NECA Jaws

[xipotec]

I'd have made the snap jaw function but kept the jaw in scale and maybe less pieces for the game.

Let's be real, most people buying this will want a nice Bruce on their shelf, not a game to play.

If I wanted the game , I'd save 70 bucks and buy the original.

They did this to get around a license.

 

[Ramman81]

The shark game needs to grow a BIGGER body.

 

[Wor-Gar]

They need swappable jaws -- one for "gameplay" and one for "display"

 

[MaulFan]

They need swappable jaws -- one for "gameplay" and one for "display"

That would have been nice.

 

[xipotec]

The shark game needs to grow a BIGGER body.

Just so we all know what they had to base it off to get the licenses. As you can see they persevered the scale of head to tail.

 

[Wor-Gar]

And the lower jaw.

 

[Ramman81]

Just so we all know what they had to base it off to get the licenses. As you can see they persevered the scale of head to tail.

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yeah but NECA is saying that this is your Jaws for your collection for ultimates. Um, no!

 

[xipotec]

They took Chrissy off the box back then....they should have put her back..

 

[Damien]

no one as mentioned the flatness on the tail part of Jaws

 

[xipotec]

no one as mentioned the flatness on the tail part of Jaws

That's actually correct that's why....

 

[Jroug]

They showed a to-scale Bruce a couple years ago when the first 8" figures were coming out. It was supposed be styrofoam like their 1:1 figures. Guessing they decided against it as cost-prohibitive in the currect climate

 

[MaulFan]

I genuinely think they gave a full body, proportional shark a fair shot, I mean they went so far as to sculpt it, so they were certainly interested, but somewhere along the way, reasons came about where it wouldn't work out, so they pivoted to this.

Given how quickly it will be coming out, this game version must have been in the works for quite some time because usually we get reveals then there's like 8 months before shipping.

 

[jsgord58]

I am getting this just to tie me over until I can sell enough of my hair and bodily fluids to save up to buy a Bruce shark from Shark City Ozark.

 

[ironwez20]

Weird how they needed to work around the license just to make a damn shark. Some of these licenses and work around are so annoying.

 

[MaulFan]

No one has said it was a licensing issue, Blaine said it was about cost and shelf space.

 

[El Guason 89]

If they can do a lifesize Chucky, Tiffany, alien egg, and so on, surely they can make a 30" Bruce.

 

[MaulFan]

If they can do a lifesize Chucky, Tiffany, alien egg, and so on, surely they can make a 30" Bruce.

They probably deemed it not profitable for them to do it.

 

[Ramman81]

If they can do a lifesize Chucky, Tiffany, alien egg, and so on, surely they can make a 30" Bruce.

Yep! They cheesed out by making this small scale shark (game) and then calling it, this is your shark!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Gauging how few people are here talking about it, gives you an idea of how unprofitable this shark probably is. Plus the shipping cost for a 30 inch shark.

 

[agonistes86]

I would have joined the conversation earlier if this was a proper shark, but I have no interest in this game version.

If the game at least looked like fun, I might have considered to get it to play with my daughter. But it doesn't look particularly fun either.

But I agree that a 30 inch shark would probably cost a few hundred bucks nowadays, which will limit their market severely. I satisfied my itch with the SCO bust, so I would've skipped it anyway.

A breaching Bruce with a water splash base would probably be NECA's best bet. A mix between the old McFarlane version and the SCO bust. That should be feasible at around $100.