DANTE

One of the most unique and memorable games from the last generation of consoles was Dante´s Inferno. Gameplay wise it was pretty standar tough effective and visualy it was also not as brillant as God of War 3 tough i always liked it much more. Picking a poem for the base of a game was brillant and transforming the writer into a studly action hero was deffinetly something to remember.

Back then NECA was at its best and they get the brand of Dante to produce action figure. Only one figure was made, the main hero, but it was on very limited quantitys. I am not sure but it seems the figure was given as some kind of promotion and didnt sell to the public until one year later and in a very limited quantitys. I only saw Dante once, i bougth him and never saw him again.

Also, this figure is one of the best figurea NECA released if not the best, the quality is stunning. Dante is the same standar scale as the rest of NECA and McFarlane action figures and he can stand on his perfectly. Unlike the rest of the NECA figures, he is totally articulated!!! Neck, abs, waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, legs, knes and ankles!! He is not a statue at all!!

Also, all armour pieces of Dante are made with soft plastic soo he have total freedom of movement. The mail that cover his head is also made with soft plastic soo his head can rotate fully. Despite the material, the mail, the crown, the armour pieces, all have a pretty defined and sharp sculpt and a very realistic metal paint.

Dante´s face is stuning!! NECA gives him a fully realistic skin texture, with beard included, wich is amazing given the scale. The paint is also brillant, extremelly natural, with a shadow on hsi beard but is not overdone, or slopy at all. Even his small eyes are perfectly defined. His torso have also an extremelly realistic skin texture as well as paint. This is guy have one of the sexyest pecs i ever seen on any figure, hsi nipples are soo crazy real is imposible not to touch them...

The cloth rags on his chest have the same printing of the game and theres blood all around but just the rigth color and amount of blood. This character is actually as gory as he is sexy. Instead of give him plastic rags hanging from his wrists, NECA give him actual cloth rags, this gives to the figure ar extremelly spectacular look given how natural they are and how they dosnt get in the way while posing Dante. They even have tiny crosses at the end!

He comes with an extra had that is very similar to the standar one, soo i dont know the use of this, but he also comes with his death scythe and is as amazing as the character himself. The scythe is totally made with soft plastic and a wire inside soo it can be posed around Dante or put totally straigth or just modifyes to give more balance to the figure. Again despite the material, the scythe have a pretty detailed sculpt that looks like bone and the paint is also perfect for it.

The head of the scythe can be removed and the blade can move a little bit around for adjustment. This way the sycthe can fit easy on Dante´s back or put on his hand as blade (actually i never understood how this scythe works, it seems it can take different forms).

His last accesory is his cross, a silver cross that Dante can hold on his hand or hold it on his leg with the help of a couple of soft plastic belts. Its amazing how effiscient all his accesorys can fit and be used.

Again, i really cannot think on anything bad to say about this figure, not nly he is one of the most handsome figures but also he is well beyond the quality NECA had back then, with an exquisit sculpt and perfect paint, spectacular mix of different material, perfectly executed and usefull accesorys as well as totally usefull and strong articulations. Perhaps the only bad thing about this figure is how rare it was but its one of the jewells of NECA deffinetly.