Transdimensional TMNT question

Glistam · Unread post by **Glistam** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:36 am

Now that Palladium no longer has the license for TMNT, does that mean the concept of T.E. and the set up for the time stream is no longer official within Palladium? As in the idea of the twists and spirals of the timestream, and how time travel backwards was only possible in specific increments of years. I know travelling backwards in time was realy only official in Transdimensional TMNT anyway but with the license gone does that idea still remain or was it specific to the TMNT universe?

Mech-Viper Prime · Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:19 am

I said reprint it under a the dimension book series :ok:

The Galactus Kid · Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:06 pm

Its still official canon, as far as I know.

Guest · Unread post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:22 pm

So THAT'S why they came out with After the Bomb mark 2... Always thought that was a little screwy since the original wasn't what I would describe as a real stand alone. It all makes sense now...

Glistam · Unread post by **Glistam** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:44 pm

So what you're telling me is that mutation by moving through time (due to different amounts of T.E. at different periods) and the Twists and Cycles of the timestream are all Palladium cannon, and were not specific to the TMNT universe or license? Thank you for your help.

Killer Cyborg · Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:17 pm

Glistam wrote:So what you're telling me is that mutation by moving through time (due to different amounts of T.E. at different periods) and the Twists and Cycles of the timestream are all Palladium cannon, and were not specific to the TMNT universe or license? Thank you for your help.

As far as I know, that's the case.
But to be sure, you'd have to read up on old TMNT comics that featured Lord Simultaneous and time travel.
I don't remember them mentioning Twists or anything, but I read them a LONG time ago.

Nekira Sudacne · Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:34 pm

Glistam wrote:So what you're telling me is that mutation by moving through time (due to different amounts of T.E. at different periods) and the Twists and Cycles of the timestream are all Palladium cannon, and were not specific to the TMNT universe or license? Thank you for your help.

TE and all MECHANICS are palladium cannon. the only thing that is no longer cannon are actual characters.

Tinker Dragoon · Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:22 pm

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Rali · Unread post by **Rali** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:29 pm

Actually, the whole idea of mutation regression and improvment was based on the events of the Volume 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Issues:
#16 - "A TMNT Time Tale" [July '88]
#22 - "the Time Traveler returns" [June '89]
and
#23 - "Timeline repaired" [July '89]

However, I'd guess that the game mechanic is copyrighted to Palladium. The characters that appeared in the TD: TMNT book and comics are, I would assume, the property of Mirage Studios'. The term Time Lord, I would imagine, is an open term as it was first used by the BBC in the Doctor Who series, and I doubt anyone has, or would, try to copyright the term (I could be wrong though).