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Tuesday, 7 May 2019

🎈 IT – Ultimate Pennywise (1990) Action Figure by Neca 🎈

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.


 It opens like the same way as the other Neca Pennywise figure I have - like a book, to reveal a large viewing pane.

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.


The figure comes wearing a grumpy face, with three extra heads displayed above and around his head. The other heads included with him are his happy face, the "battery acid burnt" face and one wearing the facial expression, that I think of as "deadlights" which he contorts into just before he strikes (and kills).

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.


 Well, that's it for now... Catch ya later!

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Wednesday, 24 April 2019

🎈 IT - Ultimate Pennywise Clown Action Figure (2017) by NECA 🎈

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While I wasn't really impressed by the latest adaptation of IT, I did like the look of the newly designed Pennywise as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård not because it was a bad costume, I really like it, but because it didn't resemble the Pennywise my mind conjured up when I read the description in the book.

In the book IT, Stephen King describes Pennywise, at various times as having a "white face" and "funny tuffs of red hair on either side of his bald head"  he wears a baggy silk light silver clown suit with big orange pom pom buttons, an electric-blue bow tie and he also wears white large mickey mouse type gloves.

He has a bunch of balloons which as he tells Georgie are "red, and green and yellow and blue"

Georgie sees his eyes looking at him from inside a storm drain which are described as bright yellow eyes and also shiny, later as he shows more of himself while talking to Georgie his eyes are blue.

He is also described (by Georgie) as looking like a "cross between Bozo and Clarabell from Howdy Doody".

In case, like me you weren't around in the 1950's, 1960's or early 1970's and don't understand the references, here's a couple of images of Bozo the Clown and Clarabell from Howdy Doody...

Warning, they are the stuff of nightmares...

Bozo The Clown, was a children's television show which later became Bozo's Circus, the shows ran from 1949 to 1970 and most likely scarred generations of small children, cos Gawddammit he's horrific!!


Carabell the mute clown was on the  Howdy Doody Show from 1954 to 1960 and again, is one of the most terrifying things I've ever, seen, I can't believe children were into this. Just look at this clip from the last episode of the show, when Clarabell finally broke his silence...

This thing now haunts my dreams...

I can see where they were going with the Pennywise makeup the used for Bill Skarsgård's portrayal, the way the bright red lips and "mouth lines" which extend up the cheeks are very reminiscent of Clarabell, and his white face and red hair is not unlike Bozo The Clown's either.

Anyway, enough of this frightening stuff let's get to my new Pennywise figure...


I guess I'll start with the box design, seeing as that's the first thing I saw when I opened the parcel containing him.

I love this cover, it's so atmospheric, there's a hint of menace to the image, with Pennywise shown mostly in shadow, with his grinning face only visible reflected in the balloon he's offering in his outstretched hand.

Of course it also depicts poor little 5 year old Georgie Denbrough, in his rain slicker, who lost his life for want of a balloon.

The box opens like a book and is held in place with a small Velcro dot. 

It opens onto an image on the inside of the front cover of the figure, posed against a backdrop which depicts The Well House, also known as 29 Neibolt Street, Derry as it appears in the film and is described in the book - a derelict boarded up building with it's porch sinking into the ground on one side and weeds growing up all around it.

A scary place for local children, ignored by adults - home to Hobos, Tramps, Winos and the creature known as IT himself.


The images on the back of the box are various poses which the figure can be put into for display or play. 

The bottom of the box states the package design was the work of Chris Raimo, and I have to say I think he did an awesome job, it's the perfect way to illustrate the figure inside and has the same brooding atmosphere that builds as the story of Derry, Maine and it's resident evil entity enfolds. 


Behind the figure's picture window is a removable background which depicts the house at 29 Neibolt Street, and is very similar to the one shown on the inside of the front cover which I mentioned earlier.

The figure itself stands at around 7 inches, and has 19 points of articulation...


The head moves up and down, side to side and 360 degrees, the neck also moves the in same manner.

The shoulders move up and down and also turn 360 degrees, while the triceps only move up and down.

Above the elbows move up, down and 360 degrees, the elbow itself just moves up and down but not to the same extent as the area above does.


The hands move 360 degrees only. His waist can be moved up and down and 360 degrees as well .

Upper thighs move 180 degrees and side to side only . The knees bend backwards in a natural way but can also be twisted around 360 degrees which is anything but natural!

Below the knee bends in the same way. The final point of articulation is the ankle which can move up and down and weirdly also turns 360 degrees.


As you've most likely already noticed, the figure comes with two spare heads, allowing you to change his facial expressions, a spare pair of hands, one is posed in an "ok" gesture, so he can be posed holding the "string" of the balloon he comes with or the scaled paper boat he also comes with.

I love the attention to detail on this figure and his accessories; the little "paper" boat even has "SS Georgie" written on it.

For added posability his balloon has a thin wire "string" so it can be twisted and posed or even looped at the bottom so it can also "stand" up by itself.


It's easy to see that a lot of work and hours were spent designing and sculpting this figure and the others in the range, which is even more noticeable when you read the list of people who worked in these areas, listed on the bottom of the box. 

These are listed as follows: "Sculpt -    Adrienne Smith
                                                               Kyle Windrix
                                                               Alex Heinke
                                                               Trevor Grove"

                                            "Paint -     Geoffrey Trapp
                                                             Jon Wardell"

So quite a few talented individuals were involved in sketching the premise, sculpting the individual parts, moulding, forming, smoothing and sanding then colour matching and painting the prototype figures, and eventually the final product that was released for sale.
As much as I love this figure, there was one thing I wasn't so impressed with... 

The head with Pennywise's mouth open was shown in the sales photographs as looking identical to the moth design in the film, as shown above.


Unfortunately, the teeth on the head I received really didn't look anything like the promotional image.


I was really disappointed about this because one of the selling points for me was this facial expression, but I guess being so small the two main rows of teeth are not only very hard to mould in a way that shows the definition, it is also very hard to paint them to look like the promotional image.


I gave his teeth a quick once over with my paintbrush to try and give them a bit more definition, it didn't turn out quite as I hoped but it is definitely better than it was before.


Well, I guess that's all I have to say on this little guy for now, so I'll be off!
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