NECA - Planet of the Apes

[hemble]

Hi All,

Have finished the first dio/figure and have a quick pic and will get normal out door pics tomorrow.

Ron

 

[mattb483]

Looking awesome hemble! Do you use woodland scenics products for your footage or other stuff??? Can't wait to see the rest of the photos tomorrow!

 

[hemble]

Looking awesome hemble! Do you use woodland scenics products for your footage or other stuff??? Can't wait to see the rest of the photos tomorrow!

Cheers mate I do use Woodland Scenics but only the water effects and realistic water, but for this dio I used Army painter small shrubs and paper plants and real dirt.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Well here are the out door pics and with the base it was built up using foam core and one side the paper was taken off and I then carved cracks into the foam and then got a small rock and pushed it into the foam to simulate a tar road.

The small shrubs are from Army painter and the grass is from a company that makes paper grass and plants sorry can't remember the companies name. The dirt I got from the back garden.

The base and figure were painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.

Ron

 

[mattb483]

Simply amazing Hemble! Thanks for sharing the stuff you used. I love the bases you create there so realistic it's insane! Have you ever though of doing a large scale model?

 

[hemble]

Simply amazing Hemble! Thanks for sharing the stuff you used. I love the bases you create there so realistic it's insane! Have you ever though of doing a large scale model?

Thanks heaps mate and I have in plan on doing a larger diorama using the original POTA figures but I for a Beneath dio but I can't find any good pics of the canons they had in the movie.

Ron

 

[Jayrod88]

Monkey Monday is up on Neca's Twitter. Its a Army Builder, Gorilla Lieutenant from the TV series. I hate how Neca puts " potential release" after ever POTA reveal.

 

[Protozaius]

Yeah, that sucks.

Also, I wish the bandolier was properly tied around the waist like they are in the series instead of over the shoulder. They could use the same bandolier they designed for Urko for his officers.

 

[mattb483]

I'm interested to see after next Monday to see what monkey Monday will be. We all know next week will be the other gorilla soldier from the t.v series, so what will be in store for the future monkey Monday's? Is anyone else curious as I am?

 

[Protozaius]

I know I am. It seems like they are just milking us with stuff we already know. Week in and week out , there is no real news.

Personally, I think our Monkey Monday are numbered.

 

[Jayrod88]

I still feel like its a marketing ploy. Fear mongering more sales. I haven't seen Apes on shelves since series 1. Which tells me the cases bought by stores are selling off, or stores are buying small amounts of cases. They so have price tags for them, so its not like they haven't been in stores around me.

If next monday isn't either a new character, I won't be worried. Now, if there aren't any apes at SDCC, the I will know its truley doomed.

 

[mattb483]

I still feel like its a marketing ploy. Fear mongering more sales. I haven't seen Apes on shelves since series 1. Which tells me the cases bought by stores are selling off, or stores are buying small amounts of cases. They so have price tags for them, so its not like they haven't been in stores around me.

If next monday isn't either a new character, I won't be worried. Now, if there aren't any apes at SDCC, the I will know its truley doomed.

I agree I don't understand NECA's bad sales on the classic apes line? Every toysrus has a few Zaius's if any. I see more of there Simpson's figures sitting on the shelves then the POTA figures but that's what I see. Seeing series 3 I can bet it these figures won't linger on the shelves long, whenever they come out that is.

 

[mattb483]

Here's another little progress update on the diorama. I took some pics with some the figures posing as well as a small portion of the mountain detailed painted, enjoy!

 

[jungle jom]

That is massive!

...and beautiful!

 

[ApeManRyan]

Fantastic Matt! WOW!!!

 

[crue-leader]

Your work is excellent! The only "constructive" critisisim I would tell you, is that your bomb is under scale, Other than that what you have done is just awesome and I hope you continue to do more imaginative projects with this great assortment of figures Neca has blessed us with.

 

[crue-leader]

Whats up with Series 3, and the mysterious Series 4 that we hard core fans feel like we are being tortured with , in regards to knowing if it will or will not be released? This is my pure guess speculation on all of it:
Series 3: Seeing since Neca has already said this series is a for sure, and we still don't have a release date, they probably already are sitting on cases of these ready for release, but are waiting for the San Diego Comic Con so they have something new to promote. (there release schedule of new product is minimal for this month & next)
Series 4: ??? Probably waiting for the sales return on Season 3 when that is released, or maybe still waiting to see what kind of interest it generated from this past Februarys toy fair from the major retailers??

I don't have a twitter account, but on the Neca web site you can view all of there post. 90% of the post is Predator & Terminator figures inquiries from fans of those series which is the 30-35 age group, as they grew up with those movies. Most of us hard core CLASSIC POTA fans are PROBABLY over 40, so I can't imagine that market being as big to promote the series.
I hope I am wrong and it thrives for another 3-4 years or more!!

 

[Jayrod88]

I'm a 26 year old hardcore Ape fan. I grew up with classics films at my grandparents house.

 

[crue-leader]

I'm a 26 year old hardcore Ape fan. I grew up with classics films at my grandparents house.

That's great! I hope there is more of you out there.

 

[hemble]

mattb483 - That is just awesome work mate.

Ron