Action Figure #800: NECA Freddy Krueger(Nightmare on Elm Street 2)

 A Nightmare come true.

 While Art the Clown is my favorite horror movie Icon of today, Freddy Krueger has always been my GOAT, so it was only a matter of time before he arrived. For entry #800 I had two candidates: My favorite Pokemon or my favorite Slasher. You can see who won out! NECA has made many Freddies, but why this one? The original Nightmare is one of the best, but, it's the only classic Freddy flick in which his arms don't have the stripes. I needed the stripes. Nightmare 3 is my favorite of the bunch, but that figure has an alternate chest-option, and I didn't want to have to deal with a piece that might fall... so I settled for 2, which is one of the black sheeps in the franchise due to how many rules it breaks... but hey, at least it's a classic lookin' Freddy with no gimmicks!

 With my thought process out of the way, what about the figure itself? It's a thing of beauty. But let's get the worst out of the way first: His body is pre-posed, so his torso is slightly angled, as well as his neck. It's not a huge deal, but it wouldn't have been my first choice to sculpt him like that. Also, his arms seem a bit slimmer than I would've liked for the thickness of his torso and legs. But that's were my complaints end, because everything else about this guy is beautiful. From the intricate weaving of the fabric on his sweater, to the detail on his burned skin.... This is a beautiful looking figure. And the paint apps are on point, be it all the teeth on his different heads, or the eyes, or even the tiny metallic details on his shoes... I swear, this looks like Freddy as if he had come straight out of the movie. It's THAT good. And then the accessories: An angry head with no pupils, the one I'm using, and even angrier head with pupils and and EVEN angrier head with part of his skull missing, showing his brain. He has two clawed hands, one with the razors coming out of his fingers, and one with his classic glove. He also comes with two dog-people, of which you can rotate their heads and they are ALSO beautifully sculpted, very nasty looking, and expertly painted, as well as a fantastic fire effect that attaches through a magnet on his back. If you move him around the fire WILL fall, but once you settle on a pose, and you put the effect on his back, it will stay in place with no issues whatsoever. And it looks FANTASTIC on him. And I almost forgot! He comes with his classic fedora, which you can remove. It stays on his head pretty firmly, however. The only thing worth mentioning is to be careful with his clawed hands, because those razors will bend easily, I've seen many Freddies with those things pointing in awkward angles.

 Articulation, well... it's NECA, just be glad he goes above 5 Point of Articulation! Hips and shoulders work perfectly well, although I had to apply some oil to the hips because they were squeaky. Elbows and knees are single jointed and don't quite reach 90 degrees, but they are close. Hi has a ball jointed waist, but the forward and backward movement is neglegible. Curiously, the wrists are on ball pegs instead of hinges, and they offer a lot of range! Overall? It gets the job done. He is quite a bit taller than Bucky Cap.

 I really love this Freddy. The pre-posed sculpt is not my favorite, but it's not so bad so as to really limit his poseability. As someone who LOVES the Nightmare on Elm Street Saga, I couldn't have asked for more.

9.5