NECA The New Face of Horror

Posted on: October 15, 2014 /

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Categories: Essentials, Halloween Celebration

As we continue our march to pure horror we must look at the new kid on the block. Now calling NECA the new kid is a bit much but they do represent the new face of horror collectibles. Back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s McFarlane was the king of the hill when it came to horror action figures and no one could touch them. You could go to Walmart and pick up a horror figure with ease. Horror in general was making a come back to the toy shelves thanks to McFarlane and all was good! While McFarlane shifted away from the horror themes someone else came up and took control. Now mind you, McFarlane now produces The Walking Dead toys but we’ll save that for later.

NECA was born in 1996 and by 2002 NECA Reel Toys was established to bring hot action figures and dolls to the market. NECA snapped up licences that many other companies shunned away from with several of them being non-marketable by other companies standards. NECA would go on and produce some of the most unique figures from properties no one would ever consider! NECA, in my opinion, controls the market when it comes to video game figures and their horror resume looks stunning. Check out the full list of properties NECA controls and see what you might have in your collection.

300
A Christmas Story
Alien
Aliens
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street (video game)
American Psycho
Army of Darkness
Army of Two
Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed II
Batman (Adam West)
Batman (Michael Keaton)
Beetlejuice
BioShock 2
BioShock Infinite
Borderlands
Bubba Ho-Tep
Castlevania
Charmed
Child’s Play
Chronicles of Narnia, The
Kurt Cobain
Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
Coraline
The Crow
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dead Space (franchise)
Devil’s Rejects, The
Devo
Die Hard
Donnie Darko
Dota 2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Evil Dead II
The Exorcist
Freddie Mercury
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th (NES video game)
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th (2009)
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Gears of War
God of War
Godzilla
Green Day
Gremlins
Grindhouse
Half-Life 2
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2007)
Harry Potter
Hellraiser
Highlander
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
House of 1000 Corpses
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Insane Clown Posse
Iron Maiden
John Lennon
Johnny Ramone
Joey Ramone
Jonah Hex
Kill Bill
Labyrinth (film)
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
The Lord of the Rings
Masters of the Universe
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Pacific Rim
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean
Phantasm
Portal 2
Predator
Predator 2
Predators
Prototype
Prometheus
Reservoir Dogs
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 5
RoboCop
Rocky
Scarface
Saw
Scream
Shaun of the Dead
The Silence of the Lambs
The Simpsons
Star Trek
Street Fighter IV
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sin City (film)
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Team Fortress 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator Salvation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Tomb Raider (franchise)
Trick ‘r Treat
Twilight
V for Vendetta

There is no slowing down the “new kid” and just recently NECA provided new images to their Ultimate Freddy Krueger figure and lucky fans should be on the look out for the soft goods Leatherface. As far as classic horror goes, no one can touch NECA and they continue to build up an impressive library of characters. In fact, an Ultimate Leather Face figure was just announced a few days ago and if it’s anything like the Krueger, fans will be pleased. Take a look of some of the samplings from NECA and you can see how they rule the Horror section of any toy store.