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Originally Posted by Dolemite

It's a $25 figure vs. an $80 one. The comparison/expecting the same level of quality is silly.

I'd argue that the NECA figure is the far better value overall.

Yes I mentioned the prices in the comment I made and I never expected the quality to be at the same level for the prices, though even at $25...which I actually paid $30 for the retro figure, I'd say it's not much value regardless considering how poor the articulation at the time the figure was in stores actually was. No thigh rotation, bad hip design, only a forward and back ankle joint, no bicep joints, elbows barely bent and didn't even go at least 90 degrees, the clothes fit poorly with bulging joints pushing the fabric out... no the 8" Retro figure was actually kinda terrible, though they apparently fixed some issues with articulation on later figures, after three or four of the Retro figures I was done buying them.

The 7" 30th anniversary figure is actually the best value over all for the prices. For just $20 more than the 8" Retro figure was at the time it was at retail and $20 to $30 less than the Mezco figure, you get three Ash heads, the deer head, the book, the dagger and Ed with another head and tons of articulation. Even just comparing the NECA figures, the retro figure has less value for what you get than their fully sculpted figures.

If NECA just designed their retro bodies better at the time and kept their paint detail to the same level as their 7" figures there wouldn't be that much issue but they cheaped out and charged more than their 7" figures. Mezco is way overpriced but they got the cloth wearing figures right and it gives them the look of a bigger figure at an inch and a half shorter than the NECA Retro figure. If you can get the Mezco figure for less than $70 I'd say get it.