SANTA JACK

The action figure series 1 of The Nightmare Before Christmas from NECA was trully a fantastic line that came from nowhere, soo seing a series 2 released soon after was a surprise since its not rare that figure series get cut off after a single release if they dont sell well wich wasnt the case in here. And the first figure is series 2 was actually another Jack, this time christmas themed.

Santa Jack shared the same size, articulations and features than the original Jack and it also shared the same fault design: pretty delicate articulations that strugle to keep a pose!! Somethign to be expected tough all articulations works really well and five him a big range of motion and soo far i still dont broke him!!

With his brigth red tones, this ime Jack have a long sculpted beard hanging from his head and this beard actually block some of his head articulation but not by much. He also have a removable hat that fit on his head with a peg (but for some reason the red paint on it is darker than in the rest of his suit) and a coin like black base to stand. The stand works but still he have troubles keeping balance.

His other accesoryes are a sack with presents, wich is actually very good looking since it have a burlap like texture on it tough Jack cant hold it soo the sack stays in ground. Also a gift box that have been opened, a little box with black stripes and a black soft plastic ribbon. Again, i wish Jack could hold this little box properlly.

And the best of all, a little kid! A totally independent figure with arm articulations of the first kid Jack visit on christmas. The kid have the puzzled lookon his face while holds the shrunken head from the box Jack give him in one of my favorite scenes of the entire film. The kid sculpt is really good as well as the paint and looks too much as a stop motion puppet.

At first it sounds like i dont have too much fun with this Jack, i actually do tough he is not one of my favorites, hes perfect for the christmas display and thanks to the kid accesory he is really a must.