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10-31-2014, 09:50 AM | #1 |
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10-31-2014, 11:20 AM | #2 |
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It's too bad they ruined such an incredible sculpt with a figure that pretty much needs to be lying down. Had he come with a regular helmet and head I would be all over this.
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10-31-2014, 11:22 AM | #3 |
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It will come with a regular head and helmet when they release Dallas and Ripley.
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10-31-2014, 12:12 PM | #4 |
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I wonder if Ripley's suit will be just a little thinner, obviously it'll be white like it was in the film, but I don't know if it should be thinner than Kane's and Dallas' or if it was different for the actual suit used. Either way if I get Ripley it'll probably be the regular jumpsuit with the flamethrower version, and that one's Jonesy is calm so there's that too.
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10-31-2014, 02:05 PM | #5 |
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But that does me no good for Kane. As En just said, they should have packed an egg with him. In fact, why does it seem like NECA is lacking three important components to this franchise, an in scale egg, face hugger, and chest burster?
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10-31-2014, 02:43 PM | #6 |
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They said we might get an in-scale egg and face hugger as accessories with upcoming figures, but how exactly would one have a chest burster? Just like the snake-ish thing that slithers off the table and across the floor, or the coiled up breaking through the sternum type? Maybe later we'll get a chest burster like how now the two figures of Ripley each have a Jonesy.
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10-31-2014, 03:42 PM | #7 |
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No normal head no sale.
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10-31-2014, 04:53 PM | #8 |
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You aren't alone in that opinion. To me it works out then as money better spent on another NECA figure, like the dog alien.
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11-01-2014, 12:56 AM | #9 |
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Pity they didn't provide an adjustable sliding chrome visor, the kind that slides up and down into the back of the helmet.
I have wondered why no attempt has been made to produce good figures of plain, pristine classic science fiction spacesuits. I'd love to have the orange and yellow suits worn by Bowman and Poole in 2001, not to mention the silver suits seen in the moon scenes and aboard Leonov in the 2010 sequel. Space: 1999 pressure suits in a modern collector format would also be welcome. I'm sure you can think of others... Last edited by Skoob; 11-01-2014 at 01:02 AM.. |
11-01-2014, 03:38 PM | #10 |
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Becareful when going to tru. Their prices for the new preds are 5 bucks higher making bad blood 30 and the others normal about 20 to 25 and they aren't adjusting to the ticketed price!
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11-01-2014, 04:19 PM | #11 |
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My local TRU only wanted the normal $25 for Bad Blood and online they only want $20 for Enforcer Predator so maybe it's just your store.
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11-01-2014, 06:22 PM | #12 |
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Guys, the reason he doesn't have a regular head is 'cause NECA couldn't get the likeness right to the actor who played Kane. This is their way of getting us a Kane figure through a loophole. Plus, I'd bet dollars to donuts we'll see a lot of custom Kane heads made for this guy, so someone will probably make head casts you can just pop on him.
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11-01-2014, 09:37 PM | #13 |
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Guys, the reason he doesn't have a regular head is 'cause NECA couldn't get the likeness right to the actor who played Kane. This is their way of getting us a Kane figure through a loophole. Plus, I'd bet dollars to donuts we'll see a lot of custom Kane heads made for this guy, so someone will probably make head casts you can just pop on him.
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11-01-2014, 09:44 PM | #14 |
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Guys, the reason he doesn't have a regular head is 'cause NECA couldn't get the likeness right to the actor who played Kane. This is their way of getting us a Kane figure through a loophole. Plus, I'd bet dollars to donuts we'll see a lot of custom Kane heads made for this guy, so someone will probably make head casts you can just pop on him.
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11-01-2014, 09:45 PM | #15 |
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T'were'nt no assumption, En Sabah, they've flat out admitted it! Still would be nice to get an extra undamaged helmet though, or at least an interchangeable visor piece, that way we could headswap and have Rambo or Dutch or Michael Fassbender in the suit, haha.
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11-02-2014, 05:12 PM | #17 |
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My Hudson does not have a game over man face. He has a normal one.
Unless it is Godzilla.
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11-02-2014, 06:02 PM | #18 |
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You cherry-picked my quote. I said "It is one of NECA's goals as an adult collectibles toy company to make each figure as accurate and detailed as possible given size and price-range" you left out the bit about price and size. Sure SH Monsterarts are a bit better than NECA's Godzilla figures (like ten percent better), but they're also three times the price. The 2014 Godzilla from NECA was created directly using the computer model that Legendary used for the movie so minor pose and sculpt is all that's lost there, although I will say that the foot-tall/two feet long NECA 2014 Godzilla is significantly better than either the NECA 12" long figure or the SH figure. The NECA '94 Godzilla really only loses out to the SH figure because of how they scaled the gut and chest, but again the SH figure is three times the price but the same size.
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You make it sound a crime to have to admit it so. They also don't have Ian Holm's likeness so don't cross your fingers for an Ash figure, so far all we know for sure is they have Sigourney Weaver's, Tom Skerritt's, and Lance Henriksen's for upcoming figures. I would assume they still have Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn likeness rights, I would like to see a different Hudson figure since I passed the first partly due to his scared "game over man" face.
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11-02-2014, 10:36 PM | #20 |
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The NECA '94 Godzilla really only loses out to the SH figure because of how they scaled the gut and chest, but again the SH figure is three times the price but the same size.
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11-03-2014, 12:01 AM | #21 |
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Back on topic here: NECA said on Twitter that some figures in Aliens series 5 will probably have some eggs and maybe facehuggers too.
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11-03-2014, 07:55 AM | #22 |
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Awesome, thanks. Series 5 is the one with Ripley right? And that is Jan? For real? Not like how Series 4 was July, then Oct, and now maybe possibly this month? Same with the queen?
Speaking of which, I sold some stuff on ebay, so I have some of it set aside for the queen.
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11-03-2014, 12:41 PM | #23 |
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Yeah, whenever they give you a release month you usually have to add another two for proper expectancy. If I remember right then series 4 will be Dallas in space suit, Ripley in space suit, and regular Ripley. The Ripleys of course coming with one Jonesy each! I don't know if they've said anything about series 5 yet, but I will take a gamble and say it'll have Ripley from the end of Aliens with her taped together guns and maybe she'll be the first to have an egg since she destroyed the nest in that scene. This figure would also be able to fit in the power loader they're releasing next "summer" or whenever it actually comes out.
I love how NECA is saying "series 3 is just weeks away, we promise." This gets me excited as I quite want the dog alien, but when I check online TRU says it's expected on 12/23/14. Somebody needs to get their shit together.
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11-03-2014, 07:00 PM | #24 |
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The only one I plan to buy from Series 3 is Bishop.
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11-03-2014, 08:18 PM | #25 |
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Bishop looks great, better than this Kane just for having an actual face. They seem to have nailed Lance's face, NECA is great with face likeness when there's a face to be had (I freaking love Ash's expression on their Evil Dead 2 figures). I look forward to a full gallery of Bishop, but he's an easy pass for me. While Alien 3 was pretty much crap, I can't deny that the alien itself was pretty slick and much more an independent menace like Big Chap was, that's why I want the figure.
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