2016 Eastman and Laird villains set

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Rat_King

I'm really hoping for a "big guy" two pack. Maybe a Triceraton and Leatherhead? I would certainly hope they continue to do them in scale if they do.

I'm thinking another logical four pack would be Splinter, Casey, plain clothes April, and maybe Fugitoid. The only issue here is the turtles and Foot Clan allowed them to re-use a lot of molds for each character where these characters would all be one-offs.

I'd love a Mirage Triceraton figure. Dunno how likely it is, but one that resembles the way Eastman drew them would be mad cool. I'll always welcome Leatherhead too, but he's not as essential to me, personally. They could outfit a "big guy" 4 pack with the inclusion of Baxter's robot form & one of the crab creatures from Fugitoid, if not a second variation on the first Triceraton. That'd be a pricey set, though.

I'd sooner want Renet than another April. & as far as more bad guys go, who wouldn't want a Baxter/Rat King/Savanti/Karai set or something? Only the insane.

Naturally I don't expect any of this to happen, but it's fun to think about.

[plastroncafe]

NECA Wishlist:

Splinter
Casey
Shredder Mutants
Triceraton
Maybe the fish dudes from "Sons of the Silent Age"
Or Bloodsucker

[Powder]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Or Bloodsucker

Viacom doesn't own him, & Rick wasn't able to work out any deals with them for his use either, unfortunately.

[snake]

God, Bloodsucker would be amazing despite the fact that it would never happen. He's on my list for sure.

[go_ninja84]

got my set in today, surprised mine were packaged good and arrived undamaged.

my Shredder suffers from the warped blades but otherwise im happy

[Lil Karai]

Originally Posted by go_ninja84

got my set in today, surprised mine were packaged good and arrived undamaged.

my Shredder suffers from the warped blades but otherwise im happy

I mentioned before but not sure if people are reading back or not. Try running a hot blow dryer on the warped blades. They straightened right out for me. I read on another site that someone put them in hot water, manually straightened them out and then put them in the fridge to set in place.
I've only tried the blow dryer method and it was quick and easy. 1 minute of work.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Lil Karai

I mentioned before but not sure if people are reading back or not. Try running a hot blow dryer on the warped blades. They straightened right out for me. I read on another site that someone put them in hot water, manually straightened them out and then put them in the fridge to set in place.
I've only tried the blow dryer method and it was quick and easy. 1 minute of work.

Thanks for the advice! Too bad I don't own a dryer. I am happy to say I've only noticed one flaw in my set, as one of Shredder's leg blades was slightly smooshed by the plastic tie. NECA gave it sufficient packing (looks exactly like go_ninja84's photos) and UPS didn't crush it (decided to arrange for pickup at a UPS store).

EDIT: Ah, one of Shredder's left hand blades is also noticeably bent!

[drewizzle88]

Originally Posted by Lil Karai

I mentioned before but not sure if people are reading back or not. Try running a hot blow dryer on the warped blades. They straightened right out for me. I read on another site that someone put them in hot water, manually straightened them out and then put them in the fridge to set in place.
I've only tried the blow dryer method and it was quick and easy. 1 minute of work.

Blow dryer worked great, couldn't believe how quickly they went back to the correct shape. Thanks for the tip.

[oldmanwinters]

Question about changing the hands. I don't wanna break anything while trying to change them out. Do the hands pull/pop of or is it better to twist them out? They seemed pretty tight on my figures.

[D Piddy 1982]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

NECA Wishlist:

Splinter
Casey
Shredder Mutants
Triceraton
Maybe the fish dudes from "Sons of the Silent Age"
Or Bloodsucker

If I was a betting man I'd go with the following 4 as the next in line:

Splinter
Baxter
Casey
Utrom in robot body

I'm basing purely on rough order of appearance in the Mirage comics. It's how they seem to be working at the moment, just we had Shredder and April before Splinter...

However I do think we will see a Baxter at some point, especially as we have Mousers...

[drewizzle88]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Question about changing the hands. I don't wanna break anything while trying to change them out. Do the hands pull/pop of or is it better to twist them out? They seemed pretty tight on my figures.

I hold the forearm right behind the hand, grab the hand I'm removing and pull straight out while I twist back and forth a little, and they pop right out. They are tight but with a little bit of force they will come out. The only way to get them out is pulling, if you just twist they will simply spin in the joint. Hope that helps.

[Redemption]

Got my set today. Packaged well and is in mint condition. Shredder suffers from the warped blades as well.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by drewizzle88

I hold the forearm right behind the hand, grab the hand I'm removing and pull straight out while I twist back and forth a little, and they pop right out. They are tight but with a little bit of force they will come out. The only way to get them out is pulling, if you just twist they will simply spin in the joint. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the tip!

[atreyu2112]

I only got one set... to open or to keep MIB...?

[Bry]

Originally Posted by atreyu2112

I only got one set... to open or to keep MIB...?

Ain't a question I can answer for you. My view is, they're toys, they're meant to be played around with and posed and enjoyed. If you see them as an investment, then by all means keep them boxed up. I'll be busting mine open and making a Mirage fight scene with my other NECAs. So I guess I'm helping make the MIB sets even more rare?

[Powder]

Got these in yesterday. No issues to report on the shipping or toy packaging boxes, no figure damage, etc. All good, surprisingly, thankfully.

However, the shoulder/neck articulation is MAAAAAD tight, I can't get the latter to budge at all. Any suggestions for freeing them up a bit? Blow drying, maybe? On the other side of the spectrum, some of their thigh articulation is pretty loose, how can I tighten it?

Originally Posted by Lil Karai

Try running a hot blow dryer on the warped blades. They straightened right out for me.

Thanks for this tip, it worked perfectly!

Originally Posted by drewizzle88

Blow dryer worked great, couldn't believe how quickly they went back to the correct shape. Thanks for the tip.

For real! I watched them immediately straighten out before my eyes, didn't even touch 'em. Crazy.

Originally Posted by atreyu2112

I only got one set... to open or to keep MIB...?

I'm an opener, myself, so my answer would be a biased one. But I will tell you this, it is difficult to get the figures out of their plastic blister without either damaging them or the blister itself. I had to forcefully reshape the plastic around them so I could get their limbs free, even needed to cut it for one of them.

If your turtles are loose, it'd be cool to have villains for them to fight, no?

On another note, I customized this 4kids era sickle & turned it into a kusari-gama of sorts. Used a hot key-chain screw bit, some craft chain, & a spare Gundam model kit polycap. I was inspired by the weapon that came with the set, obviously.


All that remains now is how to display these...

Originally Posted by Powder

A minor complaint but I'm a bit stressed on how to display these with my NECA turtles as they have street level bases & these don't. I wish I had the cash to buy a custom display, like a roof-top diorama or something.

This gripe still irks me.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Powder

However, the shoulder/neck articulation is MAAAAAD tight, I can't get the latter to budge at all. Any suggestions for freeing them up a bit? Blow drying, maybe?

I put my Arcade Shredder in the freezer to loosen up his locked bicep swivel. The plastic is pretty gummy to begin with, so I was a bit weary using heating techniques.

[go_ninja84]

Originally Posted by atreyu2112

I only got one set... to open or to keep MIB...?

im keeping mine MIB. they do make for some nice fight scenes, but the box displays are just as nice. along with the Arcade sets, the black and white sets, i only have the tube figures in the colored versions so they will look nice all displayed together

[Redemption]

Originally Posted by go_ninja84

im keeping mine MIB. they do make for some nice fight scenes, but the box displays are just as nice. along with the Arcade sets, the black and white sets, i only have the tube figures in the colored versions so they will look nice all displayed together

That's what I am doing. Will display with my clams hell necas

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Powder

However, the shoulder/neck articulation is MAAAAAD tight, I can't get the latter to budge at all. Any suggestions for freeing them up a bit? Blow drying, maybe? On the other side of the spectrum, some of their thigh articulation is pretty loose, how can I tighten it?

I can concur on that observation about the Foot Soldiers. In fact, I concluded that the arms weren't even made to bend horizontally! Your picture lets me know it is possible for them to raise their arms, but I'm hesitant about trying to force the movement.

My Shredder's legs were noticeably looser than all the rest, but I haven't been able to lift his arms at the shoulder either, as I figured it was made that way so as not to interfere with his shoulder guards.