NECA 1987 2-Pack Collection at Target

[RaphaelinSTL]

Originally Posted by Dask

April and Casey will continue to sell at high rates until NECA remedies the situation but NECA confirmed an updated April (will likely be released in April?) and there's some rumblings of a Casey as well.

I'm really hoping that we do get those Casey and April Ultimates soon. I feel like there's been enough time in between to allow for a re-release with an updated April sculpt and a Casey with newer accessories.

I also missed the Mousers pack and the Foot 2-pack at the time, so selfishly — I hope those go back up on the store some time, haha.

[jestergoblin]

Lotus looks like she's got the potential to share a lot of bits with April 2.0.

[Dask]

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

Lotus looks like she's got the potential to share a lot of bits with April 2.0.

Good call, she's certainly the first human female character that NECA knocked out of the ballpark (Irma is ...good... but a permanently intimidated face is not ideal).

[deadsy333]

Went to Target today, and they no longer had anything NECA. Section was completely gone, and replaced with Funko. I checked the app and couldn't find any stores with product in stock.

[Zachatello00]

My target had re-integrated it with the regular toy section, but it wasn’t with the playmates stuff, in a separate collector focused aisle.

[TurtleManiac]

Originally Posted by Dask

No, Karai (I mean Lotus Blossum) is not officially out. It's just one or two stores that have her (perhaps sold that two-pack before the official street date). She should be easy to obtain, even for eBay (for around the $55 to 65 range) despite her arguably "essential" status. Chakahachi isn't all that well known by collectors but he looks pretty cool.

April and Casey will continue to sell at high rates until NECA remedies the situation but NECA confirmed an updated April (will likely be released in April?) and there's some rumblings of a Casey as well.

Really, so they are making a new and improved April? I might as well wait for that, although if that’s the case then kinda sucks for those who already bought the first April. Like I said the prototype shown at ToyFair looked great compared to the actual product. Maybe they will give us the prototype version?

I also noticed on the prototypes, that Granitor was a bit taller than Traag as he should be, but seeing pics of the actual products it appears they have the same Traag base body.

If they make another Slash I’m guessing he’ll have the new bulkier Slash body from the Archie Comics Slash that just came out. Or maybe a new sculpt altogether since the shell pattern on the cartoon was so unique.

[Dpooly84]

Just picked up the Archie Slash, he looks awesome. They also had both the armored and un-armored last Ronins in stock.

[Dask]

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

Really, so they are making a new and improved April? I might as well wait for that, although if that’s the case then kinda sucks for those who already bought the first April. Like I said the prototype shown at ToyFair looked great compared to the actual product. Maybe they will give us the prototype version?

I also noticed on the prototypes, that Granitor was a bit taller than Traag as he should be, but seeing pics of the actual products it appears they have the same Traag base body.

If they make another Slash I’m guessing he’ll have the new bulkier Slash body from the Archie Comics Slash that just came out. Or maybe a new sculpt altogether since the shell pattern on the cartoon was so unique.

April is 100% confirmed. She was supposed to make an appearance during Comic Con but NECA ran into some delivery/transport issues. I don't know if it completely sucks for those with the first April. It's only going to go up in value. I personally picked her up at around $70 to 80 roughly two weeks before her value exploded in the aftermarket. I will absolutely pick up the new April as the current April is the worst figure in the line. It is very likely that it will be a significant improvement over the one shown at ToyFair (the ToyFair version was probably a retooled Mirage April) and designed from the ground up.

There might have been a discrepancy with the Traag/Granitor height difference as they were originally supposed to be released for the video game line. It was canceled (or delayed indefinitely) and then the toon versions were released about a year after the video game Traag/Granitor's unveiling.

Trevor Zammit did mention that he was displeased with toon Slash's proportions but it doesn't seem like it is high up on NECA's "to make" list.

[Raph-IL]

I think we can all agree most Targets need to stop stocking more product than they allocate space for. The NECA sections at most (not all) are a joke. They are constantly a complete mess, and actually a collector turn off. Most are comically small, they barely have room for the Turtles let alone everything else.

Whoever runs the toy department at Target is pretty stupid between the way they are set up and the way they randomly street date stuff and still put it on the shelves early but then won't sell it to you. These aren't difficult concepts.

[jestergoblin]

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

I also noticed on the prototypes, that Granitor was a bit taller than Traag as he should be, but seeing pics of the actual products it appears they have the same Traag base body.

Traag and Granitor now share everything except shoulders, neck and head - even the forearms are identical, just flipped between them to look different. All the other differences are extra pieces glued onto the figure (like Traag's shoulders vs Granitor's neck covering and their rubber medals).

It's actually super impressive how well they hid the re-use between them, the paint does a lot to trick the eyes.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

It's actually super impressive how well they hid the re-use between them, the paint does a lot to trick the eyes.

It is. Also, pretty impressive detailed observations you made about their re-use. I hadn't even noticed......

[teemu]

Sneak peaks coming up tommorrow with Trevor/Speekygeeky

Tempestra
Bugman
Tiffany
Aunt Aggie

[RaphaelinSTL]

Originally Posted by teemu

Sneak peaks coming up tommorrow with Trevor/Speekygeeky

Tempestra
Bugman
Tiffany
Aunt Aggie

Oh? Where did a little birdy give out this news?

EDIT: Oh wow, I see how now … the dude listed the time stamps in the video that isn’t live yet. Lol. Truthfully his videos kind of give me a headache with how they are edited.

[teemu]

Originally Posted by RaphaelinSTL

Oh? Where did a little birdy give out this news?

EDIT: Oh wow, I see how now … the dude listed the time stamps in the video that isn’t live yet. Lol. Truthfully his videos kind of give me a headache with how they are edited.

The good news is you can skip parts April 2.0 will be in there too

Looks like Tempestra comes with Bugman...kinda annoyed by that as I want electro-zapper (bugman's nemesis)

[lonewarrior20]

Originally Posted by teemu

The good news is you can skip parts April 2.0 will be in there too

Looks like Tempestra comes with Bugman...kinda annoyed by that as I want electro-zapper (bugman's nemesis)

Really surprised it’s not the swatter.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

Really surprised it’s not the swatter.

Originally Posted by teemu

The good news is you can skip parts April 2.0 will be in there too

Looks like Tempestra comes with Bugman...kinda annoyed by that as I want electro-zapper (bugman's nemesis)

I would have figured we'd have gotten either of them in action figure before Tiffany and especially Aunt Agatha!

[teemu]

Is Aunt Aggie the Grandmom with the machine gun? Neca is really digging down the bottom of the barrel with this one. There has to be a point where they call the cartoon line quits, otherwise they are going to have a **** ton of product just cluttering the shelves this year.

[lonewarrior20]

Originally Posted by teemu

Is Aunt Aggie the Grandmom with the machine gun? Neca is really digging down the bottom of the barrel with this one. There has to be a point where they call the cartoon line quits, otherwise they are going to have a **** ton of product just cluttering the shelves this year.

she was a "detective" episode.

[Y2Josh]

Originally Posted by teemu

Is Aunt Aggie the Grandmom with the machine gun? Neca is really digging down the bottom of the barrel with this one. There has to be a point where they call the cartoon line quits, otherwise they are going to have a **** ton of product just cluttering the shelves this year.

I know I'm the only one... but I actually want a figure of machine gun granny.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Y2Josh

I know I'm the only one... but I actually want a figure of machine gun granny.

Yeah, me too! LootCrate probably would have been the best option for a niche but memorable figure like M.G. Granny.

I expect it might be a little sketchy when it comes to political correctness, but I don't think NECA has shied away from giving characters show accurate weapons. I just wonder what they would end up going with on the figure's name.