BTG Motherpunker
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Post by BTG Motherpunker on Apr 21, 2007 6:32:43 GMT -5
NECA needs to make Slipknot or a Dimebag tribute figure.  |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 21, 2007 9:52:30 GMT -5
If Slipknot or Dimebag get a figure before Joe Strummer, I riot.
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Post by plasticsuperstar on Apr 22, 2007 13:30:06 GMT -5
I'm not looking at it wrong I'm saying exactly what you're saying - NECA are all about the money. They don't care about the brands/licenses they just care about what will sell best so they only release the main character instead of a whole series and in doing so they deprive the fans of a decent set of figures that could have been made by a different company. It totally backfires with things like the Cobain/lack of other Nirvana members because I would have bought a bunch of their figures if they had released the rest of the band but because I display my figures loose and like to set up "the whole scene" I have no use for just one of the band so I buy none. I don't know anything about the Nirvana/NECA deal so it may not be that simple but as far as Ghostbusters are concerned, NECA said from the start that they were having problems with the likenesses of some of the actors but they said they were releasing the ghosts first while they sorted it out and if they couldn't sign the actors they would release stylised versions that did not look like the actors or they would obscure the problem actors faces with slime or goggles. But they PROMISED that we would get some Ghostbusters to go with the ghosts that we had already purchased in good faith. The reason that they backed out of the stylised or obscured versions was probably because they wouldn't sell quite as well as if they looked like the actors but I think that is a nasty and selfish way to treat both the fans and the license. Why should we care that they make slightly less profit than they had hoped? Unless they went out of business over it no one would suffer. Any real fans of the film would have been just as happy with ghostbusters that looked nothing like the actors. But instead we get cheated out of figures that we've wanted for over 20 years because NECA weren't sure if they'd make enough money off them (they would have still made alot more money than paying for a license and not using it) I agree that NECA make really good figures but I just wish they'd stay away from licenses that millions of people really care about if they're going to treat them like crap just to maximise their profit. There are plenty of great toy companies but our favourite films are one offs that are more important than some arrogant figurine sculpters that think they are more important than anything else. If you want particular figure lines to be made you should pray that NECA don't get the license because they always dissappoint. The only people that like to buy NECAs stuff are buying it for the look of the figurine not because they like what it is of. And btw a Fratellis 3 pack would be better than anything and if you look at the Goonies fansites and forums you can see how many people badly want Goonies figures. I'm so glad that Mezco are doing them at last. Personally, I love Ghostbusters. BUT I would not buy stylized figs that didn't look anything like them. That's boring to me. I can see some die-hard fans doing it, but I don't think enough people would buy them where any toy company would make a profit. I don't like stylized figures at all. One of my favorite films is Scarface. When Mezco got the license I was excited. Then they released those awful stylized figs. I only ever bought one talking one because I got it for cheap at a con. But I did buy the 7" realistic ones. Another example of a line that should have had more characters, but I don't blame them for not since Tony is the real seller. That's cool that YOU would buy the other Nirvana members, but a lot of other people would not. Again, it wouldn't be worth it to produce them. It is always about money, and I don't blame them. If it weren't for some of these lines/licenses where there are only main characters, we wouldn't have other lines/licenses. Example: Look at the Classic Superstars line. We have to keep getting Hogan and HBK because they sell. And what happens with those figs is that with the money they make just doing repaints of those two guys, Jakks can afford to sign more superstars and sell their figs. So sometimes profit is good. And there is NO WAY that a Fratelli's 3-pack would sell well. I don't care what a few fansites and people on some message boards say. If someone put out that 3-pack, it would probably sell for at least $30. Not enough people are going to spend that for the company to make a profit from them. You must work for NECA if all you care about is how much profit they make. I collect figures so I'm more interested in the quality of the figures I'm buying as long as the companies are making enough money to be doing alright. Why is it only NECA that does this to licenses if it's about not losing money? Other toy companies don't lose money by releasing 3 figures instead of just one and in doing so they attract loose collectors aswell as MOC collectors. Anyone who buys one member of a band in figure form obviously wants the rest there's no point in thinking about some being better or worse sellers because they would be a set so most people that buy one will buy them all. Loose collectors stay away from NECA stuff because it's made to be kept MOC and is useless and annoying to display with other figures. You might only want Hogan and HBK because they are the most popular but I think Classic Superstars would be pretty rubbish if jakks had just released Hogan, Warrior and HBK etc and not released any figures that they thought would sell less than Hogan. Jakks is so successful because they got collectors hooked with the huge range of figures and buy series after series for the benefit of their entire collection and that is why NECA fail because there is no collector appeal. By stylised Ghostbuster figures I didn't mean cartoony or grafitti style or anything I just meant that they could have looked like the characters in the film without having the exact likeness of the actors that portrayed them in the film. From a few feet away it would be impossible to tell if they were exact likenesses or not. That's what NECA promised so if they were just going to con people in to spending money on the first few they would have been better off not paying for the license in the first place because now they've just made more people dislike their company and avoid their future stuff. I really don't think it's as much about profit as you think it is, it's just that NECA have a different idea about figures to most companies and collectors ands that's why they don't appeal to me that's all. |
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Post by The UndyTaker on May 31, 2007 1:16:57 GMT -5
From NECA's MySpace:
Yes some of the production on the Reservoir Dogs line is pretty disapointing to say the least. Again this goes back to the problems we have been experiencing with one of our less than honest factories. I mentioned this a blog or 2 ago and how they have been cutting corners and doing the old "bait & switch" on us. Suffice it to say most of what we have coming for the remainder of 2007 will be made by different vendors.
The joys of manufacturing never end.
No one knows exactly what this means just yet. We don't know if all of the RD figs released will have the production problems. Randy will hopefully address it more tomorrow. This sucks because I was waiting for these figs.
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Post by jedimastakane on Jun 9, 2007 9:37:43 GMT -5
NECA needs to make an Alex from Clockwork Orange and an Agent Sands from Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Nowish.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Jul 31, 2007 12:12:54 GMT -5
I would love to see a Col. Ives figure from Ravenous, a John Boyd might be cool too.
Also, how about BeetleJuice? That'd be amazing. And it could be just what they need since they're going to stop producing NBC figures at the end of the year.
I can't think of anything else right off, but what do people think of those?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2007 1:31:17 GMT -5
My Reservoir Dogs box set is amazing.
Neca's making Pan's Labyrinth figs!
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Post by thel0cke on Aug 13, 2007 22:18:58 GMT -5
NECA sucks for there sudden stop to making the greatest figure line ever the Nightmare Before Christmas without completing it with some more smaller characters and friggin SANTA CLAUSE!!!
the L0cke
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2007 20:34:53 GMT -5
Where, other than Ebay, can I get a Kurt Cobain statue??
Mainly the Unplugged one, but yeah whatever
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Post by Captain McKay on Dec 16, 2007 5:09:16 GMT -5
 TMNT!!! These are gonna be awesome. |
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Post by mbg1211 on Feb 13, 2008 19:26:38 GMT -5
I want the Altair Assassin's Creed figure by NECA. I've seen it online, but not in the stores....I rather buy it in the store...it's a really cool figure. I have the Agent 47 figure, that's a sweet figure.
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 17, 2008 15:55:42 GMT -5
Thought I'd throw these pics up, might interest someone other than me. These pics are from Toy Fair, but the first and second AVP:R series are also available now in stores.   Just ordered both the masked, and unmasked versions yesterday... these will be the first Neca figures I own. If anyone has a comic shop around em, that has the Alien, or Predalien... I could totally get em some $$$ through paypal... stupid ebay prices. |
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Post by c14rock on Mar 4, 2008 20:11:39 GMT -5
Hey Adambomb, just thought I'd let ya know that my hastings just got a shipment of the aliens in last weekend, although they're probably gone you should check out your local Hastings if you have any in your area.
Also they've posted pics of AVPR series 3 over at Moviemaniacs.net
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Post by Suckasays on Mar 4, 2008 20:51:26 GMT -5
The Hastings here has had the Predalien for a few weeks. It appears that it's the only fig of the series they got in unless one of the employees bought the rest before they put them out.
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Post by Suckasays on Mar 7, 2008 16:43:33 GMT -5
I picked up the Alien/Predator Hybrid just now. It's excellent.
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Post by AdamBomb on Mar 8, 2008 0:01:06 GMT -5
I appreciate everyone replying to me, lol.
I've been checking Hastings a LOT around here, and their shelves are clogged with stuff, that just does sell here. I'm going to keep checking for the first series, I've got the second set of both Predators now (masked an unmasked), and although on the unmasked there is a seam across the head, it's still really a beautiful creation... way better than McFarlane's.
Just gotta find me some Aliens!
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Post by Edgeman05 on Jun 8, 2008 22:46:11 GMT -5
So... hows Stuntman Mike going? Only a year delay  |
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Post by Nick on Jun 26, 2008 19:01:40 GMT -5
Look at this Gear of War Marcus Fenix.  |
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Post by LAXxxx305 on Jun 27, 2008 21:28:32 GMT -5
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Post by ddv on Jul 20, 2008 10:16:27 GMT -5
Neca has done a good job of bringing dead licenses back to retail, and making figures available that other companies wouldn't think of releasing.
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I dont know good luck 
