Jun 5, 2021

It came from the toy chest: I don't collect Predator stuff, why do I even have this?

 Especially since I'm 99.98% sure that this is a Bootleg.


I'm talking about the Predator accessory pack by "NECA". I'm putting NECA in quotation marks because this set was discontinued a while back and its resurgence on eBay by Chinese sellers most likely means: Bootlegs. I cannot say that I was swindled since I knew the chances of it being a bootleg was pretty high. Hell, I still don't know if it's real or not... and honestly, I don't care. The reason I bought this was the flayed man. He would look great on Snake Mountain once it comes out the Toy Chest... (no date yet, since I STILL haven't finished the Toy Room... and I have no estimated date, due to my Goldfish attention span and hyper procrastination superpower)...
The set contains 2 weapon effects for a Predator.
2 skulls with spines attached 
1 skull with no spine
1 Xenomorph skull 
1 flayed man



There isn't much to say about the blast effects, since I have no predator to use them on. They are incompatible with everything else for obvious reasons. I managed to kinda get a Kikoho pose out of a Stark to showcase them somehow.

Raph: Man, April's got some weird shit lying around!
Mikey: Her parents owned a pawn shop, hence all this cool stuff! Dude, check out this Xenomorph skull!!
Casey: Should I replace my José Canseco bats with these?
Raph: Are those real?
Casey: They feel real enough for me.
Mikey: *deep voice* Casey Jones wins, Fatality!!
Leonardo: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio... Holy shit! This is a REAL SKULL!!
Don: I found this prop on the freezer... feels pretty real... wait, it's dripping blood all over the floor.
April (VO): Ah, so you found Skinner, Donnie... Casey! What are you doing with my parents!? Leonardo, what are you doing with my Ex boyfriend Augustus O'Connell?
Mikey: Wait... so Casey is holding your dead parents, Leo is holding your ex boyfriend, Donny is holding some dude named Skinner... does this mean I have an ACTUAL XENOMORPH!?
April (VO): No Mikey, that's a movie prop, and no Mr. Skinner is not named Leonard, nor is a principal. He was my Landlord... real landlord not your porn games "Landlord".
Mikey: Cool! I've got some kickass movie memorabilia!
Raph: Jeez! Mikey! Are you ignoring the fact that April is a serial killer!?
Mikey: Goddammit Raph! You ruined my plan! I was going to play dumb in order to be spared by April.
April (VO): True, true... I WAS going to spare Mikey because of his naivete. But now, looks like I have to finish you...
Mikey: Not so fast, killer babe! You're bound by the rules of horror. I'm a virgin, so you are bound by the rules to spare my pure and virginal self.
April(VO): FUCK! FUCK! FUUUUUUUUCK!
Raph: Way to go lil' bro!
Don: I'm spared! I am a teenage nerd, so Virginity powers, protect me!!
April(VO): I'll give you that one... You're spared...
Leonardo:When you were partying, I studied the blade. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the blockchain. While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated inner strength. And now that the world is on fire and the barbarians are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for help...
April(VO): Such neckbeard energy!! This can only mean Vir-
Leonardo: I'm not a virgin!!
April(VO): Well then, Leonardo, what do boobs feel like?
Leonardo: That's easy! They feel like sandbags!
April(VO): You're safe Leonardo...
Leonardo: But I'm NOT a Virgin!
Everyone: Sure... You're totally not a Virgin...
Raph: I'm *unintelligible*
April(VO): What did you say?
Raph: I'M A VIRGIN, DAMMIT! THERE I SAID IT!
April(VO): It makes sense that you 4 are virgins. I haven't seen any female mutant turtles for you to well... fuck! And Mikey's the only one with interspecies desires, but his mutant turtle... uh parts are incompatible with um, my, uh HUMAN parts!! So, you 4 are doomed to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Incel Turtles...
So this means that Casey Jones is the only one dying tonight...
Casey: Well, crap!


And that went way longer than I expected. Most of these work as props for dioramas. In my case they would litter the floor of both Snake Mountain and Castle Grayskull. There isn't much to do with these... just like the upcoming TMNT accessory pack.

I'm unable to rake these like I do with normal toys because it's an accessory pack and then there's the whole fact that it may be a bootleg and I cannot recommend buying bootlegs. If it wasn't for the flayed man I wouldn't have bought this. The flayed man is not that impressive but it makes a great conversation with these ones I put them in the Snake Mountain chains. He could also work for Mortal Kombat displays.

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