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Ninja Turtle suits weighed more than 70 pounds

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Cowabunga takes on a grim new meaning when you're trapped inside a reptilian sauna. The original 1990s Ninja Turtle suits weighed over seventy pounds each and housed complicated animatronics inside the shells. The actors regularly suffered from claustrophobia and required constant cold air pumped directly into their snouts just to remain conscious.

Ninja Turtle suits weighed more than 70 pounds
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