Oh boy, oh boy! My first NECA!
Despite my
never-ending love for all things Horror I've been avoiding NECA because I've heard the break easily and that they make their figures in the seven inch scale. That ends today, I love horror too much, and having monsters tower over the rest of my collection won't look out of place.
Jason (Freddy VS Jason) wasn't my first choice for entry #700 or my first NECA, but... well, the other figure will have to wait until I can ship it over from Miami. Spoilers!
I had a hard time deciding between Part 7's Jason and Freddy VS Jason's Jason. I feel like this is his best all-around design, but something I love about the first seven Friday 13th's flicks is how Jason just keeps accumulating wounds over and over and over, culminating in his
incredible Part VII design. But, ah well, I went with this one. The detail on this guy is nothing short of incredible, his coat looks all torn and worn down, with a beautiful black wash that highlights all the details. His pants are full of folds and everything comes together all so perfectly well. He comes with a Machete, a bloody Machete, three masks(Clean, Scratched(By good ol' Fred and bloody), as well as a pretty cool flame effect for his machete and a teddy bear. I can't stress enough how
great I think this guy looks, I've been playing with him a lot this past week.
The thing I dislike the most about this Jason is the head sculpt. This is the newest rerelease which painted the head grey instead of flesh-toned. Believe it or not, grey is how he
actually looks in the single blink-and-you-miss-it frame in which he appears unmasked in the film. That said, as accurate as he is to the film, this is the head I like the least because he looks nothing like previous Jasons and kept none of the wounds and rotting that his head accumulated through the films.
The articulation is
passable. Elbows and knees are single jointed, the arms barely reach a 90 degree bend, and the legs don't even get that far. And while you can rotate the legs and forearms at the joints, due to the sculp, they might lose some range if bent to either side. The shoulders and hips are much better, having a full range of movement, and he has a hidden ball-jointed waist for some extra bend. I'll admit, after hearing so many things about how fragile these figures are... Jason feels very solid. Even the more stiff articulations don't make me feel as if I'm stressing the plastic, unlike with Hasbro's offerings, so I've been having fun just posing him around. He towers over Bucky Cap,
very appropriate!
My first NECA and I love the guy. While he is not the most
possable guy ever, you can get some mean poses out of him, and the sculpt is just beautiful. Now I'm excited about getting a few more NECA horror icons!
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