Florida

On Wednesday, June 11th 2014 I received a phone call from Michele while she was driving to Orlando, Florida. She was on her way to the Nickelodeon Suites Resort for Retro Weekend, a TMNT event part of the Summer of Shell. Summer of Shell is an event made to celebrate TMNT in one of it's biggest years yet. With the 30th Anniversary, 2014 movie, and epic storyline of the Nick series, the turtle-power-train shows no signs of slowing down!

This event was so big, that one review just won't be able fit it all in. I'll be covering various aspects separately, starting with the hotel itself.

The Men in Black films have a variety of iconic characters and props. Today we're going to take a look at the most iconic prop from these films, the Neuralyzer.

This Neuralyzer is the one sold at Universal Studios Florida exclusively inside the Men In Black attraction. It is the second version of this prop available at the ride. The first one, available since the ride's opening in 1999, was based on the movie 1 Neuralyzer and featured a dial with a changeable year, as well as a smooth casing and smaller belt clip. The 2013 revised model features a package that claims it is an "authentic movie replica" while the original merely stated "futuristic styling".

There are some prizes in the world that means more to you than just the money spent on the item. This is true for so much of my collection, and sometimes luck evades me and such treasures are lost.  Things that can not be replaced by just a trip to the store.  This is a memory from July 1993 when I visited Disney World and got to see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at MGM Park.