Re: Official NECA The Terminator Thread
Oh boy,
- Police Shootout T-800
Much, much better than the banner. What can I say, this is a great looking figure. I love the alternate head, I especially love the gun. Other than a battle damaged version, this is pretty much as definitive as it gets in this scale.
My ONLY problem is the leg stance they chose for this, but it might be the angles of the pics. I'm not really liking it, it seems way too wide. The pose for the T2 T-800 was perfect, and the walking stride for T-1000 was great, but this is just too much.
However, I recall people not particularly being fond of the T-1000's stance last year, but it ended up growing on them, so maybe this will be the same for me.
I'm planning on just two of this one (loose, I'll most likely get MOC versions of most of these to go along with my carded T2 Pescadero T-800, T2 Galleria T-1000, and Liquid Metal exclusives). One with sunglasses, another with the missing eye.
- Tech Noir T-800
When I first came across the pic of this figure I was thinking, "this is it, damn, the sculpt and hair is kind of weak" but the more I study the pics, the more I like what I'm seeing. I think once we get this in person, with more flattering lighting and tilt it's head down, this will be a bad ass figure.
Not sure how the gun arms work though. Are the weapons attached to his hand/arm and we have to swap them out or is the extra Uzi there for the display purposes and they'll be separate pieces?
I'm definitively getting atleast three of this one. One as a regular, one for the Uzi and another to use the burned/singed eyebrows sculpt with the rifle.
- Battle Damaged T-800
I love upper torso sculpt and paint on these two (Tech Noir and Battle Damaged) T-800s. It's nicely detailed and the paint apps on the shirt are nothing short of brilliant. I hope the final production pieces retain these details.
The gory arm damage looks more meaty and raw than the Hot Toys version. It's less clean and really looks like he got a shot gun blast to the arm, bloated and fleshy. I really like it.
Both heads look really well done but I'm really liking the burned off/singed eye brows head. The looking to the right looks great and the head overall is just really menacing. It really makes me wish I could have had that option on the Hot Toys version. But it's no loss considering I can get that here.
I'm getting two of this one, one for a regular damaged Arnold and another to throw the head on the regular Tech Noir body for a post burned, rifle toting T-800.
This summer is going to be great.