![]() ![]() The head, or more specifically the face, probably has the weakest paint work - it looks like the head was intended to have very sharp lines, but between the production process and the somewhat sloppy paint the edges were somewhat lost, particularly around the mouth and jaw. The detailing is sharp around the loincloth and lower torso, though the paint is just a tiny bit splotchy on the chest. They've finally gotten a great fleshtone look and feel. NECA's paint on its Player Select and Cult Classics line has been spotty at I suppose we don't know what Simon Belmont's face actually looks like, but apparently NECA decided he was an ugly dude. The amount of detail is astounding, from stitching of his loincloth to the texture of the hide leather in his outfit. The sculpting on the body and clothing is excellent, easily on par with the best we've seen from NECA. So NECA appears to have based on the sculpt on the original NES cover art and then, since the art only shows the character from the back, extrapolated the rest of his look from that. There's not a lot of reference material for Simon Belmont, I think this line is based on that game, or maybe NECA just picked and chose from among the various incarnations, since Alucard wasn't in Castlevania. I vaguely recall playing the original NES game when I was seven or eight. For the record, I don't know anything about Castlevania. The graphic design, by Jon Sprance, is a bit dull, particularly on the back, which is just photos of the figures themselves, with no information about the character or even the games. ![]() Simon comes in NECA's standard narrow clamshell packaging. He then resurrected Dracula once more, fought him, and defeated him, breaking the curse. Despite efforts by Dracula's minions, who hid parts of his body all over Transylvania, Simon located all the pieces. To lay a curse upon Simon - a curse that could only be broken if Simon found Dracula's body. However, this was a ploy by Dracula, who sacrificed an early resurrection (It's worth noting that this is the second Simon Belmont NECA has released - the first was this goofy SDCC exclusive.)īy defeating Dracula, Simon fulfilled the Belmont legacy. The clincher was all the articulation and accessories. I decided to pick up Simon because he looked like a cool barbarian figure - not so much Conan as Kull, another Robert E. #Simon belmont seriesIn this case it was for NECA's Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series of their Player Select line. īeing on something of a fantasy jag lately, I did one of those things where you look at a figure in a store for months and months and months and finally break down and buy it. ![]() B u y t h e t o y s, n o t t h e h y p e. ![]()
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