Integration

En Sabah Nerd · 08-26-2022, 06:05 PM

Got NECA's Last of Us 2 pack. When they first revealed this set the faces (specifically Ellie's) were pretty roughly painted but thankfully on delivery things are much improved. Ellie's expression is still decidedly peaceful for a character who's largely driven by anger and grief, an alternate angry head would've been welcome, but beyond that both figures look great. Ellie's tattoo is very sharply done and under close inspection she's even got her freckles. They also handle well as recent NECA figures have been, the company seems to be making active improvements in this area, but I tend to still be delicate with Ellie since her arms are so thin. The included array of accessories is respectively large and very well done. Ignoring alternate hands the set includes an axe, a standard machete, a leaf-blade machete, Joel's shotgun, one of Joel's shivs, Ellie's switchblade, Ellie's pistol, Joel's revolver, Ellie's scoped rifle, Ellie's bow with four arrows, and of course her backpack which can hold at least three arrows (I'm not brave enough to try all four at once). Really an acoustic guitar is the big thing I wish they would have included. I really would like for NECA to give us more from this license like Abby and some of the more unique infected (clickers and such) but I'm not going to be holding my breath.

Gamestop was taking an extra 25% off of clearance figures so I picked up bloody Kotal Kahn from MK11 for $14 after tax, they had both versions but this was the easy choice for me. The bloody sword (in-game labelled macana but this is supposed to be metal so I don't think it applies) looks particularly good. The torso articulation is rigid but otherwise he moves fine. His feet are kinda small for his stature but he does come with the usual disc base so that's an issue already solved. I mainly got him because I like his look and Kotal is one of my favorite "newer" kombatants to join the series. Once again I hope that McFarlane keeps the line running so we can see characters like Kano, Jade, Cassie, Shang Tsung, and so on.

08-26-2022, 06:05 PM	#37256
En Sabah Nerd Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 9,789	Got NECA's Last of Us 2 pack. When they first revealed this set the faces (specifically Ellie's) were pretty roughly painted but thankfully on delivery things are much improved. Ellie's expression is still decidedly peaceful for a character who's largely driven by anger and grief, an alternate angry head would've been welcome, but beyond that both figures look great. Ellie's tattoo is very sharply done and under close inspection she's even got her freckles. They also handle well as recent NECA figures have been, the company seems to be making active improvements in this area, but I tend to still be delicate with Ellie since her arms are so thin. The included array of accessories is respectively large and very well done. Ignoring alternate hands the set includes an axe, a standard machete, a leaf-blade machete, Joel's shotgun, one of Joel's shivs, Ellie's switchblade, Ellie's pistol, Joel's revolver, Ellie's scoped rifle, Ellie's bow with four arrows, and of course her backpack which can hold at least three arrows (I'm not brave enough to try all four at once). Really an acoustic guitar is the big thing I wish they would have included. I really would like for NECA to give us more from this license like Abby and some of the more unique infected (clickers and such) but I'm not going to be holding my breath. Gamestop was taking an extra 25% off of clearance figures so I picked up bloody Kotal Kahn from MK11 for $14 after tax, they had both versions but this was the easy choice for me. The bloody sword (in-game labelled macana but this is supposed to be metal so I don't think it applies) looks particularly good. The torso articulation is rigid but otherwise he moves fine. His feet are kinda small for his stature but he does come with the usual disc base so that's an issue already solved. I mainly got him because I like his look and Kotal is one of my favorite "newer" kombatants to join the series. Once again I hope that McFarlane keeps the line running so we can see characters like Kano, Jade, Cassie, Shang Tsung, and so on. __________________