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08-17-2016, 07:42 AM | #1 |
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-_- basically a middle finger to those who already bought Ripley.
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08-17-2016, 08:01 AM | #3 |
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Updated news post with packaging photos.
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08-17-2016, 08:03 AM | #4 |
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Chances are it doesn't come with the accessories the SDCC version did
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08-17-2016, 08:06 AM | #5 |
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It doesn't look like it. Keeps that version unique, while getting the figure to a wider audience.
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08-17-2016, 08:18 AM | #6 |
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so glad I'm getting a 2nd chance at newt
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On that note, is it just the lighting or does that Ripley have a different face sculpt? Edit: $40? Fuck, NECA has us by the balls and they know it. Last edited by The Heat; 08-17-2016 at 08:48 AM.. |
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Updated post with full details and new pics.
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...I don't get it. People were bitching about Newt being an exclusive and now they're bitching because they have a real chance of getting her worldwide? Yes, it's a second Ripley, but she has a new headsculpt and a new accessory. You can easily use the previous Ripley you bought on the Power Loader if you have it. If not, you still get Newt!
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...I don't get it. People were bitching about Newt being an exclusive and now they're bitching because they have a real chance of getting her worldwide? Yes, it's a second Ripley, but she has a new headsculpt and a new accessory. You can easily use the previous Ripley you bought on the Power Loader if you have it. If not, you still get Newt!
Newt as a single-figure release at retail would have pegwarmed like mad and everyone knows it. This set with Ripley is pretty much the perfect way to finally get her to retail without painting her in retarded videogame colors or something stupid like that. Besides, Ripley has a new face sculpt (seemingly improved over the numb expression the original figure had) and a cool flame attachment. Shit, how many times has NECA released re-paints of other figures (47 Gypsy Dangers and counting) without anyone bitching? |
08-17-2016, 09:58 AM | #11 |
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I just pre-ordered the ultimate Gypsy... fanning the flames, lol
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08-17-2016, 10:00 AM | #12 |
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Yahzee, people just like to complain. It's really bad on their Twitter feed. That said, I completely agree with you. Getting Ripley in the power loader took a bit of patience. I'm glad I'll be able to keep the one i have in there, posed exactly how I like, and still have another to pose with Newt or the Marines. Add that to the fact that they were willing to do all this to give fans a chance to get what could have easily remained an exclusive, and I will definitely not complain.
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08-17-2016, 10:12 AM | #13 |
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Thoughts on the Rescuing Newt 2-Pack
I'm excited for this set, but I'm not going to lie, I really wish that it was a two pack with a jacketed Ripley with a standard pulse rifle. It's my personal favorite look for Ripley in Aliens and I think it would have pleased more fans of the Alien line to get a new version rather than a head swap and new deco. I'm not sold on the expression. the sculpted teeth look a little weird to me, but now it allows me to permanently, play with my series 5 Ripley in the power loader. Lastly, I hope that this set also drives down the SDCC Newt prices because I still want to get ahold of those accessories even thought I probably wouldn't use most of them. |
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[QUOTE=The Heat;675704]{...On that note, is it just the lighting or does that Ripley have a different face sculpt?]
It's a different, 'concerned' head sculpt, as said in the description. |
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Regarding this set I am glad Newt is going to be available to the general public and at least this isn't the exact same Ripley. I'm not too crazy about the new face sculpt because it looks like it might only work at certain angles, the series 5 figure may have had a bland, stern face but at least it works at every angle.
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I missed out on Ripley, and she can't seem to be had for under 40 bucks online, so this is my Plan B for her. Newt is just an accessory.
The 40-dollar MSRP is high, though. You get 1.5 figures for the price of 2. But that packaging is hard to turn down... |
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Also I would like a Karloff, but I wouldn't feel like my Kaiju are complete without Raiju and Slattern. I want to be able to recreate the final battle... Sorry I know this is off topic, I do think the 2 pack is a good move, but it also makes me feel like any SDCC figure they make has a chance of showing up somewhere else at retail. I hope to get a Neca Shredder that isn't Video Game deco |
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I would totally get a Raiju to go with Scunner. Maybe if they get the rights to do PR2 figures they could also do a little more first movie stuff as a sorta legacy expansion within the line (like how when they first got AVPR they squeezed in an Aliens warrior or how they put Jungle Hunter in their initial Predators series). We can dream.
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That said, I'd like to see the Jagers a little tougher and better armed this time around. Any Jager that wasn't named Gypsy Danger was a total pussy in the original...I was way pissed when Cherno Alpha went out like a bitch. The Russian team was awesome and deserved to kick ass. Last edited by Dolemite; 08-17-2016 at 03:42 PM.. |
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Who wants a sequel???
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08-17-2016, 06:16 PM | #25 |
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I'm all over this set since I never bought a Ripley and now I get Newt as well...
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