NECA: Alien Movie Franchise Figures

[zuckuss77]

Now we need the car

 

[zuckuss77]

More pics for fun

 

[ocielz]

I would be all over the Car from Aliens!!

 

[zuckuss77]

Right, that's a dio all by it self

 

[BuGz]

Car? What car?

You referring to the APC? Lol

Bri

 

[zuckuss77]

That thing yeah

 

[a-dev]

That thing would have to be about the size of the Hot Toys 89 Batmobile, perhaps bigger, to be in scale with NECA's figures. No way they'll touch that.

Best you can hope for is Diamond Select make one, which won't be in scale, but you'd at least have it represented in your collection somehow.

 

[zuckuss77]

Sadly your right, I didn't think it was that big

 

[a-dev]

When you think about it it has to be able to hold up to 15 people or something like that. And with room for those people to move around inside it. Pretty big.

 

[KoBE]

I don't have a ton of experience with action figures, but how can people stand these problems with quality control? I've had a box of several sets of the Series 1 figures in storage and kind of written off the entire Aliens line after seeing a lot of inconsistencies and paint application nightmares.

Well, I just finally decided to open up one of the better-looking Hudson figures this afternoon. And now I'm pissed all over again, lol. Do you guys seriously spend half an hour 'prepping' your figures? Using a hairdryer, working each joint gently, ect.

I'm mean, for a toy this is ridiculous! What's the point of better sculpts and (occasional) paint apps if the figure is so fragile out of the package that you risk breaking it just by 'playing'? I know these aren't marketed as 'kids toys', but shouldn't adults have higher standards, here? I mean the plastic on these things is just... well I could say Chinese, but don't want to stereotype, lol. Before I 'outgrew' action figures wink1 in the mid 90's, I don't ever remember having figures this fragile. It's nuts. I guess times change.

I just wish we could get NECA to change as well. I'm on the verge of boycotting the company altogether. Let them release a Queen. It's not like she'll be able to stand on her own anyways. You think you have problems with the drones? Oy.

(Sorry for the rant.) But maybe someone can help shed some light on this 'adult action figure collecting' business.

Well said!

 

[crazypredator2]

quality is most important of any product, what good is a product that looks good and accurate if it falls apart or don't work as it should because of poor and cheap quality and workmanship and materials?

 

[zuckuss77]

When you think about it it has to be able to hold up to 15 people or something like that. And with room for those people to move around inside it. Pretty big.

A would buy a smaller version of it to fit 4 , kind of the like the down scale on the batwing.

 

[Jester]

So I tried to rip the helmet off the old school mcf hicks. Doesn't fit neca figures well. I put it here instead

"How does it feel to betray your own race?"

 

[bigbisont]

Finally got some "work" done.

If anyone else was obsessing over this, the key to getting the helmets off is.... HEAT. A 30 second soak in hot water and the helmets damn near peeled right off. First thing you'll notice is a trapezoidal 'peg' on the helmet reaching into the head. That is the biggest thing holding the helmet on and careful prying will be necessary as the glue quickly succumbs to heat. (The peg will of course have to be dremeled out to fit most any other head. Its big enough that it wont easily be cut/carved out).

As I mentioned before, there are some nice details going on in there. The radio pouch on the back lobster plate is clear as day and the IR sight drop down bottom is also molded in.



The head itself will require some resculpting and paint on the hair to reuse, but REUSE YOU MUST! The hair is pre-molded in such a way as to allow the racal headset to be easily added! In fact...I bet that is the plan Neca had all along for a 3rd release, the b@$tards... But I'll just get a jump on this one shortly.



With a VERY modest of investment in effort, this guy will easily be "Final battle in Med-lab" Hicks.




Personally, my favorite look on all the marines is pre-crap hits the fan, fully loaded "Colony Sweep" style. So that is the Hicks I was truly after.
(using McFarlane Tracker here, as I think the color and scale are better despite less fine detail).





But for the heck of it I went and made "It's readin' right man. Look" Hudson.

 

[BuGz]

Looks good but I still think the helmet is huge.

Bri

 

[zuckuss77]

I think the inside is to thick. I would sand the shell as thin as possilbe but it may ruin it.

 

[Jester]

Looks good but I still think the helmet is huge.

I don't think so. The US M1 "Steel Pot" is a pretty big helmet in real life, especially in comparison with its more streamlined modern successors such as the MICH and Ops-Core FAST. My real concern is that, in all the photos I've seen, including the customised, head-swapped ones, the helmet just sits way too high on the figures' heads. As you can see below, the outer rim of it should be low enough to half-cover Hick's ears:

 

[a-dev]

I knew it looked too high dammit, WTF NECA?

As I think Bigbisont said why did they bother sculpting the head and the helmet separately at all since the helmet isn't supposed to be removed?

 

[Jester]

I knew it looked too high dammit, WTF NECA?

As I think Bigbisont said why did they bother sculpting the head and the helmet separately at all since the helmet isn't supposed to be removed?

Not to mention going to the length of adding in all that sculpted detail to the interior of the helmet, especially when it has that big honkin' peg right in the middle of it.

 

[zuckuss77]

I am going to get all these guys , i love this thread.We wont see another company do this for a while.Cant wait to see the queen