[Dolemite]

The movie was absolutely hot garbage - it's seriously the worst Predator movie by far, MUCH worse then either of the AVP movies - but the Fugitive Predator was cool at least, and while I wasn't a fan of his design at first, it grew on me and now I really like it. It's a more high-tech look and it's a nice change that still maintains the basics that you'd want with a Predator design. Plus, I liked his sassy attitude.

NECA's Fugitive Predator figure is great, albeit with a few QC issues that aren't really a big deal. The paint on the masked head is consistently sloppy across the board, but I managed to find a store that had just put an entire case out and found one that was acceptably good (although not perfect, but better than the one in photo shoot above). I'm not really having an issue with the shoulder cannon, but I can see how things could go very wrong if I'm not careful with it. It just feels delicate. Also, they gave Fugitive dual wrist blades, which isn't film-accurate...in the movie he has a different gauntlet on his left arm, but whatever. No biggie, and otherwise the figure is great, with solid joints, great articulation, and good paint apps (mask aside).

As usual, Joe, great photo shoot. You did an especially nice job with the lighting. Do you use gels for the different colors?