VAMPIRE JACK

Now with Halloween soo close i think is the perfect time to review one of y favorite figures series i have and the one that made me meet NECA Reel Toys; The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was at the begining of this century (such good times) when NECA started a four figures series based on Tim Burton´s movie and i was blown away by the quality that even the clamshell had, not only the manage to catch the movie´s design perfectly, but the figures where extremelly accurate to the movie puppets and they were loaded with toons of accesoryes.

Such high quality for such a low price was really hard to belive and it was when NECA started to shine with theyr excelent figures. Sadly, i never get the very first figure (and i regret it!), Jack Skellington, the most basic of the series 1, but instead i will start the reviews with a figure that is out of any of theyr series since it was a Comicon Exclusive: Vampire Jack.

This figure was extremelly odd since show Jack dressed in a way totally different never before seen. An original design from Neca, maybe some took it as blasphemous but for me it was a pretty cool idea perfect for a Comicon Eclusive. He is standar scale with Neca action figures wich means he is really tall, probablly 3 heads taller than a standar action figure and double the size of a Figma and is articulated on the head, neck, shoulders, elbows, bicep, wrists, legs,calf and knees.

He is really supper articulated BUT, his limbs are soo slim and articulations are soo tiny, they are extremelly easy to breake. Literally this figure is like a branch and even his arms are soo thin they sometimes cant support the weight of theyr hands. This is unfortunate but i guess is imposible to avoid given the character design, Jack is one of those characters born on the 2D but a really challengue to build in 3D.

This also means he cant stand on his own either tough he have a small transluscent base that is a little tricky to use, but fix his feet and cape together soo he can stand, tough even with the base he needs to reach certain balance.

Despite this character issues, the figure is really superv, with Jack having a fierce and menacing expresion showing his yellow teeth. One could say doing a Jack sculpt is really easy since he is just a ball, but i seen LOTS of horrible Jack figures over the years that dosnt manage to even do his head rigth (Diamond) but this is not the case.

His tie is totally different that he usually use, with a more aerodynamic shape since this is a vampire tie! And he is also using a simple and elegant looking black smocking with no strips and a cape with a big neck piece. The inside of the cape is soft purple with some sparkle on it, the only color on the entire figure.

His accesoryes are a candelabra to emulate Dracula´s iconic scene on the star case tough is really difficult to make him hold it given the spideresque nature of his fingers and his lack of muscles. His other accesory is a very funny looking rat that perhaps looks a little too cartoon but is very different to the rats featured on the other figures soo thats a big plus.

And finally my favorite accesory is a set of vampires fliying around him. This things have an excelent sculpt nd are extremelly cool looking and have a transluscent and big base soo you can hife it behind Jack and give the impression the vampires are fliying around his head. Really, this acceosyr is usefull not only for this figure but it fits to soo many!

As a fun variant this version of Jack is really supperv, even with the character design issues (delicate limbs) this figure is really good looking after more than 10 years and puts to total shame the Diamond Select version released a years ago.