Topic: NECA's Classic Video Game Simon Belmont

[Danial]

The toy company NECA has come up with an ingenious new line recently.  It started off as a fun kitschy SDCC exclusive, but it was so popular that it's blossomed into its own ongoing series of figures.  Basically they take a property they have the license to, and usually already have figures made of it.  Then they repaint those figures in a style that's reminiscent of old video games, most of which were on the NES.  (Here's a visual checklist of some of the previous figures to give you an idea of the line.  http://www.itsalltrue.net/?page_id=29975)

They've finally gotten around to doing a NES CV1 repaint of their Simon Belmont figure.  He comes with a repainted Bat and Flea Man, and in a collector friendly package that looks like a beat-up old NES box.  Personally, I'm hoping for a CV2 style repaint also.



And here's a link to a gallery where you can see the accessories, box, and even some of the other figures in the line.  I'm personally very excited for the Contra two-pack.
http://news.toyark.com/2016/02/13/toy-fair-2016-neca-video-game-figures-192810

[PFG9000]

Man, I really, really don't care for that design.  I love the original figure, and I wouldn't mind them going with a classic color scheme, but the pixels just look terrible on the figure.  It's like two opposite styles being hamfisted together.  I'm glad it's a popular line, but it's not for me.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I am not fond of this repaint. The original looks better, imo.

[X]

Maybe it's only me but it looks like Simon decided on wearing Aztec warrior paint. Dracula better not resurrect now.

[Nagumo]

It seems they were trying to be creative, but the concept fell flat on its face. Simon's NES sprite has a completely different design than the artwork from the box cover (which I'm guessing this design is supposed to be based on), so you just end up with a bizarre fusion of the two. 

[TheTextGuy]

For some reason Simon looks like some sort of creepy zombie.  Really creepy.  I wonder if they sell the original figure still?

Also on a more nitpicky note they mixed up Bill Rizer's and Lance Bean's hair; Bill is blonde hair and blue pants while Lance is black/dark brown hair with red pants.

[darkmanx_429]

Cocaine's a hellavu drug.

[JayDominus]

Wow, this looks stupid. The figure was fine as it was.

[zangetsu468]

He looks more like a Simon Wraith.

Also while I don't mind the colour scheme, the paintwork on the face is not pixelated enough and some of the paint looks kinda crappy. :/

You know what I would like, an 8-bit Simon Belmont Amiibo.