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The Toyark › Horror Toy News › Deluxe King Kong “Illustrated” Figure by NECA – Toyark Photo Shoot

Deluxe King Kong “Illustrated” Figure by NECA – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on January 29, 2021 at 3:22 pm by Joe Moore under Horror Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

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NECA is releasing a repainted version of the Deluxe King Kong Figure. The King Kong “Illustrated” Version 7″ Scale Figure is based on Basil Gogos artwork for the cover of a 1974 issue of the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. The paint scheme has a heavy, colorful, hand-painted look to it. Like the original release, it includes two portraits, and two sets of hands. The figure will be released between February and March. It will start off as a Walmart Exclusive. However, it will then come to general retail after the exclusivity period is over.

Our friends at NECA have sent over the figure. Read on to check out our thoughts and photo gallery for the Illustrated King Kong.

King Kong “Illustrated” Version 7″ Scale Deluxe Figure

Pros

  • Sculpt is still solid
  • Good articulation
  • Easy to swap out parts

Cons

  • I do wish the hand painted look was carried over to the whole figure to better match the Poster Godzilla

Overall
The figure comes in a box that is similar to the original release. The photos and art were updated to use the new figure. It’s a flapped window box. The figure includes a modern style portrait, a vintage style portrait, a set of open hands, and a set of fists. For the most part, this is the same enjoyable figure we got last year. The sculpt is still strong, and there’s plenty of good articulation. Double jointed knees and elbows, a ball jointed torso, etc. I didn’t run into any quality control issues here. The joints were strong, but not too tight, there was no paint chipping, and none of the joint connections are loose. The portraits and hands swap out fairly easily, and didn’t require any heat to snap into place.

The big change here is the paint scheme. The portraits, shoulders, and upper torso feature a near perfect match for the Basil Gogos artwork (seen here) that inspired the release. The main downside is that the paint deco isn’t carried down to the rest of the figure. While the body has washes of greens and yellows that slowly fade out from the top to match the colors used on the portrait, it’s not applied as heavy or in the same way. For me, the cel-shaded style paint decos work best when the whole figure is like that. When it’s only on a portion of the figure, it doesn’t look quite right.

If you’re a fan of more colorful decos, Basil Gogos, or just King Kong in general, I’d say give this one a look. I think the initial release is better suited for most collectors’ tastes, and wouldn’t be surprised to see a monochrome release in the future, as a call back to the black and white films. Check out some select photos below, and the full gallery after that.

*Side note, the little screaming turtles are my wife’s, and she wanted a couple pics of Kong with them. I thought they were funny, so enjoy!

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

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-27-2021, 12:54 PM

    NECA Deluxe King Kong Illustrated Version - In-Hand Preview

    Full gallery coming later this week.

  2. dukefett's Avatar dukefett says

    01-27-2021, 01:17 PM

    Kind of an odd looking deco, glad I'm not too interested in it since it's an exclusive.

  3. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-27-2021, 01:36 PM

    Timed exclusive. Available at general regular retail after a month or so.

  4. Boogieman4hire's Avatar Boogieman4hire says

    01-27-2021, 02:03 PM

    I'm not sure I like the effect on this. He looks more like a mandrill. Did they paint the ass with purple butt cheeks too or is that a DIY project?

  5. Dragasses's Avatar Dragasses says

    01-27-2021, 02:04 PM

    that's just too goofy.

  6. Smasher's Avatar Smasher says

    01-27-2021, 02:19 PM

    I knew there would be a repaint.
    But this is not what I wanted -at all.
    Easy pass.

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

    01-27-2021, 03:05 PM

    I assumed the inevitable repaint was just going to be black and white, this is definitely the weirder alternative. I love the original release but I can't see any repaint of it getting my money since I have the first.

  8. Dragasses's Avatar Dragasses says

    01-27-2021, 03:37 PM

    yeah, unless the original becomes scarce, this thing is going to join the e.t. cartridges.

  9. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    01-27-2021, 03:40 PM

    Ehhhh, maybe if it came with a new "calm" head, but this is a pass.

  10. Sybok's Avatar Sybok says

    01-27-2021, 05:20 PM

    It appears to be based on the cover of an old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine cover.

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  11. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-27-2021, 05:51 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sybok View Post
    It appears to be based on the cover of an old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine cover.

    Attachment 62603
    Thank you. I was looking over posters, but never thought to check out magazine covers.

  12. Villano has no avatar! Villano says

    01-27-2021, 06:19 PM

    This figure announcement came out of nowhere (for me at least). Usually, this is the sort of stuff I see on their Twitter, but they haven't posted anything there since October. Anyone know what's going on with that? Are they done with Twitter? Are they making their announcements somewhere else? I feel like I'm out of the loop.

    I know Twitter can be a toxic wasteland (it's why I'm not on it), but it was nice getting regular news and previews.

  13. dukefett's Avatar dukefett says

    01-27-2021, 06:42 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Villano View Post
    This figure announcement came out of nowhere (for me at least). Usually, this is the sort of stuff I see on their Twitter, but they haven't posted anything there since October. Anyone know what's going on with that? Are they done with Twitter? Are they making their announcements somewhere else? I feel like I'm out of the loop.

    I know Twitter can be a toxic wasteland (it's why I'm not on it), but it was nice getting regular news and previews.
    They've been posting on Instagram; @NECAOfficial

    Randy seemed to operate the NECA Twitter himself, maybe he took a break.

  14. toycrypt has no avatar! toycrypt says

    01-27-2021, 09:25 PM

    I love Neca products. But this is a swing and miss. I hope you guys make some more Horror figures.
    Have a great day everyone. God Bless.

  15. JerpJerp's Avatar JerpJerp says

    01-28-2021, 01:49 AM

    If they had gone all the way with the paint job I'd consider it. It looks like they started at the head and gave up at the chest.

  16. slaysghosts has no avatar! slaysghosts says

    01-28-2021, 09:34 AM

    Quote:
    Villano This figure announcement came out of nowhere (for me at least). Usually, this is the sort of stuff I see on their Twitter, but they haven't posted anything there since October. Anyone know what's going on with that? Are they done with Twitter? Are they making their announcements somewhere else? I feel like I'm out of the loop.

    I know Twitter can be a toxic wasteland (it's why I'm not on it), but it was nice getting regular news and previews.
    Yeah Joe, can you just confirm that Randy is OK? I'm sure you've talked to him since his last Twitter post. Odd question, but I heavily relied on his Twitter feed for accurate, straight from the horse's mouth updates and news. After so many years, can't help but be concerned over his sudden absence. Can you throw us a non-detailed bone here please?!?!

  17. TheArtofHorror has no avatar! TheArtofHorror says

    01-28-2021, 09:49 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JerpJerp View Post
    If they had gone all the way with the paint job I'd consider it. It looks like they started at the head and gave up at the chest.
    Exactly my thought. Basil Gogos is my favorite artist and I love the idea, but it looks like they didn't know what to do with the rest of the body since the magazine only shows the head. They could've taken some creative freedom and painted the body as colorful as the head.

  18. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-28-2021, 09:55 AM

    I talk to him here and there, but last time was a little before Christmas. I know he was busy working on project approvals leading up to the new year. He's normally swamped from December to the week leading up to (what would usually be) NY Toy Fair.

    I know Pete (@PetesuhPan) on Twitter has been sharing some of the news Randy normally would. He handles their other social media stuff (FB, Instagram).

  19. Dr Kain's Avatar Dr Kain says

    01-28-2021, 10:08 AM

    I'll just get the regular Kong when I have the extra funds.

  20. Grant C has no avatar! Grant C says

    01-28-2021, 10:12 AM

    Why?

  21. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    01-28-2021, 12:26 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Smasher View Post
    I knew there would be a repaint.
    But this is not what I wanted -at all.
    No one wanted this.

  22. JerpJerp's Avatar JerpJerp says

    01-28-2021, 09:03 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TheArtofHorror View Post
    Exactly my thought. Basil Gogos is my favorite artist and I love the idea....They could've taken some creative freedom and painted the body as colorful as the head.
    EXACTLY! Imagine that! It would be like PA-POW!!!!! This could have been really special. Reminiscent of the whole designer toy scene. I don't really buy any of that stuff because they are always like statues. This would have been a good marriage of the two.

    Basil is mostly heads but here are some quick examples inspired by him to illustrate our point....

  23. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    01-28-2021, 10:16 PM

    Yeah, I know this is NECA's own Kong design with some stylistic attributes from the '33 Kong, but since it's their own design they could've gone nuts with it! Brown/black/orange hair variant, sepiatone variant, black and white variant, I'd have bought any of those before this!

  24. Wes Crayon has no avatar! Wes Crayon says

    01-28-2021, 10:22 PM

    Yeeeah... I like the idea of a repaint along these lines, but it needed more to really sell this style. A brown repaint along the lines of some of the old movie posters would have worked better for me.

  25. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-29-2021, 01:23 PM

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