{"id":31936,"date":"2020-08-09T19:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T23:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=31936"},"modified":"2020-08-11T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T23:34:05","slug":"an-observation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/an-observation\/","title":{"rendered":"An observation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s kinda interesting how much the reissues of NECA Ultimates can be different from older releases of ostensibly the same item.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/necaultimate1.jpg\" title=\"two different ''Ultimates''\" width=\"450\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The first ultimate release of this Alien has a black base with a real heavy brushing of brown (or blue depending on variant). The newer reissue has a much glossier base with a copper brushing. It's less extensive and more relegated to defined areas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/necaultimate2.jpg\" title=\"more stylized paint\" width=\"450\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>I found out Ultimates and reissues have major differences when I tried to kitbash together older and newer Ultimate City Hunter Predators. They were constructed completely differently. The pegs and joints holding the figure together were entirely revamped. On the Alien, the hips are actually different than the previous Ultimate, balljoints instead of swivel\/hinge.<\/p>\n<p>At least this new one is only released in one color.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - December '13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/flippin-through-previews-december-13\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - December '13<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Vitruvian HACKS dig up some skeletons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/vitruvian-hacks-dig-up-some-skeletons\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vitruvian HACKS dig up some skeletons<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Gorilla Alien addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/02\/gorilla-alien-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gorilla Alien addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #27\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-27\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #27<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Aliens\/TMNT crossover that never was\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-aliens-tmnt-crossover-that-never-was\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Aliens\/TMNT crossover that never was<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s kinda interesting how much the reissues of NECA Ultimates can be different from older releases of ostensibly the same item. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Rustin's Spoils of the Week #153 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #195 ATFC '16 - &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/an-observation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-31936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-neca","tag-alien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31941,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936\/revisions\/31941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}