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Write a Review link for that item. M3gan (Neca) (Neca)We're all familiar with haunted and killer dolls in horror films, such as Chucky, Annabelle, and if you're more into cult classics, the living dolls of Puppet Master. Akela Cooper and James Wan's film M3GAN is a more modern take on such, with the doll being more of an android than anything, but the basic elements are still there. A snagged a Blu-Ray of it last month (with one of those glow-in-the-dark sleeves Walmart puts on their horror DVDs for Halloween) and loved it, and I'll have to check out the sequel some time. I also managed to get NECA's Ultimate figure for a low price earlier this month, and is it as good as the film? Spoiler alert: yes. The packaging isn't much different from most NECA Ultimates, with the movie's poster on the front, which is just a picture of M3GAN herself, and plenty of photos of the figure on the back, showing off almost everything she comes with. The graphics and general motif fits the film well, and there's only a single tie for the figure inside. The Model 3 Generative Android was played by child actress Amie Donald, with Jenna Davis providing the voice, and she wore a silicone mask later enhanced with CGI to make the character look more artificial. Marty Henley did all the sculpting here, and M3GAN looks just like how she did in the film. The default head has a slight smile, and her hair is a softer plastic to keep it from interfering with movement too much. The second head is a more somber expression, not quite murderous yet, but still a little concerned. Geoff Trapp and Mike Puzzo, NECA's usual paint guys, did a great job with the faces, especially the eyes. M3GAN's other two portraits make her robotic nature more evident. One of them bears a large scratch across her head, with her hair being reduced a bit and more disheveled, and bleeding mascara (who gives an android makeup?). The expression is much more displeased here, coming from the climax where she turns against her creator after she gets too violent. The fourth portrait shows what's under all that fake skin and hair, with an ocean blue and bronze "skull" bearing tons of mechanics behind the face. There's two swappable face/eye pieces for it, one normal and one scuffed up, and they attach and detach with ease. The portraits swap at the neck, and some heat is recommended the first time, but having all these options are nice. At about 5 1/2" tall, M3GAN's clothes remind me a bit of an American Girl doll. She wears a long dress with striped sleeves, white tights with strap shoes, and a multi-color ribbon bow tie. The colors and line work are very clean, with nothing in the way of bleed or slop. I wish NECA would figure out a solution to the paint chipping off joints, as it leaves some blank areas in the elbows. The dress looks great, with slits in the sides to help with leg movement, and it's overall a soft material over an articulated torso with plenty of range. As long as I'm talking articulation, M3GAN has all the usual joints, with a barbell head, neck, and chest, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles, ball-jointed waist and hips, and swivel thighs. The joints move well, and while the head and neck are limited by the hair and collar, everything else has plenty of range for a variety of poses, including her iconic dance. Like Chucky before her, M3GAN relies on whatever tools she can find to do her killing, and her weapons from the film are recreated here. The paper cutter blade is the most notable one, being her weapon against the Funki Toys CEO, and it comes in both clean and bloody variants. She also has a nail gun and hammer, and I don't really recall when she used them, but I know they weren't for carpentry. The screwdriver I don't think was used by her, but it was used to shut her down in the end, and like in the film, it can be stuck in the hole in the bare head. She has a variety of extra hands as well, with four right grips for each of the tools, alongside a left grip and another relaxed right with the fingers slightly less curled. The gripping hands all have vertical hinges, which is important for good weapon poses, and they hold the items with ease. Whilst not James Wan's first work featuring a killer doll, M3GAN is a lot more fun to watch than Annabelle, and NECA certainly did her justice. With plenty of different parts and ways to display her, she's a lot of fun, and I'm glad I waited to get her since I was able to nab her for just $20, which is a great price for NECA. It's a matter of time if they'll make figures from the sequel, and I hope they do so, because M3GAN is a great example of a slasher doll, even if she's not actually a doll. - 11/23/25   by Toasted Brains |
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