NECA - Horror figurines - Ultimate The Thing MacReady 18 cm - 0634482049006

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And speaking of aliens, if you opt in to the Timed Edition of the MacReady figure, Mondo will throw in not one but two creatures from the film, including a mutated dog and the iconic spider-head creature that's in many ways become the unofficial mascot of The Thing over the years. Keri Russell, whose breakthrough role in the college drama Felicity was only two years away at that point, plays a crucial but difficult role in The Lottery . Popular school teacher Felice Dunbar is unlike other New Hopers, who are more standoffish than usual. No, she greets Jason with a warm smile that hides an unpleasant secret. Having grown up in New Hope, Felice naturally believes The Lottery serves a good purpose, but meeting Jason makes her question everything. And for a minute, it would seem Russell’s character is capable of shaking off years worth of indoctrination.

Toys based on the movie have been announced by other companies more recently, but they were unfortunately canceled. Needless to say, it’s a big deal that NECA now has the license.In the rec room, Kate told the rest of the crew her theory on the nature of the creature: It is perfectly capable of imitating any life form and that it may have done so with members of their camp, but cannot imitate inorganic material much as metal, hence why it spit out the tooth fillings. Most of the team members either did not believe her or accused her of turning them against each other out of paranoia. After everyone else lefts, Juliette told Kate that she believed her and that she saw Colin leave the shower holding a towel. Juliette told Kate that she knew where they kept the vehicle keys, and that they could take them to prevent anyone else from leaving; however, when the two went to retrieve them, Juliette transformed and attempted to kill Kate. Kate escaped, running past Karl, who was killed by the Juliette-Thing. Lars arrived with a flamethrower and burned the Thing as it was assimilating Karl. In his free time, Shane loves going for runs and playing with his 16-year-old beagle Butterscotch. Butters for short, she has been the greatest love of his and inspires him everyday, both creatively and emtionally. On top of that, he's now a huge collector. He loves Funko Pop, McFarlane Toys, and Neca's huge line of horror figures. In the last two years he has been going to a lot of conversations to buy an unhealthy amount of figures. This has also allowed him to meet some of his favorite filmmakers/actors like Mike Flanagan, Matthew Lillard, John Carpenter, Grace Caroline Curry, Steve Burns and Kathryn Newton. This perhaps also accounts for why the Norris-Thing's spider-head scurried from its hiding spot when it did. Maybe its body mass was not sufficiently large enough to form an intelligent brain center. Consequently, it didn't know enough not to blow its cover when the men still presented a danger, likely assuming they would be too distracted by the breaking down of it's primary body to notice it. John Carpenter’s The Thing – Ultimate R.J. MacReady “Outpost 31″ Ultimate 7” Scale Figure by NECA Toys

NECA is always thinking outside the box, and this latest reveal is one of their coolest yet. Celebrating 40 years of John Carpenter’s The Thing, they’ve turned the poster into a figure!It has been stated that not even director John Carpenter himself knows precisely when each character was assimilated by The Thing. In fact for the first assumed assimilation by the malamute in the US base showed it walking into the bedroom of a silhouetted figure played by a stunt actor just to keep his identity ambiguous. However it is often argued to be either Palmer or Norris, though arguments towards Blair and Fuchs are not unheard of (though the shadow does not have facial hair as Fuchs does and is not balding as Blair is).

In the 1982 film, a shape-shifting alien looks for someplace warm to hide and assumes the appearance of its victims – including that of a kennel of Norwegian dogs, Alaskan Malamutes which become a blob of revolting, slimy, and straight-up horrifying flesh. As part of their ongoing Toy Fair reveals, NECA has just announced the addition of the monster mutt to their The Thing toy line also sharing a first look at a work-in-progress of the dog, which will be available in two forms.

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In the 2011 prequel film The Thing, American paleontologist Kate Lloyd discovers the creature is unable to mimic non-living/inorganic material such as metals or plastic, when she finds a small pool of blood with metal fillings; surmising the creature spat them out when it assimilated its victim. Having the MacReady figure in-hand is almost surreal at this point. For years, it seemed like there would be little chance of new figures based on The Thing. I’ve had the figure in-hand for some time now, keeping the sealed box on my photography table just so I can look at it, while waiting to shoot some photos. Now that the figure has hit a bit early, I moved him up in my shooting schedule, and was excited to finally dig in. I even opened my sealed 21 year old McFarlane Norris Thing to use in this shoot. Overall, I think fans are really going to enjoy the figure, and it’s great to see an officially licensed figure from The Thing. Now we just need some of the other cast, and lots of “Things” to join Mac. Toys based on the movie have been announced by other companies more recently, but they were unfortunately canceled. Needless to say, it’s a big deal that NECA now has the license.

The Original Thing is first encountered by the Norwegian crew at Thule Station during the winter of 1982 when they discovered the frozen corpse of a creature that seemed to have briefly survived the crash of what appeared to be an extraterrestrial space vessel 100,000 years ago. Now, at the San Diego Comic-Con, NECA has the full prototype on display, which includes two various stages of the dog’s transformation. Almost one year ago, NECA celebrated Kurt Russell‘s birthday with the reveal of an “Ultimate” action figure of the actor’s character from John Carpenter’s sci-fi horror masterpiece, The Thing. Bennings in the process of assimilation, The Thing (1982). " Probability that one or more team members may be infected by intruder organism: -75%-" —Blair's 1st projection " Projection: if intruder organism reaches civilized areas... The one-sixth figure depicts Russell’s main look from the film. Sporting long hair and a scruffy beard for the harsh elements, this untrusting pilot is wearing his winter gear that has a mixture of cloth and faux leather fabric material. This figure is also armed to the teeth with weapons and accessories. This includes multiple interchangeable hands, a frosty interchangeable head, shotgun, revolver, and MacReady’s iconic flamethrower complete with flame effects. The exclusive deluxe edition even comes with an additional Thing dog and spider leg severed head.

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On the other hand, a full-sized Thing is extremely intelligent. It is theorized that it has the combined intelligences of all the organisms it has ever assimilated. This is borne out by the fact that Blair-Thing, having likely been a product of either the Norwegian dog directly or one of its descendants (Norris or Palmer), has the intelligence to build a non-terrestrial ship out of helicopter and tractor parts. Blair-Thing "inherited" the intelligences of its previous organisms, the knowledge being passed into the newest assimilant.