NECA and Loot Crate - now called the Loot Company - are working under the same umbrella now and as such we are starting to see new opportunities for product that started with the 7 inch scale NECA Tec-Shield Batman figure offered as a Loot Crate subscriber exclusive.
Now this burgeoning partnership has expanded very quickly to a Kickstarter type campaign for new NECA products. The idea is simple, NECA and Loot Crate share a new NECA product via the Loot Launcher element of the website. The figures have a set number of commitments to meet and once that level is reached the figure will be produced and sent to everyone who backed it.
This is very similar to the Haslab project from Hasbro, but in this case NECA have been smart and are going with smaller value product. The Loot Launcher option also has International distribution built in so is open to most of the globe and no-one is actually charged until the product reaches its goal date and the goal has been met.
One of the first items NECA are working this through with is a new 30th Anniversary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle accessory set with an exclusive "Spirit" Splinter figure which will be exclusive to this channel. Splinter uses the existing sculpt and stands 6 inch high, he comes with iridescent paint and robes - similar to the Hasbro Force Ghosts.
The pack also includes some Turtles movie collectible sand accessories and it seems a T-Shirt as you are asked to submit your size when checking out - but at this stage these are not detailed. Despite this the $49.99 set is very nearly halfway to the goal of 3000 units being backed as we write this article.
If we back this as a UK customer we will be paying $49.99 for the item and $10 shipping to UK. That is about £49 at todays exchange rate, although that will fluctuate.
If you want to back the Spirit of Splinter figure and accessory set, you have until the 17th of November to back it. This is the date you will be charged if it is successful. It will ship in Spring 2020.
Cowabunga! 30 years ago, the heroes in a half shell took the world by storm with 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and we’re celebrating with an exclusive assortment of limited edition TMNT gear!
The crate includes an exclusive “Spirit of Splinter” action figure not available anywhere else! It stands over 6” tall and is fully poseable with special iridescent paint applications, cloth robe, and LED campfire base to recreate one of the film’s most iconic scenes.
“I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the ninja…”
What else? An epic assortment of other TMNT movie collectibles & accessories. Plus... no anchovies. And we mean NO anchovies. You find anchovies in this thing and someone’s in big trouble, okay?