![]() Want to buy this figure? Check Portal availability at our sponsors: ![]() What a difference eighty cents worth of wires and LEDs makes! -Adam Pawlus It's better than buying a statue, and the light-up accessory really does make the slightly higher-than-normal price for a NECA figure worthwhile. If you're on the fence, if the price is right, you should get one. For fans of the series, you probably already have made a purchase. She's just there, ready to run through whatever maze GLaDOS has in store for her. As your proxy in the game world, you can project a lot on to her and the figure doesn't give you "anger" or "determination" in her face. The paint colors are largely a good match with the figure capturing a pretty good amount of the personality from the game, which is tough given the character is very nearly personality-free. I was unable to replicate the running pose seen of the character in some of the key art, but that's OK as I usually don't pose my figures like that anyway (and Mrs. The gizmo plugs into her right wrist fairly nicely, and you can balance it on her other hand for display purposes. They don't skimp on the sculpting or paint, and the accessory - a portal gun - has a light-up blue element with (and this is very important) a replaceable battery. You can get her to assume a variety of poses, but it's worth noting getting her to balance with her unique footwear may take some patience if you're unwilling to accept help from the handy display stand.Īt about 6 1/2-inches tall, the level of detail is probably on par with any other figure you might have bought in this scale these days. Each hip has a fantastic range of movement, so the legs can swing out or rotate. I'm counting 13 points plus a bonus joint for her ponytail on the back of her head. ![]() The paint job is above par, and the articulation is quite good. Decked out in a tank top with her jacket tied around her waist, the figure manages to replicate the costume from the second game quite nicely, including the bizarre high-heeled boots which prevent her legs from breaking if she falls from a great height. Sure, P-Body and Atlas are on the way, but Chell is the one you want. If the meme-tastic nature of the game hasn't got you down, odds are you want this, and it's since it's a good figure you'll probably be glad you bought it.Īs the first, only, and therefore best action figure from the game series so far it's a must-buy. Coyote cartoons, Monty Python, and the guy who shouts "Science!" in that Thomas Dolby video. Since the game was written with a sense of humor, it can be favorably compared to the hypothetical offspring of Wile E. The game series, for the uninitiated, allows the player to shoot "portals" at the wall so you can basically walk into a hole in the wall and come out in another location. The mute and put-upon hero of Portal 2 is Chell, who much like Samus Aran has to compete in a world with bizarre technology and incredible odds against her while the player really doesn't need to ever get a good look at who's controlling the action. The sword replica is slated for an April 2014 release.NECA Portal 2 Chell Action Figure NECA, 2013Īction Feature: Light-up LED Portal Device Along with Diablo they have a Sword of Justice prop replica, fitted with LEDs for a really nice light-up action. They say his release really depends on the reception he gets at the show, so sure this is probably more dependant on retailers, but let them know over on their twitter account if you want Booker.įinally we have Diablo! Again we had seen these at SDCC last year, but it looks as though the Diablo 7″ figure has also been pushed back into this year. Now he is kind of in limbo as to whether NECA will release him or not. The patriots are really imposing looking figures and I’m hoping they can get a few more in like Lincoln, Jefferson, or any historical figures! We also get our first look at NECA’s Booker Dewitt figure. Sure Bioshock Infinite is starting to fade from people’s minds, but NECA has another Motorized Patriot on the way! This time with a Benjamin Franklin head and a purple color to his coat. A BLU variant is sure to follow, and then that leaves us with three more members of the cast (Medic, Scout, and Sniper … we’ve seen the Scout already and NECA says they are all sculpted) until completion! The next set of Team Fortress 2 figures, the Engineer and Spy, are slated for an April 2014 release. We’d seen the Portal bots P-Body and Atlas before, but it looks like their release has been pushed back to April 2014. Though the releases on their Valve partnership have slowed a bit in the past year they still had figures from Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 on display. NECA had a nice mix of video game action figures and props on display at Toy Fair 2014.
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