[timothyR]

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Originally Posted by Baltan II

Really, there's not much to be done about certain criticisms when NECA is known for putting the sculpt so higher in priority than the articulation.

when it comes to neca.. you're right, i'd rather have a better looking sculpt than a super articulated figure. because, for me, at the end of the day i'd rather have a figure in a mundane pose that looks exactly like the character that it's supposed to be rather than a figure in a super dynamic pose where compromises to achieve that pose were made which make the figure less accurate to the source material. it's like hot toys figures.. no, you're not going to get incredibly flexible poses.. but you're paying a premium to get incredible sculpt work, tailoring, and quality.

i think a good example would be diamond select amazing spider-man and hasbro's legends amazing spider-man.. hasbro's can achieve more poses, but diamond selects is a better quality figure and looks better.

certain characters and body types aren't going to afford you the articulation you'd want.. take godzilla or the kaiju, they've got thick, large, heavy bodies.. you're not going to get super articulation with them.. elbows aren't going to bend all the way and they're certainly not going to achieve any spider-man type poses.. nor should they though. if you watch the movies, these creatures are rarely/never in dynamic positions. they're big bruiting beasts that lumber along. i don't expect the figures to be any different.

and after watching pixel dans interview with the neca guy, he knows that the first waves weren't very good, that's why they've come up with a new and improved mold for gypsy danger coming out in the future, and it's also why the kaiju since wave one, have gotten larger.

i don't see any problems with neca figures that almost every other company has with their own. so i'm not sure how neca can be singled out on this.

anyways.. it's a shame that the new godzilla loses so much detail because of the color palette. i wish they'd (the people who came up with this godzilla, not neca) gave the thing a bit more in the way of colored detailing. i'm hoping when larger godzilla gets colored he'll retain more of the detail since the larger scale makes it more pronounced. either way, i'm excited for the large one.. the face on the new godzilla just looks mean and nasty, i love it.. it helps make up (a little) for the feet being so odd.