Delighted with this figure. Certainly worth the reduced price though I can understand how the few niggles pissed people off when they bought it on first release for $600+.
Most of the electronics work on mine - all except the head-turn. It makes the sound but I'm getting no movement there. And it's a shame because I ****ing love the opening leg holster! I pray that never stops working because I find it seriously cool - regardless that it doesn't open in the exact movie accurate way. The phrases are beautifully clear - so it's another shame that there's only 3 of them - especially when Weller's intonation of the line ''you have the right to remain silent'' should obviously lead into him reading Clarence the rest of his rights. But no, Enterbay decide to cut it off there. Kinda frustrating. No ''Your move creep''. No ''Drop the gun, you are under arrest''. No ''Serve the public trust..'' No ''thank you for your cooperation, goodnight.'' No walking sound effect. We already knew all this but screw it, I'll reiterate it.
Other criticisms - as many have noted the forearm construction is fairly haphazard - the hands come off too easily and the hands are the only thing that retains the rest of the forearm in place all the way up to the elbow so it all comes off with excessive ease. And yet the chest and back armour are not as easy to connect together as they really should be when doing swap-outs. The teeth on the mouthpiece with the slightly open mouth are painted no better than a NECA figure - which is strange because overall the paintwork on the flesh and on the eyes of the Burke headsculpt is astounding. Lastly, yes he does kinda feel light and cheap. Not so much a problem when you get a bargain price though. Visually he remains a real treat with good proportions and a beautiful finish to his armour if, like Hot Toys, not totally accurate.
So, glad I got him in the end. Kinda does make me wish we could get a good high-end Predator and Alien at this scale. Alas, it would be Hot Toys and they would inevitably come up short on accuracy.
Last thing - I put the jetpack onto my old NECA 18'' figure rather than just sitting it on the shelf. It fits more or less.
Most of the electronics work on mine - all except the head-turn. It makes the sound but I'm getting no movement there. And it's a shame because I ****ing love the opening leg holster! I pray that never stops working because I find it seriously cool - regardless that it doesn't open in the exact movie accurate way. The phrases are beautifully clear - so it's another shame that there's only 3 of them - especially when Weller's intonation of the line ''you have the right to remain silent'' should obviously lead into him reading Clarence the rest of his rights. But no, Enterbay decide to cut it off there. Kinda frustrating. No ''Your move creep''. No ''Drop the gun, you are under arrest''. No ''Serve the public trust..'' No ''thank you for your cooperation, goodnight.'' No walking sound effect. We already knew all this but screw it, I'll reiterate it.
Other criticisms - as many have noted the forearm construction is fairly haphazard - the hands come off too easily and the hands are the only thing that retains the rest of the forearm in place all the way up to the elbow so it all comes off with excessive ease. And yet the chest and back armour are not as easy to connect together as they really should be when doing swap-outs. The teeth on the mouthpiece with the slightly open mouth are painted no better than a NECA figure - which is strange because overall the paintwork on the flesh and on the eyes of the Burke headsculpt is astounding. Lastly, yes he does kinda feel light and cheap. Not so much a problem when you get a bargain price though. Visually he remains a real treat with good proportions and a beautiful finish to his armour if, like Hot Toys, not totally accurate.
So, glad I got him in the end. Kinda does make me wish we could get a good high-end Predator and Alien at this scale. Alas, it would be Hot Toys and they would inevitably come up short on accuracy.
Last thing - I put the jetpack onto my old NECA 18'' figure rather than just sitting it on the shelf. It fits more or less.
