I know it had mixed reactions, but I love the 2010 Aliens Vs. Predator video game. One of my favorite characters in the game was Corporal Teresa “Tequila” Aquila. She was smart, strong, and wasn’t afraid to tackle with some xenos. I love the character, and I love the idea of expanding the ranks, so I just had to customize her. I pored over several screenshots of the Tequila character from the Aliens Vs. Predator video game to make sure I got this custom down as accurately as possible. Be sure to check out the official page for Tequila to see the full photo set as well as a detailed description of how it was made. Also, this custom is currently for auction on eBay. Feel free to bid if you’re interested in filling out your NECA Colonial Marines. If you know someone who might be, then please pass the link along. Thanks for looking!
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I know it had mixed reactions, but I love the 2010 Aliens Vs. Predator video game. One of my favorite characters in the game was Corporal Teresa “Tequila” Aquila. She was smart, strong, and wasn’t afraid to tackle with some xenos. I love the character, and I love the idea of expanding the ranks, so I just had to customize her. Tequila is made using the upper body (and upper legs) from a NECA Portal 2 Chell figure, with the lower legs, armor, and pulse rifle from a NECA Aliens Corporal Hicks. I pored over several screenshots of the Tequila character from the Aliens Vs. Predator video game to make sure I got this custom down as accurately as possible. She had several personal details on her armor in the game that I replicated here, including the name “Louis” on her chest, and a decal that says “I ‘heart’ guns”. Tequila also has a U.S.M.C. tattoo, and a series of star tattoos. I weathered the armor and decals to look realistic, and painted her pants to look like what a Colonial Marine would wear. I had to so some tailoring on the armor to get it to fit right, and then I added some straps, gave her a shoulder lamp and pulse rifle, and now Corporal Tequila is ready to go bug stomping!
That’s right, reviews are back! I can’t promise they’re back in full force, but I’m hoping to be able to return to them at least on a semi-regular basis. Today I bring you a review of the NECA 8-Bit Robocop Classic Video Game Appearance action figure. This is to continue celebration Robocop Week! Check out the video review below.
We all know how much NECA loves teasing their upcoming figures. Today on the NECA Twitter page, they showed off an image of their upcoming Predator figure painted to look like his classic NES video game sprite. It’s becoming its own niche series with NECA now, repainting their figures to look like their old video game sprites. The latest is their classic video game appearance Robocop on sale now in their eBay store. The Predator will be packed in a box made to look like the old NES Predator game case, just like the other classic video game figures they’ve done. And check out that paint job! Even if it didn’t like to the old video game it still looks fantastic. The Classic Video Game Appearance Predator is set to go on sale sometime this Spring.
This one almost snuck past me! It seems the NECA Robocop Classic Video Game Appearance 7″ figure is now on sale at the NECA eBay store! This one features a paint job meant to mimic the look of the video game sprite in the old NES Robocop video game. Not only that, but the box it comes in has artwork that looks just like the case the game came in! I already ordered mine. Robocop is one of my all time favorite movies, and I love these classic video game style figures NECA has been doing. If you want to order your own, you can click the image below.
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“Everyone knows when you’re implanted with an alien egg, your days are numbered. But sometimes the ‘pregnancy’ goes wrong. The hatchling doesn’t end up growing right, and as a result ends up mutating the human host, giving them giant boils and a growth on their back that vaguely resembles an alien egg. This is a result of the hatchling trying, fighting to get out and live until eventually it ends up bursting forth out of the host’s back ready to attack the first living thing it sees!”
Remember the Aliens Arcade Game from 1990? It throws all kinds of crazy things your way, including this guy, the Chestburster Mutant. A human mutant/zombie thing that had the hatchling come out of its back and attack you. Crazy stuff. My goal was to pay homage to the game sprite, but also make it a bit more realistic looking. I took the upper body of a NECA Left 4 Dead Smoker, and the lower body of a NECA Predator Dutch. The giant back growth is an alien egg accessory from an Alien Resurrection Ripley figure, and the chestburster is from an Alien Resurrection Call figure. The egg was attached to the figure, and I cut up the shirt on the Smoker figure to fit over the egg and to look tattered. I sculpted on the head and arms to give him more growths and boils. The chestburster was repainted and can fit in the egg and be removed. It also has a bendable wire installed in it so it can bend forward inside the egg to appear as if it’s lunging at its victim. Then I painted the figure, using dry brushing to bring out the sculpt and trying to bring in elements from the game sprite, with lots of blood spatters randomly all over him. Then I just added some glossy clear coat for that wet, gross look and now the Chestburster Mutant is ready to take down anything in his way!
NECA just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to doing classic NES inspired variants of their most iconic characters. First they came out with their SDCC exclusive NES Jason Voorhees, then they just came out with their NES Freddy Krueger, and now NECA has just revealed their all new classic video game 8 bit inspired NES Robocop action figure. Like Freddy and Jason, this new NES Robocop will come in box packaging made to resemble the case the old NES video game came in. NECA even went so far as to include their Reel Toys and NECA logos on the box in the places where, on the original game packaging, it was the Data East and Nintendo logos. The fact that NECA goes that far, to make their logos resemble the old ones is just icing to someone like me who really appreciates good graphics work on packaging.
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I know I mention it a lot, but man NECA just keeps getting cooler and cooler. To accompany their recent SDCC exclusive NES Jason Voorhees Friday the 13th figure, based on his look from the classic NES video game, NECA is now releasing a version of Freddy Krueger as he looked in his own NES video game from A Nightmare on Elm Street. It looks to be the exact same sculpt as the other classic Freddy Krueger figures NECA has already released, it will only be painted to match Freddy’s video game sprite in the video game. This figure will be limited to just one production run.
Visit Amazon now for all of your NECA A Nightmare on Elm Street action figure needs!
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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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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.
We all know how much NECA loves teasing their upcoming figures. Today on the 
NECA just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to doing classic NES inspired variants of their most iconic characters. First they came out with their 
I know I mention it a lot, but man NECA just keeps getting cooler and cooler. To accompany their recent 
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 
