NECA: Predator Movie Franchise Figures

[crazypredator2]

Yep, Masked P2 is going to be awesome.

All of the Lost Preds are "must buys" as well.

don't you have a couple figures or kits, you got joe to paint for you?
if so, can you post a picture, please.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

^ He had a NECA Falconer painted by him I think.

 

[crazypredator2]

^ He had a NECA Falconer painted by him I think.

i was thinking he did, it's probley buried somewhere in this thread.

 

[Sabres21768]

don't you have a couple figures or kits, you got joe to paint for you?
if so, can you post a picture, please.

I've got several kits that Joe has painted.

Here's the NECA Falconer (and some of the kits) I have that he painted...

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

God, I love that Alien one with the extended inner jaw and kneelingish pose.

 

[crazypredator2]

thanks,sabres.
joe does great work.
could you pm me ,what price range you think joe would charge ,to paint a 7 inch p2?

 

[greygoose]

thanks,sabres.
joe does great work.
could you pm me ,what price range you think joe would charge ,to paint a 7 inch p2?

I was thinking about asking the same too. Would be great to have a well painted P2.

 

[prefused]

Way I see it, you just accept things as they are today and/or have just given up that any improvement is possible in todays economy, whereas many of us others are a bit more ambitious/hopeful - we think $15 dollars should buy you more. Sorry. At the very least it should buy you a figure that doesn't snap in half as soon as you attempt to move one of the joints. Unless its free quite frankly any money you spend should get you that, a figure that does not break under no more force than it is expected by the manufacturer to be given (otherwise they'd just make these things statues, there'd be no articulation). Even Tankman agreed with that. Having to heat them up may be the reality but why should it be. Tankman himself said that its ridiculous. Again you're just accepting what is and seem to be quite proud of that but sorry most other people think its absurd and shouldn't be necessary.

"ridiculous" by what standards? seriously, it takes like a minute if you own a microwave. also, this isn't the 1990s and $15 doesn't get you as much as it used to.

As to the paint - frustrations stem from the fact that other figures of this type, by McFarlane in the past and even some relatively recent NECAs seem to have decent paintjobs - not all, you did prove that in a previous discussion, but some - the Conan figure I keep mentioning (whose eyes in particular, generally a tough thing to paint at this scale, look unbelievably good) and CelticP said there was a great Freddy figure. So....why can't that be repeated on the Terminator lines? Why so comparatively shoddy? Why is the unmasked P2 looking like it is? Good paint at this scale is possible...it just isn't happening on these particular lines at this particular time and rightly or wrongly we are frustrated by that precisely because the sculpts are so good, they really deserve better.

I don't expect to convince you any more than you'll convince me but whatever, passing the time in work.

i don't own any of those neca figures you're talking about, so i can't answer to that. but i do still own several mcfarlane figures and i'm gonna go ahead and call bull____ on any of those having better paint apps. you people need to get over this absurd nostalgic fantasy that mcfarlane was the golden age of toys.

on your statement that the sculpts "deserve better", i don't think anybody is gonna argue with that. but neca isn't sideshow and that won't change no matter how much you post on here. if the paint bothers you that much, you have two choices - 1, don't buy them. 2, repaint them to your liking. other than that, you're just pushing unreasonable expectations onto a company that simply doesn't have the infrastructure to make perfect $15 figures. like i keep saying, neca isn't santa's workshop and chinese factory workers aren't elves.

at any rate, you're better off asking neca this stuff directly. they'll probably tell you the same thing, although they'll probably be a little more diplomatic about it.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

I don't think anyone is expecting the "perfect 15$ figure" they just want some slightly better paint..which isn't this outrageous request you're making it out to be.

I thought the McFarlane P2 looked more detailed (in the head atleast) compared to NECA's..paint wise. Could be wrong.

Some pics I found on Google:

How much did these Dragons cost? The paint on them looks incredible if they're around 10-15$ imo.

https://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_031105b.htm

 

[CelticPredator]

McFarlane has better paint. That's a fact.

NECA did have the better sculpt. But a horrible paint can ruin a great sculpt.

 

[prefused]

those are prototypes, chief.

 

[CelticPredator]

This is the real thing.

Per Mike Crawford's site.

 

[CelticPredator]

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Which ones are prototypes? The Dragons or P2?

Either way, they could paint them better..no matter how small the difference, they could, for 15$, but it's not happening.

And no. You are not allowed to call me "chief".
If you're going to start this little "I'm better than everyone else" bull____, and start insulting people, you can do it somewhere else because it's not going to happen here.

 

[a-dev]

"ridiculous" by what standards? seriously, it takes like a minute if you own a microwave. also, this isn't the 1990s and $15 doesn't get you as much as it used to.

Its not the process, what it entails or how long it takes - the ridiculousness is that it has to be done at all . You're so used to doing it from your bad experiences with McFarlane up to present that you just assumed its the norm and that people generally knew about it. Not so. Like I said, even if decent paint is not possible, at the very least 15$ should buy you a figure, with articulation that is intended by NECA to be used, that doesn't break at the first and slightest attempt to move an arm or leg. I don't get why you would want to argue against this point. Wouldn't you rather not having to bother heating up figures before you get to do anything with them? To say nothing of the fact that I doubt any amount of heating would have saved the T2 series 3 T-1000s with their ridiculously brittle joints.

i don't own any of those neca figures you're talking about, so i can't answer to that. but i do still own several mcfarlane figures and i'm gonna go ahead and call bull____ on any of those having better paint apps. you people need to get over this absurd nostalgic fantasy that mcfarlane was the golden age of toys.

I didn't say anything about a golden age and I previously conceded that some McFarlane figures ended up with pretty dodgy paint - the P2 though? Crappy sculpt though it was...the paint was better than this NECA one. As was their Robocop, theres an example that just popped into my head. Pretty sure the paint was great on my Corporal Hicks figures too.

on your statement that the sculpts "deserve better", i don't think anybody is gonna argue with that. but neca isn't sideshow and that won't change no matter how much you post on here. if the paint bothers you that much, you have two choices - 1, don't buy them. 2, repaint them to your liking. other than that, you're just pushing unreasonable expectations onto a company that simply doesn't have the infrastructure to make perfect $15 figures. like i keep saying, neca isn't santa's workshop and chinese factory workers aren't elves.

at any rate, you're better off asking neca this stuff directly. they'll probably tell you the same thing, although they'll probably be a little more diplomatic about it.

You were diplomatic enough. You're probably right in all you say here, except I keep wondering about that damn Conan figure and what special set of circumstances and planetary alignment occurred there that he got such a surprisingly good paintjob.

 

[CelticPredator]

And the actual thing.

NECA has the right idea with a more white color, insted of brown....but it doesn't work.

 

[CelticPredator]

And no. You are not allowed to call me "chief".
If you're going to start this little "I'm better than everyone else" bull____, and start insulting people, you can do it somewhere else because it's not going to happen here.

.....hahahahah

 

[a-dev]

OK going on those pics I'm gonna eat a little bit of crow - the McF P2 looks a bit too orange for my liking and the netting, like the AvPs is ridiculously thick and not even painted black which as it happens is probably for the best because that would accentuate its overt thickness even more.

However you can see how the patterns on the forehead look far less amateur and thats primarily what I was remembering about it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Well, I wouldn't eat that crow. The paint apps ARE BETTER. Accurate? Correct color? No. But pleasing to the eyes.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

OK going on those pics I'm gonna eat a little bit of crow - the McF P2 looks a bit too orange for my liking and the netting, like the AvPs is ridiculously thick and not even painted black which as it happens is probably for the best because that would accentuate its overt thickness even more.

However you can see how the patterns on the forehead look far less amateur and thats primarily what I was remembering about it.

...same

It's not painted accurately of course, but it looks more detailed and proffesional.