The Defenders of the Earth 7″ Scale Figures by NECA will be coming soon to Walmart stores. Walmart will be the first place to get the figures, with additional retailers to follow soon after. The first wave of figures have now popped up on Walmart.com, though they aren’t in stock just yet. Series 1 includes Flash Gordon, Ming The Merciless, and The Phantom. They are priced at $29.96 each. Check out some info below, and see official packaging pics after the jump.
King Features – 7” Scale Action Figure – Defenders of the Earth Series Flash Gordon
Based on the characters from the beloved 80s cartoon, which brought Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and The Phantom teaming up against Ming the Merciless, comes the Defenders of the Earth! “Out of the sky, his rockets ignite!” To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the classic cartoon and toy line, NECA is proud to present Flash Gordon! He stands approximately 7″ tall and includes interchangeable hands, a ray gun, detachable laser effect, and a sword. Comes in collector-friendly window box packaging.King Features – 7” Scale Action Figure – Defenders of the Earth Series Ming the Merciless
Based on the characters from the beloved 80s cartoon, which brought Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and The Phantom teaming up against Ming the Merciless, comes the Defenders of the Earth! To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the classic cartoon and toy line, NECA is proud to present the evil supervillain, Ming the Merciless! He stands approximately 7″ tall and includes interchangeable hands, a real fabric cape, a ray gun with detachable laser effect, a sword, and staff. Comes in collector-friendly window box packaging.King Features – 7” Scale Action Figure – Defenders of the Earth Series Phantom
Based on the characters from the beloved 80s cartoon, which brought Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and The Phantom teaming up against Ming the Merciless, comes the Defenders of the Earth! To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the classic cartoon and toy line, NECA is proud to present the Lord of the jungle! The hero who stalks! The Phantom! He stands approximately 7″ tall and includes interchangeable hands, a blaster, detachable laser effect, and the Defenders team mascot, Zuffy. Comes in collector-friendly window box packaging.
Walmart Listings for the Defenders of the Earth - Flash Gordon, Ming, and The Phantom by NECA
Wow. Color me impressed by both the license and Neca's decision to go with more of a classically influenced comic book interpretation and format. Similar to their Supes fig, I find these very appealing and, dare I say, Legends-esque.
These look awesome. My only complaint is I just wish phantom had his two guns and holsters.
I Loved this cartoon series as a kid. I Hope a better dvd set comes out some day. I'm getting this.
I vaguely remember this show and went back to watch some of big and it has aged well.
I worry that wave 1 won't sell well enough for NECA to release the rest of the planned figures to complete this line. The vintage line only had 6 figures so it would only require one more wave to recreate it. We've already seen Mandrake and Lothar at Toy Fair last year, and Garax is the only missing one.
Also I love how the packaging emulates the vintage carded figures, down to NECA's logo resembling the Galoob logo. These figures will go great next to my Rocketeer figure.
*Reads Defenders of the Earth* Nice.
*Reads NECA* Oh, never mind.
I don't see this line being popular or selling well.
Not trying to be a dick, but I'm in my 40's and this shit is before my time. It's a weird license for NECA to release stuff for.
I'll definitely pick up Ming to go with my Sword and Sorcery stuff, not sure about the other two though.
Now if they'd gotten Billy Zane's likeness...
No one can get Billy Zane’s likeness. Except, Billy Zane. Lol.
I’m in for these. Something I wouldn’t ask for, but something I’m glad to have. Plus this is the dry run for when Neca lands DC in 2023.
Not trying to be a dick, but I'm in my 40's and this shit is before my time. It's a weird license for NECA to release stuff for.
Agreed. Instead he comes with a laser and...a space monkey? What the fuck is that thing?
Not trying to be a dick, but I'm in my 40's and this shit is before my time. It's a weird license for NECA to release stuff for.
I'm 38 and have zero recollection of this show. The figures look good but just have no connection.
The Phantom! finally a modern action figure.
I had watched it briefly when I was younger. I wouldn't say it was a favorite then, but it's aged surprisingly well compared to some other 80s toons (though still has its cringe-worthy moments). Once you get passed this wave though, I'm not sure the secondary characters will have any real draw. I hope I'm wrong, and they sell well enough for NECA to start looking at other 80s toons.
I remember really liking the reimagined Lothar. All the characters were pleasing, but Lothar stood out for me as a youth looking for cultural representation within the pop-entertainment I consumed. Thankfully, they upgraded his look and tweaked his backstory to make him more palatable to modern audiences and sensibilities.
The show was pretty entertaining and the opening theme was one of the more memorable ones in an 80's landscape full of truly great theme songs.
Show wasnt unwatchable from what I remember, somehow I think I remember this among shows like Bionic Six and The Centurions (love to see those redone). Ah, memories.
Thoughts on the line, interesting but agree for the most part with the rest. I think though to my eye only Ming's paint job looks like it carried over from the early reveals, Flash and Phantom less so.
I remember really liking the reimagined Lothar. All the characters were pleasing, but Lothar stood out for me as a youth looking for cultural representation within the pop-entertainment I consumed. Thankfully, they upgraded his look and tweaked his backstory to make him more palatable to modern audiences and sensibilities.
The show was pretty entertaining and the opening theme was one of the more memorable ones in an 80's landscape full of truly great theme songs.
Thoughts on the line, interesting but agree for the most part with the rest. I think though to my eye only Ming's paint job looks like it carried over from the early reveals, Flash and Phantom less so.
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Not trying to be a dick, but I'm in my 40's and this shit is before my time. It's a weird license for NECA to release stuff for.
Agreed. Instead he comes with a laser and...a space monkey? What the fuck is that thing?
*Reads NECA* Oh, never mind.
This is what I was referring to. Looks like it will be figures and not an official product.
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