NECA Freddy VS Jason box set review

By Don of the dead

 

Guilty pleasures, its what makes life worth living. Weather its eating a whole pint of Cookie Dough Ice Cream, blowing up GI Joes with firecrackers or torturing rats with a hacksaw in the basement (did I just type that? I sound like a freak. I should probably erase it…aw screw it, I'm too lazy…Then why the hell did I just type that then? Never mind)

For me the ultimate guilty pleasure is the movie Freddy vs. Jason. Sure its not Oscar material (until I run the Oscars that is) but I could come home after a day of having my legs gnawed off by a rabid Oprah with no pain killers and be happy popping in the DVD of my favorite Slasher show down.

We Horror Fan wished and begged and pleaded for years. We had polls and wrote letters, people wrote their own stories. Scripts were written tossed out re-written submitted, rejected, it was an endless nightmare. Then in 2003 Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees finally went head to head, winner kills all. And NECA gave us a box set of the final (yeah, right) battle between the Dream Demon and Mrs. Voorhees baby boy.

 

Heel, toe, heel, toe, step step slide, aaaaaaand Big Finish!

Packaging 8/10

A nice window box, perfect if you display your toys in the box (like a communist), bright orange and red flames with each combatant on the side of the box. Not much more to say about it.

 

Body Sculpt 9/10

Jason is the HUGE hulking monster he should be, tree trunk legs, barrel chest and strong arms. His clothing is sculpted like its fresh out of the grave. Freddy is done well too, thinner, wirier that his huge opponent (Believe me, he'll need the speed) his sweater looks almost like cloth. And his finger blades look razor sharp.

 

Comes with extra Fredy head, now in extra tasty crispy!

Head Sculpt 10/10

Freddy is a hard figure to sculpt, with all his details on his burned face, sure you could slap some paint on and call him burned, but NECA studied the makeup and did it spot on.

Jason is also awesome; the hockey mask is just dirty enough so it looks like Jason crawled out of the ground, and underneath his deformed ugly face (not seen in the film!

 

Paint 9/10

Almost perfect, but I had to search. NECA is hit and miss on paint jobs; luckily I found one that was damn near perfect. Always look at the eyes to make sure they're painted straight, nothing is less menacing than a cross-eyed Freddy.

 

Fire? Check. Serial Killers? Check. Rosie O'Donnell standing between them....awww what about MY dreams?!?:(

Articulation 4/10

This is the only place this playset is lacking, now I don't need my figures to be able to do Karma-Sutra but a little more articulation would be nice. Freddy has neck, shoulder and wrists; Jason has head shoulder and wrists. Elbow joints would have been nice so would knee joints. All you can pose them in is one pose, which is a nice pose, but variety is the spice of life people!

 

 

 

 

Jason Voorhees knows what you did last summer.....you pervert.

Accessories 10/10

Along with the burning cabin floor base you get an extra "Demon" Freddy head, and an extra fingerless hand with a magnet in it that can hold Freddy's severed head re-enacting Jason's victory! (For those of you screaming SPOILER! You've had almost 2 years to see this film, if you haven’t seen it by now tough. Oh yeah, Darth Vader is Luke's Father, Rosebud is his sled, and Bruce Willis is a ghost. Nyeah!)

 

Outfit 9/10

Not much to say, both these guys ain't fashion trendsetters, Freddy is in his classic red and green sweater and Jason in his pants and jacket. Both look straight out of the movie.

 

I though YOU were bringing the marshmellows......

Overall 9/10

Aside from articulation this box set ROCKS. They picked the best scene in the movie to base it off of, both figures are sculpted wonderfully and its worth the $30 I paid for it.

One side note, be careful when picking out your playset, I've come across one or 2 where Freddy's finger knives have broken off in the box so choose wisely.