Topic: Neca Castlevania figures v2.0 restock

[neobuldogg]

awhile back i thought neca was refining their sculpts, and that the figs would be out in august (got that from bigbadtoystore) but i havent heard anything about them since, even a email to neca went unanswered.

has anyone heard any news about these?

[Abnormal Freak]

All I can say is that the original lineup sucks ass and I'm never buying another NECA toy. There's no reason for the final product to be so bad. McFarlane Toys these are clearly not.

[le052383]

I bet neca cancelled production to cut their loses from 1.0 and that they don't really stay on one franchise too long.  I mean most of their license properties last only about two waves.  There has been exception but that depends on how well sucessful a series is.

Although the NECa figures I have purchased are tmnt and He-man, I don't think one should judge NECA as a bad company just because of one toyline esp it might be the fault of the factory and not NECA personally.

Both the heman and tmnt stuff are really good and are on par with with Mcf probably because how the two were sculpted by former mcfarlane employees

[Reinhart77]

Ugh, I'm still in line for the original NECA figures from amazing toyz.

[mistressalucard]

I am just glad I got my set last year.  I actually like them.  I had a feeling these would be hard to get after a certain amount of time, and from what I remember not all of them shipped even if people had an order in.

[Mr Sven]

I got the whole set including closed mouth Dracula.

Apart from my dropping alucard a few times and smashing his hair off and breaking his scabbard im really pleased with them, they look nice ( and a little bit of glue sorted the hair out for those of you wondering )

[Abnormal Freak]

My Succubus figure is all borked up. The legs aren't far enough apart to fit on the platform it comes with, and I tried moving them outward, but now there's a big crack in one of the boots and the issue is still unresolved. :o

Simon's sheath busted off. Screw that.

[VampireHunterM]

In Reply To #2

In a way they kinda are McFarlane figures. These were sculpted by the Four Horsemen guys who left McFarlane & worked on the new He-Man figures. I think most McFarlanes suck anyway, once you take them out of the package. They look great, but stand like shit and fall apart. Import Japanese figures will be much better.

[le052383]

In Reply To #2

In a way they kinda are McFarlane figures. These were sculpted by the Four Horsemen guys who left McFarlane & worked on the new He-Man figures. I think most McFarlanes suck anyway, once you take them out of the package. They look great, but stand like shit and fall apart. Import Japanese figures will be much better.

Only Alucard and Dracula were sculpted by them.

[neobuldogg]

if anyones wanting to part with their set, awful as it may be, let me know.

[mistressalucard]

The figures are out and being sold by Play Asia.

[le052383]

The figures are out and being sold by Play Asia.

Thankz for lettin us know since I am goin to order Alucard or Simon now (which ones should I get first?) 

Bigbad seems to have the preorders sold out which may indicate that they are gettin them soon

[neobuldogg]

how come the shippings 30 dollars for the set from play asia? anyone know? i hope big bad gets theirs soon.

[le052383]

how come the shippings 30 dollars for the set from play asia? anyone know? i hope big bad gets theirs soon.

That is expensive.  If that is the case, probably better to get the set from cornerstorecomics/amazingtoyz since bigbad is sold out on preorders and csc is usually cheaper;  I have shopped at both places before and though bbts is usually more expensive than other online outlets, the customer service is excellent.  From personal experiences, if you receive a toy from them that is defective or is of a different product, you either get a replacement if the toy is defected/something breaks once you remove it from the package for no additional cost or can keep the toy for less than website price if they sent you the wrong item.

As for amazingtoyz/cornerstorecomics, they are my favorite since their toys are usually cheaper than anywhere else and shipping is affordable. 

[Profbeanburrito]

I bought the Succubus and Dracula from play-asia last night and shipping was $16, it was for both of them together, not 16 each