Kyle Reese - NECA

[KoBE]

Has anyone seen this before? Definitely a different sculpt.

Has anyone actually seen of these in stores? Some nutcake on NECA's fb page today is claiming he picked one up from TRU, but only reposted the picture above to support his claim.

 

[MaulFan]

I got mine from the TRU website but not in store.

 

[KoBE]

I got mine from the TRU website but not in store.

Is it like the one in the picture?

 

[MaulFan]

Is it like the one in the picture?

No, that must be an alternate sculpt NECA was planning to use at some point and dropped, this is what they've put out.

 

[a-dev]

Seems a slightly open mouth is always the preferred option with Biehn sculpts. McFarlane did it and NECA have done it now both with Reese and Hicks.

 

[MaulFan]

Seems a slightly open mouth is always the preferred option with Biehn sculpts. McFarlane did it and NECA have done it now both with Reese and Hicks.

I recently went through T1 for stills to inspire photos, and the open mouth is actually seen more with Biehn throughout T1 than you might think, it's the right choice to give the sculpt that, kudos to NECA's sculptor for picking up on that. I'll have to watch Aliens again to see if he does it there as much.

 

[henzINNIT]

Not a fan of the closed mouth sculpt tbh. While not perfect either, the released version looks better.

 

[cplhicks]

I got this a little while back and I got to say the likeness is a lot better in person.

 

[Mikass007]

The figure is not bad, but I think NECA could've done a little better on the sculpt. Here are some more photos on my website...

https://www.basementoftatlock.com/2013/01/terminator-series-3-kyle-reese.html

 

[crazypredator2]

the way the eyes, face are painted ,screws up the sculpt and likeness, a very bad cheap paint job.neca is getting cheaper and cheaper, they need to sell these at the dollar tree, instead of toysrus.

 

[Sachiel]

The eyebrows are

 

[snoop101]

the way the eyes, face are painted ,screws up the sculpt and likeness, a very bad cheap paint job.neca is getting cheaper and cheaper, they need to sell these at the dollar tree, instead of toysrus.

Damn, . They're not that bad. You shouldn't expect much for a $15 figure.

The eyebrows are

That's what screws up the likeness, everything else looks great. The eyebrows on the prototype were painted right above his eyes like they should be, and on the finished product they are placed way too high on his forehead.

 

[MaulFan]

Damn, . They're not that bad. You shouldn't expect much for a $15 figure.

The eyes are poor even for a $15 figure, the problem is for whatever reason, they didn't paint the whites white or something, the whites of the eyes are basically flesh tone and the iris is almost the same tone, so there's no definition to them, other than shadow from light, they're almost lost against hte rest of his face. NECA's done better work.

 

[snoop101]

They look fine on my figure. What looks strange to me are the teeth, those I can definitely tell are flesh colored. Overall I thought the paint was really good.


The eyebrows are straight retarded looking.

 

[a-dev]

Teeth and eyes are flesh coloured on mine. Theres barely even any colour off the irises. Although, the eyes are surprisingly neatly painted unlike most of T-800s many of which have wonky eyes with more white in one eye than the other, white painted onto eyelids etc etc.

 

[crazypredator2]

anyway you cut it, kyle reese had bad qc on his paint job and makes him look like a dollar tree toy.

 

[snoop101]

anyway you cut it, kyle reese had bad qc on his paint job and makes him look like a dollar tree toy.

 

[DiFabio]

I've seen a ton of Kyle Reese (atleast 20 at Toys R Us) and checked them all. Some are poorly painted, some are not. T-1000 was like this as well. I saw quite a few Pescadero T-1000 figures that had these sort of "pasty" faces, really bad pale, matte colored faces. Some even lacked eyebrows completely.


The Reese I picked up is perfect. The eyes were impressive, the eyebrows aren't high like that and the 5 o'clock shadow is perfectly painted. Unfortunately, the shot gun is warped from the trigger to the end of the barrel. I was looking for good paint apps and ended up getting a dud gun.

I will admit, for every 2-3 great ones I've seen, I saw even more duds.

 

[MaulFan]

They look fine on my figure. What looks strange to me are the teeth, those I can definitely tell are flesh colored. Overall I thought the paint was really good.


The eyebrows are straight retarded looking.

Teeth and eyes are flesh coloured on mine. Theres barely even any colour off the irises. Although, the eyes are surprisingly neatly painted unlike most of T-800s many of which have wonky eyes with more white in one eye than the other, white painted onto eyelids etc etc.

I've seen a ton of Kyle Reese (atleast 20 at Toys R Us) and checked them all. Some are poorly painted, some are not. T-1000 was like this as well. I saw quite a few Pescadero T-1000 figures that had these sort of "pasty" faces, really bad pale, matte colored faces. Some even lacked eyebrows completely.


The Reese I picked up is perfect. The eyes were impressive, the eyebrows aren't high like that and the 5 o'clock shadow is perfectly painted. Unfortunately, the shot gun is warped from the trigger to the end of the barrel. I was looking for good paint apps and ended up getting a dud gun.

I will admit, for every 2-3 great ones I've seen, I saw even more duds.

Sounds like a consistency issue.

It doesn't bother me much as the figure itself is so small he looks great on display, but I do have my thoughts on why the likeness may seem off to people seeing photos and at least on the one I got, the eyes are where it gets lost. Biehn's got crazy eyes and the paint job on mine looks more tranced.

 

[crows]

Seems a slightly open mouth is always the preferred option with Biehn sculpts. McFarlane did it and NECA have done it now both with Reese and Hicks.

The figure is not bad, but I think NECA could've done a little better on the sculpt. Here are some more photos on my website...

https://www.basementoftatlock.com/2013/01/terminator-series-3-kyle-reese.html

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