Comments on: Review > Predator (AvP: Requiem, NECA)

By: Toy review roundup : Fanmode

Toy review roundup : Fanmode — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:26:25 +0000

[...] Poe Ghostal reviews the NECA Alien versus Predator: Requiem Predator (masked version) figure. Excerpt: “… he does have a fixed pose, and I don’t like it.” [...]

By: Newt

Newt — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:40:54 +0000

I’m not an articulation junkie (I collect JLU for Christ’s sakes!) and I actually think a lot of ToyBiz Marvel Legends have simply too much articulation.

But I don’t like statue toys. Figures need to have at least the basic 5 in a plausible way or they’re useless to me. Some figures like GI Joe need to have plenty of articulation.

NECA is a strange company because the NECA TMNT is probably the finest toy produced by any company all year and yet they put out tons of turds that barely move.

By: Monte

Monte — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:08:11 +0000

Your “finger food” comment = exactly why I became so obsessed with stupid Sigma 6; pop a new head or a new cloth accessory on a figure and it’s all new again.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:59:17 +0000

Let me do that again:

There’s a reason I don’t feel bad for not opening figures like this. They look the same and are as functional in the package as well as out of it.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:58:37 +0000

“The reason I lose interest in such figures is because they offer little in the way of “finger food,” i.e., the ability to fiddle with the figure. With a fixed-pose torso and without good articulation, there are a limited number of poses, and as I’ve often said, I don’t collect statues, I collect toys.”

There’s a reason I don’t feel bad for not opening figures like this. They look the same as are as functional in the package as well as out of it.