Yesterday was the NECA fan event at Yestercades in Westfield NJ, close to their corporate HQ. They invited fans out to chat, see some new stuff up close and personal and of course play some games! Joe Moore and I attended the event – we shared some things out on social yesterday and rounded up some info nuggets / posted a video of the Q n A session last night (which you can see here). Now we have some better HD images from the event, curated cropped and polished. Included are:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- TMNT 1990’s Movie SDCC 2019 Exclusive “The Capture of Splinter” 7″ Scale Figure Set – Splinter, Shredder, Foot Soldiers
- TMNT Cartoon 7″ Scale 2-Pack (Wave 3) – Leatherhead and Slash
- TMNT: Turtles In Time 7″ Scale – Shredder Video Game Appearance
DC vs Darkhorse San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Exclusives
- Armored Batman vs Predator
- Superman vs Aliens
Other San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Exclusives
- IT (2017) – 7” Scale Action Figure – Etched Pennywise
- The Karate Kid – 8″ Clothed Action Figure – Kreese
- T2 – 7” Scale Action Figure – Ultimate John Connor with Dirt Bike
Toony Terrors
- Halloween – Michael Myers 6″ Scale Figure
- Hellraiser – Pinhead 6″ Scale Figure
Other Items
- Alien Resurrection – Newborn Alien Deluxe 7″ Scale Figure In-Package
- The Shape of Water – Amphibian Man 7″ Scale Figure with Diorama
- Ace Ventura – Live Sculpting Demo of Snowflake and Ace’s Dog for new 8″ Scale Figure
Read on to check them all out. We’d like to thank NECA for doing this, was a great time at a great spot. We hope they do it again!
Quick Round Up of the NECA Fan Event 2019 - QnA Videos and More
A SINESTRO PREDATOR??!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?!!!!!!
I will never be able to get that one on their Con exclusive rush. I was already worried because of the cool Joker Alien but add that to the mix and it will be a mad rush to get those. Hopefully they will have some insanely cool TMNT that everybody rushes to get and I can slip through and get the other DC sets again like this time.
I CANNOT wait to see that Sinestro predator though. It is going to look so cool. I am sure it will be at SDCC. CAN'T WAIT FOR NECA SDCC LIKE ALWAYS.
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You did great Joe. Not as good as your photography but pretty good. Thanks for going up and making the effort!
NECA should crowdfund King Ghidorah. This way the production run is brought and paid for. I'm sure there will be more than enough interest.
What about an online exclusive?
And I haven't seen a single NECA item in a Target store for months.
Has there been any news on the TMNT Dimension X arcade figures? I really hope those aren't cancelled in favor of just the cartoon versions. I actually really like video game versions.
Dimension X figures?
It would have been nice to go to this. I think this thing will get bigger and bigger. This was their own mini convention before SDCC.
I really wish I was still in NJ to attend the event, looked like fun!
Killer croc looks awesome
It's strange that NECA says the Godzilla figures are so dependent on Target, when 90% of the Targets don't even have the new Godzilla figures from NECA in them. I also find it odd that Target can find space for that gigantic Alien Queen figure but not King Ghidorah?
I can't recall a video game with Shredder having a lightsaber and using that color palette. It's been years since I've played it but I could've sworn that you only fight Super Shredder in Turtles in Time.
What about an online exclusive?
And I haven't seen a single NECA item in a Target store for months.
HD Pics up!
NECA Fan Event 2019 – HD Pics!
Guess it depends on the level of excitement the community shows for Neca stuff.
Guess it depends on the level of excitement the community shows for Neca stuff.
*sigh* I REALLY regret not going to this. I live NY and totally within driving distance, so I really don't have much of an excuse. If it happens again next year I have to go. Plus, it would have been cool to meet the ToyArk crew and thank them for all their hard work in helping to drain my fucking wallet with their awesome reviews/photo shoots.
Oh, cool, it's Asian John Connor:
I also question why King Ghidorah would be so much more expensive than any of their deluxe or Quater-Scale offerings. In roughly the same scale, they are able to make a $20-$25 Godzilla figure where S.H. Monsterarts makes a $75-$80 figure of the same design. S.H. Monsterarts Ghidorah figure is retailing for around $150-$180. What on earth is NECA doing that makes an attempt so financially unfeasible? Theyve proven that customers are willing to throw down over $125 or more a figure or set of figures. And I seem to recall there being preorders for a 1/2 articulated Deadpool figure for nearly $700. How is there any kind of market for that online or otherwise, size and price withstanding and yet a Ghidorah figure is simply not possible?
Also, Also they are selling Diorama pieces that never see the light of day on a retail shelf for over $100 and somehow there is still enough of an online market for more pieces of the detail and scale of the street scene Diorama they just released. Obviously the work that goes into an articulated three-headed dragon is likely more complicated than a building that's just supposed to look pretty, but still.
I always imagined a NECA Ghidorah would require some assembly anyway. Detach the wings, the three heads, and the tails and artfully cram those pieces in a box the size of the Queen Alien and Im sure they could make work for $50 cheaper than the Monsterarts offering.
I dont pretend to know the numbers and the folks at NECA must know what there talking about, but the excuses they've given so far sound like stretch. Regardless Ill take them at their word, because thats honestly the only thing you can do at this point.
In reality Im OK if they dont make King Ghidorah. Ill take a MUTO from the 2014 movie instead.
They said multiple times that Ghidorah would be a minimum $150 figure. It's a one use design that Target wasn't interested in. Hard to justify the tooling cost for something that's a hard sell to your largest retailer, and you probably won't be able to use again. You can watch the video, he's fairly candid about it.
It's a massive design that would be larger than a Queen Alien, which is in a fairly small box all things considered. The MonsterArts box is about 20" long. The box for the dio sets are long as well, but then depth is only a few inches, and retails for it is well under that $150 price point. MonsterArts has a larger distribution network in Japan. That thing will be in multiple retail stores there, and then get its own distribution via Bluefin.
Were there pics of the GL/ Pred set or did they just mention it'd be the final exclusive?
It's a massive design that would be larger than a Queen Alien, which is in a fairly small box all things considered. The MonsterArts box is about 20" long. The box for the dio sets are long as well, but then depth is only a few inches, and retails for it is well under that $150 price point. MonsterArts has a larger distribution network in Japan. That thing will be in multiple retail stores there, and then get its own distribution via Bluefin.
But as I said, there are other avenues for which NECA has released larger more expensive items with sculpts that also have a one-and-done use. Apples and Oranges I know but still, while $150 is a lot, people would pay for it based on the character alone. I just think its odd that its so impossible thats all.
But as I said, there are other avenues for which NECA has released larger more expensive items with sculpts that also have a one-and-done use. Apples and Oranges I know but still, while $150 is a lot, people would pay for it based on the character alone. I just think it’s odd that it’s so impossible that’s all.
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