/RAPT/ General - Strike a pose! edition (seriously these figures have a wide stance).Welcome to the RAPT general.This general is mainly for these franchises. You can talk about modern lines (except for NECA), but the main focus is on the older vintage stuff from Kenner, Toy Island, etc.Discussion of the films and other media is also welcome.Discussion of other similar films and toylines like Rambo, Last Action Hero, Congo, Demolition Man, even Waterworld, is cool. Especially if it pertains to part swapping, customs, or features for wishful toylines you'd like to see.NECA posting is off-topic, and should be ignored.
>>11807329I genuinely hope I never lose a limb, but if it were to happen, the cosplay potential is significant.
>>11807423Previous thread.>>11798007I really need to remember to add the previous thread into the OP.
>>11807431We already had a new thread though.
>>11807423Managed to find the translucent green version of the Xeno for pretty cheap. Can't wait for it to arrive.
>>11807459I didn't even know it existed. Or maybe I did read about it in Toyfair mag back in the day and forgot it existed. And on my first search, I find an eBay listing for two other variants I forgot/didn't know about. Were there any others?
https://ohmyprimus.com/fgvwlt01.htmlJust who is this handsome devil
>>11807508Well I didn't even know there was a translucent brown version. That looks awesome.
>>11807435Neca troll thread doesn't count.
>>11807508Those look rad. If the Green one were a little more vibrant it could look like a Predator vision variant.I'm surprised they didn't do an all black version, maybe if the line had done better.>I didn't even know it existed.It's says on the box of the top one it's a Japan limited edition version, so these must have been specifically for that market. They do love their clear variants.I wish more Sofubi figures of these franchises would come out. Could you imagine a Movie Monster Series style Xenomorph and Predator? They'd be wicked.
>>11807520>Just who is this handsome devilThat is the best T2 Arnie likeness I have ever seen, is it bootlegged off the Hot Toys or does the random company have some savant sculptor in their basement?
Police Station Shootout Termy
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Colorful
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>>11807714Needs a rerelease on the new body and hips, but a great one.
>>11807762Queen is the friggin' best, most beautiful figure there is.
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>>11807764Yeah it truly is a work of art, it’s crazy they were able to do what they did at an affordable price point. Kudos to NECA
Ahem.>You can talk about modern lines (except for NECA), but the main focus is on the older vintage stuff from Kenner, Toy Island, etc.
>>11807878As long as it’s one of the franchises, it’s on topic.
>>11807910It clearly isn't. Did you read the OP?
>>11807912It's mind is as broken as a Neca leg joint.
>>11807936So not at all
>>11807912You can’t just say the largest producer of toys for these franchises is off topic. It’d be like saying Hasbro discussion is off topic in the Star Wars or Marvel generals.
>>11807975There is no "Hasbro General" though.
My fave
>>11807942Delusional as well.
>>11807631>It's says on the box of the top one it's a Japan limited edition version, so these must have been specifically for that market.From the few sources that mention them, it appears so. Crazy that they are barely documented. Most wikis don't mention them, and Figure Realm doesn't list them. What I have been able to find out has just been from a couple of YouTube videos and some eBay listings. If the anon that bought one hadn't mentioned it, I'd probably never find out.
>>11807673>>11807674the perfect color for an ayy lmao when you think about it
>>11807886these look awesome but the ankles are a bummer
>>11808616I kinda knew there was a green variant so I was just stoked to get it but I didn't realize how rare they were until now wtf. Looking around, the clear brown does seem to be the rarest or most sought after among the three variants.
>>11808628How much did you pay for the green one? Clear Brown does seem the most sought after, which is understandable because it looks awesome. Like a regular Resurrection Warrior that has just molted. >>11808624Don't reply to him. Delete your post and don't let the troll bait you.
>>11808652Yep, I got it for $15 USD from a Japanese reseller. Should arrive within the next two weeks.
>>11808660Ok, I am really jealous now. That was an amazing score. Post pics when you get him. We'll probably be on the next thread by then since the schizo can't stop spamming.
>>11808670God I love that version of the endo. Really nice coloring.
>>11807769>>11807770I wish I had my red aliens back. I don't know what their deal was exactly but they were very pretty.
>>11807878That's a stupid rule. I want a place to talk about that Terminator figure.
https://5ktoys.com/collections/pre-order/products/2nd-batch-preorder52toys-official-licensed-1-12-yoshi-alien-xenomorph-action-figureAnyone had one of these before? Love the styling.
>>11808762thats what neca general is for
Oh look it’s redditor the predator.
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>>11808495Whoever did the sculpting on this figure for Kenner did some truly gorgeous work. The shark motif on the head is great while also bringing in design elements of the Warrior and Queen heads. I also really like the angular details on the ribcage.
It's a shame because NECA's licenses so coherently adhere to a kind of genre that you could probably get away with a thread just covering 80s action sci fi horror franchises and have stuff from other companies in it. Maybe someday we will evolve as a species enough.
>>11808495Normally I don't like battle-damage figures, but even as a kid I thought it was cool to see the internals of the Xeno. I kinda wish they'd gone with the pose for the main Warrior Alien.
>>11809795Visible internals is such a great toy gimmick
>>11809828>such a great toy gimmickI was always amazed that almost every single Kenner Aliens figure from the '93 line had at least two gimmicks per figure, with the exceptions being the AVP two-pack (although that has a screen accurate translucent dome), and the Scorpion Alien only having the burst apart gimmick, all the others have extra stuff going on, Snake alien had the bendy wire body and snapping jaw, Gorilla had water blasting head and grabby arms, Flying Queen had the flapping wings and snapping foot. All great stuff, and none of it interfered with regular play. I knew I was getting older though when I realised I couldn't press the Flying Queen's wing flap button down all the way without crushing my thumb in between the wings.
>>11809828One of the live action transformers movies (Revenge of the Fallen maybe?) had a gimmick called Mech Alive when you moved the parts around you could see gears and shit turning around inside. Very cool.
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Yeah bro, can you stop posting NECA figures in the NECA thread?
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>>11809926There's a NECA thread and this isn't it.
>>11809962Nobody is using that loser thread so it has to chimp out and ruin things in the actual active ones. It monitors TMNT and any other Neca adjacent generals to spam and troll.
You gotta admit, the neca figures have fantastic sculpts and paint application. Its a shame they pivoted over to childish bullshit and slashers.
>>11810992Do you...even listen to yourself?
>>11810992I don't have to admit anything.
>>11811008>>11811018Why do you people do this shit? I don't give a fuck about one company over another. I'm just pointing out what I see. You must live some royally sheltered lives to complain so intensely about toys.
>>11811100autism, just ignore it.I wonder how many kids actually saw the RAPT films. for me I think there was just so much advertising or ads on tv for that stuff, you didn't need to see them to be interested because the designs were so cool.
>>11811152>I wonder how many kids actually saw the RAPT films.I can't remember when exactly I first saw all the films but I'd definitely seen T2, RoboCop, Aliens, and most importantly to me Predator before I was 6, because I remember my parents buying me the figures while they were still at retail and I had seen those films by that point. My parents did a great job of explaining that the films were all make-believe when I was super young, so I was never frightened, instead I became fascinated by trying to figure out how they did the things I saw on screen.
>>11810992Break a leg, longneck.
>>11811294Be a more obvious troll
>>11811152I saw all of the originals as they came out on VHS except Alien, which I didn't see until after I saw Aliens, which wouldn't have been until the late 80s. The first time we rented Terminator, the tape was damaged so we couldn't watch it until the following week.When we rented Predator, I somehow missed the opening minute which shows the Predator arriving from space, so the appearance of the alien creature was a surprise in what was seemingly a regular action movie with weird thermal camera scenes that didn't make sense until he appeared.No unique story for Robocop. I just fuckin loved it. Now Alien/Aliens was a journey to discover. I was aware of the sequel's existence because of some interview with "the chick from Ghostbusters" that I saw on some daytime tv show when I was home sick one day in 86, and during the interview, they showed a clip from the movie, and of course it was part of the final showdown with the Queen. I never caught the name of the movie, but holy shit did that glorious beast stick in my memory. I remember seeing the VHS cover at the video store, but it was just some chick holding a little girl, so it never interested me.Fast forward a couple of years, and after watching a movie one night, i flick it over and there it is. That creature from the interview that stuck in my memory. And it's got the chick from Ghostbusters, but she's also carrying a little girl, just like that VHS cover at the video shop.And the name of the movie is Aliens. I have now pieced it all together.Rented it the next week, watched it, and figured out that it was a sequel, so the following week when I returned it I asked the owner if he had the original movie. Of course they did!Saw T2 and Alien 3 in the cinema. Also Robocop 3, but the less said about that, the better.
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Do you guys prefer the original Facehugger Queen colours or the "screen accurate" recolour from the two pack?Also were you ever young enough that the toy scaled to life-size for you to play with?
I wish I still had my Xenomorph mega bloks. Those were amazing.
>>11812557original colors, no contest. Giger's designs are iconic for a multitude of reasons and his artwork is haunting on it's own, but the kenner design team just fully understood how to take all that worked about his motiefs and make them feel right at home in a toy box. They did with aliens and predator what they did with JP, and the end result is simply enchanting.
>>11812752I like that they were able to incorporate the design motif of the Queen's crest into the Facehugger design. Also making it so that the legs sit asymmetrically adds just a little more life to the toy.
>>11812557I always thought the original colours were weird, but they make a far more interesting toy than the 2 pack version.>>11812770I never even realised that they shaped it like the Queen's crest back then. As an adult, it's clear to see.
>>11812921sweet picture. just some xenobros chillin, killin
>>11812989Speaking of Kenner doing interesting colour choices, here are the two versions of their "Ultimate Predator" the two-pack version on the left and the single release on the right. I know the one on the left is kinda more screen accurate with the colours and definitely has more paint, but I think I prefer the single release version. It just pops on the shelf more. Although that could be personal bias talking as I had the single version as a kid and only picked up the two-pack version a couple years back.I don't have the Alien from that set because I don't really like the way they did that figure because it's just the Runner/Dog Alien in an upright stance and no dome. It's a shame they didn't take the opportunity to revisit doing another Big Chap, or do an Aliens style Warrior.
>>11816400Also as a fun little aside, I definitely enjoyed pairing up the Predator with Hulk for some battles when that film came out. Interestingly these two figure actually scale pretty well based on how big the characters are in their respective films.I miss this era of large vinyl rotocast figures, sure the articulation is all over the place (the Predator figure only moves at the shoulders), but they have such excellent sculpts and shelf-presence at a really reasonable price.
>>11816400The single release does look better even if it has less paint. The contrast between the skin and the teeth gives it more definition.
>>11816646Perfect world, they would have painted the gloves, and spines on the chest and head, but the orange does a great job of bringing the figure to life. It also reminds me of Cracked Tusk, just because they're both orange.
Dek came out great
>>11817131more liek Drek lol
>>11817417I really don't like the design for this character, and not just the dreads, but the armour itself, it looks less like Predator armour and more like generic "alien hunter" armour you'd find in an Asylum film. The original Stan Winston design had this mix of elegant and industrial look, Predator 2 made the armour slightly more ornate, but over the decades Predator armour has just become generic metal plates with angled lines all over it. Just look at the wrist blades, the original design looked wicked, like it wouldn't just cut you, it would tear through the flesh, Dek's blades just look like segmented spikes. Also where is the fucking fishnets?
>>11817637Dude, just let it go.
>>11817662huh I've never seen this, cool crossover
>>11817662>>11817664Shitposting aside i really like that dog. It looks cool
Inart 1/6 T1 T-800 Endoskeleton
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>>11817761No guns? No 1/12? Meh
>>11816404>Aussie anon loves the old TB rotocasts tooMan it's a small world. That Hulk was easily one of my favorite toys as a kid. Every year I'm tempted to grab a replacement but I get cold feet for one reason or another. Thanks for sharing your discovery, I'd never imagine these twomwould pair so well. What makes the disappearance of these sorts of toys from shelves sting all the more is how terrible those titan hero shampoo bottle toys often are. Hard to even imagine a modern boy's franchise making something like these two.
>>11817768You'd think some random toy manufacturer would start selling bags of random action figure guns. Think Green Army men but each bag is rife with weapons meant for specific scales.
>>11817768It’s specifically Terminator 1, so yeah, no gun
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>>11817802>>11817803I wish NECA did more cool variants like this
>>11817810I'm surprised they stopped where they did. They practically ignored the other two thirds of the kenner T2 line. No Kromium, no Cybergrip, none of the other Arnold variants, just really odd priorities.
>>11817761>>11817764>>11817766This does a great job of making the Endo look solid. So many companies end up making the Endoskeleton look spindly. To this day I still use the Kenner figure for reference as how wide the Endo should be, though even I will concede it's probably a bit too wide.
>>11817769>Every year I'm tempted to grab a replacement but I get cold feet for one reason or another.You should do it, anon. They'll only get harder to find as time goes on.
>>11818230https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElogqKc7AIk
>>11807423Is this her Stand?
You know what the wildest thing about this photo is? That the tiny little Micro Machines Big Chap is probably more expensive to buy now than the HiYa RoboCain.
>>11821624I never saw those Micro Machines sets at retail because I don't think they got a local release. I did see them at a comic and collectibles store in my local city back then, which was also the only place I ever saw the Kenner Queen Hive playset, and scoffed at the prices they wanted for them. I was tempted a couple of times when I was cashed up, but I could never pull the trigger. If I had a time machine, that would be one of the first things I would tell myself is worth altering the timeline for. That and warn myself that my parent's divorce will be hell, and to cut all ties with them when it happens.
>>11821728>I did see them at a comic and collectibles store in my local city back then, which was also the only place I ever saw the Kenner Queen Hive playset, and scoffed at the prices they wanted for them.There's a store that has them near me, their just loose in bags, and they're asking like 90s bucks for them. But this store over-charges for everything because they don't really have any competition. They were also asking between 70 and 120 bucks for some RoboCop Ultra Police figures. I want them, but I'm not getting bent over a barrel for them.
>>11821760Yeah, the store I saw them at was the most overpriced collectibles store in Melbourne (for any Aussie in the thread, I'm talking about Minotaur) and if I remember correctly, the transforming playsets were about $70 and the little packs were $30 in local dollarydoos, so about 3x what they usually would have cost at retail. This was in the mid-late 90s that they had them. These days the transforming head goes for close to $300 roobucks before shipping.
>>11821778Ah yeah, I stopped shopping at Minotaur, partially because the prices were bullshit, but also because the customer service sucked ass. You'd go in there and they'd act like they were better than you if you asked anything or shared an opinion while chatting at the register.I was talking about Lobo's, that store has a great selection, but nothing ever moves because they charge at least double whatever anything is worth. But they have that big fancy Kenner Star Wars display that brings them great PR. Fuck those guys. It sucks not having any real variety in store choice here.
>>11821792Oh shit, we are both from Melbourne. Well, formerly for me. I'm out bush these days.>You'd go in there and they'd act like they were better than you if you asked anything or shared an opinion while chatting at the register.That was why I ditched them. Terrible customer service. The only place that was worse was this dumpy comic shop that was down the Parliament end of Bourke St. I swear the dude that ran it was the archetype that Comicbook Guy in The Simpsons was based on.>I was talking about Lobo'sLobos is fucking awesome just to browse like it's a museum. It was the one place that I have ever seen an original Eternia playset from MOTU set up. But yeah, they seriously overcharge. Unlike Minotaur, the guys there are really friendly and down for a chat, even if you aren't buying anything.
>>11821810>The only place that was worse was this dumpy comic shop that was down the Parliament end of Bourke St.Classic Comics, yeah. I bought like one graphic novel and a keyring from there once. All Star is still kicking though and they're good.>the guys there are really friendly and down for a chat, even if you aren't buying anything.I got Aron's Collectables in Blackburn those guys used to work at Lobo's then started their own place. Fucking awesome guys. If you're into Doctor Who they occasionally get actors from the show in to do signings.
>>11821817>Classic ComicsThat was the one. I only ever bought a couple of back issues I couldn't find anywhere else and Manga Cyber Violator from there. I'm not surprised it's gone with the attitude that guy had.>All Star is still kicking though and they're good.The two guys that started All Star used to work at Comics R Us in the late 90s when it was in Russel St and for a while when they moved into the upper floor of the old Minotaur building. Absolute top dudes.>I got Aron's Collectables in Blackburn those guys used to work at Lobo's then started their own placeThey might have been the guys I was talking about, because they weren't there the last time I went to Lobos. I can't remember their names, but whenever I'd go in for a browse I'd end up just talking nerd shit for an hour with them. If it's them, I'm glad they are doing well.
>>11821849That's right, keep posting, faggot. Then I can start a new thread.
>>11821850And we'll fill it up too
New thread.>>11821858
>>11821850Don't interact with him. That's what he wants.In other Alien news, I bought the Figlite Facehugger which is now in my private warehouse, and now that it's come back into stock, I'm thinking of getting the xeno egg to complete the set. It feels crazy spending that much on wind up toys when those things were the cheapest thing as a kid, but I don't care. Facehugger goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
>>11821864You already lost
>>11821849Such a good figure
>>11821850stop being a psycho
>>11822565Post another picture, faggot.
