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Write a Review link for that item. Nightmare Before Christmas (Neca) (Neca)It's been a few years since NECA announced their return to The Nightmare Before Christmas, but I'm still surprised they started making figures again, even with the long-running Diamond Select line still going (they look great, but I never got any of them… yet). Jack and Sally are the ones everyone wants, but it didn't hurt for NECA to include another character, so here's the unnamed Mayor of Halloween Town. In contrast to the tall and slender Jack and Sally, the Mayor is short and chunky, but nevertheless is one of the many unique denizens of Halloween Town. He too is sculpted by Marty Henley and Kyle Windrix, but not Andrew Lawson, so I assume he wasn't needed for the portrait here. The Mayor is identifiable by his two-faced cone-shaped head, with a jovial expression and mismatched eyes on the front, and a gray-skinned melancholy expression sporting symmetrical eyes on the back. The head looks great, with the sculpt and paint being much closer to the movie than the 2004 figure, though comparing it to screenshots, the happy face could have better paint. The tall top hat is a separate piece that fits snugly on top of the head, and there's a clear groove around the scalp that indicates how deep it goes into the hat. Without the hat, the Mayor stands around 4 3/4" tall, more than half of Jack's height, but he is notably bulkier. The lower body feels solid, while the upper body has a hard plastic coat over what I believe is an underlying piece for the head and arms to plug into. They did a great job with the coat, right down to the black widow spider serving as his bow tie and the mayor ribbon. The coat has a subtle texture done by sculpting tons of tiny lines into it, and a somewhat rough edge as well. The paint is near perfect aside from the face issue mentioned earlier, with clean work all around, especially the pinstripe pants, and some wash on the coat and accessories. There are a few areas of bleed and some clumping on the collar, but those are the usual occasional blips from NECA. The Mayor's design doesn't lend itself to tons of articulation like Jack and Sally do, but what's here still works well for him. He has a ball-jointed head and waist, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, and wrists, and barbell ankles. It's about the same as the original figure, though that seemed to have hip joints, which would've been great here and allow for more poses. Still, the articulation allows for expressive poses and moves mostly fine, but the head is very tight for some reason. It doesn't want to turn easily on the ball, and I don't understand why when the head is supposed to turn around to show his other face. The wrist joints are painted, but it's skin tone over gray joints, and it peels off very easily. C'mon NECA, haven't I dealt with this enough with Turtles? The accessories aren't as plentiful either, but the Mayor has some neat accessories. The big book/ledger is the main piece here, with good paint and a few names written inside, but there's some glue residue on the back of mine for some reason. There's also a megaphone and ink bottle for him to hold, and speaking of which, the gripping hands can be swapped out for open ones, and they do so surprisingly easily. His plans for next Halloween are included, with three paper pieces containing sketches for decorations. Much better than the rolled-up blank paper the original came with. The clear base rounds things out, but it's the same one as Jack and Sally, meaning it doesn't line up with his feet. I was able to get him to stand without it though, but a better base would've been much appreciated, as well as the creepy duck the original had. The Mayor isn't quite as good as the others, but he's still good, and it's nice to have someone aside from the main couple. I'm not sure if NECA plans on doing more characters, and I assume it's more likely we'll get other major players like Dr. Finkelstein and Oogie Boogie, but if they can go as deep as they did before, I'd be happy to build up a Halloween Town for my collection. - 4/21/25   by RMaster007 |
| Batman (Lightning Strike) |  | Submission Order |  | Bart (Krusty the Clown Hat) |
| Sally | | Nightmare Before Christmas (Neca) Series | | Santa Jack |
| Batman (Lightning Strike) | | Written by RMaster007 | | Bart (Krusty the Clown Hat) |
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