Machiko (Predators) Review

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Machiko (Predators) Review

Machiko
Predators (Neca)This was another long awaited figure for me personally. Machiko Noguchi is easily my favorite human character in the Alien and Predator Universe, and NECA did a fairly good job at capturing her appearance from Aliens vs Predator: War.

This figure comes with a couple of accessories in the form of her burner rifle, a removable bio-mask, and an alternate hand. The mask is accurate to the one she wore in Issue 0 though it would have been nice if it had included a more Jungle Hunter-like one, too, as she wore one like it through the rest of the series. The mask's tubes can plug into her shoulder cannon, but it's a bit of a pain to plug them in and keep them in. I put some super glue on the ends, allowed it to dry and that seemed to make them fit more snugly. The rife is accurate to the one she wielded in the comic, and has some great detail, which is par for the course for NECA figures.

The paint job could have been better, but that is a fairly easy fix. The biggest issue with this figure is how fragile it is. I had to buy a couple before I got one that didn't have any quality control issues, and even then I tend to handle the figure with caution. Her hair also hinders her neck articulation quite a bit due to her shoulder cannon, which I feel could have been made more like the Predator figures' dreads to remedy this issue. The articulation of the figure is pretty good overall, but it needs to be handled with care due to the tiny joints and fragility of the figure.

There are other figures of Machiko out there, but aside from the Hot Toys one, none of them are articulated and this is by far much more accurate to the character than the Hot Toys figure, which doesn't look like her at all. Problems aside this is a nice figure and is one of my personal favorites. If you're a fan of the original Aliens vs Predator comic series, this is a must have along with Broken Tusk.