T-800 (Tanker Truck Pursuit) (Terminator (Neca)) Review

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T-800 (Tanker Truck Pursuit) (Terminator (Neca)) Review

T-800 (Tanker Truck Pursuit)
Terminator (Neca) (Neca)Accessories:
It comes with a very detailed AR-18 assault rifle and the SPAS-12 shotgun; and an interchangeable head (the "I'll Be Back" head). The guns are pretty screen accurate, especially the jungle-mag on the AR-18. Both guns can fit in either hand. The task of swapping the heads is one I won't be doing very often because it was so damn hard to put the 'damaged' head back on.

Sculpt + Articulation:
The battle damaged head sculpt is awesome. It carries a very good likeness of the makeup-ridden Arnold Schwarzenegger (courtesy of makeup artist Jeff Dawn and the late Stan Winston). The facial damage on the right side of the face is the best part as you can see the Endoskeleton that lies beneath. The secondary head is also very good, resembling a classic Arnold.

The body sculpt is very good and detailed as per the NECA standard, capturing the creases and bullet holes/damage in the clothing. Having the blood around the bullet holes is quite a nice touch! The gloves are sculpted very well, exposing the bloody human hands from this point in the film. Articulation is standard Terminator articulation with ball-joints in the neck and shoulders; and rotating ankles/feet. Compared to the T2 Arnolds, it feels somewhat limited due to how the arms are sculpted near the elbow balljoint; so I wasn't able to achieve a 90 degree bend for the hipfiring AR-18 pose.

Criticisms:
This package deal is really, a modified re-package of the Police Station Assault T-800 figure as it carries the same body sculpt with extra wounds, the same weapons and the interchangeable sunglasses head. The figure itself isn't entirely screen accurate. No doubt, the sculpting of the head damage is spot-on but the paint application for the blood looks half-accurate as it looks like there are patches of blood instead of dripping blood as seen in the film. NECA could've/should've used the exising Police Station Assault figure and resculpted it to show the jacket zipped and ripped up, the damage and rips on the trousers (I mean, c'mon - he got dragged under a tanker!) and also lose the weapons. Or take a Hot Toys approach and include a set of interchangeable hands (to replicate either the police station assault or tanker pursuit); and a jacket that can be opened or closed and the weapons associated.

Conclusion:
A very cool figure to have, and damn expensive now. I was lucky and managed to get this for £35 ($50-something USD), so if you see this below $50 USD - grab it! Despite the negatives mentioned, i know i'm still happy with this.