NECA figures - Are they any good?

[SCB]

SCB, you seem to be a big fan of NECA. Can you tell me how are the Predator figures are and what are the better ones?

I really like what I am seeing so I will pick them up if they are pretty consistent with articulation.

NECA Predators are pretty much my favorite thing to collect not related to He-Man.

Well if you want the best, you need to look into the Lost Tribe. At the end of Predator 2, nine predators showed up. Each with a unique look and Neca spent a couple of years making every single one.



8 of them have the super articulation: double knees, ball hips, ball waist. One of them, Elder, has out dated standard articulation.

The must haves?

Boar

Stalker (his brother)


Warrior on the left (my favorite of the group only one with blue translucent skin) Guardian on the right

Lost Predator


In addition, Toys R Us right now currently has a two pack with a super articulated Classic Predator and a battled damaged predator from the second film.


And Series 7, which should hit any day now will have the masked Predator 2, which is a beauty and must have.


Collecting these are pretty addicting once you start because they did such a great job on each one.

Pretty good guide if you want to see the other Lost Tribe members
http://www.oafe.net/blog/2012/06/the-lost-predators/

[TheFallen]

Thanks SCB. The pics look great and it is good to know that the articulation is pretty good.

I have preordered the newest City Hunter and the Jungle Hunter and Dutch wave. I might have to track down some of these other ones now.

[SCB]

Another one I really want is actually from a fan film Batman Dead End where a samurai type predator shows up called Big Red to confront Batman. NECA is cool enough to make that. Comes out in series 7 any day now.

[TheFallen]

I have seen all the Predator movies (including AvP) but I didn't even realise that they were all so different from each other. I might have to get a few of these and I hope there are more humans coming than just Dutch.

[SCB]

Well there's more. There's the Super Predators Tribe from the Predators movie. These are actually considered the lower end of NECA's Predator figures due to the lesser articulation and paints, but something to think about, including the predator hound.

[TheFallen]

Aliens Series 1 has gone up for preorder on BBTS.


I think I am hooked with this line.

[Nekk-ra]

Darn you SCB!

I stayed away from NECA because of the weird articulation of the earlier figures, but your vouching of the Predator figures made me check them out. Now I have the Hound, Shaman, City Hunter/Jungle 2-pack, picked up Warrior today, and Big Red is in my pile of loot at BBTS (the Aliens figures are on pre-order there, too). And I want more.

[SCB]

You won't regret getting into the line after having them.

[kylun flac]

Neca stuff is amazing. I still display my Neca MOTU 200x with my MOTUC. They almost blend right in.

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I would have been very happy if all the 200x characters/figures & all the other characters from MOTU were made as Neca statues.

[Eternia Burning]

Other than a few odds and ends, the only NECA line I collected is Gremlins. I love those figures, and hope they show more at NYTF.

[MOTU_Maniac]

Neca stuff is amazing. I still display my Neca MOTU 200x with my MOTUC. They almost blend right in.

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I would have been very happy if all the 200x characters/figures & all the other characters from MOTU were made as Neca statues.

I agree with you 100%! I just started collecting the 200X NECA stactions and LOVE them!

[SCB]

Yeah they're good.




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Concrete Jungle

[iron_pride]

Whoa that Rambo is much cooler than I expected. Gonna have to go grab one.