As Randy introduced the company’s
San Diego Comic Con exclusives, he made a point to inform everyone that all the exclusives would also be available on Amazon.com for anyone who couldn’t make it to the convention. The figures would be the same price ($20, the only extra cost would be Amazon’s shipping), and would go on sale at the start of the con. Quantities would still be limited, but at least fans would have the opportunity to pay fair prices instead of outrageous Ebay ones. The five exclusive figures are
TMNT’s April O’Neil with two Mousers,
SFIV’s Guile in a Charlie outfit,
Dead Space’s Issac Clarke in the Unitology Suit, the Lambent Locust from
Gears of War, and a new Coraline figure in a star-spangled sweater.
Fans of
Dead Space can expect the standard costume version of Issac Clarke to arrive this September. The figure will also have a bloody variant and 20 points of articulation. There aren’t currently any plans to expand the series with necromorphs.
Randy then announced three brand-new, never before revealed licenses. The first:
BioShock. Series 1, which is due to come out along with the sequel in October, will feature the Big Daddy Bouncer and the Big Sister. While they weren’t able to show us any actual images, Randy mentioned that the line was one of the most complex they’ve ever worked on, and the figures, at least in the first wave, were massive. Other figures planned include a Big Daddy Rosie, Splicers, and the Big Daddy Player from
BioShock 2. He hopes to have the whole set on display at their booth at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
Two other gaming licenses revealed today were
Dante’s Inferno and
Army of Two. While the lines are quite a ways off, Randy was able to spill a few details on the
Army of Two figures. Both Salem and Rios would be included in the set, and the figures would have multiple points of articulation, a bunch of weapons, and masks that would lift to reveal the actual character’s faces. NECA is also planning some exclusive variants with different paint jobs on the masks like players could unlock in the game. Images for both lines will be coming out in a few weeks.
They would have loved to had more LED lights and moving parts on the replica Lancer, but the production costs would have been too great.
- Any chance of
Fallout stuff? Thought about it, but our slate’s pretty full.
- Any plans for
God of War 3? We’ve sent out a prototype, but they’ve pretty much confirmed the game wont be out til next year, so that’s a little farther down the road. They’d love to do some of the creatures, but from an economic reason its tough. A lot of characters from
Gears lend themselves to the same parts, so you could have a couple different Locusts, and have to sculpt less than you would with God of War’s creatures which are much more varied.
- They had considered
Left 4 Dead, but they’ve noticed from other companies that characters in plain clothes just don’t sell that well.
- More
Resident Evil 5 figures? Maybe.
RE4 had a lot more in it that was toy worthy compared to
5. Capcom helped decide those three figures they ended up putting out. One of the things that may prevent us from doing more
RE5 figures are the games coming to the Wii… But they may be redoing some of the classic figures in a new version to tie into the new game releases - Leon Kennedy in Raccoon City Poice Dept gear… Chris Redfield in STARS garb…
- As for licenses they’d love to take a crack at:
Metal Gear, Brutal Legend, Clash of the Titans, and after seeing the latest game footage from
Splinter Cell Conviction, Sam Fisher are all on their minds, but absolutely nothing is set in stone.
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