Save the Planet of the Apes!!! - PIX ADDED!!

[mr krapopple]

Any updates?

I've been wanting to work on this again lately i think im gonna restart the sculpt
Thanks for asking

 

[Knightstalker]

Congratulations!! I wish I had bought more.

Cheers . I had one of these guys in my hand when they first came out, and I decided to not get him, and I've regretted it ever since. When I saw one come up at a reasonable price, I jumped on it.

 

[Ironman1188]

Alas, NECA has finally answered me. They have NO plans for any 1:6 figures in any line.
I would suggest that any that have partaken or enjoyed this thread to FB message or email them and let them no you think thats a mistake. However, being as it seemed I was the only one insisting they consider 1:6 AND it took them forever to actually answer me, I fear we have seen our last 1:6 POTA offering.

 

[MadCow]

Alas, NECA has finally answered me. They have NO plans for any 1:6 figures in any line.
I would suggest that any that have partaken or enjoyed this thread to FB message or email them and let them no you think thats a mistake. However, being as it seemed I was the only one insisting they consider 1:6 AND it took them forever to actually answer me, I fear we have seen our last 1:6 POTA offering.

Judging by their past product offerings, 1/6 really isn't NECA's thing. They trend to stick to the 6" and 18". I'm personally excited for the 6" line.

 

[Ironman1188]

But, the mass of POTA figures is 1:6 and NECA's sculpts would have made great additions to the existing figures. Even the other licenses they have would be great in 1:6. Quarter scale is too large for everything and six inch? Thats almost as insulting as 3 3/4.
The Avengers, POTA, Predator, Batman '66 - they'd ALL be great sellers in 1:6 and I'd have gladly bought 2 or 3 from NECA for what one HT is going for.

 

[Terminator_Fan_Game]

I think NECA are mad not to have a try at the 1:6 line and compete with Hot Toys and Enterbay ect
Their sculpts are amazing, and so are their licenses. They also flesh out lines more than Hot Toys(Apart from when it comes to Iron Man, and Super Heros).

 

[Ironman1188]

Agreed. I think it extremely shortsighted to purposely exclude a HUGE section of the fanbase. I have the Reel Toys Brandon Lee Crow and Vincent Price Raven. While they are not up to todays standards (and how many of yesterdays are?) I'm sure they'd be right in the thick of things now.
It probably won't mean anything one way or the other but I'm not supporting anything they put out. They obviously want 1:6 collectors to spend their money elsewhere? I suggest we do just that.

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

yeah, I wanted 1/6 also. I posted several 1/6 scale apes supporting comments on NECA FB, etc.
no good.

I am an alien / predator fan also and they have made some great figures. BUT, I have stopped buying in that scale.

The NECA apes will probably look great, but I focus on 1/6 now.

 

[Jessica]

sucks about NECA not producing in 1:6 scale. I fear I will still buy them providing the sculpts are excellent and poseability is good.

 

[Ironman1188]

I'm sure you will enjoy them. I will not be buying them. I am spread out across the genres enough without starting a new sized collection.

 

[Jessica]

Just sharing...I was finally able to go out shopping in Ape City....

 

[Jessica]

not really picky about the size of my apes as long as i can pose them and have little adventures with them....

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

^

Great shot!!!

 

[Jessica]

 

[Ironman1188]

Has anyone seen any decent pics from Dawn?

 

[Protozaius]

A significant event happened in the Endicott household this Halloween. There was a pasting of the torch so to speak. My son wore my gorilla costume for his Trick or Treat adventures this year.

Me in 1976:

My son in 2013:

Yes, those are his baby pictures in the background...

Same Mask. Same Gloves. Same Tunic Same Glyph Bib.

Funny, his shirt and pants are more screen accurate in terms of color than mine was all those years ago... I guess I thought they were brown back then. We found them at Goodwill-type store in our area.

It was great to see people's reactions to the costume! And some people were touched by our story of "passing the baton." They were surprised that I have kept it after all these years... and that the mask he was wearing would fetch quite the sum on eBay.

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

^ That is really great.

 

[Jessica]

Pz that is really wonderful! You definitely raised him right! I love it! Did he enjoy his costuming? Being an ape for Holloween does have its merits!!

 

[Jessica]

Just wanted to share my sad costuming at Halloween. I used ashton's pullover mask and even blacked out my eyes. It just did not have the magic of getting glued under. Here i am waiting for more victims...er trick or treaters.

 

[Protozaius]

Pz that is really wonderful! You definitely raised him right! I love it! Did he enjoy his costuming? Being an ape for Holloween does have its merits!!

He has been planning to wear this costume ever since he knew I had it. It was all a question of "when" the costume would FINALLY fit him. He is now the same age I was when I started wearing it. Yet the costume fits rather loose on him. I was DEFINITELY a bigger boy then than he is now. I guess it's all the Hostess products that I used to eat but deny him now.

His only complaint was that the boots he used started to hurt his feet after awhile. This was his first experience with having a pull-over mask over his head (all his past Halloween efforts always had his head exposed) and he did okay with it. It helped that it was a cold night. And Jess, I'm sure he would have enjoyed the experience more if he was "glued under". That would have given him much more range of expression and probably more feedback from the people whose houses we visited. My son can be quite the ham.

I blackened his eyes as well but I used some really cheap grease paint so the color started to bleed almost immediately.