Re: Neca 1/4 Predator
Talk about being dead on about things. Fans should be feeling so lucky this thing is even being made. To be honest I had come close to giving up on it and then just like that it'll be here in a few months. Talk about being geeked.
Thanks. Yeah, years and years ago I was the same way as some of the people who are upset now about having to get all 3 Preds for the different heads. Years ago I was upset about having to buy multiple versions of figures to get it all.
But as I became more interested in the actual business and logistics behind making collectibles like this, my mind was opened and changed, as I learned about all of the costs and trials and tribulations involved in getting a figure from concept to the shelf. Until I learned these things, I had no idea how rough and costly it was to do the things that NECA does so well. Especially nowadays. The fact that you guys can produce this massive figure at this price point in this day and age is nothing short of amazing. In our time when companies are reducing the scale of thier figures to save on plastic costs, or raising the prices by almost 40%, Neca still manages to give us awesome figures for some of the best prices and value in the industry.
A few months ago at TRU I found the Cult Classics FvJ Jason figure. He was only $10, brand new! On the next shelf over? Much smaller Marvel, Star Wars and Batman figures for $8-$12 a piece. How you guys managed to get that awesome hunk of plastic to $10, while other companies charge the same for 1/4 the amount of figure, I'll never know, but I love it. And not only that, but these are specialty collector's figures, marketed towards a much smaller audience.
I know I've said it over and over, but it bears repeating: When it comes to collectible figures of characters from film, videogames and everything else, NECA has set the bar so high in terms for sculpting, accuracy, value, availability, and cost, no one else really compares.
Years ago when there were compainies like McFarlane, Mezco, SOTA and the like giving you competition, NECA was still the tops. Now with most of those companies either shifted focus away from these types of figures, or defunct, NECA reigns as king. When a new movie or videogame is announced, everyone knows if it will be getting affordable and awesome figures, the only company that can handle the job and step up to the job is NECA. And even then you guys haven't gotten complacent in your supremacy, every year you push the boundaries of sculpt, articulation and paint higher and higher and still keep costs to customers down, and value up. I think this 1/4 Pred is pretty much the ultimate example of that.
