everlasting-contrast replied to your post “I don’t know whether I’m just imagining this or whether it’s real, but…”
Ninja Turtles merch and Halloween costumes were not a thing until the very end of the ‘80s when the first movie released in ’90 and Eric was 9-10 yrs old.
Thanks for that addition, @everlasting-contrast! Just goes to show that we cannot always blindly trust what we see in photographs. =) (Imagine being one of those two kids and finding an old photograph of you is claimed to be a picture of a mass murderer and his brother.. how odd would that be?!)