SANTA JACK

By now NECA have quiet a long story of releasing action figures but also a lot of other kind of collectibles, like mugs and props from movies, specially back in the begining of the century (actually back then i dont think it was specially focused on action figures, it even release trading cards as well) and it was back then when they released not only action figures of The Nightmare Before Christmas, but also big 1/6 scale statues based on four of the characters. 

It seems they only released 200 of this statues and i am not sure was was theyr propuse since the box have no logo or artwork at all soo it seems they wasnt made for public purchase. Maybe they were online exclusives, or used for promotion? I have no idea, but it took me 18 years to find out about this collectibles and actually buy two of them: Harlequin Demon and the Wolfman but got lucky twice and snatched a third one recently tough it is the less exciting option of the collection: Santa Jack Sklellington.

Yes, the less exciting character because to be honest, Jack´s design is the most simple of the bunch and theres thousands of figures based on him also he have some design issues...mostly size tough, since this is 1/6, this mean this figure is HUGE....like taller than the Hot Toys, or Sideshow or any other 1/6 scale figure (except Hulk i guess).

He is tall, lanky and EXTREMELLY delciate!!! Given his slim proportions i am very afraid to broke him in any minute since the material its pretty hard, like resign. He have no articulations at all of course tough he already lose two of his fingers!!! I wasnt able to find them on the box and since how rare he is, i think i will bite the bullet and stay with this Jack with only two fingers on his left hand.

Of course he cant stand at all, soo he comes with a pretty basic but very thick and heavy black base. While in theory the base should be enough to keep him standing, the pegs are not only kinda short, but somehow they are not in the rigth possition and actually, the base is not big enough since his legs are too open!! Only one peg can fit on the foot while the other foot keeps out of the base. 

I am surprised about this given how perfect is everything else here and with the other figures. I tied a twisty between his feet and the peg just to be safe and rest stress to the ther peg but i think i will just use a base that hold him from the waist, just be be extra extra safe because one little fall and he is going to broke like a crsystal.

The sculpt is the same as the action figure soo is perfect. The limbs have the rigth size as well as the round head and smile and eyes. One could expect this characetr is extremelly easy to render in 3D but is very surprising how many companys did Jack wrong (Diamond Select) but NECA´S interpretation is always spot on, specially on the face with the small teeth scupted.

The paint is really good too, tough theres no wrinkles at all, the red Santa costume have some black airbrush to give it a little volume and shadows. The hat is much more darker than the rest of the suit, at first i toigh it was a mistake but in fact this is because this is the original Santa´s hat soo its made of a different older material than the rest of the suit made by Sally.

The mouth and the little yellow teeth are perfectly painted and theres absolutelly no slop at all and the black eyes have a shiny black paint that somehow make the empty sockets looks more alive. The beard dosnt have too much painting detail tough, just plain white, but dosnt loks bad at all.

His accesorys are the same as with the action figure. A sack full of toys tough this one dosnt have any way to look inside and have a pretty plain and simple grey painting, juts like the smaller version, tough much more heavyer.

Then theres a small little square open present with a white with black like attern on it and a black ribbon. While the ribbon was made with soft plastic on the action figure version, here everything is made of hard resign tough the paint is perfect even with the tricky pattern.

 And lastly theres a little kid with a shurnken head. I love how NECA give us this small characters as accesorys, back in the 2000´s this made the pack much more spectacular. Unlike the small version, this one comes with a thick and heavy black corcular base that makes it looks pretty elegant on the shelve. The scupt is fantastic and reflects Tim Burton´s style perfectly and the paint is also incrediblle precise, specially on the pijama pattern. His hair have a pretty natural wash of dark and light orange and the rabbit slippers are really cute.

Overall, this figure is trully perfect aside of the base not matchign the legs position, everything is pretty good looking, At first i wasnt interested on him because he is really REALLY delicate in plastic form, but in this material, is a miracle this Jack dosnt crumble under hiw own weight. I will use a base to keep him safe but given how rare this is, i think this is a very good addition to The Nightmare Before Christmas collection.