{"id":12083,"date":"2015-07-15T04:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12083"},"modified":"2015-07-15T04:01:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:01:25","slug":"equipment-alien-action-figures-from-neca-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12083","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Alien Action Figures from NECA Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids these days don\u2019t know how good they have it. I am not makin\"DSCN1399\"<\/a><\/span>g some random old man statement like, \u201cBack in my day\u2026\u201d No I am talking about the amazing amount of seriously cool toys out there. When I was a kid the one thing I really wanted were toys from the movie Alien. I wanted the figures in their spacesuits (I have a thing for spacesuits I don\u2019t know why) but they were never made. Sure Kenner had made some prototypes but they never saw the light of day. They did produce this really cool 18 inch Alien figure, which my little brother got for Christmas and scared the crap out of him, but there were no other toys. It had something to do with producing toys from an \u201cR\u201d rated movie. To quote another movie series, \u201cFools, bureaucratic fools.\u201d-Indiana Jones <\/span><\/p>\n

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Fortunately we now have companies making toys that we wanted as kids such as NECA. They have really done an excellent job creating figures not just from the first Alien movie but from the entire franchise. When McFarlane Toys had the license to do Alien figures some years ago I collected quite a few. They were beautiful to look at but with some of them, Hicks for example; they were more statues than figures because of the limited poseability. NECA has combined amazing looks with incredible poseability which is something all collectors want and need.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The figures that I was given for review were from Series 3 and include Kane (from Alien), Bishop (from Aliens) and Dog Alien (from Alien 3). When I first saw NECA\u2019s figures at Toy Fair this year, I wanted to be a kid again. I know I can\u2019t be a kid again but I can feel like one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a fan of the Alien franchise you know that Kane was the first to meet his end at the hands of the creatures on LV-426. Kane should have never touched the egg; maybe that facehugger might not have gotten to him. If he had been smart we wouldn\u2019t be here talking about him. I guess in movies stupid people move the story along. Well, we are not here to talk about the movie we are here to talk about the figure. As I previously mentioned I have a thing for spacesuits and s this Kane figure is like the Holy Grail.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first thing I noticed was that he was very poseable; the second was that his paint was coming off. After just a few minutes of manipulating the figure I needed to wash my hands. I believe that the paint is coming off from the air supply pack on his back. This is a shame but Kane isn\u2019t the type of figure you can really play with; let\u2019s face it, with the facehugger attached he can\u2019t do anything but lie there. This is so sad because the joints on this figure are extremely tight. I had to fight with his right arm to bend which means he could hold a pose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The detail on this figure is outstanding, right down to the oxidation on the brass spacesuit fittings. I really wanted to love this figure but it is almost like buying a figure of the \u201chighly detailed guy in a body bag\u201d from the CSI line (this doesn\u2019t exist so don\u2019t look it up). It is cool to look at, perfect for completest collectors and great if you need it to recreate scenes, however it has almost zero playability.\u00a0 <\/span>Kane does come with his flashlight and a sidearm but again he can\u2019t use them. I would have liked if the figure came with an extra head and helmet so you could do the before and after. Despite all of this negative stuff I have said, it is a very detailed, extremely cool figure, but not for play. This figure stands approximately 7 inches tall. Kudos to Alex Heinke and Adrienne Smith who did an amazing job with this sculpt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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