[Trivial Psychic]

This release to me was essentially right up there with the recent Aliens and Predator releases, and was a 22 dollar accessory pack. Outside the mask and tools, there were no improvements that were made and it really felt like a missed opportunity by NECA to improve on some issues that the original figures had. Instead, they took a step backward with the heavy handed wash which causes the skin tones to be off, the cartoony and very poor blood applications on the clothes (compare it to the blood apps on the original battle damaged figure, and especially the Final Chapter bloody Jason for a clear example of how cartoony it is...,) and some issues that the original figures didn't have managed to creep into this one (the wobbly hips issue that plagued the part 6 figure.) If my original part 3 (battle damaged) figure had not taken a tumble off the shelf and broke at the hip, I would have very easily passed on this one, as the original releases were superior in the paint app department. A twenty dollar replacement figure over a 65 dollar and up on the secondary market replacement sure is nice on the wallet, especially when the Hockey mask is finally accurate to the one Richard Brooker wore on screen in the film.

That said, I feel I should mention really quickly that the heads from the previous releases are interchangeable with this one, with a skin tone that better matches the ultimate figure than the ones NECA included with this one. The mask fits on the heads from the original releases as well. Since the figure comes with two masks, they can be easily swapped onto the original figures to give those figures a upgrade, allowing you to keep the Ultimate figure in the box as a "Break in case of" in the event on of your originals should take a fall.