NECA - General Thread

Toy Shiz posted a video yesterday with all of the prices for the SDCC exclusives:

TMNT set is $150
Chucky is $40
Tiki kid is $25
And I forget what the Bride is ($30?)

First chance to purchase these is at 11 EST today.
 
I really wish Neca would make that Ultimates Scale Bruce the Shark that they promised years ago. Wasn’t that figure supposed to be up to 50” long?


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This is the first time in more years than I can remember that I have not been interested in any of the NECA exclusives. Even though it has gotten better over the years, I will not miss the stress of trying to order SDCC exclusives from their website.
 
The completionist in me needed that Turtles set. But man, if it wasn't a completely, no question unnecessary purchase.

And clearly, I didn't have to rush at 11 to get it, because nothing has sold out yet, and they just sent a 40 buck off coupon for the set (refund if you already bought).

Hope they don't use this as a barometer for how the line is faring.
 
Only picked up the Bride to go with the other retro glow figures. This year’s exclusives are terrible and easily skipped by most. Glad they’re not the usual must-haves-why-did-these-have-to-be-exclusives they usually do.
 
Buttmunch said:
Only picked up the Bride to go with the other retro glow figures. This year’s exclusives are terrible and easily skipped by most. Glad they’re not the usual must-haves-why-did-these-have-to-be-exclusives they usually do.
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These are the PERFECT exclusives for exactly that reason. They aren't fan demanded looks or characters that the general fans want, it's a wild variant from maybe 2 episodes that only the super diehard or extreme completionists will want (jn the case of the turtles). Chucky is just a weird variant that diehards of the franchise might want due to the tie to the unused idea for the 3rd movie.

I am able to completely skip all of them this year and that makes me happy.
 
Stoopid_Sandwich said:
I really wish Neca would make that Ultimates Scale Bruce the Shark that they promised years ago. Wasn’t that figure supposed to be up to 50” long?


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I don't remember the size, but I'm right there with you. The Game version's too small for me, I want scale.

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cmoney said:
I don't remember the size, but I'm right there with you. The Game version's too small for me, I want scale.

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Man that’s a crying shame that we never got that figure. That looks like it would have been a lot of fun to display


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I'm good with the one we are getting. I don't need him huge, just large enough to be considered a big shark when displayed next to the humans.
 
I just can't get over them not being in scale. Maybe if there were no other figures, just the shark...
 
Honestly considering Bruce is so out of scale with most Great White’s anyway, I was actually intending on using him as a Megalodon


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After Killer of Killers and hearing the way the director talks about Badlands and potential upcoming projects, I'm feeling pretty bullish on the Predator franchise these days. And as such, I am regretting not picking up the Feral Predator from Prey when it was still available. Maybe it'll get a re-issue.
 
Speaking of Predator - is the Machiko figure as bad as I keep reading it is? Super breakable etc? She pops up every time I do a search for Ahab and I'm always tempted but I've heard bad things.
 
docsilence said:
Speaking of Predator - is the Machiko figure as bad as I keep reading it is? Super breakable etc? She pops up every time I do a search for Ahab and I'm always tempted but I've heard bad things.
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Mine has never broken but I've never done much with her outside of the initial pose and then stick her in the Predator case.
 
So in honor of buying the NECA Jungle and City Predator I decided to rewatch the OG films for the first time in YEARS. Like pre-streaming, it's been that long. I have an almost perfect memory for story beats and dialogue so I don't rewatch movies much because I can literally recall entire scenes in my head on a whim. But it's been just long enough that I am absolutely floored by how much FILMMAKING ITSELF has changed between OG Predator and the last ten years. (I never saw Shane Black's The Predator so I watched it last week... meh.)

I should know this because I was working in film at exactly that moment in time when we made the shift from hard film to digital. But the establishing shots, the... mouth feel, so to speak, of the cinematography. A beautiful shot of Dutch in silhouette getting off the chopper at sunset in the opening sequence for no reason other than the filmmakers wanted one. I know in my heart there is fantastic filmmaking happening right now, but I feel like we lost something in the past few decades we'll never get back. Making bubblegum monster movies beautiful just because you could, y'know? I was looking at the cover of Ultimate City Predator's box, remembering how eerie and terrifying seeing the Predator standing on that ledge of an art deco building victoriously holding a skull in the air and thinking: modern audiences would think this was painfully slow. Aaaaand now I feel REALLY old. But man, the OG Predator and Alien films stand the test of time for craftsmanship. Elegant monster movies.

My photographic memory for story is slipping though cos I forgot Jesse Ventura drops a slur in the first five minutes of the film and I just clutched my proverbial pearls and went OH MY THE 80s THATS RIGHT THE SLURS WERE EVERYWHERE
 
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