Back at Toy Fair 2013, NECA showed a few new Prometheus figures, including Dr. Shaw and a “Zombie” Fifiled. Well, NECA Reveals sales of Prometheus figures has been below expectations. So those two figures, as well as any figures that used their tooling, have been shelved. Prometheus Series 3 will consist of figures made from the already released molds. See below for the tweets that unveiled this info.
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@NECA_TOYS Does that mean sales have justified a Series 3 for sure? I remember there was some doubt…
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@LYTrules Yes but from existing tooling, not strong enough to tool new figures at the moment
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@NECA_TOYS So no females, is what you’re saying?
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@LYTrules at the moment no females and no Fifeld since new tooling is required to create all of them
NECA Cancels Prometheus Fifield and Dr. Shaw
I wanted to like these figures, but they do not live up to the pictures at all.
Neca seems to do this most of the time. I really wanted the zombie. I guess the Deacon will be the last of that line for me...
Very disappointing. I was really looking forward to getting that Shaw figure.
With a movie as horrible as Prometheus what can you expect? They continue to butcher the Alien franchise, there hasn't been a good movie since Aliens, and Prometheus was the absolute worst of them all.
They'd be better off picking up some unknown low budget direct to video piece of crap & making figures from that.
Saying Prometheus sucked is the biggest understatement ever.
I absolutely love Prometheus, so I'm definitely disappointed to see the Dr. Shaw figure being cancelled. Zombiefield I couldn't care less about, but I would have gotten the Shaw figure. She really should have been the first figure to be released...
They'd be better off picking up some unknown low budget direct to video piece of crap & making figures from that.
Saying Prometheus sucked is the biggest understatement ever.
only thing that sucked about it was its box office take
Whoever posts these news stories NEEDS to double check facts. NECA has said series three's sales will determine if they do the new toolings. Please edit this to say delayed rather than cancelled. If and when NECA declares the toolings are cancelled then that will be more apt.
Now that's a damn shame if Fifield and Naomi Rappace don't get made as characters, especially given that the latter was the main character in the movie. In a way I can understand NECA's hesitance though, these aren't flying off the shelves @TRU despite their recent $12.99 sale. Despite that, TRU is the only brick & mortar mass market retailer carrying the line.
In the future it might be better to make box sets featuring multiple figures. I think the new Alien(s) figures will actually sell better.
The characters in Prometheus have been compared to the retards in most low budget slasher flicks. Doing the exact opposite of what any normal human being would do.
Would you try to pet the alien snake?
Would you simply take your helmet off to see if the air is safe to breath without doing any tests first?
If you knew you were infected with some kind of alien sickness or disease would you act like nothing is wrong?
If you were about to be crushed by a giant donut would you keep running straight in it's path? Steamroller from Austin Powers anybody?
If you just had your gut cut wide open & a giant alien squid was removed, would you be running & jumping around like Spider-Man?
If your crew just got slaughtered & you barely survived yourself would you just fly off into the unknown all by yourself to find more aliens that will definitely try to kill you & most likely succeed?
And that's just a tiny portion of the absolutely stupid shit that happened in the movie. One scene after another something stupid happened that made me roll my eyes. I saw it for free & still wanted my money back. It was THAT bad!
I've considered getting David, but I was waiting for Shaw to get released. I don't think it'd be worth owning him if she wasn't released. That said, I might get him the next time I'm out at TRU...maybe.
Wait, you mean they hadn't even released the MAIN CHARACTER of the movie yet????
I've considered getting David, but I was waiting for Shaw to get released. I don't think it'd be worth owning him if she wasn't released. That said, I might get him the next time I'm out at TRU...maybe.
I'd say get david because there will be an ampule accessory with a fig in series three.
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