NECA ANNOUNCES MORE UNIVERSAL MONSTERS FIGURES, BUT FROM THE WRONG UNIVERSE…

BREAKING NEWS:

NECA ANNOUNCES MORE UNIVERSAL MONSTERS FIGURES, BUT FROM THE WRONG UNIVERSE…

It’s October, and NECA has been doing their Monster Madness, with “31 Nights of Fright”, revealing something new everyday for the whole month of october. When we’re lucky, it’s a new figure revealed, but when we’re not, they’ll just reveal the packaging of something announced months ago (Still a reveal! STILL COUNTS!). Between packaging reveals, brand new figures have been announced, such as a beautiful Elvira figure, more Gargoyles, a Gremlins accessory pack (Accessory packs, SO HOT RIGHT NOW!) and a new Ash figure from the original Evil Dead movie.

Before that, NECA had been killing it with the announcements of Universal Studio Monsters figures from the classic films. The Frankenstein monster figure, colored and black/white versions,have been out for a while, with the Wolfman and the Mummy to follow soon. More teases have been made, and we cannot wait to see a classic Dracula, Swamp Thing,… and all the others to be revealed.

UNFORTUNATELY… on their latest reveal, NECA announced that they will continue making those Universal Monsters figure that everyone likes, but from their modern adaptation… the now-defunct Dark Universe!

Remember when we were excited about that? Good times. It was a thursday.

Indeed, the Dark Universe was supposed to be the modern adaptation of all the classic Universal Monster movies. “The Mummy” movie came out, and… that’s pretty much all it did. It came out. No one went to see it. “The Invisible Man”, with Elizabeth Moss was pretty good actually, and supposedly part of that ‘multiverse’. Depending on who you ask, “Dracula Untold” is either part of that Dark Universe or not. It’s a mess… and it inevitably failed.

Pictured below: The Dark Universe promo photo, where Russel Crowe would play Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde, Javier Bardem as the Frankenstein monster, Tom Cruise as Sgt.Morton in “The Mummy”, Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, and Sofia Boutella as the Mummy.

Witness the beginning (and the end) of the Dark Universe - “We’re all very excited for nothing to happen” - them, probably

ToyFarce wishes that it was just a mistake and that a better reveal will be available today. I mean, at this point, even a packaging reveal would cheer us, right?

More news at 11:00… RIP Dark Universe

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REVIEW: NECA’S ULTIMATE APRIL O’NEIL

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NECA’S ULTIMATE APRIL O’NEIL

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, we’re checking the Ultimate April O’Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 90’s movie by NECA! This figure was available for pre-order for a limited time on NECA’s website, and was hyped by actress Judith Hoag herself before that, in her “April’s Takeover” during the month of April, with some very cool vignettes letting us have a peek behind the curtains. There were 2 versions of the figure, a standard version (seen in this review) and a limited edition that came with an extra yellow jacket and press pass, signed by the actress. The limited one sold out in minutes.

Shipper goodness! (Was there really a person that had to write down *by hand* numbers on 33,000 boxes?)

OH YES! A new NECA pillow case! (as seen in a previous article)

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Back

The box comes with a lenticular print, that changes when you move

Window

April comes with an extra head, extra hands, a channel 3 microphone, her purse, a sai, a pile of pizza boxes and a stand. This figure is STUNNING. The likeness is insane, the hair is 100% 90’s, the outfit and accessories are great, this is a homerun for NECA.

Look at that stunning figure

The likeness, the hair, the outfit… *chef kiss*

“This has been April O'Neil, Channel 3 Eyewitness News.”

WHAT ARE THOOOOOSE?!

Now, I guess I (knee)d to address the elephant in the room: the knees. It was such a jour(knee) to get that figure made, and most of it is amazing, except… those knees. We all wished this figure could be perfect, so we could all live in harmo(knee), but (knee)dless to say, it came up short only because of those knees... It’s actually the only issue with the figure. Between the Sentinel and that, September has officially been the “BOTCHED-KNEES MONTH”. (I wanted to make more leg jokes, but they’re a bit cor-knee).

“Are we done? - Err…Yes, ma’am.”

“Wait a minute…”

“That’s the lady from the TV!”

“You’re the lady from the TV!”

“You dropped this…”

“Do you have any turtle wax?”

The band, getting ready to welcome Danny

The LootCrate exclusive Danny figure is on its way, even though there has been no updates on the tracking number for 2 weeks (RR Donnelley, anyone?).

More news at 11:00… April O'Neil, Channel 3 Eyewitness News.

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SCALPERS INC. WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR YOU!

BREAKING NEWS:

SCALPERS INC. WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR YOU!

Promotional consideration, paid for by the following:

“Scalpers”. “Flippers”. “Resellers”. We have heard them all. Everybody seems to have a very negative opinion of us. This is why SCALPERS INC. will try to fix that!

At SCALPERS INC., we will go ABOVE and BEYOND for you to find those action figures and toys that you really want:

ABOVE the price labelled at retail, and

BEYOND the price any normal person would pay for it.

Trust us, we will make you appreciate what we do for you. It’s not like you have a choice, anyway… The shelves at your local stores will still be empty! We only ask for that “time and energy” tax. (“Time and energy” tax explained in a previous ToyFarce article: https://www.toyfarce.com/news//2020/08/time-and-energy-new-tax-from-unassumed.html )

**ToyFarce does not share the opinions expressed by SCALPERS INC. It looks like there was a glitch in the ad campaign app, and they managed to take advantage of that. Our apologies! Now back to regular programming…

More news at 11:00… do not support the S.C.A.L.P.!

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REVIEW: NECA’S THE BOYS HOMELANDER AND STARLIGHT

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NECA’S THE BOYS HOMELANDER AND STARLIGHT

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, we’re checking out the Homelander and Starlight figures from the awesome TV series “The Boys” by NECA. NECA announced those earlier this year, as part of a Father’s Day exclusives deal with Walmart or Target, but the exclusivity was only temporary, and they were finally in stock at other retailers (BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, …).

Usual nice looking NECA boxes

First off, Homelander, or “What if Superman was an asshole”. Homelander comes with 3 headsculpts (smirk, angry and “oh my god my eyes are gone” for the eye blast effect), 2 extra closed-fist hands and the eye blast effect. The smirk headsculpt looks a bit cartoony, but the angry one is spot on. His legs also look like they’re a bit shorter than they should be, or maybe he’s just all trunk. A glass of milk accessory is also clearly missing!

Box window

Back

“I am the Homeander…”

“… and I can do whatever the fuck I want”

The texture details on the suit are nice

“You see, companies, they come and go, but talent… talent is forever.”

EYE BLAST EFFECT!

That scene when he’s just shooting in the crowd…

“What?”

“MY EYES!”

Starlight comes with fewer accessories, an extra headsculpt and extra hands/armbands. A light effect would have been great, especially since some of the promo pics let us to believe that there would be some.

Box window

Back

The costume and cape have great details too

Mine had one slighlty crappy paint app on one of the eyes, which makes her look like she’s had a few drinks…

…but luckily, we don’t see it much from far!

“I’m supposed to be this hero, idol symbol, but I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.”

On the other hand, the other headsculpt is perfect.

“Since when did “hopeful” and “naive” become the same thing?”

“We’re all alone. That’s the truth”

Great figures from NECA. I can’t wait to add the rest of the Seven to the team, and hopefully get the Boys as well. So far, NECA has announced only Black Noir and A-Train during their Comic Con panel.

Two of the Seven

More news at 11:00… Got any milk?

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JULY 2021, THE WORST MONTH EVER FOR SCALPERS!

BREAKING NEWS:

JULY 2021, THE WORST MONTH EVER FOR SCALPERS!

“We may never recover financially from this!” said an anonymous scalper (sporting a blond mullet and a t-shirt with a tiger on it).

The S.C.A.L.P. industry held an emergency meeting this week after suffering devastating blows the entire month. They had an international conference call to try to figure out what their next move should be.

“I hereby declare July 2021 was “Anti-Scalper month” for the history books. Companies have been decimating our ebay prices!”

“Between NECA releasing their exclusive sets on their own website, Target re-issueing all the G.I.Joe Classified Series figures for everyone to order, and now people are making fun of us by LITTERALY scalping Space Jam 2 Lebron James figures, and selling their heads on ebay… we are a joke, now! I heard a Japanese magazine even fired a guy who tweeted about his support for us!” (See previous article: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/hobby-japan-blues-a-tale-of-consequences ). “This can’t go on! We need to find a way to continue making a living out of buying the things that people want and selling them at a higher price!”

“-How about getting a normal job? (the crowd boos) - No, not that!”

Inspired by a quote from @papa_schmitty

More news at 11:00… Scalpin' ain't easy!

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REVIEW: NECA SDCC 2020 EXCLUSIVE TMNT MUSICAL MUTAGEN TOUR SET!

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NECA SDCC 2020 TMNT MUSICAL MUTAGEN TOUR SET!

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, on monday, NECA did their Comic Con Panel and announced a ton of new stuff, including this year’s SDCC Exclusives (A huge set with the TMNT reporter team!! Flash Gordon and Ming in retro packaging!!). I felt it was maybe time to review LAST YEAR’s SDCC Exclusive, which had been sitting on my pile for months. Finally! When the first promo pics of this set came out last year, it was so outrageous, ridiculous and weird that I knew I 100% wanted it. After ordering it on the NECA store seconds after pre-orders were open, getting my order cancelled 2 months later, randomly, by NECA, and then asking a good friend to hook me up if he saw one while they were at Target, I finally got my hands on one earlier this year. Was it worth the wait? SHELL YEAH!

The packaging with the outer sleeve, with bonus face mask!

The packaging without the outer sleeve looks like a flight case from a concert, which is awesome!

Inside the flight case (Leonardo’s face is CREEPY AF).

ALRIGHT PEOPLE! WE ARE THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! YEAAAAAH!

MIKEY!

DONNIE!

LEO!

RAPH!

The 4 turtles come with a sleeveless jean jacket (in case you weren’t sure they were from the 90’s), their instruments and extra hands. A few things in this set are really strange though, like the shoes! Turtles in shoes! ARGH!

My reaction when seeing the shoes: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Their feet wouldn’t fit in those!

The faces, also, might cause you to feel really bad on the inside and you’re not sure why.

Nightmare fuel

“ I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL”

We’re gonna rock this city, guys!

SCREAM FOR ME, NEW YORK CITYYYYYY!!

WE LOVE YOU, PEOPLE! AH YEAH!

From their cover of Genesis “I can’t dance” cover

Bedazzled eye patches too!

This part is for the ladies. A smooth and silky evening to you all. Find safe haven in a bath tub of my jazz (- Duke Silver)

What? Could it be… ?

Trumpet Spawn joined Raph for a duet!

Thank you, New York City! It’s been a blast! Now is the part where we go backstage and you clap, and we come back and play the songs that we were going to play because they were on our setlist anyway!

Oh, yeah… figures can’t bow, they fall forward. My bad.

COWABUNGA, DUDES!

Michaelangelos

Donatellos

Leonardos

Raphaels

This is a fantastic set, and a perfect exclusive, in the sense that if you want it, it’s great, but if you don’t want it, it’s an exclusive, you can just pass on it (unless you’re an idiot completist like myself and want to have everything. One day, there will be a cure, I swear!).

More news at 11:00… WE’RE COMING OUT OF OUR SHELLS!

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COLLECTOR’S TIP: YOUR CAR IN THE SUN? PERFECT FOR YOUR ACTION FIGURES JOINTS!

COLLECTOR’S TIP:

YOUR CAR IN THE SUN? PERFECT FOR YOUR ACTION FIGURES JOINTS!

Earlier this year, we introduced to you the Figure Sauna™ (article here: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/introducing-the-figure-sauna ). Now that we’re well into the summer, and that the heatwaves keep coming at us, an ingenious collector found a new solution to joint stiffness in action figures using only on thing: your automobile!

Pictures you can feel. You could probably crack an egg on those cars and cook it: ROAD SNACK!

Special thanks to @cr33pynj for this tip (or “the other Dave” as he was introduced to us): The last time Dave bought a NECA figure, he noticed that after leaving it in his car that had been under a scorching sun for hours, the figure came out right off the box without a single articulation issue. All the joints were ready for movement, and there was no need to use the traditional “boiling water” or “hair dryer” trick.

Soon, we will see this kind of note, but there will be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles two-pack instead.

DISCLAIMER: Do not leave your toy in the car for more than 10-15 minutes. Usually, the car ride home from the superstore/comic book store should be enough to loosen the joints (suspiciously). It has not been tested yet, but leaving a NECA figure for hours in a car under a scorching sun could do permanent damage to your figure.

“What a great place to display my cute soft squishy animals collection! - Oh nooooo.”

Rubber duck in solid and in liquid form.

Are you excited for NECA’s Comic Con Panel later today? What are you hoping the most for? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… And don’t forget to drink a lot of water!

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REVIEW: NECA’S BATMAN/ALIENS & GREEN LANTERN/PREDATOR TWO-PACKS

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NECA’S BATMAN/ALIENS & GREEN LANTERN/PREDATOR TWO-PACKS!

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, we’re looking at the NYCC 2019 exclusive two-packs from NECA, that included a Batman figure with a Joker Alien, and a Green Lantern with a Yellow Lantern Predator! I had been on the lookout for those sets since they were announced. They were inevitably all scalped on eBay and people wanted over $200 for each set for a while, until one day, they started to randomly pop up at Walmart stores during 2020. This led to the prices going a bit down, and after waiting for a while, I found someone in a Facebook group that would sell them at a reasonable price (I still overpaid, but they were only $15-20 more than retail, which was $59,99).

The packaging are some of the most sober ones i’ve seen. A simple black box with logos on the front. No text, no pictures, nothing else.

When NECA made DC Comics figures… and did it really well!

First off, the Batman and Aliens set. I knew I wanted that set since I first saw that Batman figure. It’s a hell of a nice Batman figure! At the time, DC Collectibles/Direct and Mattel were the only ones in town doing DC figures, so seeing that NECA version was a nice surprise. Then, there is that Joker-looking Xenomorph, which is better than having a basic, normal Xenomorph! I’ll take a variation of the normal Xenomorph any day!

Basic packaging is basic.

The cape on that Batman figure has a great feel to it. DC Collectibles ended up doing a similar one on the Batman vs TMNT figures.

That Caped Crusader is JACKED! #proteinshake

Ssssssmile!

The face-off

You have bad breath.

You wanna hear a ‘knock knock’ joke?

BE GONE!

HISSSSSS!

The Green Lantern/Predator set ended up being the most interesting one, in the sense that it not only gave us a great Hal Jordan figure, but also a Yellow Lantern Predator, which would be terrifying, when you think about it. The Yellow Lantern corps’ emotion being fear, the Predator would be a great asset for them.

Both figures come with various accessories, green and yellow constructs from their rings.

In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night… No Evil shall escape my sight… Let those who worship Evil’s might… Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!

In Blackest Day, in Brightest Night… Beware your fears made into light…

Let those who try to stop what’s right… Burn like his power, Sinestro’s might!

One of the accessories, John Stewart’s head, gives you an extra figure for the set!

Respect social distancing!

ROAAAAAAAAAR!

Nice ring!

That doesn’t look very efficient…

Green vs Yellow… fight!

EN GARDE!

I would lie if I said I wanted those sets for the Alien and Predator figures over the DC Comics ones, but in the end, both figures in each set ended up being great. NECA still did an awesome job with those DC figures. I’d love them to revisit that down the line. There is also an ‘Armored Batman’ and Predator, and a Superman with a normal Xenomorph two-packs, which I might get someday, but those were really my priority, considering Batman and Green Lantern are my favorite characters.

Comparison with the DC Essentials Batman, and the McFarlane Toys Batman (Detective Comics 1000) which all came out within a year.

What? You don’t like this makeover? I spared no expense!

DC Essentials Hal Jordan and NECA Hal Jordan

With that ring, you make anything appear in solid light. It doesn’t have to be your own weapons, you can do anything! An elephant, a balloon, whatever you want!

More news at 11:00… In Brightest day, in Blackest night…

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REVIEW: NECA’S TMNT ACCESSORY SET!

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NECA’S TMNT ACCESSORY SET!

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, we’re looking at the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Accessory set. The set was announced in September 2020, and was available for pre-order on the NECA store for an entire week (from Sept 4 to Sept 11, 2020), for $49,99 (and is now available only via secondary market or scalpers). It’s a nice set that adds some cool accessories for your TMNT figures, along with extra heads, and baby turtles!

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(*inhales…*) A street sign, 4 alternative heads (one for each turtles), a manhole cover, a pizza box along with pizza slices, a TV with April on it, a straight nunchaku with a hand to hold it, a jar of turtle wax, a mutagen canister, a bag of corn chips and a bag of pork rinds, Michaelangelo’s stuffed panda, Shredder’s damaged helmet, a newspaper, a skateboard and the baby turtles!

Some people have a ‘Home Sweet Home’ door mat, the turtles have this

Hey, that’s home!

Look guys, April is on TV!

*The turtles coo* Those baby turtles are actually articulated, and can move their arms and head.

The new heads are a nice addition. Some of the original facial expressions on those figures were a bit too serious (Donatello looks like he’s constipated), so having smiling faces is great, as is getting a serious face for Michaelangelo. Also great for decapitation pictures!

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

Michaelangelo

Worst. Unmasking. Ever.

Pork rinds? - Pork rinds!

Heeeeeeey!

Turtle wax!

Such a weird fashion statement…

See? It’s worse!

Wise man says “Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza!”

It dices, it slices!

Cowabunga, dudes.

The next offerings from NECA for the TMNT 90 movie line should be either the Loot Crate Danny or the April O’Neil figure. Both are earmarked for August, so we’ll see who gets here first!

More news at 11:00… Cowabunga!

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INTRODUCING… THE NECA PILLOW SET!

BREAKING NEWS:

INTRODUCING… THE NECA PILLOW SET!

NECA surprised us today by sending us this awesome commercial for one of their products that has yet to be announced (but was already released, go figure)! And they have chosen ToyFarce to reveal it! We are truly honored. Thank you, NECA!

Are you tired of normal, uncomfortable, basic pillows?

Introducing the NECA Pillow set.

You will now be able to sleep in a better position, a better support for your neck, and you will wake up refreshed, with no stiffness in your articul…in your joints.

All the NECA Pillow sets are sent in protective cardboard boxes.

NECA also adds a toy inside the pillow, in order to protect it. You can discard it if you want to.

The NECA Pillow set. Get some better sleep, so you are full of energy to go on toy hunts for those exclusives, and never miss out on a pre-order.

More news at 11:00… Sleep tight!

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