NECA 1/4 scale predator

[roybatty]

hey guys...is there some sort of trick to taking these guys apart? the arms, legs, etc? im going to attempt a netting mod....any and all help would be fantastic

 

[Unclechopchop]

I don't have pics or anything, but just be careful while doing reverse engineering, because if it breaks, well, you know....
Somebody post some pics for this guy!

 

[Badvermin]

hey guys...is there some sort of trick to taking these guys apart? the arms, legs, etc? im going to attempt a netting mod....any and all help would be fantastic

You have to completely disassemble the figure, which can be a pain since many of the parts are glued together. I used heat and a small flat-head screwdriver to break the glue.

How to disassemble your Jungle/Gort Predator:

Remove Head - Pull straight up

Remove backpack, skulls, etc - easy peasy.

Remove Hands & Feet - pull out, heat may help.

Shoulders - Remove left shoulder armor, breaking the glue, a hair drier may help. Pull arms straight out.

Elbows - Pull straight out. There is a plug at the elbow which can be removed by pulling hard. I believe I used an Allen wrench to pull it out.

Torso - Remove the three screws hidden under the back of the skirt. Pull groin apart (ouch) and set legs to the side. Remove the body armor, it is glued, but can be pried off fairly easily. Remove plug from bottom of torso, this will free the bottom netting. Remove the neck, this joint can be very tight, so heating will help. The netting can now be removed from the torso.

Legs - Remove the two screws that hold on the shorts/frills. Pry off from top of leg. Knees are just like the elbows, pull apart, then remove the plug holding the netting.

How to disassemble your City Predator:

Same as above except -

Both the hips and torso are held together with screws. Once the torso is apart, you can remove the neck (also held in with screws).

 

[WolfPredatorAVPR]

Not sure if a predator 2 thread exist's ( sorry if it does ). Was surfing around on Toysrus today and saw they have the Predator 2 Masked 1/4th scale for $59.99 for those interested.

Not sure if you will be charged sales tax or how much shipping would be to your location but it seemed like a great deal...as I have never saw one this cheap.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=17674416

 

[roybatty]

You have to completely disassemble the figure, which can be a pain since many of the parts are glued together. I used heat and a small flat-head screwdriver to break the glue.

How to disassemble your Jungle/Gort Predator:

Remove Head - Pull straight up

Remove backpack, skulls, etc - easy peasy.

Remove Hands & Feet - pull out, heat may help.

Shoulders - Remove left shoulder armor, breaking the glue, a hair drier may help. Pull arms straight out.

Elbows - Pull straight out. There is a plug at the elbow which can be removed by pulling hard. I believe I used an Allen wrench to pull it out.

Torso - Remove the three screws hidden under the back of the skirt. Pull groin apart (ouch) and set legs to the side. Remove the body armor, it is glued, but can be pried off fairly easily. Remove plug from bottom of torso, this will free the bottom netting. Remove the neck, this joint can be very tight, so heating will help. The netting can now be removed from the torso.

Legs - Remove the two screws that hold on the shorts/frills. Pry off from top of leg. Knees are just like the elbows, pull apart, then remove the plug holding the netting.

How to disassemble your City Predator:

Same as above except -

Both the hips and torso are held together with screws. Once the torso is apart, you can remove the neck (also held in with screws).

thank you soooooooooooooooo much for the help, i am going to try this when i get home (figners crossed)

 

[JacktheRipper]

Posted this before, but it might help you. The only different is that the newer figures have ball-jointed hips. Everything else should be similar:

 

[crows]

Posted this before, but it might help you. The only different is that the newer figures have ball-jointed hips. Everything else should be similar:

this pic always makes me shiver....

 

[Vitus]

whats the story behind that pic

 

[georgieboy26]

whats the story behind that pic

dissasembly of a pred

 

[Actarus]

KPH was 7'3", according to Google. The mask, feet, and sandals add 4" or 5", but even if a figure of the actual actor was made, 18.5" wouldn't be 1/4.

The figure is 19 and not 18,5

 

[darkmoon2112]

The figure is 19 and not 18,5

Even it's 19" is not correct scale for 1/4 predator,
It should be 21"

Because
1/6 human = 12"
1/6 predator = 14"

 

[Vitus]

yeah I just accepted the fact that they are not really 1/4... why neca why!

 

[Badvermin]

As long as all the predators are in scale with each other, I don't really care what is says on the box.

 

[Vitus]

I care because they are next to the Sideshow Dutch PF in my house lol

 

[Devil_666]

Couple things..

as much as i wish the Predator was 8 feet tall, he was NOT 8 feet tall.

He wasn't. But he was at least 7'2" (since that was KPH's height). A realistic estimate (with the stunt shoes/feet and headgear) would be 7'5" - 7'6" tops. Which is not 19" in 1/4 scale and not 14" in 1/6 scale.

Pics like those are worthless in a discussion about height unless you know the height of someone else pictured.

height for male actors is something that is ALWAYS over-estimated, and bumped up.

How about singers? Are their heights "ALWAYS over-estimated, and bumped up"? Because this is a pic of Hall with his wife Alaina Reed and Luther Vandross, an R&B singer who's 6'2".

The average height of a US door/door jam..

Let me stop you right there.

No but seriously.. it was a set. So the average height of a US door/door jam is irrelevant.

 

[azurepred]

As long as all the predators are in scale with each other, I don't really care what is says on the box.

it is false advertising for collectors that don't know what we know. It's a pretty ****ty move actually. If these were $300+ statues or figures or whatever, people would prolly be more outraged about the scale of these.

 

[darkmoon2112]

yeah I just accepted the fact that they are not really 1/4... why neca why!

Price tag depend on materials used

 

[Bezzerkerr]

Couple things..

He wasn't. But he was at least 7'2" (since that was KPH's height). A realistic estimate (with the stunt shoes/feet and headgear) would be 7'5" - 7'6" tops. Which is not 19" in 1/4 scale and not 14" in 1/6 scale.

Pics like those are worthless in a discussion about height unless you know the height of someone else pictured.

How about singers? Are their heights "ALWAYS over-estimated, and bumped up"? Because this is a pic of Hall with his wife Alaina Reed and Luther Vandross, an R&B singer who's 6'2".

Let me stop you right there.

No but seriously.. it was a set. So the average height of a US door/door jam is irrelevant.

Everyone knows these neca Preds arent true 1/4 scale.

The only thing you factually and definitively offer is a picture of KPH next to Luther ****ing vandross

LOLs aside, lets examine that picture. if Luther vandross was about 6-2 according to the picture he's roughly one human head shorter than KPH ( one average human head...not a Bigfoot Silva head). The average male human head is about 8-10" tall...So according to your photographic evidence this makes KPH about 6'10"-7'0" tall. It's safe to say he's 2" shorter than ur statement of KPH being "at least 7'2"...KPH's height of 7-2 was over estimated and bumped up

 

[PharOOO]

Do we know which version of Dutch will get the 1/4 treatment yet?

 

[a-dev]

I don't believe we do. My choices would be Movie Poster version and Muddy Dutch though.