NECA: Alien Movie Franchise Figures

[joeyjoe]

@vitus: yeah...the prometheus line is my number one line. Though im excited about the aliens line, id be willing to drop all the other neca lines if it meant a full run for the prometheus line. Ive purchased a case + for all 3 neca prometheus releases thus far (stock figure opened, repainted/customs opened, and figure in the package etc...plus i dont buy many non-prometheus figures aside from the new neca aliens line and predator S8. Thats how i rationalize the money anyways...lol). Point is...i have definitely done my part to 1) put my money where my mouth is and 2) ive sent numerous emails to TRU and other retailers raving about how much i love spending hundreds of dollars on Neca prometheus figures (id recommend others send emails to various retailers as well...sales and retail support are the 2 most important factors in getting series 3). I agree though...we simply must get series 3 over the finish line. I hope we get all 6 of the remaining figures, but i could at least move forward if i was able to get shaw and fifield. cheers to prometheus plastic junkies

 

[Moe Szyslak]

I wonder if Neca would ever consider kickstarter to make a wave for fans if retail wasn't interested. It has worked great for video game developers.

 

[Vitus]

@vitus: yeah...the prometheus line is my number one line. Though im excited about the aliens line, id be willing to drop all the other neca lines if it meant a full run for the prometheus line. Ive purchased a case + for all 3 neca prometheus releases thus far (stock figure opened, repainted/customs opened, and figure in the package etc...plus i dont buy many non-prometheus figures aside from the new neca aliens line and predator S8. Thats how i rationalize the money anyways...lol). Point is...i have definitely done my part to 1) put my money where my mouth is and 2) ive sent numerous emails to TRU and other retailers raving about how much i love spending hundreds of dollars on Neca prometheus figures (id recommend others send emails to various retailers as well...sales and retail support are the 2 most important factors in getting series 3). I agree though...we simply must get series 3 over the finish line. I hope we get all 6 of the remaining figures, but i could at least move forward if i was able to get shaw and fifield. cheers to prometheus plastic junkies

My #1 as well. The only line I have an extra set unopened of.

I usually don't have unopened figures anymore because I started displaying movie posters and with the poster up I find I don't care about displaying mint packaging anymore... I just buy openers now.

But for Prometheus I made an exception and I have a set unopened. Also army building the non human figures.

Lets see if it holds up when the Aliens stuff comes out. I might want to keep some of those packaged as well lol. THe predators are the easy ones to open. That packaging sucks!

 

[Falconer]

I wonder if Neca would ever consider kickstarter to make a wave for fans if retail wasn't interested. It has worked great for video game developers.

Fingers crossed we get Series 3, I think they said they would know by April but I would be happy to contribute to a kickstarter project if we could get one more series out of them.

 

[Jester]

I really wish they'd just get on with revealing the Marine vs Alien 2-packs...

 

[bigbisont]

I really wish they'd just get on with revealing the Marine vs Alien 2-packs...

If you mean revealing the pics of the helmeted versions and new facial expressions, I suspect that wont come until the helmetless versions have been on sale a long time.

You have to figure they want everyone to buy both versions. They have nothing to gain by hyping both versions at the same time despite release dates ~6 months apart. They risk people deciding which they like best in advance and possibly choosing only one or the other instead of buying both as they come.

Its like releasing info on the iphone 6 before iphone 5S is even for sale. While not necessarily a setup for disaster, there is no question they have absolutely nothing to gain from it.

Sucks, but makes sense for them.

 

[crazypredator2]

bring on more marines!

 

[Vitus]

Move it out, move it out, move it out!
Move it out, move it out, move it out!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!
Aaarrrrr, absolutely badassess!

 

[bigbisont]

bring on more marines!

The queen lovers always get upset when I say this, but I can't stop thinking it. More marines are my #1 seed in all of toy making. Period.

I BEG that the next wave of single figures (series 2) include more and I hope they keep going until they are all done. (including that damn trigger happy Dietrich. She ruined everything, but I want her!).

 

[joeyjoe]

agreed. marines are all that matter right now...at least concerning the aliens line anyways. We'll see what happens.

 

[crazypredator2]

well i want more marines for sure, but the queen is my #1 most want of any figure.

 

[BuGz]

The queen will be pretty impressive! I can't wait to see how they pull this one off! Will we see a powerloader some day? We can only wish!!

Took a few better snaps of my customer Warrior - kept it as close to my 1:1 costumes

BRi

 

[Vitus]

If they can do a queen and an ED-209 for robocop I would hope we can see a powerloader too!

 

[Jester]

If you mean revealing the pics of the helmeted versions and new facial expressions, I suspect that wont come until the helmetless versions have been on sale a long time.

You have to figure they want everyone to buy both versions. They have nothing to gain by hyping both versions at the same time despite release dates ~6 months apart. They risk people deciding which they like best in advance and possibly choosing only one or the other instead of buying both as they come.

Its like releasing info on the iphone 6 before iphone 5S is even for sale. While not necessarily a setup for disaster, there is no question they have absolutely nothing to gain from it.

Sucks, but makes sense for them.

Not including helmets, or alternate heads with helmets, for the single-packed Hicks and Hudson, but instead expecting collectors to buy entirely seperate figures (in two-packs, no less) simply to get the helmets that should have been included in the first place, just comes off as simple greed.

And knowing my luck, I'll end up sitting on this line waiting for the helmeted Marine two-packs only for them to go the way of NECA's Shredder and Foot Ninja.

 

[crows]

Not including helmets, or alternate heads with helmets, for the single-packed Hicks and Hudson, but instead expecting collectors to buy entirely seperate figures (in two-packs, no less) simply to get the helmets that should have been included in the first place, just comes off as simple greed.

And knowing my luck, I'll end up sitting on this line waiting for the helmeted Marine two-packs only for them to go the way of NECA's Shredder and Foot Ninja.

yep. they really want to milk every franchise to death and then they wonder why licenses like Gremlins and Prometheus don't do as well and kill them.

It is only because Randy cannot milk those licences to death that he probably thinks they are failures.
I bet if Gremlins did well we would start seeing Fan made gremlins and gremlins from video games etc.

 

[riky]

At their price point they are frighteningly good. They are a fraction of the cost of their 6th scale counterparts, so if they need to milk a license I'm fine with it. Buy what you like, pass on the rest, and something new and awesome will follow in an upcoming wave. Just can't fine much to complain about at 15 or 20 bucks. I am beyond stoked for upcoming alien figure.

 

[crows]

my only problem is when they cancel lines because they didn't sell the pegwarmers they released first.
the Gremlins line should have released the Spider Gremlin a long time ago. Now we will never see it.

 

[MasterSafara]

The queen will be pretty impressive! I can't wait to see how they pull this one off! Will we see a powerloader some day? We can only wish!!

Took a few better snaps of my customer Warrior - kept it as close to my 1:1 costumes

BRi

You have the new warrior in hand?

 

[riky]

my only problem is when they cancel lines because they didn't sell the pegwarmers they released first.
the Gremlins line should have released the Spider Gremlin a long time ago. Now we will never see it.

I would like to see them go the Matty collector route on figs like that

 

[Jester]

yep. they really want to milk every franchise to death and then they wonder why licenses like Gremlins and Prometheus don't do as well and kill them.

It is only because Randy cannot milk those licences to death that he probably thinks they are failures.
I bet if Gremlins did well we would start seeing Fan made gremlins and gremlins from video games etc.

Thanks for that. If anything, I hate the Predators even more now.