I would love that!
NECA: Alien Movie Franchise Figures
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I would love that!
BetterThanKenobi83
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Neca really ought to do a locker room diorama set now, just so we can have a place to store all these extra pulse rifles and military gear we are gonna get with all these new figures. A big row of lockers, a couple of benches and a pull up par would be cool.
BetterThanKenobi83
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I would love it too but I think that the last figure is supposed to be a xeno right ? And anyway, apparently the actor who plays Apone is notorious for not giving his likeness rights away to anyone.
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So was SW. Now look where we are. [emoji3]
Vector
Super Freak
NECA is calling this FACEHUGGERFRIDAY so a third human figure is doubtful but it would be a nice surprise if it is.
Vector
Super Freak
Maybe all of the "humans don't sell" and "retailers don't like human figures" talk is just a ruse so that they reveal a super secret third Series 9 human figure. We will see...
I know, I was just saying I'd love to have Apone but Al Matthews doesn't seem to want any part of it unfortunately. I am also expecting an Alien of some sort too for the 3rd figure in the wave but would love it if Neca would surprise us with an all human wave for the 30th anniversary.
VLAGAS
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True anything can happen but that example was quite a bit different. NECA didn't acquire her likeness themselves, from what I understand it was done by fox and given to multiple merchandise companies for the Alien 35th Anniversary. That was probably the only way to convince SW for her likeness as she would of been offered a lot more than single companies like NECA can afford.
The problem with Apone and other likenesses is that NECA themselves need (for example) Al Matthews to come to a fair agreement with them and that's mainly where the problem lies when it comes to talents that don't like giving away likenesses or just ask for way too much (Carl Weathers)
Drake would make it the greatest wave of figures since Heroes Series 3 from Mezco. Too bad that got axed.
I think they will hold Drake for a later wave to help keep the line rolling but if they did include Drake as the 3rd figure and go full on human this wave then Neca could drop the mic and walk away with the grand prize - lol.
Reinhardt
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It's unfortunate that the humans don't sell as well as the aliens. I imagine with bishop, a lot had to do with virtually no accessories, and ridiculous eye liner on the figure. Alternate head sculpts and included helmets would have helped Hicks and Hudson.
screamingmetal
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I received my Cinemachines yesturday, WOW these are crappy!
The details are soft on all of them. It's not just the diecast that looks under detailed, but the cheap soft plastic too.
By far the worst machine of them all is the most anticipated, the Cheyenne Dropship. Some of the details are not sculpted in and many parts are wrongly shaped. The upper part of the engine inlets at the top of the ship for example are supposed to be more angular, here they're sculpted very round. The upper tail wings at the back of the ship are supposed to jut straight up at an angle, instead here they're sculpted curving downward. The front headlights are sculpted asymmetrically and very oversized. A lot of these mistakes are pretty obvious just looking at stills from the movie. I think the worst part is many of the parts are glued in crooked and the soft plastic they used warped when cooling leaving those parts of the ship looking like a giant Micromachine. The cockpit area of my ship for example is warped and wavy in shape. They did use much sturdier hard plastic for the landing gear though.
The paint is also pretty terrible. I have a few fingerprints visible all about. The white paint on the missiles is globbed on haphazardly. The canopy is painted on off-center and the headlights are painted too prominently. They should've used clear plastic for the canopy and headlights and detailed the cockpit for this price.
Also of note is the landing gear is permanently deployed and can not retract or be removed for a in flight pose, and to deploy the APC there's a button, you press in the left smaller front headlight.
The diecast parts on the Cheyenne are the rear lower back wings and the engine pods, and the main central body of the ship from the lower rear to around the plastic box for the APC to the front headlight housings.
The APC looks alright but once again under detailed. Most of the APC is diecast with the turrets, wheels, ladder, and lower body including the wheel wells made of plastic. The left and right side wheels spin together connected to a shared axle, there's no rubber tread, these are all plastic. The front and back turrets can spin around and the rear turret can slide to stow in the back albeit not in a very smooth manner. The guns cannot elevate at all. Also, the ladder in the back of my APC is glued in crooked.
The paint weathering is done unevenly and haphazardly but doesn't look too terrible. Only the driver's side wheels on my APC have a dirty paint wash, the wheels on the other side are much cleaner. I feel for the price the door should've slid open and had the inside of the vehicle detailed. This feels like a giant Hot Wheels car but not nearly as disappointing as the Dropship.
When you compare these two Cinemachines with Eaglemoss's Star Trek ships, you feel with the Cinemachines you're getting a much larger model that's inaccurate, poorly designed, has some moving parts/features, have no display base, magazine, or any from of accessories, are badly assembled, and badly painted for about the same amount of money.
I'll post my thoughts on the other two Cinemachines in a bit.
The details are soft on all of them. It's not just the diecast that looks under detailed, but the cheap soft plastic too.
By far the worst machine of them all is the most anticipated, the Cheyenne Dropship. Some of the details are not sculpted in and many parts are wrongly shaped. The upper part of the engine inlets at the top of the ship for example are supposed to be more angular, here they're sculpted very round. The upper tail wings at the back of the ship are supposed to jut straight up at an angle, instead here they're sculpted curving downward. The front headlights are sculpted asymmetrically and very oversized. A lot of these mistakes are pretty obvious just looking at stills from the movie. I think the worst part is many of the parts are glued in crooked and the soft plastic they used warped when cooling leaving those parts of the ship looking like a giant Micromachine. The cockpit area of my ship for example is warped and wavy in shape. They did use much sturdier hard plastic for the landing gear though.
The paint is also pretty terrible. I have a few fingerprints visible all about. The white paint on the missiles is globbed on haphazardly. The canopy is painted on off-center and the headlights are painted too prominently. They should've used clear plastic for the canopy and headlights and detailed the cockpit for this price.
Also of note is the landing gear is permanently deployed and can not retract or be removed for a in flight pose, and to deploy the APC there's a button, you press in the left smaller front headlight.
The diecast parts on the Cheyenne are the rear lower back wings and the engine pods, and the main central body of the ship from the lower rear to around the plastic box for the APC to the front headlight housings.
The APC looks alright but once again under detailed. Most of the APC is diecast with the turrets, wheels, ladder, and lower body including the wheel wells made of plastic. The left and right side wheels spin together connected to a shared axle, there's no rubber tread, these are all plastic. The front and back turrets can spin around and the rear turret can slide to stow in the back albeit not in a very smooth manner. The guns cannot elevate at all. Also, the ladder in the back of my APC is glued in crooked.
The paint weathering is done unevenly and haphazardly but doesn't look too terrible. Only the driver's side wheels on my APC have a dirty paint wash, the wheels on the other side are much cleaner. I feel for the price the door should've slid open and had the inside of the vehicle detailed. This feels like a giant Hot Wheels car but not nearly as disappointing as the Dropship.
When you compare these two Cinemachines with Eaglemoss's Star Trek ships, you feel with the Cinemachines you're getting a much larger model that's inaccurate, poorly designed, has some moving parts/features, have no display base, magazine, or any from of accessories, are badly assembled, and badly painted for about the same amount of money.
I'll post my thoughts on the other two Cinemachines in a bit.
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Hmmm. That's worrying. Mine are on the way.
Vector
Super Freak
Vector
Super Freak
@NECA 
As an avid collector my views are most probably clouded but I don't understand why an actor wouldn't sell his likeness rights, surely it's easy money, I'd sell mine straightaway if I were famous lol (money grabber)
I guess my expectations for the Cinemachines were lower based on the price point these are at and the scale, I would have liked more detail and better paint but I wasn't expecting something as detailed as a movie prop. My biggest complaint with them was the missiles on the dropship - paint was sloppy but other than that I like having them in my collection and will buy more from the next wave.
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Reinhardt
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That's really unfortunate! Definitely need pics, but thanks for the review. I was very curious about these.
