NECA 1:4 Scale PREDATOR Figure

I can't complain to NECA's work even we are having issues on some of their predator figs... atleast NECA gave us nice predator figures despite QA issues... and with this 1/4 scale classic predator hands up to NECA! comparing the price to HT (I was not able to get any HT pred) will give chance to us predators fan who is tight in budget atleast an iconic figure which is a massive figure that we can treasure...
 
sabres21768 said:
NECA has ALWAYS stated that they don't do swappable heads.

You're getting a 22", movie accurate Predator for less than half of what Hot Toys charges...and you want to complain because it doesn't include all 3 heads in the box?

And to call them greedy...when they're a BUSINESS...out to make MONEY...is ridiculous.

=Be happy that we're even getting it and lose the sense of entitlement.
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Okay... I may have chosen a poor word by describing NECA's decision on this figure to be "greedy"... (but isn't being "out to make money" considered "greedy" to some)?

I wasn't necessarily "complaining" about the choice to sell 3 different head versions of this guy but rather "expressing" my "dislike" with the idea of it being more of an "inconvenieance" to the 'Green back challenged' collectors. Look what they did with the AVP-R lines. Multiple Heads for the same Wolf PREDATOR bodies, and they made 4 runs of it. Plus, if you think about it, to make an extra body for each different version of head, NECA is making twice the figures and spending twice the money to make them, when they could just add three heads to a box and put a bigger price tag on them. Either way... they win I guess.

I still don't understand where the sense of entitlement comes from... but oh well. I can agree to disagree with you. :D
 
You need to learn how injection molding works (which is how plastic figures are made).

The mold itself, in order to be cost effective, has several different parts on it to be cast.

For the whole thing to be cost effective, it wouldn't make sense for NECA to either:

1. Make a mold for each seperate head and cast only the head.

2. Cast only heads from a mold that contains body parts.

I've worked in a factory using just this sort of stuff. It's how we make plastic car parts.

There are interchangeable parts to an injection mold. In this case, the head.
But the body has to be cast along with it.

The way NECA is doing it is cost effective for them and allows them to make a profit.

Without a profit...we're not going to get great figures like this.

I didn't mean to offend you
It just irks me when people say "They shoulda done this" or "They could do this and make more money" when people really don't know how it all works to begin with.
 
sabres21768 said:
You need to learn how injection molding works (which is how plastic figures are made).

The mold itself, in order to be cost effective, has several different parts on it to be cast.

For the whole thing to be cost effective, it wouldn't make sense for NECA to either:

1. Make a mold for each seperate head and cast only the head.

2. Cast only heads from a mold that contains body parts.

I've worked in a factory using just this sort of stuff. It's how we make plastic car parts.

There are interchangeable parts to an injection mold. In this case, the head.
But the body has to be cast along with it.

The way NECA is doing it is cost effective for them and allows them to make a profit.

Without a profit...we're not going to get great figures like this.

I didn't mean to offend you
It just irks me when people say "They shoulda done this" or "They could do this and make more money" when people really don't know how it all works to begin with.
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Hey Sabre's baby... it's all good. You didn't offend me. We just rubbed each other the wrong way today... ('tis the season for tense emotions :D ).

If I remember correctly, I recall you mentioning the "molding process" of figures in another thread. I must admit... you have a good amount of knowledge in the action figure category.

Plus, I want to apologize for the little comment about the merch pic's. I really do look forward to your posts and topic starters. It seems like every other week you are finding something new for our beloved forum to drool over.

Anywho... you have yourself a good Holiday. May you and yours have a lot of laughter. ;)
 
3 heads is a big no-no IMO, no matter what NECA's point of view might be. It isn't NECA's point of view to build 22" figures either, yet they make an exception. Perhaps they can make another.

IF I buy, it only will be one.

Hell, I'd be all for about $10 extra per head instead of three times $80 just for the fun of it.

sabres21768 said:
The poster is a sales sheet.

It's meant for retailers.
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Lamest excuse for poor graphical design I've heard in years, lol ;)

sabres21768 said:
From NECA, on Twitter...

"The separate body net was a major goal we wanted to make happen, the detail, the deco, the size. This is the definitive 1987 Predator!
We had this in development so some time and wanted to wait until we knew it was really happening and would be all we wanted it to be.
The original, the classic, the best. It will be packaged fully assembled so it will be a HUGE box and an impressive sight to behold.
Truly a labor of love and one of the largest most intricate figures we have ever made. We know YOU wanted him & we found a way to make it
Retail around $80, Available April 2011. 3 different versions so choose your favorite head or buy 'em all."
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Black orange-netting? I certainly hope they replace that with some nice cotton/nylon threads instead :D
 
Yes, we're ALL HAPPY that it's being released, I just have a grudge against NECA. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I don't 'collect' any more, I'm sick and tired of variants, every one is guilty of that. Don't really care about most other things though because it's not Predator.

Yes, the Revoltech is a lot smaller than NECA's example, but it has more accessories, more articulation and more value per dollar, or bang for the buck. If I'm going to have to spend eighty dollars x3 then I might AS WELL get a Hot Toys figure which has masked heads, closed/open mouth as well as a ton of accessories and more articulation. I don't know about any of you rich people out there, but I'm not trying to spend 240 dollars on three of the same exact figure, sans the heads. They could always recoup the losses by increasing the price, to 100 dollars or so and they would have more satisfied customers.

I'm not ungrateful at all, but it seems the customers have forgotten that the customer is always right, this, I'm sure is much to the delight of the suppliers. If you're going to do it, then go all the way and do it right. You know what's better than three 22 inch Predator figures each with a variant head? That's easy: one 22 inch Predator figure with interchangeable heads.

All that aside, I'll reiterate that I'm happy we're at least getting the product in discussion.
 
I'd easily shell out some $100 for a figure that actually makes me happy, now at least half of us plans to only buy one, leaving NECA with stockpile of redundant figures. Beside the technical point of view, it's hardly worth money if they sit on shelves till they plummet in price...
 
REYALS said:
Hey Sabre's baby... it's all good. You didn't offend me. We just rubbed each other the wrong way today... ('tis the season for tense emotions :D ).

If I remember correctly, I recall you mentioning the "molding process" of figures in another thread. I must admit... you have a good amount of knowledge in the action figure category.

Plus, I want to apologize for the little comment about the merch pic's. I really do look forward to your posts and topic starters. It seems like every other week you are finding something new for our beloved forum to drool over.

Anywho... you have yourself a good Holiday. May you and yours have a lot of laughter. ;)
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Thanks dude.

I'm just happy I can bring something to the forum.

And you and yours have a great a safe holiday as well.
 
have to agree with you sabes... very wall said... :D no matter what other people say still I'm thankful to NECA for other people like me who can't afford HT figs will just focus on 7-8" scale alien and predator figs but now neca bringing this 18" predator... nothing to complain about...
 
I am going to get at least one of these though... I have to.

I am leaning more toward the closed mouth. Don't know why, but I am.
 
reyals = maybe perhaps we are seeing a lot of open mouth variants lately, but the closed mouth variant still looks good... me I will get the masked variant first... :D
 
YautjaHunter`) said:
reyals = maybe perhaps we are seeing a lot of open mouth variants lately, but the closed mouth variant still looks good... me I will get the masked variant first...
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Mmm... choices are so damned hard to make some times. ;)

I did receive an email saying that these are "supposedly" limited to 5,000 pieces. So... :D
 
I think I'm going to get a close mouth version, which are you guys getting? I'm just going to get one, might as well support it and see if we can get a P2 and P2 Elder, that would be great. Hopefully it looks as good as what we're seeing in this preview picture. HOPEFULLY NECA will give us additional heads for the P2 for a little more and we can get the total package in one purchase.
 
Well... it's done.

The little emergency alarm went off in my head, and I had to make sure I was going to get one of these because they are a limited run.

Pre-ordered a closed mouth from amazing toys. About $86 plus change with shipping added. Not too bad I guess. :D
 
I'm now thinking of the close mouth! hahaha... I'm thinking if we can put a mask on the close mouth?still undecided because I would love to have it customized to have a bio on it and removable... what you guys think? time is running... :D
 
I'll take the masked one and i don't need to buy series 3 8" P1. seems like a good deal to me.
 
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