{"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=\"Kenner-style Panther Alien addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/kenner-style-panther-alien-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kenner-style Panther Alien addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Alien\/Predator two-pack addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/1419\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Alien\/Predator two-pack addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - September '13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/flippin-through-previews-september-13\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - September '13<\/a><\/li>\n<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=\"Flippin' through Previews - July '15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/flippin-through-previews-july-15\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - July '15<\/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 #158 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #234 Uhh, George? Shop &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}]}}