Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bebop, Soft-Head Variant, Freedman Collection, AFA 80+ ** POP 1 Highest-Grade ** (Playmates, 1988...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bebop, Soft-Head Variant, Freedman Collection, AFA 80+ ** POP 1 Highest-Grade ** (Playmates, 1988). Pulled from licensing mastermind Mark Freedman's private vault, this early-run Bebop captures the very moment the Turtles' most notorious warthog first charged onto toy pegs. The pliable "soft head," glossy 10-figure checklist, and bright card mark it as a day-one production, pressed before Playmates switched to hard vinyl and expanded card backs. AFA has confirmed the piece at 80+ NM with subgrades of C85 B80 F85, and lists no equal or superior copy, making it the finest Bebop in the population census. Plus, Freedman's provenance locks in direct lineage to the man who brought TMNT licensing to life. For collectors chasing the definitive villains' row-or anyone seeking a marquee, best-in-class first-series variant-this warthog punk is the unrivaled heavyweight.

Mark Freedman, the president of Surge Licensing, originally pitched the idea of licensing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird for a toy line which resulted in the deal with Playmates Toys.

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