On the 16th May 2016 something great happened – the Half-Shell Heroes: Blast To The Past DVD was released and young children were able to join in the fun of the Turtles Franchise that we all have come to love over the years, Blast from the past is a perfectly age appropriate film for the little ones! 
The film is a one-off short film (44mins) that is aimed at a pre-school audience and is younger child-friendly; I knew it would be perfect for Mouse (6 years) but wasn’t sure about Monkey (8 years). As it turns out, they both loved it and actually wanted more! The fact that it is 44 minutes is great too as it is long enough to be jam packed with adventure but not too long that the children loose their concentration!
The story is great and simple to follow, the animation is fantastic with brilliant colours and it is enough to keep the little ones stuck to the screen for 44 minutes! The adventure sees the turtles heading back in time to the prehistoric days to battle with the
Mouse said “the best bit was when the Dinosaurs and Turtles were in a team”
Monkey stuck to one word “Epic”.
We would definitely recommend this for those younger fans of the turtles who are a little too young for the versions that all already out there. If you want fun, vibrancy and a great story then this is for you! Luckily for us this arrived just in time for half term, so I have had 44 minutes of the kids being quiet…and happy! Bliss.
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Susan B
May 31, 2016 at 16:31 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My weapon of choice would be my trusty old broom.
Tracy K Nixon
May 31, 2016 at 16:37 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A base ball bat!
Tracy Newton
May 31, 2016 at 16:50 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A garden for
janine atkin
May 31, 2016 at 17:04 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
id have a shotgun
Cheryl Kemp
May 31, 2016 at 19:30 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My weapon of choice as a TMNT would have to be a pizza slice!! 🙂
Cheryl Kemp
May 31, 2016 at 19:32 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
*Pizza Slicer!
laura banks
May 31, 2016 at 19:34 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
i’d have a baseball bat
Angela McDonald
May 31, 2016 at 20:08 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My weapon of choice would definitely be metal chains!
iain maciver
May 31, 2016 at 23:41 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
a sword
Jo Hutchinson
June 1, 2016 at 00:00 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A samuri sword
Ray Dodds
June 1, 2016 at 11:30 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A cricket bat
Ruth Harwood
June 2, 2016 at 09:15 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A sabre!!
Denielle Nicol
June 3, 2016 at 09:57 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A nice automatic machine gun!
Kirsty Hosty
June 3, 2016 at 18:19 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A taser
Kerry Locke
June 5, 2016 at 10:41 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Peace and love … kill them with kindness and free hugs!
Heidi Craske
June 5, 2016 at 12:22 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Saucepan! As I;m always surrounded by them!
Adrian Crook
June 5, 2016 at 12:50 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A chainsaw
Fiona Martin
June 5, 2016 at 20:32 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I think I’d have a sword so I could swipe it around me and no enemy could get too close!
Chrissie Curtis
June 11, 2016 at 01:26 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Nun Chucks!
Shalene Hodder
June 12, 2016 at 21:39 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I would use a wooden pole, seems to work for the turtles and can be used to vault from building to building to get away from baddies 🙂
Sheri Darby
June 12, 2016 at 22:32 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A rounders bat
michelle o'neill
June 14, 2016 at 17:00 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
a frying pan!
Jodie Harvey
June 15, 2016 at 14:33 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I WOULD USE MY TODDLERS NAPPIES, BELIEVE ME THEY WOULD PROTECT ME – NO ONE WOULD COME WITHIN 10 MILES HAHA
Shell Steggles
June 15, 2016 at 16:00 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I would have a porridge gun! SPLAT!
Zac Farley
June 16, 2016 at 22:57 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A giant pizza cutter
Adrian Bold
June 17, 2016 at 02:06 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I’d go for a Shotgun.
Victoria Prince
June 17, 2016 at 15:15 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My weapon of choice would be a frying pan 🙂
Chantiece Bates
June 17, 2016 at 22:14 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A baseball bat!
emma kinsey
June 18, 2016 at 09:56 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
bASBALL BAT
Jo McPherson
June 18, 2016 at 13:15 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
a baseball bat
Aaron Milne
June 18, 2016 at 16:15 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Quite like to be able to vanish too get out of a tight spot
Sally Collingwood
June 18, 2016 at 19:31 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A crossbow!
Kim Styles
June 18, 2016 at 19:39 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Pea shooter!
Pauline black
June 18, 2016 at 20:21 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
A claymore!
Natalie Crossan
June 18, 2016 at 20:31 (UTC 1) Link to this comment
i’d have a baseball bat