New NECA King Kong coming?

[PNGwynne]

I'm a Mothra fan (and for foes, Gidorah); I think a successful Godzilla line is one that really includes the classic family of monsters.

[thunderbolt]

I'm a Mothra fan (and for foes, Gidorah); I think a successful Godzilla line is one that really includes the classic family of monsters.

that was the thing that kept me away from Neca, very little non Godzilla in the line. All I ever saw were King Of The Monsters designs for other Toho Kaiju

[thunderbolt]

My understanding is that Super 7 will now be producing the 6 inch Godzilla Ultimates collector line. They also have license to produce more characters than just Godzilla himself.

Mezco got a license too. 5 Points Destroy All Monsters is first but its pricy

[TrekStar]

According to what Brian Flynn said in a recent interview about Super 7's licensing agreement with Toho on Godzilla is that they can do any of the Toho monsters except Kong and Mechani-Kong.

What about War of the Gargantuas?

[Mego-Amigo]

It's my understanding that any monster owned by Toho can be made by Super 7 except the two Kongs.

[MIB41]

I'm waiting for someone to put hair to one of these figures and bring Kong to life. It looks like a piece that can be an impressive custom.

[imlaughing2death]

UPDATE: This guy has a review up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EncFIT_ifOE

Looks like there's a proto-skullcrawler, a Pteradactyl, branch weapon, and some minor changes to Kong overall, along with the hinged headsculpt.

[Confessional]

Here's the full work up: https://news.toyark.com/2021/05/09/k...o-shoot-427230

[ODBJBG]

Yeah, a lot of the Godzilla collector groups I'm in seemed pretty bummed. There is conjecture that Playmates isn't pleased with NECA getting into TMNT and this is payback of sorts. I don't really know if that's true.

It's not. Playmates didn't "muscle them out" of the Godzilla business. That's just silly. NECA had tepid relations with Toho (they're the only company that couldn't convince Toho to allow them to make other monsters) and they've done their usual "blame Playmates" which is just nonsense. Playmates never got in their way with TMNT either. Playmates did try to hold onto their master TMNT license (who can blame them for that?!) but once they lost it, they've done zero to effect NECA.

In other news, I was wrong about this Kong's hands. He actually has all the previous hands and a new set. You just can't tell it by the way he's packaged.

There's really no reason to buy the first Kong release now.

[imlaughing2death]

Neca: "What's that? You like King Kong? WELL HAVE ANOTHER ONE!"

https://hotstuff4geeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NECA-Ultimate-King-Kong-The-Empire-State-Building-Battle-2.jpg

https://hotstuff4geeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NECA-Ultimate-King-Kong-The-Empire-State-Building-Battle-3.jpg

I saw the Jungle Kong at my local Target the other day and was going to pick one up when I get paid, but I might hold off and get the Empire State Building one instead. IF ONLY I DIDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE

[Confessional]

^^ I know, I just want a new heads & (awesome!) accessories pack for the first release!… that would be a brilliant Kong playset, instead of a multiple figures assemblage.

[Jetjungle75]

Here are some pictures of my two Neca Kongs:

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[Mego-Amigo]

Those are awesome displays. Thanks for the pics.

[TrekStar]

Looks great, thanks for sharing.