Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo (Soft-Head, w/ Fan Club Flyer) AFA 70+ (Playmates, 1988)....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo (Soft-Head, w/ Fan Club Flyer) AFA 70+ (Playmates, 1988). Playmates' inaugural 1988 wave launched Turtle-mania from comic-shop cult hit to global toy phenomenon, and soft-head Leonardo remains its definitive flagship. Posed with twin katana and "Turtle Fan Club" flyer tucked behind the blister, this early rubber-mold variant predates the later hard-plastic reruns and captures the line's very first production texture and paint palette. AFA's 70+ EX+ grade with subgrades of C70 B75 F85 confirms strong eye appeal on a clean Series 1 / 10-Back card while preserving the flyer that welcomed kids into the original Turtle underground. For collectors building a first-wave wall or chasing every nuance of Leo's on-shelf evolution, this soft-head, fan-club-flyer example delivers a slice of Turtle history from the exact moment the battle cry "Heroes in a Half Shell!" hit toy aisles.

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