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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: Danial on February 13, 2016, 05:22:29 PM
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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 (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.
(http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/02/TF-2016-NECA-Video-Game-Figures-022.jpg)
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 (http://news.toyark.com/2016/02/13/toy-fair-2016-neca-video-game-figures-192810)
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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.
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I am not fond of this repaint. The original looks better, imo.
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Maybe it's only me but it looks like Simon decided on wearing Aztec warrior paint. Dracula better not resurrect now.
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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.
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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.
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Cocaine's a hellavu drug.
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Wow, this looks stupid. The figure was fine as it was.
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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.