In the Amazon TV Series known as The Boys, a dysfunctional group of nobodies band together to take on a powerful organization known a Vought International and their super hero team known as The Seven. The super powered group are led by Homelander, a homicidal egomaniac who is nearly indestructible. He uses the remaining members of The Seven as his personal pawns, and violently punishes anyone who gets in his way. The show is an adaptation of the comic series created by writer by Garth Ennis and illustrator Darick Robertson.
Later this month, the first two The Boys figures by NECA Toys will hit shelves. Homelander and Starlight will initially be available at Walmart for a 30 day period, and then will make their way to other retailers. The two 7″ scale Ultimate Figures will officially be released for Father’s Day weekend (June 20th), but we have an advanced in-hand look at the two new figures. Our friends at NECA have sent over the figures for review. After the jump, you can check out my impressions and a full photo gallery of both figures.
The Boys – Homelander and Starlight Ultimate 7″ Scale Figures by NECA Toys
Pros
Nice overall sculpts
Good likenesses
Great paint work
Well done capes
Easy to swap out parts
No paint locking issues with the joints
Cons
The style of double jointed knees and elbows look odd
Head sculpts are too similar
Homelander’s legs seem short
Overall
The Boys figures come packed in flapped window boxes. The packaging is designed to look like each characters costume, with a highly textured look. The back of the boxes give history on the specific character, along with a few photos of the figure. The figures sit in plastic trays, easy for storing any unused pieces. Homelander includes three head sculpts, eye beams, and two sets of hands. Starlight includes two head sculpts, and two sets of swap out forearms and hands.
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Homelander
The Homelander figure stands just over 7″ tall. The figure has about 30 or so points of articulation. Homelander has a set of open hands, and a set of closed fists. they swap out easily and look great. The sculpt work looks really fantastic in-hand, as the suit has a lot of texture work going on. Those small details are really intricate, and make the figure look more realistic. Articulation, and range of motion are pretty solid. There are double jointed knees and elbows, but the style that NECA is using on those looks really unnatural. After recently handling their MacReady and their Frankenstein, I’d have been fine with those being single jointed, which would have been more anatomically correct looking. The double jointed knees also seem to make his legs appear a bit short. Along with the sculpted body is a fabric cape. The cape is embedded at the shoulders, and is handled really well. It feels like a natural part of the costume, and it’s a nice material with clean and crisp printing on it.
Homelander includes three head sculpts overall, and each one looks pretty good, though they all share a really similar expression. The first head sculpt is a fairly neutral, or smug, expression. The second seems to be a slightly annoyed portrait, and is the one that prefer the most. It’s got a great likeness to actor Anthony Starr, and seems to fit the style of the figure the best. The third head sculpts appears to be a modified version of the second, and adds holes in the eyes for the eye beams, and a red highlight around the eyes. I would have preferred there to be a more prominent difference between the sculpts.
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