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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 7-Inch Scale Figures by NECA – Toyark First Look Photo Shoot

Posted on September 28, 2017 at 10:20 am by Joe Moore under General Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

Over the Summer, the sci-fi film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released in theaters. It’s based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline. It was directed by Luc Besson, whose previous works include The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy. In the film, Valerian (Dane DeHann) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives instructed to head to Alpha, a massive city in space that peacefully houses thousands of species from all over the universe. Their mission shifts as a dark force rises up that threatens the City of a Thousand Planets, as well as the universe itself. When released in theaters, the film landed with a thud, as audiences in North America showed little to no interest in the film. Overseas, the film fared far better, raking in over $182 Million.

In December of last year, NECA announced plans to create figures based on the film. They were fully revealed just prior to the films release in July. Thanks to NECA, we have an advanced look at the figures. After the jump, find my thoughts as well as my photo shoot for the figures.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 7-Inch Scale Figures by NECA

Pros

  • Very detailed suit sculpts for Valerian and Laureline
  • Decent likenesses to the actors
  • Lots of articulation on K-Tron
  • Gorgeous shiny black deco on K-Tron

Cons

  • Arm articulation on Valerian and Laureline is limited
  • Some paint on Valerian’s head sculpt looks off

Overall
The Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets figure come packaged in basic collector friendly window boxes. The packaging uses art and design elements from the original poster for the film. The back of the boxes feature a short bio for each character. Valerian and Laureline each include a pistol and a knife. K-Tron includes a rifle.

The two human figures feature similar sculpts, as both Valerian and Laureline are portrayed in the space suits from the film. The suits resemble a nice, futuristic looking armored suit, with a ton of detail. The suits themselves look outstanding in person, with differing textures throughout and subtle, metallic paint applications. Paint work on the suits is excellent, with nice highlights of red and silver and a dark paint wash over it to bring out the details. To top it off these suit sculpts with additional accessories like the belt, holster, tubes and more. The head sculpts for both humans are actually quite good. The have a decent resemblance to the actors. The paint is ok on them, but a few things feel off with Valerian. The printed cut on Valerian’s cheek looks out of place, with large printing dots visible, even from a distance. The eyes just have an odd look to them. The factory painters added a heavy, dark color underneath Valerian’s eyes, making them look a bit bug-eyed with bags under them. I understand that’s kind of how DeHann looks, but it’s a bit too exaggerated here, though it only becomes a real issue up close. IF that dark swipe of paint was lightened or faded out a bit, it would look more natural. When looking at both Valerian and Laureline as a whole, they do look quite cool, as again, the suits really have a great amount of detail and care. Articulation is about on par for a normal NECA release. The elbows and knees are both single jointed. The bulkier pieces of the armor on the arms prevents some range of motion there. The rest of the articulation is perfectly fine on the humans. They have a decent weight to them and the boot designs allow for sturdy poses without falling over.

The real star of the wave is K-Tron. The robotic officer has a great, jet black look to him. The material and paint they used on K-Tron give him a nice, right off the assembly line look to him. The black is so deep, with a nice smooth shine, that it was actually a bit hard to photograph properly. The design and sculpt are excellent here. The smooth armor panels throughout are a nice contrast to Valerian and Laureline, and definitely feels a bit alien in nature. Articulation is a particularly strong point for K-Tron. The figures sleek design means there’s no hindrance to the range of motion. The knees and elbows are both double jointed as well. From top to bottom, K-Tron is a really fun figure.

I was definitely surprised, after the failure of the film in North America, to see that these figures would still see a release. Something like this I feel should be available day and date with the film to capitalize on any fan excitement for the property. It looks like these will be timed to hit right around when the film hit Digital and Video On Demand services. So the return of marketing for the film should help these figures out for sure. In the end, they are a decent trio of figures that offer a nice representation of the main heroes of the movie. K-Tron is worth tracking down, as it’s such a well made release. Even if you aren’t into the film, that figure makes a great general sci-fi robot.

You can check out some highlight photos below and the full gallery after that.

The backgrounds in some shots comes from Extreme Sets. Use code TOYARK at checkout for 15% off your order!

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-28-2017, 07:19 AM

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 7-Inch Scale Figures by NECA – Toyark First Look Photo Shoot







  2. Yahzee's Avatar Yahzee says

    09-28-2017, 08:10 AM

    ...figures look great. Might have to add two more K-trons to my pre-order

  3. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-28-2017, 10:27 AM

    The Valerian/Dane DeHann figure looks like a fucking zombie. Eew.

    The Cara Delevingne is a hot woman, and her Laureline figure looks pretty great.

    The K-Tron figure looks outstanding. It's weird that they made it, since those robots were literally in the movie for, like, 3 minutes.

  4. Dragasses's Avatar Dragasses says

    09-28-2017, 10:47 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    The Valerian/Dane DeHann figure looks like a fucking zombie. Eew.

    The Cara Delevingne is a hot woman, and her Laureline figure looks pretty great.

    The K-Tron figure looks outstanding. It's weird that they made it, since those robots were literally in the movie for, like, 3 minutes.
    they look exactly the same, minus the hair.

  5. VashTS has no avatar! VashTS says

    09-28-2017, 11:17 AM

    Figures look great. The movie was great also imo.

    I have this idea that male/action sci-fi movies do poorly due to culture. I am a big fan of John Carter and thought it was a great hero flick, but did poorly. I also love Lockout which stared Guy Pearce but the male audience just isn't there. Loved Edge of Tomorrow but again did struggle to make money.

    It seems only established franchises do well and testosterone driven sci fit does poorly.

    Valerian was a good action sci fi and I am thankful NECA did it. I hope the merch sells well.

  6. evilekim's Avatar evilekim says

    09-28-2017, 11:20 AM

    These look pretty cool! I may pickup the Cara figure as she may fit in with some of my Aliens stuff. One thing I was wondering. NECA doesn't generally use the printing technology so this sentence has me thinking..

    "The printed cut on Valerian’s cheek looks out of place, with large printing dots visible, even from a distance"

    I haven't seen the movie, but I thought this printing effect was trying to simulate a glove wiping the blood off his face. Like maybe the texture of the gloves is represented here. It even has the shape of a finger. I could be wrong as I haven't seen the movie.

    Great pics!

  7. Meta's Avatar Meta says

    09-28-2017, 12:15 PM

    I saw the movie and I really enjoyed it. I highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen to see it. The movie is coming out on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K on Nov. 27th. I'll probably only get the Laureline from this line though as she was my fav in the movie and I love Cara Delevingne. Plus I have my doubts that we will be getting that Hot Toys version of her.

  8. Phantomcrow's Avatar Phantomcrow says

    09-28-2017, 12:58 PM

    I want these but I kind of want to put them with my Aliens figures. I feel like I could pretend they are part of a Wayland-Utani Enforcer Squad. If I could find some Wayland corp logos to put on the suits and K-trons. They could be my Corporate Enforcement Squad. The C.E.S, like an Aliens Black Ops group.

  9. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-28-2017, 01:55 PM

    I saw this movie, and it was...'eh' at best. Kinda disappointing, as I'm a big fan of The Fifth Element.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dragasses View Post
    they look exactly the same, minus the hair.
    Hmm...you're not wrong. The zombie looks works better on girls, however.

    BTW, I like the suggestions in this threat regarding mixing these figures with an Aliens display. I think it would work well.

  10. EvilMonkeyPope's Avatar EvilMonkeyPope says

    09-28-2017, 01:56 PM

    Keen, but I'm disappointed Laureline doesn't come with Melo the Mül Converter.

  11. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-28-2017, 01:58 PM

    When are these due out, Joe?

  12. AlanThCollector's Avatar AlanThCollector says

    09-28-2017, 02:20 PM

    I haven't seen the movie, but after seeing the trailer with like three or four of them in the shot it made me want to get at least four maybe even six of these bad boys. They look like an even better version of K-2SO.

    Reading the bio for K-Tron also makes me wish NECA included an alternate blue stripe head to represent the "walk" mode of K-Tron just for some variety in case of army building.

    Laureline and Valerian look nice too. I wish NECA was able implement a removable helmet with these figures as it would make them even better to army build a crew of intergalactic space police. I'm sure these figures have a ball peg system in the neck so it should be no problem to swap heads with one of the many alternate NECA heads I have for an easy custom.

  13. SpasticPlastic's Avatar SpasticPlastic says

    09-28-2017, 02:37 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    When are these due out, Joe?
    NECA's calendar has them shipping to retailers on 10/18.

  14. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-28-2017, 03:30 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic View Post
    NECA's calendar has them shipping to retailers on 10/18.
    I should have thought to look at the calendar. Thanks.

  15. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-28-2017, 04:25 PM

    The K-Tron, I'm still messing with. In the pics, he looks way brighter just because of how I had to light him. The actual figure is is this metallic dark that has a nice shine, but also completely eats light, much like the darker parts of any larger Robocop figure.

  16. redfox's Avatar redfox says

    09-28-2017, 09:30 PM

    Laureline looks good. I might pick her up, if I see her. Like mentioned, K-tron looks spectacular! Could see this figure in quite a few different figure set-ups.

  17. EvilMonkeyPope's Avatar EvilMonkeyPope says

    01-04-2018, 03:49 AM

    Do Valerian's & Laureline's knives holster anywhere?

  18. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-04-2018, 09:07 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilMonkeyPope View Post
    Do Valerian's & Laureline's knives holster anywhere?
    I don't think so.

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