Friday, January 25, 2013

TOY NEWS FOR 11/22/2012 - NECA - PREDATOR - SERIES 8 - CLASSIC PREDATOR & DUTCH X2

UPDATE 1/25/2013 - PACKAGED "JUNGLE EXTRACTION" DUTCH FIGURE PICS!

Here he is! This is exactly what you will be seeing (and buying) in store in less than a month from now!

I'm really, really looking forward to this latest series! I really can't wait to till Toy Fair next month to see what NECA has planned for this series for the rest of 2013! (Despite cooltoyreview.com's ridiculous evaluation of this line of figures.)


NECA Predator Series 8 Jungle Extraction Dutch Figure in Package
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UPDATE 1/17/2013 - FINAL PRODUCT PICS!

NECA has released a picture of the actual final product pics of Dutch and the Predator. These will be exactly the same as the ones you will buy in the store. These aren't prototypes or production samples anymore-- these are the actual figures.

NECA Predator Series 8 Classic Predator and Dutch final product figures

So how do you think they look? Personally, I'm loving them!

I assume that we'll probably get one more pic from NECA of the actual packaged figures before they are released later next month.

(By the way, NECA, would it kill you maybe clean your offices a little??? A lot of these behind-the-scenes pics look like they were taken in a 13 years old's bedroom!)


UPDATE: 12/21/2012 -PREDATOR SERIES 8 PACKAGING

Looks like his official title is "Jungle Patrol" Dutch.




UPDATE: 12/18/2012 - NEW PICS "GET TO THE CHOPPA" DUTCH

 Well, he's not officially called that, but it seemed about right.

NECA Predator "Get to the choppa!" Dutch figure

UPDATE: 11/24/12 - NEW PICS - "JUNGLE EXTRACTION" DUTCH

In this pic we can see what we couldn't in the first image of this figure-- it will have knee articulation! So glad to see all the articulation NECA put into this figure! The one thing that bugs me about NECA is when they don't articulate the legs on their figures, usually because they're wearing pants. Glad to see they're finally putting in the extra effort to work this out!

NECA Predator Jungle Extraction Dutch figure

Here's our first look at NECA's Predator Series 8!! This is also to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the original Predator film, even though by 2013, it will be a year late. But, who cares?! These figures look AWESOME!

First thing I have to say is: damnit, damnit, damnit! I just bought that Masked Classic Predator on e-bay for twice retail and now they are re-releasing him, and with the new leg articulation, no doubt.

Okay, now that I've got that out of the way, I have to say that I'm excited for this wave! Two Dutch's is a great idea, although the mud covered one from Comic-Con is absent here. Not sure if/when we'll see it.

I don't know if it's going to be possible due to likeness rights, but I really hope that they end up doing the whole team. I think that would be a really good way to proceed with the live and keep it alive. Even a Danny Glover would be cool.

Kind of a small pic for now, but I'm sure the official ones will be released soon. I'll post 'em as soon as I've got 'em.


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