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Alien vs Predator Arcade – Predator Assortment by NECA – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on March 29, 2019 at 2:48 pm by Joe Moore under Aliens and Predator Toy News, Random Photo Shoot, Video Game Toy News

In 1994, Capcom released a side-scrolling beat ’em up arcade game loosely based on the Alien vs Predator comic series. In the game, you can control one of four characters, all with distinct move sets. The playable characters were the Predator Hunter, the Predator Warrior, Major Dutch Schaefer, and Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa. Along the way, the players face off against numerous Alien creatures, who have invaded California. During the sixth level, you face off against the Mad Predator in a boss fight. All-in-all, the game is a fantastic tribute to the Alien and Predator franchises. It’s remembered fondly for it’s quick paced fighting, outstanding visuals, and great character designs. Sadly, the game never received a proper port to home consoles.

Now, 25 years later, fans of the Alien and Predator franchises can relieve the great game via a new series of action figures from NECA Toys. They have broken down the collection into three waves. The first assortment features the Predators from the game; Predator Hunter, Predator Warrior, and the Mad Predator. The second wave will include three Aliens, while the final assortment includes Dutch and Linn. We picked the figures up from sponsor Entertainment Earth. You can check out my review and photo gallery after the jump.

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Alien vs Predator Arcade – Predator 7″ Scale Figure Assortment by NECA

Pros

  • Great packaging design
  • Figures look right out of the arcade game
  • Paint application is well done
  • Good articulation
  • Nice weapons for Hunter and Warrior
  • Tubes didn’t break off the chest or arms
  • Mad and Warrior Predators were free of any issues

Cons

  • My Hunter Predator had numerous issues

Overall
The Predator assortment from the Alien vs Predator Arcade Figures comes packaged in wonderful arcade themed window boxes. NECA used art from the games marketing materials to create the art design of the packaging, and it looks great in person. On the back of the box, you get a nice shot of the included figure, as well as a list of the entire AvP Arcade assortment. Each figure sits in a plastic tray, with a few twist ties used to keep the figures in place. The Predator Warrior includes a Smartgun, a Combi Stick, and a Plasmacaster shoulder cannon. The Predator Hunter includes a Pulse Rifle, a spear, a smart disc, and a spear. The Mad Predator includes a Facehugger and a Chest Burster.

The figures, for the most part, appear to be mix and match repaints of the City Hunter and Jungle Hunter Predator bodies. They may have pulled in some elements from other Predator releases to complete the looks. The sculpts are excellent as always, with strong detail work and impressive texturing on the skin, armor and weapons. The Warrior and Hunter include masked portraits, while the Mad Predator features an unmasked head sculpt. Each figure uses the Ultimate style bodies, which offers double jointed knees and elbows. Range of motion was solid, though the left arms of the Mad and Warrior figures is a bit limited due to the tubes that attach to pieces of the arm and chest pieces. Thankfully, those stayed intact the entire time. All three feature a right arm with an extendable blade, as well as a left arm where the gauntlet can open.

The paint application on the three figures does a great job of emulating the in-game appearance of each Predator. While NECA’s previous classic game releases featured cel-shading to mimic the pixelated look of those games, these have more traditional paint decos. The only spot where the paint is more in-line with the older looks is the bio masks. those have harder edges between colors. But, for the bodies, and most of the armor, there’s more smooth transitions between colors. The bodies themselves have a more airbrushed look that helps to highlight the muscle definition. Overall, the paint work is really clean and crisp here. Nothing really jumps out as being out of place and there’s no paint bleed.

Both the Mad Predator and Warrior Predator were pretty much perfect, quality control wise. No locking issues, no loose joints, no damage. Wrist blades felt good, and the hinge for the other gauntlets were super tight and locked in place nicely. My Hunter Predator, however, wasn’t so lucky. The elbow joints were locked tight and had to be heated fairly well to get a clean break from the paint. The bigger problem on mine was the hip area. The waist had a glob of plastic obstructing the hole where the legs go in, and the legs never set properly. This cause the figure to collapse and the legs and waist to fall off the figure when I initially tried to stand it. Once I saw the issue, I spent time heating and cutting out the excess plastic out. Once reassembled, the figure was mostly ok, save for the now looser hip connection. This felt like a one-off issue thankfully, and I don’t see this being a widespread issue on the figure, but have a hairdryer handy in general.

Despite the issue with the Hunter, I am still ecstatic to own these figures. The AvP game has been a favorite of many fans of the two franchises, and the designs make perfect action figures. The figures look pretty great in hand, and the Aliens are likely going to be even better. Check out some select images below, and the full gallery after that.

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› Companies: NECA › Characters: Mad Predator, Predator Hunter, Predator Warrior › Scale: 7 Inch

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    03-29-2019, 11:48 AM

    Alien vs Predator Arcade - Predator Assortment by NECA - Toyark Photo Shoot

  2. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    03-29-2019, 01:49 PM

    I really love these figures. Joe, you're correct, the problems you had with the Hunter Predator seem to be a one-off issue, as my Hunter is just fine.

    Really can't wait for NECA to get Linn/Dutch and the assorted Alien figures out to complete the set. AvP Arcade is on all-time favorite beat-em-up arcade game and I'm devoting an entire shelf to this display. I'm even going to attempt a custom dio to emulate the look of one of the game levels.

    BTW, it's true the that game never got a proper home port, but if you're dying to play an arcade-perfect version on your PC that includes controller support, just download MAME and the game's ROM and you'll be all set.

  3. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    03-29-2019, 02:14 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    I really love these figures. Joe, you're correct, the problems you had with the Hunter Predator seem to be a one-off issue, as my Hunter is just fine.

    Really can't wait for NECA to get Linn/Dutch and the assorted Alien figures out to complete the set. AvP Arcade is on all-time favorite beat-em-up arcade game and I'm devoting an entire shelf to this display. I'm even going to attempt a custom dio to emulate the look of one of the game levels.

    BTW, it's true the that game never got a proper home port, but if you're dying to play an arcade-perfect version on your PC that includes controller support, just download MAME and the game's ROM and you'll be all set.
    I actually have a custom Raspberry Pi with about 13,000 games. AvP is always in the rotation.

  4. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    03-29-2019, 02:33 PM

    Man these look soooo good. Has anyone ever said why AvP was never released digitally on PSN or something?

  5. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    03-29-2019, 02:53 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I actually have a custom Raspberry Pi with about 13,000 games. AvP is always in the rotation.
    Sweet!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by snake5289 View Post
    Man these look soooo good. Has anyone ever said why AvP was never released digitally on PSN or something?
    Simple- Capcom's licensing agreement with 20th Century Fox has long since expired, and sadly, Capcom isn't willing to pay the bucks to re-license the property just to port a 1994 arcade game to home consoles. So, no "official" release, but again, go with MAME. It's free and it's perfect.

    However, NECA's license with Fox includes all of the Predator-related properties that Fox owns, including the characters in AvP Arcade, so at least we got figures out of the deal.

  6. Gunathar's Avatar Gunathar says

    04-01-2019, 08:16 AM

    If I hadn't already pre-ordered the Mad Predator, your shoot would have made me! Beautiful work as always Joe.

    This AvP Arcade line looks to have incredible paint app. I can't wait to see the Aliens

  7. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    04-16-2019, 07:51 PM

    Huh. So it may be possible to play AvP again without jumping through a ton of hoops.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMvJkmEhZE

  8. RamenRider's Avatar RamenRider says

    04-16-2019, 09:02 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by snake5289 View Post
    Huh. So it may be possible to play AvP again without jumping through a ton of hoops.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMvJkmEhZE
    Yeah, my first thought upon seeing this was "Please release AvP digitally".

  9. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    04-16-2019, 09:45 PM

    Same. I hope that it's not exclusive and they'll release the games separately down the line.

  10. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    06-05-2019, 11:49 AM

    Alien vs Predator Arcade - Aliens Assortment and Dutch and Linn 2-Pack - Toyark Photo Shoot







  11. ShabbyBlue has no avatar! ShabbyBlue says

    06-05-2019, 12:31 PM

    Seeing the 3 aliens in person at Target recently finally made me want to get all the AvP Arcade figures, and seeing this awesome photoshoot made me confident that I made the right decision. I really love the vibrant colored paintjobs on all of them.

  12. Spooked's Avatar Spooked says

    06-05-2019, 12:46 PM

    I've sworn off NECA's Alien line due to repeated quality issues, but I have to say when photographed correctly, they really do look incredible.

    This is some of your best work yet, Joe. Just. Amazing.

    Bravo!

  13. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    06-05-2019, 02:03 PM

    Now that NECA has finally released the entire AvP Arcade series and I have purchased them all, my life is finally complete. Not I just have to find an extra shelf to display them...

    BTW, can anyone tell me if Dutch's head is an altered Arnold sculpt or a brand-new one? I can't quite tell.

  14. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    06-05-2019, 02:06 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by snake5289 View Post
    Huh. So it may be possible to play AvP again without jumping through a ton of hoops.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMvJkmEhZE
    Um, that thing is $250 for only 16 games, and both the controllers and the system-to-TV cable set-up are said to be weird and awkward. Meanwhile, MAME and an AvP ROM will cost you nothing, and a 2 year-old could set that up on any modern PC in seconds. There's no hoops to jump through, I assure you.

  15. ShabbyBlue has no avatar! ShabbyBlue says

    06-05-2019, 03:19 PM

    Yeah I'd be tempted to get that for $75-100 like the more reasonably priced NES and SNES Classics, but $250 is ridiculous for a measly 16 games. Especially with that awkward console design and controllers. I've also heard a lot of people complaining about the dumb decision to paint the buttons the same colors as the Capcom logo, causing them to blend in and disappear within the surface of the console. Horrible design all around.

  16. Bo Ttef's Avatar Bo Ttef says

    06-05-2019, 06:05 PM

    Found all the Aliens today! Woo!. Grabbed two of the chrysalis guy. These are all so dang cool!

  17. deecee4's Avatar deecee4 says

    06-06-2019, 06:01 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    BTW, can anyone tell me if Dutch's head is an altered Arnold sculpt or a brand-new one? I can't quite tell.
    No idea but it's an interesting head sculpt. I see a little Eastwood and DeNiro in the face and it almost has a Dick Tracy movie villain look to it too.

  18. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    06-06-2019, 06:13 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    Now that NECA has finally released the entire AvP Arcade series and I have purchased them all, my life is finally complete. Not I just have to find an extra shelf to display them...

    BTW, can anyone tell me if Dutch's head is an altered Arnold sculpt or a brand-new one? I can't quite tell.
    I believe it's an all-new sculpt. There's too many differences between that and an Arnold portrait.

  19. ddarko's Avatar ddarko says

    06-06-2019, 11:37 AM

    Awesome photos, and nice review! Might have to pick up this pack.

  20. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    06-06-2019, 12:40 PM

    Great photo shoot! Made me go out and get the Chrysalis Alien haha. Now I just gotta get a Henrietta for an extended neck-off

  21. xenofanlv426 has no avatar! xenofanlv426 says

    06-06-2019, 06:45 PM

    that one gives me a real evil dead Henrietta vibe.

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