack (Movie Version)
Leatherhead
Raphael, Gritted Teeth
Splinter
Shredder - Dark Blue Cape
Collectability & Investment Insights
TMNT carries Brickpit's standard licensed multiplier, reflecting a solid but not premium franchise position. Secondary market dynamics are driven primarily by the closed production window — LEGO has never returned to this specific Nickelodeon-era licence — leaving the 2013–2015 catalogue as the only source for these character depictions in this design language. Price dynamics are notably character-dependent. The four turtles appear across multiple sets, which limits individual variant scarcity, but strong character recognition and completionist demand keep prices reasonably supported across the range. Villain and rarer supporting cast figures command the highest premiums, typically driven by single-set distribution and limited original production volume. The structural collector case for TMNT is straightforward: small catalogue, no new supply, an IP with durable cultural resonance, and a specific design language — the Nickelodeon animated style — that distinguishes these figures from any future LEGO TMNT releases under a different licence. The ceiling is capped by the theme's secondary franchise position, but the floor is reliably supported by consistent completionist demand.