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Originally Posted by sabretoothe

i made a removable mask custom neca predator a while back. ultra nightmare in that size without tooting my own horn but it was a bitch to get the mask to fit over the face and stil look the right size. the hot toys predators are ok but compared to the overall level of surface/ over all sculpting, proportions, paint and accuracy and ultimately the price the new neca toys trounce the hot toys versions no contest.

Ohhh Really?

Hmmm...if Neca is sooo accurate...why did they lazily just stick a Gort bio-mask on a Predator 1 body? Doesn't look very accurate to me.

You are right though, they are quite cheap compared to HT but imo...You get what you pay for. I will take individual, and brilliantly detailed armor pieces over plastic sculpting. I'll also take the cloth netting over molded detail. It makes it look so much more real to me. With the exception of the most recent trio of HT Predators, I also prefer the vast array of weapons and accessories I have accumulated from owning multiple HT Preds. Customizing them, and letting other figures borrow weapons is fun and convenient. Berzerker has had Guardians kombi-stick in his skull-holding hand since he got here.

I've seen the underside of a De-masked Neca Predator....it's not pretty. Nothing I would even want to try to mod....however...the unfinished head underneath the HOT TOYS Falconer (and hopefully Tracker) is pretty easy to complete and custom paint. That's another point I disagree with you on, after studying the Neca 'Zerker, and HT 'Zerker next to each other...the HT Pred definately wins in the paint department.

Necas have had more alien looking skin up untill now, I'll give them that...but now the joints on the new HT Preds look realistic, hidden, and the skin is amazingly sculpted. I was one of the most pissed off HT fans when I learned that the new Preds were loosing chest articulation, but due to the enhancement in detail...I don't even care anymore. Didn't mean to rant this much. Too each their own mate.