News – NECA Announces BioShock 2 Splicers Two Pack

NECA announced today that a special limited edition BioShock 2 Splicers two pack is being released today. In the two pack you get a Crawler, and a variant of Ladysmith. NECA currently has these in stock at their Amazon store for $34.99.

To buy the BioShock 2 Splicers two pack from NECA’s Amazon store, just CLICK HERE.

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News – NECA Predator Series 10 Will Have Retro Kenner Style Packaging

NECA Toys gets more and more awesome every single day. They’re constantly making incredible figures and pulling off huge winks to old time fans and this is one of them. NECA Predator Series 10 will be vintage updates of the classic Kenner Predator figures Lava Planet Predator, Hive Wars Predator, and Nightstorm Predator. Well, to make it even more awesome, NECA revealed that the packaging for Predator Series 10 will also have retro Kenner style packaging to mimic the packaging used during the Kenner Predator toy line! Seriously, NECA just keeps getting more and more awesome.

You can catch up on all your NECA Predator action figure needs by visiting Amazon.com. They currently have a bunch of them in stock at retail price, and eligible for free shipping!

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News – NECA Rambo First Blood Part 2 Figures Coming in 2014

NECA posted on their Twitter account that there would be Rambo First Blood Part 2 figures coming next year in 2014. No pictures yet, but this is very exciting news for Rambo fans. The NECA Rambo First Blood figure out now is incredible, and I know the first thing I thought when it was announced was that I really wanted at least one figure of Rambo from each movie, since his looks changed drastically in each one. Of course I’m still waiting for confirmation of figures of Colonel Trautman, Sheriff Teasle, Marshall Murdock, and Co, but if all we get are variants of Rambo from all four movies I’d be happy.

If you still need the NECA Rambo First Blood figure, you can currently buy it on Amazon right now with free shipping!

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New Custom Figure – Contra Mad Dog and Scorpion Movie Concepts!

It’s been a little while since I last posted a custom. I’ve been hard away actually making them! But to break the fast, here’s my latest project. It’s a set of figures based on the classic arcade game Contra. The two main characters, Bill “Mad Dog” Rizer, and Lance “Scorpion” Bean, reimagined as movie concepts. I asked myself “what if Contra had been turned into a live action movie in the 80’s?”. Of course the only two actors on the planet who could play Mad Dog and Scorpion are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, respectively. Heck, even the cover to the original game was traced over Predator movie stills. It just seemed perfect. Then all the right pieces fell into place, and after I sprinkled some magic customizing fairy dust (I need to be more careful around paint fumes), that was that! I also recreated three of the weapons from the Contra game: The Spread Gun, Machine Gun, and the Laser, using various acrylic rods and beads. They can easily be swapped between guns too.

The Contra Mad Dog and Scorpion custom figures are currently for auction on eBay. If you’d like to own these, please feel free to bid. If you know someone who might be interested, pass the link along.

And be sure to check out the full photo set and write up for how these customs were made by clicking a photo below, or by clicking right here.

Thanks for looking!

Custom Contra Arcade Game Mad Dog and Scorpion (Movie Concepts) Action Figures – Created July 29, 2013

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What if the classic arcade game Contra had been made into a live action movie back in the 80’s? That was the question I asked myself while tackling this project. Since the original characters were so obviously based on Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone (so much so that the cover to the original game was traced over movie stills from Predator), I decided that none other than the two action stars themselves would play the lead characters, Bill “Mad Dog” Rizer, and Lance “Scorpion” Bean.

They were each made from NECA parts. The bodies are NECA Jungle Encounter Dutch, the head for “Mad Dog” is Dutch, and the head for “Scorpion” is from a NECA Rambo. I had to paint over the blood on Rambo’s forehead, and the camo paint on Dutch’s face and match the flesh tones to the figure bodies. I used parts from the sash of a Hasbro Marvel Legends Elektra for Mad Dog’s headband. Their pants were repainted their respective red and blue to match the game sprites, but done in a realistic camo pattern.

Mad Dog’s gun comes from a Marvel Legends Hope Summers, and Scorpion’s is cobbled together from a NECA Aliens pulse rifle, and some other fodder guns, and both were painted black and then dry brushed with Citadel Mithril Silver. And then finally I gave them their classic weapons: The Spread Gun, Machine Gun, and laser. They were pieced together from clear acrylic rods and beads, and can be swapped between the guns via pegs on the ends of the weapons. And now my movie concept Contra figures are ready to take down the Red Falcon Organization!

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News – NECA Aliens Hudson Vs. Xenomorph Warrior Packaging Layout

A picture was posted of the NECA Aliens Hudson Vs. Xenomorph Warrior 2 pack on the NECA Facebook page. It shows off the blister layout of the packaging, how the figures will be displayed inside the blister. In this 2 pack, Hudson comes with a new head sculpt and helmet, pulse rifle, shoulder mounted flood light, and motion tracker. The Xenomorph Warrior is battle damaged, with sculpted green corrosive blood spurts shooting from the body. All in all, a very awesome looking set.

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News – NECA Aliens Series 2 Revealed with A Very Special Figure Included

The NECA news just keeps on coming! NECA just revealed their lineup for series 2 of their Aliens action figure line, and it’s a doozy! We’re getting two different Xenomorph figures, one of which is incredibly awesome…and we’re also getting a new Colonial Marine to join the ranks with Hicks and Hudson. It’s a very special figure indeed, as we’re getting Sgt. Craig Windrix as an action figure! Who is Sgt. Craig Windrix, you ask? Well, read on to find out the story behind him…

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News – Aliens Helmeted Hicks Vs. Battle Damaged Xenomorph Warrior 2 Pack Revealed

NECA just released Hicks in their first series of Aliens figures, but coming this fall they’re releasing a second version, with an all new head sculpt and more accessories, and packing him with a blue Xenomorph warrior that’s been shotgunned up! Gotta love NECA, when they make variants, they do it right!

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News – Aliens: Light up Alien Egg with Launching Facehugger Revealed

Just when you thought NECA’s Aliens toy line was just going to be figures of some of the human characters and a bunch of Xenomorph variants, they surprise us with this reveal! NECA is planning to release a light-up alien egg, with a launching facehugger! Who would have thought that action features like this would still be incorporated into a toy line like this? Personally, I think it’s a great idea.

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