I'm sorry but I had to say something.
You guys can be sarcastic and neca fanboys all you want towards me but that doesn't change the facts one little bit. Neca screwed us again and that huge gap in the mask just adds insult to injury and thats not good enough in my opinion. Not good enough at all and you guys drink it up like it coke when it's mountain dew, its not even Pepsi. The netting looks terrible because it the wrong shape and part sculpted and part cheap fruit bag and takes away a major part of what it could have been.
You realize that all of us are simple predator collectors, not HT / NECA fanboys right?
Oh, and the mask? Remember, this is an $80 toy, not a high end collectible. The netting looks fine, seriously... at least it isn't that thick ropey substance on the HT figure.
It bad enough that the alleged sculptor is in this thread stirring up hate with his comments about everything else being inferior to his perfect creation and gloating about his quality compared to them but that is so obviously not true. Its just laughably delusional. The horrible joints that only allow for the predator to stand with it bowed legs that look nothing like the way the predator in the movie gracefully moved just limits the possibilities for even basic dynamic poses. You are pretty much limited to having three lumber 19" figures all standing around with different arm positions and the right arm cant even make its way over to touch the wrist computer.
You do realize that this is more accurate than ever other PREDATOR figure on the market, right? So in that respect yes, all others are inferior to this. Paint is completely subjective so if you like it, good for you!, if you don't; don't purchase one.
The joints aren't "horrible", and they actually work well. This thing weighs seven pounds and can stand on it's own two feet - a figure with poor joints at that weight couldn't do that. And, check some previous pages or the "Predator franchise figures" thread; saying that these can not achieve dynamic poses is simply ignorant.
Yeah, the arm can't reach the wrist computer, what a deal braker
Thigh cut joints look terrible if you rotate them. It just looks cheap and wrong even though they only cost 80 each but who cares how much they cost when they are basically just a statue with useless joints. People are already saying these things are top heavy and prone to falling because neca did the same old and used the horrible joins for the feet. And if you rotate them the figure has even less stability. No neca hasnt learned a thing from the past and just stuck to what they know best how to pump out mediocre stuff that only really appeals to kids that havent got any experience yet but when those kids get older they will realize that neca just ripped them off and gave them stuff that other companies could do better in the 80s without all the ugly seams and joints.
Again, that's subjective; however, it seems you're the only one complaining about them. IMO the netting helps hide them very well, and they never really bothered me in the first place. Would you rather it had skinny thighs with ball joints like the HT figure, or accurate proportions with cut joints like it has now? The figure's stability is the same no matter which way they are rotated, the only thing that affects stability is the position of the feet, so you're wrong again there. Only appeals to kids? Really? That's why there's all these adults on this forum who find it to be a very good figure and purchased it, fosho'.
And what about the ugly seam on the bio? Tankman made it seem like it was just a mtter of splitting a joint and repositionin the mask with some crazy glue but it not as simple as that at all so that makes me even more suspiciouse about him being who he says he is. And nobody can tell me that it would have been impossible for neca to include an extra mask that would only cost a few cents to make with the unmasked version for display. Having the masks with the other figure even though they cant be used on them would have been a smart move but its all about the cash for neca. Neca loves their fans alright their cash that is.
Congratulations, you are the world's biggest troll
And yes, the visor issue IS that simple to fix; it's the seam across the forhead that can't be fixed in a similar fasion.
No, it wouldn't have been impossible, but it would have been utterly pointless. The figure doesn't even come with a base, yet it comes with a mask that it can't even hold in either of it's hands? Come on now... And every company out there is all about teh proffitz, even Hot Toys and whoever else.
I wanted this predator to finally show everyone that ever thought bad things about necas work that things were changing and a new era for neca had begun but it hasnt. Its more of the same old rubbish from neca. The same old stories about them using different factories and better paint so at the end of the day they can just bale them for screwing things up. but did the factory decide what joints to give the figure? NO. Did they decide the quality of the paint and detail? NO. Did they decide to go with the atrocious half sculpted have fruit bad netting thats wrong? No.
No you didn't, you wanted this to suck from the very beginning. I'm betting you have another expensive predator collectible, and you didn't want a cheap $80 figure to dethrone it in any way.
And the paint IS certainly better, in it's application to overall film accuracy, there's no denying that when compared to their previous predators. The joints work. The paint is great. The netting works, obviously it was cheaper and easier to work with than any other. And that all lead up to a well priced $80 figure.
It was all necas fault because they said they only wanted to spend 8-9 bucks per figure so they could maximize their profit and screw the fans. Spending 1-2 dollars extra per per predator at the factory level would have made a VAST improvement and rectified all the problems and probably even given the predator a whole new set of less visible joints that don't have to be lined up to hide all the seams. The profile of the thigh joints always looks terrible and really hinders posing because if you rotate the legs all you can see is the ugly joints. One of the worst things about it all is that in one photo of a studio you can see all the other companies predators in the background and they still couldnt get things as basic as working useful joint correct.
When did they ever say that? WTF? That's complete speculation and honestly you probably just made it up.
And changing the joints on the figure would cost WAY more than just $1-$2,; they would have to change the complete molding process and assemble process and probably the paint process too just to do that.
Those same predators that are too thin with inaccurate proportions? You contradict yourself over and over.
All that just takes away from the quality of the piece. Its makes everything about it looks cheap. And as for the sculpt it looks alright in some positions but only has a basic resemblance to the predators feature from the side and back in profile. Its as if the head was sculpted in the wrong aspect ratio from the movie and photos and that has translated into distorted features. Neca isnt giving the fans what it claims to be giving us it actually trying to pass off a B-C grade sculpt and because some fanboys in this thread are heaping praise on them they will give you more of the same with the others they might be planning to do.
No, the separate netting, better paint job, bigger size, and better assembly make it seem better, not worse... lordy lord. The sculpt is dead on to the movie predator, even in the side and back profile.. When was the last time you saw the movie?!
The sculpt is and A+, if you think otherwise than you're just insecure about this dethroning another expensive predator collectible; there's no other possible explanation.
If they gave us all of this on a 19 inch P2, I would die a happy man!
Neca has had way to may get out of jail free cards and people dont learn and are blind to what they do. Surely it must be because every few years a new group of kids come along all wide eyed and bushy tailed thinking they know it all and neca just sells them garbage that falls apart with the caveat that Hey what are you worried about it only cost you XX. And then that generation moves on to real high end collectables and 1/6 from real companies like Sideshow that do care a lot more about what they put out.
Do you even realize what you're saying? HT and sideshow have only been making 1/6th figures for a few years... and here you are talking about entire generations? How old are you? This is almost painful.
There isnt a person in this thread that would have paid 20 bucks or even more to have eveything done right but it too late now and any future release will just be more of the same. Neca saying its all about the fans of the franchises is just a laugh for me these days. I used to believe the hype untill I started seeing a patern of lies and terrible quality with nobody at neca takijng the blame but just blaiming it all of the factory. Another golden oportunity for neca to rise out of the ashes andmake its fans truely happy. It all just shows that neca doesnt really iunderstand the passion and love that predator fans have for the movie. Kids will be happy with it but the more mature collectors know theyve been screwed out of something great once again. No surprise really based on necas past. Its all just such a shame that neca doesnt listen to the real fans.
Maybe because this is a forum made out of high end collectors who commonly spend a lot of money on toys already? Not everybody can afford things that are $150, so neca tries to appeal to both markets. \Dude, "ashes to rise from"? WTF? Put down the pipe
I'm pretty sure they do understand how the fans love the predator, considering their sculptor was the first one to try to make it accurate to the screen version.
And I'm pretty sure even the adult collectors here like this... The only guy who doesn't seem to like it is you
Wow, what a mouthful....
Excellent pictures! Seeing your has definitely made me doubt my 1st critique of these figures. In your pictures, there's no sign of "toy-like" gloss or strange green coloring like I saw in other pictures.
