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The Toyark › Video Game Toy News › NECA Previews Rocky Balboa Video Game Figure

NECA Previews Rocky Balboa Video Game Figure

Posted on June 6, 2014 at 7:47 am by Joe Moore under Video Game Toy News

You thought they were only doing NES game figures? Nope! NECA has busted out the awesome and previewed a Rocky Balboa figure inspired by the 1987 Sega Master System Rocky Video Game! They are working on securing all the rights to use the classic Sega Master System box design as well. This is definitely an unexpected turn for their video game series and opens up even more potential figures.

Check out the preview after the jump. I’ve also added a shot of the title screen and original game box art for comparison.

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› Companies: NECA › Characters: Rocky Balboa › Scale: 7 Inch

NECA Previews Rocky Balboa Video Game Figure - Additional Images

Rocky SMS Box Art
Rocky SMS Title Screen
Sega Master System Rocky Balboa Figure by NECA

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    06-06-2014, 04:47 AM



    NECA Previews Rocky Balboa Video Game Figure

  2. VashTS has no avatar! VashTS says

    06-06-2014, 06:37 PM

    I'm game...no pun intended.

  3. ShabbyBlue has no avatar! ShabbyBlue says

    06-07-2014, 02:21 PM

    So is NECA's 6" Rocky line pretty much done now? No more new figures for it except cheap repaints like this? I thought NECA hinted a year or more ago that a Mickey figure was in the works. A Mickey/Rocky in Training 2-pack would have been a nice TRU exclusive. Insted we get video game repaints like this, and 8" Mego-style Rocky figures. I was really hoping for just 2 or more figures in their 6" Rocky line... Mickey of course, then Rocky in training sweats, and then maybe Rocky in his leather jacket and hat.

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    02-09-2015, 07:15 AM

    New Photos of Sega Master System Rocky Balboa Figure - The Toyark - News





  5. AutobotAssassin's Avatar AutobotAssassin says

    02-09-2015, 09:41 AM

    Don't like the change in ab paint.

  6. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    02-09-2015, 10:28 AM

    In my opinion this the weakest classic game figure so far. I like that he comes with the flag and I still think the sculpt is excellent, but so far every classic game figure has been brightly colored and vibrant as their respective games made them. They were like neon variants, distinctly different than their regular look, but still iconic and recognizable. Rocky is just made his regular colors, but patterned like the game. I know that's how the game did it since the graphics were better than the NES. I guess my overall feeling is that he doesn't stand out like the other CVG figures do, even his box is stale in comparison (that's just because of Sega's lame design).

    @ShabbyBlue: I know this is really nit-picky of me, but all of their regular figures are 7" scale.

  7. Nightwing's Avatar Nightwing says

    02-09-2015, 02:12 PM

    I would love this figure if it didn't have the "video game" shading and paint apps.

    That flag is pretty sweet!

  8. TheBlueMarvel's Avatar TheBlueMarvel says

    02-09-2015, 02:40 PM

    Not interested in the 'statue' (is that a figure?), but ohhhh does this bring me back to my wonder years... I loved playing Rocky (and Rambo) on my Sega Master System as a kid. I enjoyed playing against friends more so (at least there you could win), because with only three opponents (Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, and Ivan Drago), the computer difficulty ramped up pretty quickly. Even the training sessions between fights quickly became infuriating. Oh the nostalgic joy of the inexplicably difficult and short games of yesteryear...I never did beat Drago lol

  9. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    02-09-2015, 03:37 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nightwing View Post
    I would love this figure if it didn't have the "video game" shading and paint apps.

    That flag is pretty sweet!
    NECA made a number of Rocky figures, I don't know how easy they are to come by but on amazon they're like $40, so you may have missed the opportunity to get the movie based figures. For some reason I hear a lot of people saying they want a regular version of a figure and not the CVG version, except NECA already made the regular version prior, and the CVG figure is just a repaint of that. The only figure that hada CVG before the regular was Batman and that's because originally DC wouldn't let them do a regular version.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel View Post
    Not interested in the 'statue' (is that a figure?)
    Yeah, it's a figure. I didn't get any Rocky figures, but in general NECA is pretty good at hiding pose. Looking at the full set of images, he has a ball jointed neck, ball hinged shoulders and elbows, most likely ball joint wrists, some kind of diaphragm joint (likely a double ball), probably ball hinged hips though those shorts could inhibit the full use, ball hinge knees, and something in the ankles (probably their typical ball jointed ankles). It's one thing to joke about how stiff their joints can be, but there are a lot of joints there.

  10. TheBlueMarvel's Avatar TheBlueMarvel says

    02-09-2015, 03:50 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    Yeah, it's a figure. I didn't get any Rocky figures, but in general NECA is pretty good at hiding pose. Looking at the full set of images, he has a ball jointed neck, ball hinged shoulders and elbows, most likely ball joint wrists, some kind of diaphragm joint (likely a double ball), probably ball hinged hips though those shorts could inhibit the full use, ball hinge knees, and something in the ankles (probably their typical ball jointed ankles). It's one thing to joke about how stiff their joints can be, but there are a lot of joints there.
    On closer inspection, along the lines and locations you pointed out, I see the joints. Wow, that's actually pretty impressive; the way they hide seams. I have no NECA figs and didn't realize they went to such lengths to hide articulation.

  11. Nightwing's Avatar Nightwing says

    02-10-2015, 11:51 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    NECA made a number of Rocky figures, I don't know how easy they are to come by but on amazon they're like $40, so you may have missed the opportunity to get the movie based figures. For some reason I hear a lot of people saying they want a regular version of a figure and not the CVG version, except NECA already made the regular version prior, and the CVG figure is just a repaint of that. The only figure that hada CVG before the regular was Batman and that's because originally DC wouldn't let them do a regular version.

    Yeah, it's a figure. I didn't get any Rocky figures, but in general NECA is pretty good at hiding pose. Looking at the full set of images, he has a ball jointed neck, ball hinged shoulders and elbows, most likely ball joint wrists, some kind of diaphragm joint (likely a double ball), probably ball hinged hips though those shorts could inhibit the full use, ball hinge knees, and something in the ankles (probably their typical ball jointed ankles). It's one thing to joke about how stiff their joints can be, but there are a lot of joints there.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel View Post
    On closer inspection, along the lines and locations you pointed out, I see the joints. Wow, that's actually pretty impressive; the way they hide seams. I have no NECA figs and didn't realize they went to such lengths to hide articulation.
    The articulation on the newer NECA releases is leaps and bounds over their releases from the past. Just compare Arnold as the Terminator in their older figures to the newer figures of Arnold in Predator.

  12. Nightwing's Avatar Nightwing says

    02-10-2015, 11:57 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    NECA made a number of Rocky figures, I don't know how easy they are to come by but on amazon they're like $40, so you may have missed the opportunity to get the movie based figures. For some reason I hear a lot of people saying they want a regular version of a figure and not the CVG version, except NECA already made the regular version prior, and the CVG figure is just a repaint of that. The only figure that hada CVG before the regular was Batman and that's because originally DC wouldn't let them do a regular version.
    I know all about the Video Game releases vs. the Movie releases. It's just that I'm not into the video game shading of the figures, but I do like their packaging.

    As for the Rocky movie figures there was just something about the plastic of the skin tone used for Stallone that I didn't like. I feel the same way about his Rambo figures as well.

    As for the flag I don't recall it being released during the movie line. I really like the look and pose with the flag, but like I said before the video game shading ruins the rest of the figure for me. I actually like the skin tone on this figure though because it makes it look more like an action figure than it does a realistic interpretation.

    Hopefully the shading will come off with some rubbing alcohol and not ruin the rest of the figure's paint.

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