Back to School Gremlin
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 4.85 stars by RMaster007
Fall is approaching, and the kids are already heading back to school, but it means nothing for us who are already out of school. To commemorate this time of year, NECA did a "back to school" Gremlin a few years back, and you can get ahold of it easily if you know where to look. This version of the Gremlin is based off, of all things, an old newsprint ad from when the movie was still new. Said ad is recreated for the figure, but in color, and it looks very nice. The rest of the packaging has a school theme, and all the graphics are pretty good, with a few references to the film. As usual, there's a few plastic ties to snip out to remove the figure, but that aside, it's easy to get all the stuff out. The Gremlin utilizes a mostly unchanged sculpt from the regular version, done by Jason...[See More]

Demolition Gremlin 2-Pack (Gremlins 2)
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 4.85 stars by RMaster007
After the disappointment that was the Brain Gremlin, I wasn't really sure if I would pick up another New Batch figure, or in this case, two of them. Eh, it's a set I've been wanting for a while, and spoiler alert: these two are much, much, better. I really like the packaging for this set, as it's supposed to resemble a big crate, and it sort of fits with the theme. It's easy to take everything out and put back in afterwards, though there's a couple plastic ties and bits of tape to remove for that to happen. Most of the Gremlins looked the same in the first movie, but The New Batch gave them more varied appearances, and this set has two of the generic ones. The bodies are the same, but the colors and the heads are different. Compared to the green Gremlin, the brown one has a narrower...[See More]

Brain Gremlin (Gremlins 2)
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 3.65 stars by RMaster007
"We're advising our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns." May as well put that money into action figures as well, cause this guy has one. I was excited to hear that NECA had confirmed my hopes that the Brain Gremlin would get a new figure, especially because the one they did in their early days is pretty rare now. He's been hitting retailers for a while now, having recently begun to trickle into Target, my usual place for NECA. The packaging isn't anything too special, just having a photo of the original puppet on the front and photos of the figure on the back. It's not much, but it works. Standing 6" tall, the unique thing about this figure is that rather than his outfit being sculpted, it's soft goods on a base Gremlin body. It fits well on him, and...[See More]

Greta Gremlin
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 4.35 stars by RMaster007
I could've sworn I reviewed this one already… When NECA made its return to Gremlins 2 last year, their first new figure was one they've had in the vault for a while. After who knows how many years since she was first shown off, Greta finally saw a release. She doesn't seem to be easy to find, so keep an eye out, I think she recently got a re-release. The packaging isn't anything too special, with just an image of the character on the front. Unusually for these "ultimate" boxes, this one has the hanger as a separate piece of plastic in the middle of the top flap, rather than cut onto the back of the box. I've seen a couple boxes with damaged hangers, and this should hold up better. Why they didn't keep it for releases after this is beyond me. There's the usual plastic ties to deal with,...[See More]

Stripe
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 5.00 stars by RMaster007
Gremlins was already a pretty dark movie to begin with, but the original concept was a lot darker. Not only were the titular creatures more murderous than mischievous, but cute little Gizmo was going to turn into one as well. However, Spielberg felt that the audience would love Gizmo too much to see that happen to him, so they made his gremlin form a separate character, Stripe. I did say I would be doing more Gremlins reviews, didn’t I? So time to keep things going with a review of the evil gremlin leader. NECA once again went the “original poster art” route when it comes to packaging for this figure, and the poster used here is much like the one used with the ultimate Gremlin… except Stripe has busted through it with “WE’RE HERE!” written on it with crayon. The box itself is nice and...[See More]

Gremlin
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 5.00 stars by RMaster007
The Mogwai… small, cute, and fluffy. But caring for one comes with three rules: don’t expose it to sunlight, don’t get it wet, and don’t feed it after midnight. Sunlight can kill it, getting it wet produces more, and feeding it after midnight results in it becoming one of these devils. For years, the classic horror-comedy Gremlins has been a staple of NECA, with many figures produced. Their ultimates from recent years aren’t hard to find, and they’re available at plenty of retailers. Though if you’re going to start a collection, you’ll either start with Gizmo or a Gremlin. I’ve talked about the ultimate-styled packaging a few times already, and most of the time, the front of it will have the material’s poster art on it. This is one of those cases. Like usual, the packaging is...[See More]