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The Toyark › Aliens and Predator Toy News › NECA Alien: Covenant Assortment – Toyark Photo Shoot

NECA Alien: Covenant Assortment – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on August 4, 2017 at 10:50 am by Joe Moore under Aliens and Predator Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

Alien: Covenant is this Summer’s follow up to Prometheus, both prequels to the iconic Alien franchise. The film follows the crew of the space ship Covenant. They are heading to a new world to set up the first off-Earth colony. On their journey, a freak accident awakens the crew, who also discover a rogue transmission from an uncharted planet. The team heads there to find David, the lone survivor of the lost Prometheus expedition from 10 years prior. They soon discover that David has been conducting horrific experiments using the bio-weapon that was created by the Engineers, and with the arrival of the Covenant crew, he has his final components to construct his perfect organisms!

For the film, NECA Toys has released a single assortment of figures based on creatures seen in the movie. These releases include the Neomorph, a creature birthed from humans coming in contact with the native spores used in the black liquid bio-weapon. The Neomorph includes two head sculpts and a smaller baby Neomorph. There is an Covenant Accessory Pack that includes opened and closed Eggs, the newly designed Facehuggers, a toddler Neomorph and a newly designed Chestburster. The final piece to the assortment is the new Xenomorph, which is based on the practical suits used for filming. The practical suits were replaced with a CGI Xenomorph that features a different design from the practical suits used. This will be the lone assortment of figures based on the movie.

Read on to check out 60 photos and our thoughts on the new releases. They come from Toyark sponsor Dorkside Toys.

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Related Dorkside Toys links: Covenant Xenomorph, Prometheus The Lost Wave, All NECA Aliens

NECA Alien: Covenant 7″ Scale Assortment

Pros

  • New Xenomorph is an excellent figure
  • Good sculpts throughout
  • Allows you to get full evolution of the Neomorph
  • Both Neomorph and Xenomorph have very good articulation
  • Nice paint work on adult Neomorph and Xenomorph
  • Good mix of items in the Accessory Pack

Cons

  • The smaller creatures are pretty hard to stand
  • Bloody paint on smaller Neomorphs obscure much of the details
  • Adult Neomorph would have looked better in a translucent plastic

Overall
This assortment of Alien: Covenant items all come packaged in collector friendly window boxes. The packaging features the creature art seen in the promotional materials for the film. The figures and accessories are held in with twist ties and tape. They’re easy enough to get back in for display or storage. The overall packaging is nice and striking.

I was initially really looking forward to this assortment when revealed during the build up to the movie. Once the movie came out, I became kind of luke warm to these. I was among those that wasn’t a fan of the film or how the creatures were portrayed, how the CGI looked or their explanations for existing. The movie saw the return of more traditional Eggs, Facehuggers and Xenomorphs, but they have some fairly significant differences compared to the original designs. The figures are really good representations of what was seen on screen. Sculpts are highly detailed as you would expect. The Neomorph looks spot on throughout all of the phases. the interchangeable heads are a nice touch. The eggs and Facehuggers look like they stepped off the screen. The Xenomorph is probably the biggest change from screen to figure. The practical suits were more textured with a thin muscle-like overlay on the figure, which was replaced with a smoother texture in post production. Neomorph and Xenomorph both have a solid amount of articulation and really good range of motion, especially on the Xeno. The paint work on the larger figures, the eggs and the Facehuggers are all handled really well. The creatures have bendable tails, which can help with stability when setting up dunamic poses.

On the downside, the smallest creatures, the baby Neomorph and the Chestburster have a bit of a hard time standing unless propped up against something. These two and the toddler Neomorph all have heavy blood splattered paint, which tends to obscure some of the detail work, which is quite nice for such smaller figures. I also wish the Neomorph assortment was cast in a painted translucent plastic to give off the otherworldly look they had in the film.

If you are a fan of the film, then these figures are going to be perfect for you. Those who weren’t fans of the film or the creature designs may want to take a closer look before deciding. Check out some highlight pics below and the full gallery after that.

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› Companies: NECA › Characters: Facehugger, Chestburster, Covenant Alien, Neomorph › Scale: 7 Inch

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    08-04-2017, 07:50 AM

    NECA Alien: Covenant Assortment - Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. Boogieman4hire's Avatar Boogieman4hire says

    08-04-2017, 09:34 AM

    NECA makes some really great horror figures. I wish they could've picked up the license for It. Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise would be so fantastic.

  3. evilekim's Avatar evilekim says

    08-04-2017, 09:47 AM

    Great pics! Honestly, even if people don't like the movie, the figures are awesome! It's a rarity to get a new monster from the Alien Movies. I applaud Ridley Scott for giving us something a little outside of the box with these Alien prequels.
    I really like the little Neomorph that comes with the accessory pack. Not sure what he is called, but he looks like a shrunken down version of the Neomorph. The proportions aren't all lumpy. He's almost cute

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    08-04-2017, 11:24 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by evilekim View Post
    I really like the little Neomorph that comes with the accessory pack. Not sure what he is called, but he looks like a shrunken down version of the Neomorph. The proportions aren't all lumpy. He's almost cute
    That's supposed to be the Chestburster from when Oram gets Facehugged.

  5. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    08-04-2017, 12:48 PM

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    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    That's supposed to be the Chestburster from when Oram gets Facehugged.
    That scene was flat-out retarded. It's supposed to be a chestburster, not a mini-alien. And then it starts doing yoga or something with David (seriously, go re-watch it). Just a dumb, dumb scene in a very 'eh' and forgettable movie.

    Also not a fan of the more biological look of the aliens in this movie (as opposed to bio-mechanical), but NECA's figures are all spot-on and really well-done. No complaints there.

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

    08-04-2017, 12:57 PM

    I got the new xenomorph because it looks close enough to the classic and it is a well done toy but the neomorphs are a pass. While I guess they were creepy enough in the movie and I applaud the effort to spin out something new they just weren't in the movie enough to justify me purchasing one in full toy form. Since Covenant came out on digital I've finally seen it and like many my feelings are pretty much meh, there were a few okay creepy moments but nothing genuinely scary and while character decisions weren't nearly as stupid as they were in Prometheus there were still some real headscratchers.

  7. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    08-04-2017, 04:01 PM

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    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    while character decisions weren't nearly as stupid as they were in Prometheus there were still some real headscratchers.
    You mean when that one guy's wife basically re-enacted the "Nordberg on the boat" scene from The Naked Gun and blew up the ship she was on? That scene was hilarious.

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

    08-04-2017, 04:26 PM

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    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    You mean when that one guy's wife basically re-enacted the "Nordberg on the boat" scene from The Naked Gun and blew up the ship she was on? That scene was hilarious.
    That borderline slapstick routine there and then SPOILERS the fact that Billy Crudup's character just saw David making friends with the neomorph that just butchered one of his crew before he shot it to death which clearly angered David BUT then he had no reserves about following David into his creepy dungeon lair. END SPOILERS

  9. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    08-04-2017, 05:31 PM

    Guess I'm in the minority since I enjoyed Covenant a lot. Though outside of the Kenner toys and Aliens I've never really cared about the Alien franchise all that much so maybe I just have lower standards. Predator on the other hand...well I'll just say that the new movie better not suck.

    Regardless the figures look great. Definitely want to get a Neomorph.

  10. MeLikeJinx has no avatar! MeLikeJinx says

    08-04-2017, 06:35 PM

    Ridley Scott is my fav Director, but sux what he did to the Xenomorph IMO. The original is one of the most iconic bada** looking creatures ever and then in Covenant he turned them into little Pan's Labyrinth Silent Hill looking monstrosities.

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

    08-04-2017, 07:51 PM

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    Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx View Post
    Ridley Scott is my fav Director, but sux what he did to the Xenomorph IMO. The original is one of the most iconic bada** looking creatures ever and then in Covenant he turned them into little Pan's Labyrinth Silent Hill looking monstrosities.
    While I don't know that Scott is personally responsible there is no arguing that the creature design in Covenant feels dumbed-down. I wouldn't draw in Pan's Labyrinth connections (maybe Pale Man but that's it) but the neomorphs do have passing similarities to some SH monsters like the numb bodies from SH3.

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