Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from NECA

I'll be brief with this post. I'm not gonna talk a whole lot about the TMNT. This is the one set of collection that I have that was not decided entirely by myself. I came across a review for these figures at another site. In all my time of collecting figures I am usually unbiased when it comes to choosing the figures. Unfortunately, this was not one of those times. Never had I read a review that was so moving and full of passion that made me think "Wow, I must get those figures". Damn you POE! LoL.
The sculpt and articulation is really wonderful and these are fast becoming my fav figures on the shelves. Even though their bandana is the same color, their facial expressions shows exactly each character.

Goofy

Angry

Thoughtful

Fierce

Unfortunately, the figures doesn't display well with my M.L and DC figures. It does however looks nice with my Hellboy and Gears of War figure.
If you've managed to get hold of the 25th Anniversary TMNT figures, these would really compliment those figures.
But don't let me persuade you, have a go at Poe's review over at OAFE.net.

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Seeing Green

The Turtles are here! They were delivered yesterday morning. I'm just thrilled to finally have these guys in my collection. Now, before you go reminiscing and start singing "heroes in a half shell", these aren't the garden varieties TMNT that we're used to watching back in the late 1980's. These are the original TMNT that spawned the phenomenon who made their first appearance on paper in 1984 by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

This was the cover of the first issue.

Source: Wikipedia

The main differences between these turtles and the animated are the tails(the cartoons did not have tails), bandanna - the animated used different colors for each turtle. It also turns out the originals really kicked ass while its animated counterparts had a more PG rated violence(e.g. Leonardo never used his Katana sword to cut the bad guys). There are also two variations of these figures. The first are the same but each figure comes with a base. The other is a box set and all the figures are in black in white to reflect the original characters.

The Four Horsemen name is enough to win over any doubtful collector...well me at least.

LeonardoRaphael

Donatello

Michelangelo

I'll post up some more pics in the future of these figures. Until then, they'll have to stay in their respective plastic cages.

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W.A.R. # 35 : Gears of War 2, Marcus Fenix

This is a bit off from my normal list of action figures but damn it...this figure has been taunting me ever since I first saw it a couple of months ago on the shelves at Target. So, I decided to get it simply out of curiosity plus this figure is along the same height as my other M.L. and DC figures.

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• Packaging
• Detail/Sculpt
• Articulation
• Pricing
  

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Packaging

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Detail/Sculpt

Honestly I've only played this game once...so for me to really assess the sculpt is very subjective. Though I have been a fan of Neca for quite some time and this figure does not disappoint. Their sculpt has always been superb(I've said this more than once) and at the same time have always sacrificed articulation over it. But I've noticed that this figure has very decent articulation and allows for a number of reasonable poses.

Put an eye patch and you can pass him off as a pirate.

The figure comes with two accessories. His snub pistol and his fully automatic assault rifle a.k.a. The Lancer(no, this is not the car).

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Articulation

Even with the ball hinged shoulders, movement is a bit restricted due to the bulky figure and its accessories. But the joints are well hidden due to the color of his suit.
-Ball jointed neck(limited movement)
-Ball hinged shoulders
-Swivel biceps
-Hinged swivel elbows
-Ball jointed wrists
-Swivel waist
-Swivel hips
-Hinged knees
-Hinged ankles

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Pricing

I bought this for almost AUD 30. Pricey if you think about it but nonetheless almost similar to DC Direct figures and the quality is on par if not more superior.

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I find myself really drawn to this figure the more I see it. Its true I'm not a big fan of Gears of War. But I'll be the first to admit a good action figure when I see one. Yes, its not exactly one of my proudest purchases. It was more of a "stop staring at me! ok, ok...I'll buy you" moment. Now I feel compelled to get 2 or 3 more figures from the series...ARGGHH. That or I could sell this off.

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