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The Toyark › General Toy News › NECA Twitter Info Dump – Kick Ass, Pacific Rim, Terminator, Gremlins and More

NECA Twitter Info Dump – Kick Ass, Pacific Rim, Terminator, Gremlins and More

Posted on September 9, 2013 at 9:47 am by Joe Moore under General Toy News, Robocop Toy News, Robot and Mecha Toy News, Terminator Toy News, Video Game Toy News

Seemed like NECA was busy answering a ton of questions over the weekend. Let’s take a look at some of the info and tidbits that hit.

• No updates available on the “Greta” Gremlin.
• Asked if a Peter Weller Robocop is likely. Answered that his likeness rights are too expensive.
• Very unlikely we’ll get Pacific Rim human figures.
• No Dead Space 3 figures will be made by NECA.
• NECA says there is no interest in Robocop 2014 figures.
• When asked if there are plans for further 18″ Pacific Rim figures, the answer was “Maybe”.
• There is a possibility for 30th Anniversary Terminator figures, “if time allows”.
• When asked if a release for a Gremlins Series 3 is looking good or bad, the answer was “Not too good”.
• No plans for more Kick Ass toys beyond series 2.
• Left 4 Dead was the weakest selling of the Valve toys from NECA, so no plans to continue it at the time.

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-09-2013, 06:47 AM

    NECA Twitter Info Dump - Kick Ass, Pacific Rim, Terminator, Gremlins and More

  2. The Honey Badge has no avatar! The Honey Badge says

    09-09-2013, 07:40 AM

    The only thing I want to hear from NECA about right now is the Avengers 1/4 Hulk!

  3. Poison Shadow's Avatar Poison Shadow says

    09-09-2013, 08:40 AM

    Gee, it's nice to see that NECA isn't letting the Resident Evil, Dead Space and Left 4 Dead licenses go to waste!

    Oh, wait...

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-09-2013, 08:45 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Poison Shadow View Post
    Gee, it's nice to see that NECA isn't letting the Resident Evil, Dead Space and Left 4 Dead licenses go to waste!

    Oh, wait...
    They're pretty upfront about what does and doesn't sell for them.Can't fault them for not making toy for lines that get little to no sales.

  5. Poison Shadow's Avatar Poison Shadow says

    09-09-2013, 10:40 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    They're pretty upfront about what does and doesn't sell for them.Can't fault them for not making toy for lines that get little to no sales.
    It probably didn't sell because of how much they mishandled most of it.

    The majority of their Resident Evil products were garbage. The beginnings of it, their RE4 figures, were mostly unarticulated and horribly sculpted. Their Anniversary figures were a pretty big leap in terms of sculpt, I'll give 'em that, and their character selection was unusually on-point. So I've got no problem with that particular line.

    RE5 once again proved that they rarely know which characters are in demand. Chris Redfield was a no-brainer and they even gave him superb articulation (to this day he's my favorite NECA figure) but Sheva really should have been saved for a second wave and replaced with Jill (good or evil) and the Executioner should have been replaced with Wesker. There's no way they wouldn't have made money if they had offered three of the most popular characters in the series in the first go.

    Their Operation: Raccoon City line was pretty much an abortion. They had the chance to run wild with their character selection here and offer Claire Redfield, RPD Leon (hell, re-release the old one!), RE3 Jill and Carlos, as well as other UBSC members... and instead we get Vector, a disposable character from the forgettable campaign.

    I am surprised that L4D sold so poorly, because those two zombies were awesome - but again, NECA decided not to release any of the main characters in the first wave. Characters that gamers are pretty attached to after so many hours of co-op with friends.

    Eh, but there's no point in ranting. I just hope some other company ends up with the RE license, at least. NECA seems to have given up and PAKs are too damn expensive.

  6. Riddick's Avatar Riddick says

    09-09-2013, 10:57 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Poison Shadow View Post
    It probably didn't sell because of how much they mishandled most of it.

    The majority of their Resident Evil products were garbage. The beginnings of it, their RE4 figures, were mostly unarticulated and horribly sculpted. Their Anniversary figures were a pretty big leap in terms of sculpt, I'll give 'em that, and their character selection was unusually on-point. So I've got no problem with that particular line.

    RE5 once again proved that they rarely know which characters are in demand. Chris Redfield was a no-brainer and they even gave him superb articulation (to this day he's my favorite NECA figure) but Sheva really should have been saved for a second wave and replaced with Jill (good or evil) and the Executioner should have been replaced with Wesker. There's no way they wouldn't have made money if they had offered three of the most popular characters in the series in the first go.

    Their Operation: Raccoon City line was pretty much an abortion. They had the chance to run wild with their character selection here and offer Claire Redfield, RPD Leon (hell, re-release the old one!), RE3 Jill and Carlos, as well as other UBSC members... and instead we get Vector, a disposable character from the forgettable campaign.

    I am surprised that L4D sold so poorly, because those two zombies were awesome - but again, NECA decided not to release any of the main characters in the first wave. Characters that gamers are pretty attached to after so many hours of co-op with friends.

    Eh, but there's no point in ranting. I just hope some other company ends up with the RE license, at least. NECA seems to have given up and PAKs are too damn expensive.
    If I didn't know better...I'd think I wrote this post

    I agree 100 percent.

    Cool signature by the way. You get the game? Leo's my favorite as well.

  7. Tharkon68's Avatar Tharkon68 says

    09-09-2013, 12:14 PM

    Agreed. They don't know what people really want. Plus quite a few of their licences suck in my opinion.

  8. Poison Shadow's Avatar Poison Shadow says

    09-09-2013, 04:12 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tharkon68 View Post
    Agreed. They don't know what people really want. Plus quite a few of their licences suck in my opinion.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Riddick View Post
    If I didn't know better...I'd think I wrote this post

    I agree 100 percent.

    Cool signature by the way. You get the game? Leo's my favorite as well.
    Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Resident Evil has always been my favorite game series - so between the way the movies were handled, NECA and their action figures, and some of Capcom's recent decisions with the series... well, there's a lot to be frustrated about.

    And yeah, Riddick, I played Out of the Shadows. You? It has a few hiccups here and there, but considering that it's a downloadable game and not a full AAA retail title I think it's great. Certainly seems better than the other one coming out in a couple of months looks to be.

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