As I mentioned in my previous IT posts; Living Dead Dolls Presents: IT and IT - Ultimate Pennywise Clown Action Figure by NECA, (follow the links if you wish to check them out), I can't help loving Pennywise - especially as played by Tim Curry.
Having watched both the 1990 Mini-Series,the 2017 Film and after reading the book; Tim Curry's portrayal of the demented clown entity is for me the quintessential "Killer Clown" Pennywise.
That said, it'll come as no surprise for you to discover that the 1990 version of Pennywise by Neca was going to become a must have for me, and it really didn't disappoint.
The outer box is decorated to look just like the mini series dvd cover.
The other side, shows the figure, situated against a background which looks just like The Barrens in the mini-series, this background carries over to the viewing pane area of the box too.
There is also a scaled removable version of this background included in the box behind the figure, so you can pose him in The Barrens whilst playing, displaying or photographing him.
The box was designed by Chris Raimo, who was also responsible for the artwork on the box of the 2017 version of Pennywise Action Figure by Neca.
He also has three extra white gloved hands; one pointing, and two with gripped hands which allow him to hold onto the bunch of balloons or the noise maker (rattle) he comes with.
Also included is a pair of "alien" hands with green, twisted skin and elongated fingers.
The plastic housing the figure and parts comes apart like a case, one half holds the extra hands and feet and the other half holds the seven balloons he comes with as well as a small paper boat which he stole from poor little Georgie at the start of the Novel and the films.
Pennywise's happy face is pretty demented looking, although I have to admit the sculpting is perfect for this model, he looks so much like Tim Curry and 1990's Pennywise.
The bottom of the box credits Jason Frailey as the talented artist responsible for making him look so lifelike.
I couldn't remove his hands as they are in so tight and will most likely have to be soaked in warm water for a little while, which I didn't have time to do before posing him for photographs for this post, so for now you'll have to make do with just head changes!
Even in this small scale (the figure is approximately 8 inches tall) the detail on his heads and facial expressions is amazing, the "Battery Acid" face, shown above is so well done, of course this is in part due to the hand painted details.
Like the 2017 film Pennywise, I wrote a post on a couple of weeks back, the painters responsible for his detailing are Geoffrey Trapp and Jon Wardell.
Each of this figures head sculpts is of the same great quality and very lifelike in terms of the actor/character's look in the miniseries.
He can move his head up and down and from side to side, but due to the shape and thickness of his hair, it cannot be rotated 360 degrees, like the 2017 film Pennywise which was also made by Neca.
The last head he has is what I call "The Deadlights" I'm not sure what the expression is actually called, but in the mini series you see this expression on Pennywise's face just before his mouth opens wider and his eyes glow bright and deadly.
The other points of articulation, of which the figure has 18, apart from those I've already mentioned are joints at the shoulders which allow his arms to move 360 degrees as well as in a more natural way - up and down.
His elbows have joints which allow them to move up and down only.
There is another arm joint at the forearm which allows that part of the arm to move 360 degrees around.
His hands turn 360 degrees at the wrists.
His torso moves from side to side and also rotates 360 degrees.
The next point of articulation is at the top of his thigh at the hip bone, this allows the leg to move up and down only - As do his knees.
While his ankles (just above his trouser ruffs) and his foot itself both rotate 360 degrees.
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