NECA Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-Luca.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:57 pmOkay, I have a confession......I bought this but I didn't buy it because it's Luca.
I like the movies, and I dig gorillas, but those are all beside the point.
I bought this figure because.........well two reasons:
It's King Kong.
No, it's not literally that character, but golly if it ain't close. It's the SAME SIZE at the Bandai S.H. Monsterarts King Kong. It is very similar in sculpt--but there are a lot of proportional and detail differences. It does FEEL like NECA was looking over Bandai's shoulder when they did this, because so much of the two toys are alike.
Luca ( Kong Mk 2) has very similar articulation, but some limitations in the joints. The range of motion is less that the legit Kong, but there is still enough to pose the figure out quite dramatically.
There's only one accessory: a roaring face, that snaps on to the neck ball joint. Take the swap carefully the first time--do it slow--just in case. The peg for the neck seems sturdy enough, but you never know.
It takes some fiddling with the joints to find out their limits. I was going to write that the feet do not lay flat, because that ankles don't appear to have enough articulation........BUT THEY DO, You just have to work things a bit.
This figure is, to sum it up, every bit as good at the S.H. Monsterarts Kong--can be substituted for him if you want, OR can be put against the NECA 2014 Godzilla ( which is my own plan).
For a character from the Planet of the Apes movie.......yeah, he's a dandy goriila--work fine against any other 1/12th scale figure, if you want to use him that way.
Me........I'm dreaming some kaiju dreams instead.
I like the movies, and I dig gorillas, but those are all beside the point.
I bought this figure because.........well two reasons:
It's King Kong.
No, it's not literally that character, but golly if it ain't close. It's the SAME SIZE at the Bandai S.H. Monsterarts King Kong. It is very similar in sculpt--but there are a lot of proportional and detail differences. It does FEEL like NECA was looking over Bandai's shoulder when they did this, because so much of the two toys are alike.
Luca ( Kong Mk 2) has very similar articulation, but some limitations in the joints. The range of motion is less that the legit Kong, but there is still enough to pose the figure out quite dramatically.
There's only one accessory: a roaring face, that snaps on to the neck ball joint. Take the swap carefully the first time--do it slow--just in case. The peg for the neck seems sturdy enough, but you never know.
It takes some fiddling with the joints to find out their limits. I was going to write that the feet do not lay flat, because that ankles don't appear to have enough articulation........BUT THEY DO, You just have to work things a bit.
This figure is, to sum it up, every bit as good at the S.H. Monsterarts Kong--can be substituted for him if you want, OR can be put against the NECA 2014 Godzilla ( which is my own plan).
For a character from the Planet of the Apes movie.......yeah, he's a dandy goriila--work fine against any other 1/12th scale figure, if you want to use him that way.
Me........I'm dreaming some kaiju dreams instead.