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Engineering
MemberOvomorphSep-13-2012 10:02 PMOk, there are about 5 different threads about the NECA figures and it's kinda hard to decide where to put what info. So, now we have a thread to put any and all NECA Prometheus figure info, pics, etc.
I wanted to start this because I just got the most detailed info I've seen on the release dates, characters that will be in each series and what accessories each figure will include.
Here's the low down...
[b][i]SERIES 1 (September 2012 Release)
- Engineer in Pressure Suit
- Engineer in Chair Suit
TOYS"R"US EXCLUSIVE 2-PACK (November 2012)
- Battle Damaged Engineer
- Trilobite
SERIES 2 (November 2012)
- Android David (Space Suit w/ Helmet)
- Infected Charlie Holloway (Space Suit w/ Helmet)
EXCLUSIVE TBD (2013)
- Deacon Creature Pack (to include the "proto-alien", Hammerpedes, and a bonus severed Engineer head with removable helmet)
SERIES 3 (2013)
- Elizabeth Shaw (with Decapitated David head)
- Meredith Vickers
- Infected Fifiled
[/i][/b]
NECA still hasn't said exactly when they will ship but they do update their twitter with shipping info so if I'm the first to hear they've been shipped I'll post it here. If anyone else hears about them shipping please let us know.
Here are some pics of what we have to look forward to. I know a lot of them have been posted but figured they're needed here if this is going to be the "ultimate" thread.
[img]http://geek-news.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/geek/2012/08/Chair_Suit_pkg.jpg[/img]
[img]http://geek-news.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/geek/2012/08/Pressure_Suit_pkg.jpg[/img]
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102 Replies
Monk
MemberOvomorphSep-29-2012 10:05 PM@joeyjoe Shaw will be part of Series 3 along with Vickers and Mutant Fifield.
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphSep-30-2012 12:32 AMoh good! thanks for letting me know!
well, that makes sense now. I cant imagine what else they could really do after series 3. Weyland and a sacrificial engineer would be cool, but beyond that...sounds like they have all of the relevant players taken care of.
Patient Leech
MemberFacehuggerSep-30-2012 7:43 PMYeah, I totally want a Weyland figure!! Perhaps with a wheelchair accessory? hahah... that would be awesome.
What site are you guys ordering the figures from? I would probably go with Amazon, but it says they won't be in stock until November (don't know if that's a mistake or what).
Monk
MemberOvomorphSep-30-2012 8:30 PM@Patient Leech Check the bottom of the previous page for the links.
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-01-2012 2:50 PMgood news! both jockeys came in the mail today. I ordered mine from superhero toys (through amazon). Everything arrived safely and nicely packaged. Both figures look fantastic (there is the issue with the eyes on the pressure suit engineer, but it doesnt detract too much imo). Im very impressed with both. I havent the time to post pics right now, but both figures have been extensively photographed. Bottom line...i would recommend both engineers. I think the pressure suit engineer is my favorite. Excellent detail. and, for the most part, very accurate representation of the characters in the film. +1 NECA.
Patient Leech
MemberFacehuggerOct-01-2012 5:11 PMJust ordered mine from a seller on Amazon, too. I'm sick of calling Toys R Us... heh
Patient Leech
MemberFacehuggerOct-06-2012 1:21 PMMan, screw Toys R Us. I probably could have saved $10 if they had let me know when they'd get 'em...
I just got mine in the mail today. Pretty sweet! I'm a little surprised at how pale the Pressure Suit Engineer is and how pitch dark the Chair Suit Engineer is.. Hmm... but structurally the Pressure Suit Engineer does look better in person. I like how they're made to scale... haha.. they tower over other characters. It's awesome.
Yeah, I'm a little disappointed in the paint job. It should be a lot darker. Like this...
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ALAwZ.jpg[/img]
XENO inside ME
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 1:48 PMGood to know, I'll head over to Toysrus this weekend to get the Chair Suit Engineer.
I noticed that too of the colors being off. The Chair Suit should be white-ish, not black-ish grey, but it is amazingly detailed and still worth it.
Thanks for the update.
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 6:09 PMyeah...the colors are a little bit off (dont forget that on-set lighting has a DRAMATIC effect on whats being shot to film. Ridley Scott personally gave the OK on these figures). Having said that, the sculpts are essentially perfect and the paint jobs are above average. IMO, the overall grade on these jockeys is an A (especially when you factor in the $16.00 to $17.00 price tag. very reasonable). Cant wait for series 2 and the TRU 2 pack in November.
edit: of note, the amount of black wash on the pressure suit engineers appears to be somewhat variable. I looked through 5 of them at my toys r us and was able to find an appreciable difference in the color grade between the 5. I ended up grabbing one that was noticeably darker than some of the others ive seen.
Patient Leech
MemberFacehuggerOct-06-2012 6:24 PMArg, I may have to check out Toys R Us, then... they've kinda pissed me off, though. Why the delay?
And did Ridley really give the okay on the figures?
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 7:56 PMyeah...i dont think toys r us knows what the hell is going on as far as what they sell, what they might be selling in the future, and when they might be selling it ("how do you spell promepheus for the 7th time?"). Dealing with TRU seems to be a complete crap shoot. However, the last time i was there, they did have a large selection of prometheus figures and their price is the best ive seen ($16 bucks per).
According to NECA, they sent their finished engineers to Ridley in London and he gave them the green light etc.
belladonna
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 8:31 PMthats all i need... more toys. going to run out of places to put them all >_<
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XENO inside ME
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 9:04 PMMe too, I've completely ran out of shelf space for all my things. Looks like something is gonna get booted to the ground or double stacked to make space for the engineer.
I don't think I'm gonna be getting any other Prometheus figures anyway, besides the Chair Suit Engineer, and maybe the Deacon. Too much money to get all of them.
belladonna
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 9:08 PMlooks like a trip to home depot to get more shelves is in order!
i hope to get all of them eventually, but yeah too much money to blow all at once for now.
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joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-06-2012 9:49 PMthese two series 1 engineers are literally my first 2 collectible figures (aside from the original star wars toys way back when). Im going to use the fact that, before now, i havent spent any money on superfluous toys to justify going for all (or almost all) of the NECA prometheus figures. Looking forward to building a cool diorama to display them all. Wow. i think i have been bitten by the bug. Thankfully i think its prometheus specific. Havent felt the need to branch out to other series' (yet). ha! what a nerd!
Patient Leech
MemberFacehuggerOct-07-2012 10:15 AM@joeyjoe
Yeah, I'm not a huge collector either. Just certain things. I've collected some Matrix figures, Riddick, and now Prometheus. So, mainly just cool sci-fi stuff that I have a particular interest in. Don't worry, you shouldn't start collecting everything in sight, haha.
And dammit, the paint job on this one is MUCH darker than mine.. :/ wtf..
[img]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f291/sabres21768/other15/necaprometheus2.jpg[/img]
XENO inside ME
MemberOvomorphOct-07-2012 3:55 PMYeah, I've been a collector for years, it all started when I saw Star Wars Episode I as a kid. My biggest interest is the Star Wars and ALIENS Universe. Got some SW figures, SW Sideshows, and a bunch of the Halo campaign figures. But the biggest collection I have is my books. I love to read so its only natural that I would read SW. As of right now, I own EVERY SW adult novel ever published, and have read about half of them. Just finishing up The Hunger Games Trilogy, and loved those too. Now I can't wait till the Aliens Colonial Marines and Alien figures from NECA are released, I'm gonna get each one of those.
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-07-2012 11:15 PMyup...Star Wars episodes 4,5,6, were a huge part of my childhood. I was completely into the old kenner star wars toys. Those old kenner star wars figures/vehicles were incredible (keep in mind this was the 70s and 80s...well, the 80s for me). they were the absolute best sculpts of the day! Its amazing watching my son play with his star wars toys...reminds me of how much fun i had.
Engineering
MemberOvomorphOct-15-2012 3:50 PMWell, mine finally showed up after a stupid-long delay. Here's some crappy pics...
[img]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/005.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/002.jpg[/img]
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As everyone knows the Pressure Suit is waaaaay too bright. I'm going to fix that with a paint wash while I contemplate on if I should try and fix his eyes as well.
Another problem with the Pressure Suit version is the length of the abdomen and what ever they were doing with his genital region. The abdomen is just way too long. Not sure what happened with the middle quarter of his body.
The articulation is completely worthless as well.
All in all the Pressure suit is very dissapointing especially since I was most looking forward to him. The Chair Suit on the other hand is freaking awesome.
I'll post pics after I'm done painting the Pressure Suit figure.
[IMG]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/sig2.jpg[/IMG]
Engineering
MemberOvomorphOct-19-2012 10:18 PMHere's the 2 custom paint jobs I've done on the Pressure Suit Engineer figures.
Before shot...
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After shot of both that I've done...
[IMG]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/custengineer012.jpg[/IMG]
The one on the right was my first attempt. I did a wash with 4 different colors. I used Golden brand acrylic paint. The colors were carbon black, iridescent pearl, pithalo blue and sap green hue. I used rubbing alcohol to dilute the paint.
I do feel both are a bit too dark especially in the pics. The one on the right looks really, really good in person. It's not as green as the other and it has more of the iridescent pearl which makes the thing pop like crazy.
The single best thing I did though was painting the eyes black. When I did that it actually made the head sculpt look so much more like Ian Whyte as the engineer that it's insane.
So, if you have one, take some black acrylic and a toothpick and carefully paint the eyes all black. Trust me, you wont regret it.
I suck at taking pics and my camera is very crappy but I'll try to get some pics that do them justice.
Either way I feel they improve upon the original figure quite a bit.
[IMG]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/sig2.jpg[/IMG]
Engineering
MemberOvomorphOct-19-2012 10:33 PMWhoops. Photobucket is pissing me off. I'll post more pics later.
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joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-19-2012 11:53 PM@engineering: although i quite like the NECA pressure suit engineer, the custom wash you gave yours looks great (from what i can tell). thanks for sharing! I wish i knew how to embed pics, id post pics of my engineer collection. Ill just go ahead and provide a link below. Copy and paste into your browser. check out the sorta-kinda custom chair suit engineer!! let me know what you think!
here are a couple of my NECA engineers + Alien (giger):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46547019@N07/8148418472/
Engineering
MemberOvomorphOct-23-2012 1:49 PM@Joey...Haha, those are yours? I actually saw when toynewsi.com first posted that custom. I have to get one more chair suit engineer so I can do one. The head is waiting though lol.
Here's the tni pics...
[img]http://i47.tinypic.com/24eulhx.jpg[/img]
Oh, btw, the 1/6th scale Hot Toys figures are slated to hit this fall. Get ready for jaws to hit the f$%&ing floor!
[IMG]http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q507/Engineering211/sig2.jpg[/IMG]
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-24-2012 1:47 AMyup. those are mine. Did the url work for ya? sounds like you were able to view the pic?
Post more pics when you get done with the custom pressure suit engineers!
Thanks for the info regarding the Hot Toys figures. Are they doing multiple engineers?
edit: i didnt realize that my thunder had been stolen by toynewsi. haha. The pics they posted are pretty cool though. I like the way i positioned the engineers helmet (in the arms like a pilot holding his flight helmet. i think it looks badass ha!).
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-24-2012 6:08 PMhere is the URL to the new image posted by NECA. it shows, among other figures, the completed version of infected fifield. He looks great. someone who knows how to link/embed etc. can do something with this:
https://twitter.com/NECA_TOYS/status/261152456711487488/photo/1/large
edit: UPDATE! david, holloway, and the deacon have an approximate street date of january 2013. Fifield, shaw, and vickers will be coming sometime in the spring of 2013. Engineer/trilobite TRU exclusive 2 pack will hit sometime next month.
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-26-2012 2:13 PMadditional update: Neca has posted new pictures of the engineer/trilobite TRU exclusive 2 pack. The 2 pack will officially hit toys r us mid to late november.
Looks like they knocked this one out of the park (imo).
here is a link to NECAs official announcement plus some fantastic pics!:
http://necaonline.com/37386/blog/tru-exclusives/coming-soon-prometheus-battle-damaged-engineer-vs-trilobite-2-pack-is-toys-r-us-exclusive/
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-26-2012 4:43 PM@engineering: looks like you might be a bit more pleased with the engineer in the TRU 2 pack. he seems a good bit darker than the engineer from series 1.
damn...this thread is dead...*continues talking to himself* lol.
Monk
MemberOvomorphOct-26-2012 4:50 PMI WILL own at least 2 of these Cuddles vs Engineer 2-packs. :D
[img]http://necaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/prometheus-trilobite-engineer-2pk-2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://necaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/prometheus-trilobite-engineer-2pk-1.jpg[/img]
joeyjoe
MemberOvomorphOct-26-2012 8:25 PMagreed.
thanks for embedding the pics. obviously im retarded and dont know how to do anything but post the URL.
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