[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by salsa4datass

I was going to order this fig until I actually saw the slopping work they did to. the pics they have for it look nothing like the product you will receive. the neca molds are a 100x better and the only thing this figure has on neca's version is the articulation...

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Originally Posted by Langrisser

I have the first version of the Monsterarts Wolf Predator and it looks awesome. The Neca molds very are good, they are also bigger and cheaper but they aren't better.

I agree with you Langrisser. My own Monster Arts Predator arrived yesterday, and I can honestly say it's far better than anything that NECA puts out, and that's coming from someone who has invested more money into NECA's toy lines than any other over the past two years. The wolf predator has long been my favorite movie design from any of the films, and this one captures him perfectly, even better than the one NECA put out several years ago (all of which I own.) The poseability and scale is great (he works PERFECTLY with marvel legends figs,) the sculpt is awesome and the accessories are top notch, even though the one I have is not the heavy armored one featured in this thread.

The main thing I love about it though, is the craftsmanship that you get with Japanese toys that you just don't with the domestic stuff. Meaning, it's nice knowing that when I move a joint to pose the figure, if it snaps off, it was because it was intended to, not because NECA sloshed on too much paint, or the plastic used on the toy was just cheap.

That's not to say that I think ill of NECA's Predator line, because I don't. I have nearly every one they have put out thus far. Honestly though, the only thing that they have over the Monster Arts one is their Predator variety and price point. After that, the monster arts has them beat in spades.