Previous Thread:>>11260707In stores and online currently:Iron Maiden Future Past World Tour 2-packNightmare Before Christmas Ultimates wave 1 (Jack, Sally, Mayor, Santa Jack)Krampus, Der KlownUltimate Vincent PriceRock & Roll ALFTotally 80s ALFScorched Xenomorph (Alien Romulus)Ultimate Jack Goodman and David Kessler 2-pack (American Werewolf in London)Dracula (Hammer Horror of Dracula)Ben Cooper wave 3 (Beetlejuice, Stripe, Gizmo, Xenomorph)Hannibal Lecter (masked)Ult. M3GANRetro cloth M3GANCount Orlok (Nosferatu, black and white)Gorilla Soldier (Planet of the Apes)Frankenstein's Monster (Bride of Frankenstein deluxe)Toony JB Fletcher (Murder She Wrote)Chucky (Tv series Christmas Edition)Toony Terrors Silver Screen wave (They Live alien, VIncent Price, Vampira, Nosferatu)Toony Terrors 40th Anniversary Leatherface & Leatherface (Pretty Woman)TMNT Last Ronin "Battle Damaged" Ronin, Accessory Pack, Commando Synja BotTMNT Movie Leonardo vs Shredder, Casey Jones & Dirt BikeTMNT Mirage black and white First Sketch Turtles 2-packBlack and White Samurai Usagi Yojimbo
Did you guys pick up anything during the 12 Days of Figures event? I got lucky and got both Simon Belmont (already arrived) and Red Scout (hasn’t shipped yet). Would’ve got the Pale Man, but I woke up late that day and he was already sold out. Still crazy they had some old desirable figures like that.
Veebs has a new interview up with Trevor, who is overseeing the Sesame Street line as well as TMNT. Turns out Trevor was working at Palisades right as they were starting their own Sesame Street line and then...sadly, only their Grover made it out and the company went under.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNOaifBDskCliff notes version:>first three figures have shipped, Bert and Ernie will be hitting soon>Bert's unibrow is swappable between the faces. He also has removable hair for later accessories like a hat.>Focusing on the mid 70s and mid 80s Sesame Street >The Count's cape pattern had to be custom made to try to match -one version- of the Count's cape, if the line goes deep enough, they may do another.>The Count has a crook to his mouth when closed, possibly from how he's puppeted, and they made sure to include that on the figure>Sesame Street workshop has been extremely helpful in getting them the reference they need for things like the back of the Count's jacket.>Big Bird is coming. Was TEASED HEAVILY with Trevor miming how big the box would need to be. "Not that I'd know..." >Cookie Monster may be in some level of production too. Wasn't confirmed but got slipped into conversation when discussing the early stuff they were working on. "Every character we have coming up is like...furry and blue.">Some characters will have hinged mouths if they can do it without hurting the look of the figure
>>11280047And yes, Oscar is coming.
>>11280050It's a perfect replica of Blainerthings himself.
Saw the Romulus xeno, Rock and Roll ALF in store, and the new Universal Monster Toony Terrors. Hoping the Leech Woman and Case show up soon.
>>11280047>Cookie Monster may be in some level of production too. Wasn't confirmed but got slipped into conversation when discussing the early stuff they were working on. "Every character we have coming up is like...furry and blue."Grover and Mr. Johnson
Has there been a more precise release date for the Evil Dead Ash & Cheryl pack besides Q1 yet?
>>11280126No, nothing yet unfortunately. I would have to imagine we'll see it soon, since most of these companies work to get stuff out before Chinese New Year.
>>11280047>Focusing on the mid 70s and mid 80s Sesame StreetOof so no Elmo? Crazy they wouldn’t do the most popular character.
>>11280135Blaine will push for it to be made. He is the protege of Kevin Clash.
>>11280135Elmo is definitely not the most popular character.
>>11280135elmo is inevitable unless the line gets cancelled but i don't blame them for wanting to do all the classic characters first
>>11280199Like it or not, he’s definitely the most well known character.
>>11280218Absolutely not. Elmo is such a small, nothing part of Sesame Street. Especially for actual fans of the Muppets and Sesame Street.
>>11280226You pulling my leg?
>>11280226Actual fans of Sesame Street are either 4yo or retarded. And not retarded in the 4chan sense. Actually retarded. Developmentally stunted. It's one thing to be a manchild who likes Ninja Turtles, but being an adult fan of a show that exists to teach preschoolers the fundamentals of literacy and numeracy? Even Thomas the Tank Engine fans have more legitimacy.
>>11280247That's cool man, absolutely nothing you said is true in the slightest. You don't seem to understand the power of Muppet fans.
>>11280226> muh "real fans"cope
>>11280257Go look at any poll and Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird are guaranteed top 3. Elmo is a pop culture icon.
>>11280257>You don't seem to understand the power of Muppet fansAutism isn't a power, no matter how much The Predator tried to tell us it was.And considering the last Muppet movie couldn't even crack first place when it's competitor was Divergent, I think "the power of Muppet fans" speaks for itself.
>>11280272Not to actual Muppet fans. The ones buying these figures.
>>11280275Are you convinced an Elmo figure would fail?
>>11280276Don't worry, when they eventually make Elmo, he will champion NECA for making such a popular character. Same as how big head April was fine, until NECA decided it wasn't and needed to be redone.
>>11280276It has nothing to do with failing, it has everything to do with Elmo not being an important character for the line. He's one of the last characters that people buying this stuff actually wants. Guy Smiley is higher up than Elmo.
Elmo is the ONLY Seasame Street figure I'd even buy since I had several plushes of him growing up. Anyone who thinks Elmo isn't the most iconic Sesame Street character for Millenials/early Gen Z is out of their minds. Tickle Me Elmo caused brawls and riots when it came out.
>>11280309Yeah for shitty moms and brats. Real Sesame Street fans don't want Elmo. You are insane if you think that red fluffball means anything or is high on anyone's list.
>>11280318>Real Sesame Street fans don't want ElmoBut how do you know this? You can’t just speak for all Sesame Street fans.
>>11280350Because the people that are talking about these figures aren't talking about Elmo. There's dozens of classic Sesame Street characters people want before that.
>>11280355I think most people would’ve preferred Elmo before Bert and Ernie
>>11280135Big Bird when? Anybody got news on him?
>>11280275>Not to actual Muppet fans. The ones buying these figures.did you poll every person who bought them or did you just pull that out of your ass?>>11280291>Guy Smiley is higher up than Elmo.you are such a weird little freak.>>11280355>Because the people that are talking about these figures aren't talking about Elmoit's literally happening right now in this thread you retard.
>>11280478Are you illiterate or something? >>11280047
I heard there's a correlation between people that like Elmo and autism.Looks like it's true.
>>11280736What are you on about?
So I don't know if anyone else here noticed about that "12Days of Christmas" thing, but here's what happened. The 24th, scheduled to go into work, had covid and pneumonia and WAY to stubborn to go to doctors. Called out, taking DOUBLE the absences for calling out on a holiday. SO, I'm there at 4am, I'm having fever dreams, I click on NECA because, well, fever dreams, and realize they updated the toy list for that day FIVE hours early. I ordered $100 of figures, getting Betty White and the expensive "Red Scout" from Fortress 2. Notice a few hours later, they reset the list, deleting the "Sold Out" figures. Fever dream or not, I thought, "Hey... maybe it reset me being able to buy just 1 figure type on 1 day". It did. I proceeded to get another 5, with that Red Scout again. ...I then got more curious, did it again and again. So yeah, 5 times in total... could have kept going, but didn't want to press my luck on the orders being deleted. If the stacks of NECA boxes blocking my door like a snowstorm are any indication, it worked. They really did run the promo shitty, not sticking to their "9AM EST drop time) every morning, sometimes an hour early, sometimes 5, sometimes NO toys shown for hours... So I'm not shocked they fucked up the "only buy once a day" thing either at some point. Always follow that hunch.
>>11279850Totally missed Day 1. Fuckers. But every day there was expensive figs on eBay they had up, I grabbed them. Like I said in the post above this, they were pretty much dicks in sticking to the drop times THEY stated. Feel bad for anyone that came at the "right" time, just to find they'd been fucked with "sold out".
>>11281107>>11281135>Feel bad for anyone that came at the "right" time, just to find they'd been fucked with "sold out".Yet you bought 4-5 of these expensive figures to I’m assuming scalp? Do you not realize you were taking those from other collectors? Hypocrite.
>>11280309So you're not the target audience for the line, and hence Elmo doesn't need to be made.Elmo is for retards and pedophiles. Granted, there's plenty of those in existence.
>>11281186Do you realize how insane you sound?
>>11281186>Elmo is for retards and pedophiles.So Elmo is guaranteed to be made. Blaine will make sure of it.
>>11281204You sound like an obsessed freak
>>11281135>they were pretty much dicks in sticking to the drop times THEY stated.You are such an insane asshole. They aren't dicks for anything. You on the other hand, can rot in Hell.
>>11281212I’m pretty sure he meant they weren’t sticking to the stated drop times based on the other stuff he said.
>>11281177it's not his fault neca fucked up again as usual
>>11281219Except that they did. He's lying.
>>11281223Like hell they did. It was supposed to be 9am EST. One day, it's 8. One day, 45minutes early. One day, NOTHING for hours. The 24th, 4am. It was all over the place. I don't think they got it right on time even ONE day.
>>11281212Ah, piss off. NECA is clearing out their warehouse for the new thingie thing they're implementing for 2025. Oh noes, I bought 4 more Golden Girls Rose and Team Fortress Scout guy than someone else, cry me a bloody river. And you don't find it odd they messed up on the LAST day, as if to just get rid of these things taking up space?
>>11281228I don't know what drugs you're on but please overdose on them. Your bullshit is not at all convincing.
>>11281233Fuck off scalper scum
>>11281209>You are a freak for knowing that a NECA employee admitted to grooming a minorSpoken like someone that owns a life sized M3gan.
>>11281234Please shut up already.
>>11281234Like, for real real.
>>11281247>>11281250Please fuck off with the bad photoshops. You're convincing no one.
>>11281255Oh for fuck's sakes. Yeah, I just have a stack of Red Scout figures sitting around randomly like in my other pic, right?YOU sir or madam are a F'ing genius.
>>11281258You're a scalper, you think anyone believes shitbags like you?
>>11281262The fuck is wrong with you? I think your drugs are kicking in again. Get help.
>>11281250That was just a figure from the previous day…
>>11281186Elmo WILL be made and WILL outsell any other figure in the line. Dread it, run from it, Elmomania arrives all the same.
>>11281499Sad truth. Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird will probably outsell every other figure tenfold if not more.
>>11281620It probably will do well. I despise the thing, a character from long after my time, and an annoying one. But you have a generation or two that were FEVERISH over the red retard.
Despite the crazy christmas sale, I'm still fairly "new" to NECA figures. I've seen their old stuff (oh god, the paint job on the poor Succubus from Castlevania), I had someone send me the Krang body (baby Shredder missing his left leg entirely), and I'm looking at the 5 Robocops I got during the xmas sale, with only ONE having a decent paint job on his head... But I also have gotten The Creature, Elvira, Comic Con ALF, Ben Cooper kids which are fine. So was there a certain "year" where their quality jumped forward, or do they still have occasional issues?
>>11281696They've been consistently very good for the last 20some decades now.
>>11281696>baby Shredder missing his left leg entirelyNot a thing, it's a solid sculpted piece. Weird lie to tell.
>>11281697>They've been consistently very good for the last 20some decades nowThis is true. My 1865 NYCC exclusive Florence Trenchard from Our American Cousin is made from the finest beech wood and has very accurate sculpting for its time. The paint is well done, but has started to chip after over 150 years of frequent posing.
>>11281713You need mental help.
>>11281699Here we go again. A retard said that very same thing the first time I'd mentioned it months ago. "Herp derp, it's just 1 piece, guhAWW".No, no it's not you idiot. The legs are independent, snap-on.
>>11281718So you're a liar, ok.
>>11281699What I don't get is, you CLEARLY don't own the fucking thing, have ZERO idea how it's constructed... but you're on here just being a contrarian because... ...like what, your dad work at NECA or something? The shilling for NECA's fuckups throughout this to[pic and others is staggering. It's like watching a really sloppy blowjob, complete with duck quacking sounds... ...over a toy company that keeps fucking up?
>>11281696I don't know retard, maybe stop trying to compare older figures to modern ones? Gosh when did Hasbro get better? Durrr when did Mezco happen? Duhhh Jada makes action figures now?
>>11281722And now it's mask off with the real intent behind such a question! You didn't last very long before it slipped.
>>11281720Oh look retard, swivel feet.
>>11281724What's your issue now? That I asked if there was a definitive, clear moment that their quality jumped up?
>>11281727Oh look, you popped the foot out for the photo! So you were lying the whole time.
>>11281699>Not a thing, it's a solid sculpted piece. Weird lie to tell.This post aged well.
>>11281732wtf? That's how it came in-package. The thing wasn't even rattling around in there, it's just absent. AND, it also proves the dope saying "it's just 1 piece" is talking out their ass, just playing goalie for NECA without even owning what they're talking about.
>>11281727This is where Columbo would start calling you out for your obvious bullshit
I think the thing I've forgotten is, I can't actually "see" the apologist I'm arguing with in this NECA topic. In my mind, they're just someone that "doesn't understand" ...but they could also be a subject like you'd see on a Mr. Metokur stream, rocking back and forth, banging their head against the wall whimpering as they're typing back at me.
>>11281786Oh wow, this post again. So clever the 30th time.
>>11281788Sure bud.
>>11281790And there's the also not clever in the slightest trolling. Shocking.
>>11281798Are you going to at least have an original thought in your head or is it just stock replies?
>>11281808Ah, stock, lame replies it is.
>>11281816Yawn. Now on to the projection shitposts...
>>11281821You've run out of things to repeat already? Goodness. You didn't come prepared at all. Guess it really was hard for you to be original, huh?
>>11281830You're still struggling I see. F-, go back to the drawing board.
>>11281862So a bunch of made up bullshit is your reasoning? Not very smart.
>>11281873You really should quit spreading lies about people, especially since you've shown what your true motives are.
>>11281900Oh boy, off topic doxxing info.
>>11281913Spreading lies about someone and posting their personal info, which you did, is doxxing.
What’s the status on the gargoyles line?
>>11281925Give up. There's clearly an NECA employee or super-fan (or PR / marketing agent?) in threads on this company."NECA messed up Xmas figure drop times". "NUH-uh.""NECA enabled multiple Xmas purchases on the 24th". "NUH-uh.""NECA sent a figure out missing a leg". "NUH-uh.""NECA gots pedos working there". "NUH-uh."
>>11282200Do they have any characters left to still "do"?Like with most Disney properties, they have a GLUT of those figures, easy to find in stores, and even offered as "free" figures in their rewards program.
>>11282200Waiting to see. The scultpor was showing off Hudson's wings and mentioned having a few things ready, sculpted still.
>>11282200I wouldn't mind them doing what they did with Kenner Aliens, and delving into the 3 elemental "storm" figures that were done with clear parts.
>>11282216Oh that'd be neat. Especially if they're not doing stone versions.
>>11282200Dead.
I was mildly sad to see the nude Demona kit I bought was JUST short of her actual figure... but then again, it all depends on what frames of the show you're using for scale.
>>11282204MacBeth is the only announced one they haven't released yet. They could do the remaining clone clan but I doubt they'd sell that well.
>>11282280They showed Gabriel and Coldstone along with Macbeth at SDCC on their clocktower display. I'll try and find an image from the archive.
>>11282280Here you go.Let's see if the thread autist picks a fight with me for "stealing images."
>>11282206Yeah but he also said the line seemed to be on pause for the moment. I'm glad we got the main Manhattan clan but I was really hopeful for more. My biggest upset is that we didn't get Talon. I've wanted a Talon toy since I was a kid. The Pack would have been nice too.
>>11282216Neat but they need to do the clones recolor first and an armored Thailog.
>>11282572I could live without the clone recolors. If they did them I hope they do them as two packs.
>>11282364And yet you decided to react, like a dog being called.>>11282571>My biggest upset is that we didn't get TalonTalon and Griff for me.
apparently neca had plans for a samara morgan figure but couldn't secure the rights… this was back in the early 2000s and they came up with the concept and everything but dreamworks didn't let them go through with it. the figure would have come with a television set and a well and samara's hair would have been flexible. i would prefer a sadako figure from the original japanese movie myself but at this point i would take anything. what do you think the chances are neca will reapproach this idea and would you buy it if they did?
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>>11282653>i would prefer a sadako figure from the original japanese movie myself but at this point i would take anythingThere is an SH Figuarts Sadako, but it came out over a decade ago, so the aftermarket price will fuck you so hard that you won't shit right for a week.
They’ve now added a $200 mystery box for $79
>>11282954Nice! These have been pretty great deals.
Got the new Ben Cooper figures in from Elm Street Toys. Really like this wave. Gotta open the last two still, but Krampus or Nossy might be my favorites.
>>11283292I do like Sam having two swap masks though.
>>11283293And less exciting, I bought a Toony Frankenstein's Monster. He's fun. Also got the Gargoyles "Vows" set on sale from Best Buy. Need to open that up this weekend.
>>11283293Do you have the ultimates Sam to compare it with?
Apologies if this has been asked before! I can’t help but noticing that all of these blind boxes seem to mostly contain figures that have been the standard peg warmers in the collector’s section at any Target I’ve been to over the past year. I’ve also noticed that NECA products have been pretty absent from Targets more recently. Lots of Funko Pops and DC McFarlane stuff though. So did NECA buy back their surplus Target inventory for these blind boxes? If so, did they do it to make room for new products or are Target stores no longer offering NECA figures?
>>11283988They only did it to quickly clear up space from older product hanging around, yeah. Target's getting new stuff still, even on their website. New Universal Monster Toony Terrors, Alf, Nightmare Before Christmas, new TMNT stuff...
>>11282653I'd probably buy one since she was one of the few horror monsters to genuinely scare me(even if I was a kid at the time), but damn I'm coombrained at this point and rather have one with her "adult" proportions like the Kotobukiya statue.
>>11282675Yeah my Sadako set me back £130 on the aftermarket but she’s my favourite figure. Three different heads, removable torso so you can pose her coming out of the supplied TV or on all fours with a special ‘crawling’ lower half and hair sculpt. There isn’t a great deal of detail on her though.
>>11283431I do
Bit slow on reveals lately…
>>11285041Lotta stuff is supposed to start hitting stores in the first half of the year. Basically a lot of the stuff we saw at SDCC. Then there's Toy Fair in March. I would imagine we'll have some news inbetween all that...but it is just the first week of the year.
Can we revive the general with some discussion?
>>11283988Definitely still doing neca stuff. They've gotten a bunch of new things in over the last couple of weeks at the stores around here.
>>11285041Januaries are very slow in general for when it comes to toy discussion, be patient
>>11286725Why is that?
>>11287926Store resets, Chinese New Year on the 29th, most companies try to get stuff made and shipped before that, but if they can't, then it has to wait till after.
So where is the NECA Pamela all of you insisted was real?
>>11288106You mean the one the sculptor already confirmed was real? Nobody said it was coming out right away, so likely this year.
Thoughts on this ranking of the all the ultimates?The winners in each of their respective categories are the following- Day 1- Best- Friday the 13th Part 7 Jason VoorheesDay 2- Worst- Gremlins Gizmo Day 3- Best Accessories- ChuckyDay 4- Overrated- Nosferatu Count Orlok (color version) Day 5- Iconic- Alien 40th anniversary Big ChapDay 6- Underrated- Friday the 13th Part 5 Roy Burns Day 7- Overpriced- KrampusDay 8- Biggest Surprise- London After Midnight Professor Burke Day 9- Best Articulation- Prey Feral Predator
>>11288175Disagree on Krampus being overpriced, it's a single use mold with tons of sculpting and paint apps and chains. Price makes sense. I don't get what makes Orlok overrated. These listings don't really make sense.
>>11288198>I don't get what makes Orlok overratedThat one was divisive, but the reasoning was that he’s not really scary and doesn’t look like he does in the movie. He looks more like he does in that SpongeBob episode.
>>11288963>and doesn’t look like he does in the movieHe looks exactly like he does in the movie, I get the feeling none of you have watched it.
>>11280050>>11280087Starts off directly in the trashbin where neca belongs. XD
>>11288986Going to have to agree. That Spongebob shit has rotted people's brains. Sad to see , especially on such an important movie.
NECA's got an Elvis Stitch a-comin'. Looks like it'll have minimal articulation. Neat.
>>11290552...Have you never seen Lilo and Stitch?
>>11290645You are a lost cause then. Cause no, this is not your insane made up crossover. This is shit that's been going on ever since the movie came out. This is nothing new.
>>11290880Dressing up as Elvis, yes. They've stuck Stitch in every Elvis costume, hell, every KIND of costume imaginable ever since the movie came out all those years ago. There's no negotiations that have to take place that haven't already. Plus this particular look for Stitch has been marketed in plushes and vinyls galore for over a year and a half at least, maybe longer. There's even one of him in a gold costume that was really popular around one of the Haulathons.
>>11290886You want to justify a shitposter that was making things up. You need to learn to not be so gullible to think a Stitch costume change is some big crossover. Even Super7 has sold Stitch in Elvis costumes. It's not a big deal. Funko thrives off it. Stitch in an Elvis costume is the biggest nothing variant ever. The only real news here is that this might be an action figure, and/or might be a new line of Stitch figures. Or it might just be another one off. That's what we're waiting to see.>a Disney animated movie aimed at elementary school girls.Also wtf? You need some happiness in your life if you think that. Lilo and Stitch is an incredible movie that is deeper than most of the shit we get these days.
One got a myster box?
>>11279846Microsoft and Storm Collectibles just decided not to renew their Gears of War license, despite the fact they had two figures for pre-order and a new game will be coming out.Could NECA potentially get the license back? There's time that they could have figures out on shelves for the release of Gears E-Day, instead of Storm taking years and years.
>>11291262IS there a new Gears of War game coming? They probably could get it back, but I don't know that they'd want to. Though there's a lot of figures they could re-release if they wanted...those were pretty cool at the time.
>>11291263Yeah Gears E-day. Probably 2026 or 2027. It's a prequel set before the first game, so I think they could reuse a lot of stuff.IIRC Randy was always a personal fan of Gears of War and wanted to keep the line going longer than it did.
