NECA always has a strong offering, their sculpts are dead on, and the licenses are always favorites of ours. Terminator, Predator, Gears of War, Nightmare on Elm Street. They’ve done Gremlins (1&2) before, but this year we’re getting some items we really can’t wait for. Check it out below
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June 8, 2010 (Hillside, NJ) – WizKids/NECA and CBS Consumer Products today announced that they have entered into an agreement wherein WizKids/NECA will create HeroClix branded miniature games to be sold both physically and digitally, set in the Star Trek universe, including all of the Star Trek television shows and Star Trek feature films.
“Star Trek changed the way people think about the future,” said WizKids/NECA President Lax Chandra. “We are thrilled at the opportunity to marry our innovative game design and exceptional miniatures with the incredibly rich Star Trek franchise. We believe HeroClix and the Star Trek Universe are ideally suited for cooperative gaming and table top miniature simulation and will speak to gamers in a new and compelling way.”
The first WizKids/NECA Star Trek game will release around Christmas, 2010 with additional expansions to follow.
About WizKids/NECA:
A wholly owned subsidiary of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (NECA), WizKids/NECA is a New Jersey-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. The HeroClix brand is the most successful collectible miniatures games on the market today, with over 250 million miniature game figures sold worldwide. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.
Draco Malfoy, spoiled son of the Death Eater Lucius Malfoy, and Harry Potter’s Hogwarts nemesis now has his own action figure. From the beginning, we knew that Draco was going to be a thorn in Harry’s side. In the Half-Blood Prince Draco nearly kills Dumbledore on assignment from Lord Voldermort. Marking the Slytherin House student with the mark of the Death Eater. Based on the latest film NECA has released four new Harry Potter action figures; Harry, Ginny, Mad Eye Moody, and Draco Malfoy.
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Street Fighter 4 Guile (Charlie costume)
Based on the DLC Classic Costume Pack from Street Fighter 4 Guile pays tribute to his war buddy Charlie but donning Charlie’s classic costume. This figure features over 30 points of articulation, interchangeable hands, and a newly sculpted torso and vest.
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Peter Laird posted a blog today announcing that NECA’s 2009 Comic Con exclusive will be April O’Neil. The figure will come with a battle damaged mouser. Peter also goes on to say that “We are going to try to make arrangements to offer a small amount of figures online for those who can not attend SDCC.”
The site TMNT & Other Strangeness did an interview with Steve Murphy, writer on the 2003 TMNT animated series. In the interview they discussed the future of the NECA TMNT line:
TMNT & Other Strangeness – Speaking of comic figures, do you have any clue what happened with NECA?
Steve Murphy – I can only hazard to guess that NECA lost interest in the TMNT, regardless of the happy talk they make to fan journalists and fan news sites.
TMNT & Other Strangeness- You say NECA seems to have lost interest, does that mean that the recent news of series 2 finally coming out will not be coming true after all or is it all just a wait and see sort of deal again?
Steve Murphy – My opinion is that it’s just like that line from Devo’s “Jocko Homo” song: “I say it’s all / Just wind in sails.” In other words, nonsense, public relations, nothing substantial. NECA wants us to open a certain distribution channel for them but we’re prevented from doing so. Without that new avenue of sales, I doubt very much that NECA will release anything further.
If this news is true that makes me sad. It was a surprise to see the new TMNT figures this year at Toy Fair. It’s not a surprise that NECA would want a wider distbribution, but I doubt very much Playmates would ever allow that. I would find it strange that NECA would put that much effort into series 2 if they weren’t serious about it.
View the Toy Fair ’09 NECA Gallery
We saw a lot of really great new figures from NECA. As always the sculpts are beautiful. Turtles are back, Gears of War, Terminator 2, and of course Harry Potter all debuted today!
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There have been many great movie villians. Star Wars has Darth Vader, Harry Potter has Voldermort, and A Christmas Story has Scott Farkus. The school bully with “yellow eyes” and “green teeth” terrorized the kids of Warren G. Harding Elementary School. Now NECA Toys has produced a great likeness of Scott Farkus to add to their A Christmas Story toy line.
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