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Dolemite · 07-19-2021, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

Too many cheap repaints/rehashes in these reveals. Why another purple Super Shredder that looks the same as the previous one? Why another Chucky/Tiffany 2-pack that also looks like the set I already got 2 years ago?

It really seems that NECA's presentation today was mostly received negatively. I sure as hell was underwhelmed by just about everything. It's all crappy repaints and re-releases of figures that should have been released that way to begin with, like Casey Jones with an unmasked head sculpt or MacReady with a fucking flamethrower.

NECA is a small company with limited means, I get it. But they clearly have zero idea how to maximize their lines since they buy licenses and do almost nothing with them but repaints and re-releases. NECA used to be exciting. Now they're just boring as fuck.

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You can't just repaint Ming and Flash in the 1980 movie colors and have people accept that those are the actual movie figures when they don't have the right headsculpts and actor likenesses or accurate costume details.

Yup. The first thing I thought of when I saw those figures was that they looked like cheap Hong Kong knock-offs of legit Flash Gordon movie figures. Just a stupid, pointless thing for NECA to do.

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And a Phantom that finally comes with a pair of pistols that the first release should have included (more Kong/Macready forced-double dipping).

Exactly. EXACTLY.

07-19-2021, 03:02 PM	#29
Dolemite Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 4,023	Quote: Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue Too many cheap repaints/rehashes in these reveals. Why another purple Super Shredder that looks the same as the previous one? Why another Chucky/Tiffany 2-pack that also looks like the set I already got 2 years ago? It really seems that NECA's presentation today was mostly received negatively. I sure as hell was underwhelmed by just about everything. It's all crappy repaints and re-releases of figures that should have been released that way to begin with, like Casey Jones with an unmasked head sculpt or MacReady with a fucking flamethrower. NECA is a small company with limited means, I get it. But they clearly have zero idea how to maximize their lines since they buy licenses and do almost nothing with them but repaints and re-releases. NECA used to be exciting. Now they're just boring as fuck. Quote: You can't just repaint Ming and Flash in the 1980 movie colors and have people accept that those are the actual movie figures when they don't have the right headsculpts and actor likenesses or accurate costume details. Yup. The first thing I thought of when I saw those figures was that they looked like cheap Hong Kong knock-offs of legit Flash Gordon movie figures. Just a stupid, pointless thing for NECA to do. Quote: And a Phantom that finally comes with a pair of pistols that the first release should have included (more Kong/Macready forced-double dipping). Exactly. EXACTLY. Last edited by Dolemite; 07-19-2021 at 06:14 PM..