NECA Alien 3 Dog Alien

The newest Alien wave from Neca has brought us Kane, Bishop, and the only figure I was really interested in, the Dog Alien from the much maligned (and in my opinion, much underrated) Alien 3.

In packaging, the xeno is in a foetal position with the tail wrapped around him - it looks very cool!

Out of the packaging, this is a huge and gorgeous looking Alien. I really think Neca knocked it out of the park with this guy. When he's not crouched, this is a seriously imposing xeno!

The colour is really great looking on the Dog Alien. He's a solid black but has an amazing brown paint over it that really brings out the detail. The skull is mostly clear which looks amazing, and has some smokiness at both ends.

The little inner mouth is a light grey, and his teeth are white.

Articulation is great on this Alien. His head rotates and tilts, his shoulders are on a ball and hinge joint, as are his elbows and wrists. He also has a torso crunch and swivel.

His hips are on a ball and hinge joint, double jointed knees, another joint in his calf (giving him a double jointed leg)and then he has a ball and hinge joint in his ankle. Lastly, after all of that, his tail is almost 12" long, swivels, and has a bendy wire in it. It's brilliant as it ends on a bad ass looking spike (which is a softer plastic).

This gives the Alien a great range of motion, but the best thing about this figure is that it comes with a stand - which in the writing of this review I have managed to break...

The stand makes posing this figure much easier (really hoping this glue holds...) and means you can get him in some great terrifying poses.

The stand though, is really quite brittle. Be really careful with it!

I am really happy with this xeno though, I really think Neca did a brilliant job in capturing the horror in Geiger's design here, with the shininess of the paint giving him a slimy look and all the sculpted details are immaculate. If you're into Alien or were thinking about picking this guy up, I would say go for it if you get a chance. I have a feeling this xeno might become quite difficult to come by.

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NECA Alien Xenomorph

The last NECA xeno I looked at had it's faults. This guy though? So much better!

This xeno is based on the first Alien from... Well, Alien. With the translucent dome on his head, and amazing shine, almost slimy look to him.

The articulation is great, but the details are what make this figure really stand up as a great looking xeno.

Like I said, this xenomorph's articulation is pretty great. Head moves up and down and side to side, shoulders move up and down - but not out. There's a bicep swivel, a ball and hinge in the elbow, and in the wrist. There's an ab crunch that swivels too, hips go back and forth, double bend in the knee, ankle swivel and toe bend. And let's not forget the tail! The tail is about 8" and has a bendy wire in it so that you can pose it and use it to help keep the xeno stood up if necessary.

But look at those details! That's what makes this, in my opinion, probably the most affordable definitive version of the original xenomorph.

The shine to the black paint and silver on the teeth and nails is gorgeous, really giving this thing a feeling of life. The xeno has the long head, five fins on it's back, long tail and gangly appearance. All the little details are there too. The jaw opens letting the inner mouth jut out on it's own, there are small ridges running down his chest accenting the exterior ribs, there are small tubes, that are separate pieces, running from jaw to shoulder, small spikes on the elbows... I could go on. Seriously, the detailing in this figure, highlighted by that great paint application make this a real winner for me!

I think I'll be looking to add to my Alien collection, the Neca stuff really is top notch (for the most part!).

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Why not check out the guy who took the pictures? He's called Fezbongo and he's a grade A top dude.

NECA Aliens Sergeant Craig Windrix

I've been looking to pick up the NECA Hudson and Hicks figures, but I've had a hard time finding them in the wild, or for a reasonable online price.

I found this guy though, who isn't in any of the Alien movies, but has a great back story.

Kyle Windrix is a sculptor who works for NECA and his brother, Craig, was sadly diagnosed with cancer. NECA were good enough to immortalise Craig as a Sergeant in the USCM as a 6 inch articulated marine. Sadly Craig passed away in February this year, but I'm really glad that this excellent figure exists to keep his memory alive.

The sculpt on Sergeant Windrix is great. Great head sculpt straight off the bat, but it's the smaller sculpted details that I love on this guy, like the armour, the boots, and the belt with the accessories hanging off of it.

The articulation on the Sergeant is excellent. The head swivels, there are hinge joints in the shoulders (unfortunately these a re a little impeded by his body armour), there's a ball and hinge in the elbow and the same in the wrists. He has a torso crunch, hip joints, a double knee joint, ankle swivel and pivot, and toe articulation.

Craig comes with three removable accessories: A shoulder mounted cam and light, his motion tracker, and his flame thrower.

All of these are well sculpted, but the motion tracker is the stand out piece for me. It has a little "blip" screen and everything! So cool!

I really like this guy, along with the stellar head sculpt, the paint work is what gives this guy his personality. The camo is brilliant, but the small touches like the US flag on his shoulder above his stripes showing his rank, or the love heart painted on his armour, and not forgetting the penguin on his back ("stay frosty!") all make the Sergeant a real USCM that will stand proudly next to Hudson and Hicks once they're added to my collection.

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Shout out to Fezbongo for taking all the pictures in this review. You can see more of his stuff on his Tumblr!

Horror Block September

I received my first Horror Block recently - this is technically September's Block as it's released at the end of the month, and being in the UK it takes a bit more time to get here.

It's a fun box, but I was a little underwhelmed. On opening this Horror Block you get a cool Walking Dead reference.

In the box I found a Hannibal shirt - which was a replacement as the original shirt that was due to be in the box was short shipped. And honestly? I would have preferred the original t-shirt which was an It inspired shirt with Pennywise front and centre.

That's not to say that the Hannibal shirt is bad, I just would have liked the It one more!

A second shirt was included this month which I like more.

A ripped zombie shirt in the shape of a skull. Pretty cool looking for sure!

They also included a mask to combine with the tee for a quick Halloween costume - a Neca produced full head mask of Eddie from Iron Maiden

Included in this Horror Block to add to the costume was a packet of Costume Tattoos

Lastly, in the box was the new Rue Morgue book "Horror Movie Heroes"

All in all, it's not a great box, but I am looking forward to future boxes. This box wasn't totally for me, but it was certainly worth the price items wise.

More to come this Shocktober! Go Figure!

NECA Aliens Xenomorph Warrior

Next up, I'm going to be looking at the Xenomorph Warrior from NECA.

I love the Alien franchise (yes, I even have a soft spot for Resurrection) but I'm gutted about this figure. And I'll tell you why.

Firstly, this is a gorgeously sculpted figure and the blue black shine that's on it makes it look slimy and wet. Incredible stuff from NECA.

I hate to do this to such a lovely looking figure, but I want to get these negatives out of the way.

My problem's are hopefully issues with my figure and my figure alone. Firstly, the waist joint is super loose and there's a big blob of glue on the back of the figure which is a real shame.

The top fin, the one under the head, is only sitting in place, it's not glued in and falls off easily.

One of the feet is glued in place and doesn't move.

The jaw is off centre, difficult to open, and you can't take out the small inner mouth.

And finally, one of the small tubes leading from the jaw to the back isn't connected like the other one.

All of these things mean the figure doesn't stand properly which makes posing it almost impossible. It's a real shame for such a great looking figure.

However, let's have a look at the positives.

Like I said, this is a great looking figure. Beautifully sculpted and brilliantly creepy.

The joints that work are good. The wrists have nice full articulation, the head moves up and down a little, there's a hinge at the shoulder (which doesn't work on my figure), a ball joint at the elbow, ball joints at the hips and a double joint at the knees... Well, only the one knee on my figure has a double joint. The other knee has one joint glued shut. The feet also have a mid foot hinge.

One of the nicest pieces on this figure is the tail. It's creepy, serated, and bendable, which would make posing this guy much cooler!

I have to say though, that I've used a little bit of heat and I've managed to loosen the stuck foot and knee joint, and this did help a couple of issues. I'll also glue the top fin back into place, and I'll need to glue the small hose into place. This isn't really expected on a NECA figure, and yeah, it's pretty disappointing.

In saying that though I would recommend this figure. I'd really hope you didn't end up with one like mine though.

More Alien goodies will be on the way before the end of the month so stay tuned!

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Photos by Fezbongo - you can see his Tumblr here!

NECA NES Robocop

Robocop is one of the best, most violent and most visceral action movies the 80's had to offer. This guy had to be mine for a couple of reasons: 1. I don't own a Robocop figure; 2. It's an excellent looking figure; and 3. it's Robocop that matches in with my Jason and Freddy!

Colour wise, he's a really dark and beautiful metallic blue with even lighter blue highlights. He has some black shading on his mouth which gives it some nice highlights.

Robocop is a brilliant likeness to his movie counterpart, he looks fantastic! I really like the look of this figure, great details in the helmet, shoulders and those pistons on his ankles are great. But the real stand out is the spring loaded hip holster that opens with a switch at the back and stores his gun. My figure seems to have a bit of an issue that the holster is a little fragile, but it's not so bad that you can't use it.

Articulation wise, Robocop is pretty good. His head moves side to side and up and down, he has armpit pivots and his arms move up and down, and he has a mid arm swivel (no wrist joint). He can swivel at his diaphragm, on my figure his left leg moves at his hip and moves up and down and his knees bends - this isn't the case on his right leg which his holster is on. His ankle doesn't even really move on his holster leg. His ankle on his left leg though moves his foot up and down, which interacts with the piston which is a really cool little feature.

I really like this guy, the highlights really work and look as though light is bouncing off of his metallic frame. This all makes him look like his videogame appearance. For me though, it's the sculpt that stands out. The feet and hands look so robotic, the pistons are very cool, his holster is a great touch and all the small touches in his armour just make this guy look like his movie counterpart.

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Check out Fezbongo and his tumblr for more great shots!

NECA NES Freddy Krueger

I find it only fitting that I follow up NECA's 8-bit Jason with their take on videogame Freddy.

Again, this figure has the crazy trippy colour scheme in the same vein as Jason, mimicking the in game appearance of Krueger.

This guy is very cool and the only Freddy I own other than the small 2.5" Funko mini-mystery horror figure.

The sculpted detail in this figure is really nice. Especially in Freddy's scarred face

And that hat's removable to show off even more of his mug!

A face only a mother could love right there. But none of the mothers from Elm Street...

Articulation on this guy is minimal but enough to get him in a nice Freddy pose - which he's pretty much in anyway while in box. His head moves side to side, but only a little, his shoulders move back and forth, his elbows bend and his wrists swivel. His waist barely swivels, no articulation in the knees and his feet move up and down a little. Really, this guy is just for standing while looking sinister!

His glove is flesh coloured, but again that's in keeping with his in game look. I'm really glad I've added this guy to my NECA videogame inspired collection, he's really great looking and is a great partner to 8-bit Jason. Go Figure!

Fezbongo is my go to photo guy, he's a boss! Check his tumblr!