NECA Mirage figures past, present and future

[Wentos]

https://store.necaonline.com/product...er-april-oneil

Word of warning guys, Mercenary Karai, Bodycount Casey and Lost Years April are limited to around 10,000 units each. Preordering from the online NECA store is the only way to get them and once they're gone, they're gone. If you want any of these, order them soon.

Kinda wild that they're gating Mirage Karai behind this scheme, but I'm glad they made her.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Ehh.... why would they call her that? She's the opposite of that there, or anywhere else. She would be the one HIRING the mercenaries, not that she would. Should just be "Karai" or "Classic Karai."

Right, she employs mercenaries but is not one herself. If the first figure was “Karai as Shredder”, then this should just be “Karai”.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Wentos

https://store.necaonline.com/product...er-april-oneil

Word of warning guys, Mercenary Karai, Bodycount Casey and Lost Years April are limited to around 10,000 units each. Preordering from the online NECA store is the only way to get them and once they're gone, they're gone. If you want any of these, order them soon.

Kinda wild that they're gating Mirage Karai behind this scheme, but I'm glad they made her.

I can understand making that particular April variant exclusive and limited because... how many fans even want that? But Image-era Casey and original Mirage appearance Karai seem like they are being wasted a bit.

That said, "Free Shipping" and "Tariff Free" week bonanza, I guess!

[jestergoblin]

There are around 2000 Target stores in the US.

Even if EVERY Target got a case of six figures as an exclusive, that’s still only 12,000.

10k is probably plenty.

[DonnieLaForge]

Yeah, there's something fishy about all these numbers. That's probably the number they should have been making of literally every single other release except for the turtles themselves. I'd have to bet that the reason these are "limited" is because reality is setting in that fewer people care about these products anymore, for all the various reasons beaten to death in every thread.

[ToTheNines]

Can’t get over how incredible those Image Raph and Don are. Praying they at least do Mike, Leo, Pimiko and Lady Shredder too.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

* A hockey mask head would have been nice, too.

* Karai needs a sword.

* I'd also swap Raphael's coloring around... red for his tunic/pants, purple for his cape.

* I'd go a bit more towards blue/gray coloring for Karai's garb (still a BIT purple, but not so overpowering) but this is GREAT to see.

* Surely it just won't be ONLY Cyborg Don and Shredder Raph, right? If they're doing them, we'd at LEAST get Leonardo with his sword arm, no? And Bat Splinter seems a no-brainer if they're doing all that.

* hockey mask head wouldn’t really make sense with the Shredder suit. But I do hope they also do a standard Raph with that as an optional head, plus an eyepatch head.

* looks like Karai has no sword or tanto. Just bow and arrows.

* I agree on Raph’s color. I’ll have to pull out my Urban Legends books later and see how they did it.

* Also agree on Karai’s color. She should also have a gold/yellow on her jacket, like on the cover of #57.

* I’d love a standard Fosco Splinter, but the bat is cool too. The shelf I have reserved for the Image stuff is tall enough I could hang him from above with fish line.

[Daytona]

Leo with the hand-sword is gonna be killer.

[IMJ]

10,000 is a pretty big run when you consider the fandom for the material these were sculpted after.....

Obviously it's not incredible mass-production numbers, but honestly... 10,000 means there should be some on shelves in most instances.

[Vid Vicious]

Originally Posted by Mr. Entertainment

Actually, I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet. Pretty much the last of the "essential" characters Neca hasn't gotten to.

I think they'll likely do a Hun figure based on his Tales Vol 2 look and maybe a couple of distinct looking Dragons as a two-pack to follow.

[Otter]

When (not resigning myself to "if" yet) we get Radical, I hope she's based on her #27 appearance rather than her Tales #5 appearance. We have had a lot of Tales characters, so I'm confident she and Carnage are coming.

That said, I'd still be content with a swap-out portrait with the longer hair of #27. Which I feel is do-able.

[Andrew NDB]

And if we're getting these... might we expect a Gamera-Raph from Vol. 4? A mini Donatello and his remote-controlled body?

Also, we NEED a Cyborg Baxter Stockman. It would look really cool sitting next to my Robocop 2 figure.

[Mr. Entertainment]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

And if we're getting these... might we expect a Gamera-Raph from Vol. 4? A mini Donatello and his remote-controlled body?

The Mistress, J'Gels, Cha Ocho, Black-Clothed Turtles from To Serve and Protect; there's still a lot of characters NECA could make figures out of. Hell, I could see NECA continue this for 5-10 years if people keep buying and demanding more characters.

[ToTheNines]

Allegedly. Be ready!

[jestergoblin]

I'm trying to decide if I want to wait for the inevitable color swapped Shredder Raphael in Image colors instead of this IDW version - or is this all we're getting.

Same with Cyborg Don - the colors of sky blue throw me for a loop, I want that figure to be silver/gray.

This feels potentially like NECA double dipping again like they did for most of the Mirage line early on.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

I'm trying to decide if I want to wait for the inevitable color swapped Shredder Raphael in Image colors

I don't know if I would hold my breath for a variant "Image colors" figure, in this particular case.

[ToTheNines]

Yeah this is kinda niche. Plus I can’t not support this sub-line. Plus… I won’t mind double dipping for Image characters.

[Otter]

Happy for those who like the Image run, but I was not a fan of that book. But Raph donning the Shredder's helm is something that stuck in my head... Not enough to want the figure though.

Hope that doesn't mean it's the end of the Mirage stuff. I still want #27 Radical.

[jestergoblin]

Picked up Chote this week, love the use of metallic paint as silk on him.

And I adore the Dooney backdrop in his box. Such a nice touch.

I do wish his cloak was twice as big.

Also got the new Elite, he’s absurdly large next to the rest of my foot clan. And the unmasked head looks quite silly with the black lip. But a great figure overall.

[ToTheNines]

Image Raph and Don are live. Was about $94 total when buying together.

Nobody also available for pre-order.

[jestergoblin]

I love that Cyborg Don comes with his party hat.