NECA is offering some new figures inspired from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books by Mirage Comics. In the comic, Donatello encounters Kirby, an artist that can bring his sketches to life with the power of a magic crystal-enhanced pencil. Kirby is also a homage to the legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby, who is one of the most influential creators in the industry.
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Availability: March 2024; November 2024
Kirby is packaged in the standard blister card packaging inspired from the Mirage Comics portion of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line. This includes artwork and logo’s on all sides, and the back includes images of the figure in comic panels, and a look at additional characters being offered.
Kirby is inspired from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books by Eastman and Laird, and this figure is based on the one-shot issue in May 1986. He comes in his light green sweater, with a white undershirt with the collar around his neck, light blue jeans a black belt with a yellow belt buckle, black socks that are actually a foot joint, and brown dress shoes. Throughout the sculpt are black lines in the grooves that are giving him definition. The top part of the jeans are made of a soft plastic so the hips have more range of articulation.
His head sculpt has a great likeness to the source material, with beige skin, black hair, facial details and black lines also giving him definition.
His articulation includes a ball jointed head and neck, ball jointed and swivel waist, ball hinged shoulders, double-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, ball jointed hips, double-hinged knees, hinged and rocker ankles.
Included with Kirby are three sets of interchangeable hands (2x closed fisted, 4x open grip), Pencil, Notebook, Device, Demon and a Hatchet.
The Pencil can only be placed in a right open grip hand that is small enough to hold it, and and his pencil has a “Warp Crystal,” and is described as a magic pencil that can bring drawings to life for a short time. The “Warp Crystal” is attached to the pencil just under the eraser. The notebook has a spiral and has two drawings, one of Donatello holding the device, and the other the Demon that is included with Kirby.
The Demon is red, dark grey, with black lines and details, and there is a lot of great detail here especially on the head sculpt that includes horns on the top and sides, sharp teeth, and eyes. He comes with a Hatchet that he can hold, which is light grey, and black. His articulation includes a ball jointed head, ball hinged shoulders, and ball hinged hips.
The Device can be used by any of the Mirage Comics turtles, but you’re going to need a closed fisted hand to put through it as that particular hand is the only one that will fit. The Device is blue with black lines and deco to give it definition.
Overall, Kirbyis an excellent figure and an essential character to the Mirage Comics inspired line. The likeness and attention to detail is top notch and fits in perfectly with the collection. This is surely a character you need to add to your toy shelf. Make sure to grab him and additional figures now!
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