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The Toyark › Horror Toy News › A Nightmare On Elm St. Ultimate Freddy Krueger – Toyark Photo Shoot

A Nightmare On Elm St. Ultimate Freddy Krueger – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on November 23, 2014 at 8:58 pm by Joe Moore under Horror Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

NECA is starting a new series of figures that they are dubbing their “Ultimate Series“. The idea is to have highly articulated figures with very detailed sculpts and some coll accessories. The series kicks off with an all new version of Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare On Elm Street series. We have over 60 photos of NECA’s newly released figure. Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth has supplied us with the figure. Check out the images and my thoughts on the figure after the jump.

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A Nightmare On Elm St. Ultimate Freddy Krueger 7″ Scale Figure

Pros

  • Highly detailed sculpt
  • Lots of articulation
  • Cool accessories
  • All 3 heads are great
  • Perfect packaging

Cons

  • Can’t hold any of the accessories
  • Falls over a lot
  • Accessories don’t all fit with the character
  • Heads are a pain to swap

Overall
This version is based on his original appearance in A Nightmare On Em St. That means no striped sleeves, a bulkier sweater and more gruesome looking burns. The colors of the sweater are more muted and the makeup was a little puffier. Over subsequent films, the sweater changed and the make up was refined and made less bloody looking. Your initial reaction to the figure will depend on which version of Freddy you are more drawn to. If you love the dirties, grittier original design, then the Ultimate Freddy Krueger is going to be a delight…Initially.

Right off the bat, the packaging let’s you know you’re picking up a special figure. The front of the box is covered completely with the original film poster art by Matthew Peak. It acts as a great backdrop when you display your figure. Once you get to the figure, you will notice that the the sculpting is impressive. Each wrinkly burn of his face, every fold of his sweater and every rivet in his glove are beautifully recreated. They spared no expense on the paint either. They have a great wash over the figure to bring out the sculpted details. It also makes Freddy look appropriately dirty and nasty. The figure also has more articulation than any previous Freddy Krueger from NECA. They finally caved and gave fans a fully articulated torso and leg design. The upper body has much the same articulation that you’d expect from a recent NECA figure. Included are three different head sculpts, and alternate sliced finger hand, a “tongue” phone and a skinned Tina face. Each item and head sculpt harkens back to an iconic scene from the film. When standing there or posed in your favorite slashing stance, the figure looks near perfect. ANOES is my favorite of the franchise, so having a figure that looks this nice, and with this much articulation, justifies the effort.

The figure, though dubbed an “Ultimate” Freddy Krueger, does have a few drawbacks. For starters, the figure falls over…A lot. Regardless of how I had it posed, be it standing straight up or in a dynamic pose, Freddy would topple over after a few seconds. It has pegs in the feet, so I highly recommend a figure stand for this version. The accessories, while beautifully sculpted and great on their own, don’t all fit with Freddy as a release. The biggest issue is that he cannot hold any of the accessories. He can’t grip the phone, can’t hold the face well (I just sat it on his flat hand for the shoot) and he can’t grip onto his hat. So the phone and skinned face will either just sit in the box, or at his feet. Also a bit frustrating is the head swapping. The heads do not want to come off or go on at all. It takes much more force than I felt comfortable applying to pop them off and on, making it a chore, rather than a joy, to swap out the heads for the different looks.

I know I’m harping on the problems, but it’s only because the figure is so close to perfection. With a fantastic sculpt, quality paint apps and three unique head sculpts, this is a great representation of Freddy. But the constant falling over and the accessories that don’t quite work seem like odd choices. But, if you grab a figure stand, and don’t mind leaving the accessories to the side, then pick this up ASAP.

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The perfect packaging for Freddy Krueger

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Check out the new leg articulation

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Here’s Freddy!

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The paint apps really bring out the gruesome details

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I seem to have lost a face. Can I borrow yours?

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› Companies: NECA, Entertainment Earth › Characters: Freddy Krueger › Scale: 7 Inch

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    11-23-2014, 06:57 PM

    A Nightmare On Elm St. Ultimate Freddy Krueger - Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    11-23-2014, 07:27 PM

    Awesome figure and awesome shoot. I am that much closer to picking him up for my mix-match shelves.

  3. 305Batman has no avatar! 305Batman says

    11-23-2014, 08:49 PM

    Is that Little Freddy peeking out in the last shot?

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

    11-24-2014, 01:33 PM

    Am I the only person who got a Freddy that stands absolutely fine on its own? Regardless of standing this is an awesome figure.

  5. Dragasses's Avatar Dragasses says

    11-24-2014, 07:41 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by 305Batman View Post
    Is that Little Freddy peeking out in the last shot?
    talk about your nightmares.

  6. Superquad7's Avatar Superquad7 says

    12-03-2014, 03:08 AM

    That faceless head is downright funny. It looks like a good figure. Excellent photo work, Bossman!

  7. behindthemask's Avatar behindthemask says

    12-12-2014, 12:43 PM

    Is it sad I just want the phone with the tongue sticking out. And thinking of taking the tongue from a Gene Simmons figure and adding to it, lol.

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