Why it's 2025 and we still don't have a decent zombie action figures?
The main problem is that every time zombie figue is either

1) cartoony (blue skin for example) or stylized
2) shitty (those old mcfarlane ones or kickstarter ones)
3) non articulated

I feel like we will never have a good quality zombie figure unless some ultra known company will suddenly make one because there will be a zombie in a famous movie or something like that.

Also why the hell Neca never made a zombie seriens? Neca making famous zombies from movies is like N1 free money.

>>11465573 (OP)
Do 'superheroes' count? Still dated.

>>11465573 (OP)
I was thinking the same thing recently. The NECA Creepshow might actually be the best depending on what you're after (I was thinking of doing a zombie diorama)

>>11465573 (OP)
Also I wish we had a Cryptkeeper but apparently the rightsholders just aren't responding.

>>11465573 (OP)
i was going to mention joytoy releasing a zombie line later this year but it's 1/24 and with limited articulation
paint and detail is good thoughbeit

>>11465573 (OP)
Paint costs. That's why. Almost all applications on figures these days are done with tampo printing or UV inkjet printing. Getting a detailed dirty, grimy or bloody paint job on a Zombie like the one in OP will require a ton of hand painting which is going to drive up the cost of the figure a ton.

>>11465573 (OP)
>shitty (those old mcfarlane ones
McFarlane botched the zombies in their TWD line from the jump. Bicycle Girl's unnecessary action figure slaved her to a base, and after her the only memorable zombies they bothered to do were the riot gear ones.

Attack of the Living Dead Earl is pretty great. But he's a little specific to be a generic zombie.

When are we getting RE 1/12 figures?

>>11466433
Resident evil fans don't buy toys.

>>11466432
Yeah this what i meant by "cartoony/stylized".
Picrelated also ruined by stylization.

i honestly don't know why NECA didn't make a short "famous zombies" series.
like...everybody likes zombies. People would fucking buy them in a heartbeat also because of army building

>>11466386
The requirement for all the hand painted applications is probably a big factor in why there are so few zombie figs. To get things to look realistic and dirty they'd need many layers of paint on each part.

>>11466386
>Paint costs. That's why. Almost all applications on figures these days are done with tampo printing or UV inkjet printing. Getting a detailed dirty, grimy or bloody paint job on a Zombie like the one in OP will require a ton of hand painting which is going to drive up the cost of the figure a ton.
What?
literally no
Neca does shit ton of paint (skin/etc) that can be pretty much done in a zombie figure
PS:
Pic is one of the better zombies and it's older than 15 years
also comes with a zombie dog which also can be used for army building

>>11466455
>cartoony/stylized
Yes, because then the base parts can be molded or painted in just one color. The second you try to go for realism, your cost will sky rocket

>>11466457
>To get things to look realistic and dirty they'd need many layers of paint on each part.
Dude a good zombie don't need paint more than a Predator or Temitator with a half-robo face

>>11466460
That's a horrible example. There's hardly any paint on that figure. That's very much still cartoony. Nothing like OP's pic

>>11466014
oh shit YES THIS WHAT I MEANT
this is the firts one that is a good modern zombie
But it's more of a skeletal/rotten one.

Still awesome

>>11466461
>Yes, because then the base parts can be molded or painted in just one color. The second you try to go for realism, your cost will sky rocket
Why people who never seen any Neca figure try to say stuff like that?

just dont make a cartoony-BLUE skin
that's all

>>11466467
Are you just being an idiot for the sake of arguing? Again, that looks nothing like OP's pic or like the stereotypical zombie that's covered in dirt, grime, and blood. That figure would just be a regular person if it didn't have that head or hands.

>>11466467
I agree with the other guy above. If that's all you want, just get custom zombie heads and hands for any of the civilian clothed figures that almost every company makes. To me, that's not a Zombie. When I think Zombie, I think Walking Dead with grotesque looking corpses with decaying bits all over.

>>11466474
>>11466551
Butthurt zoomoids.
go back collecting anime waifus, you clearly dont know anything about monsters.
There are shit ton of horror figures on this market and it's not a big deal to make a zombie-it wont consume more paint than any other bloody monster.

>>11466551
>I think Walking Dead with grotesque looking corpses with decaying bits all over.
neca just made picrelated not so long ago (i think just 1 years ago) you dumb fuck

And it's a 2 figures pack + zombie parts.
You dont understand the "OMG LE PAINT COST"

>>11466574
Again, does that look anything like OP's pic? No. Those parts are all a solid color with ONE other color painted on top of them. Not various shades of dirt, grim, blood, etc like I'd expect from a zombie. But it you would be happy with cartoony looking non-realistic figures like that with minimal paint, then sure, there's an option for you.

>>11466577
you are retarded
fuck off

>>11466577
>Those parts are all a solid color with ONE other color painted on top of them. Not various shades of dirt, grim, blood, etc like I'd expect from a zombie.
god you are fucking stupid

>>11466465
There's also a TV creepshow, basically the same figure but different face. Both have additional faces that are quite different looking (one more skeletal).
Not much variation but I was thinking of buying like 3, and making a real slime zombie graveyard uprising kind of thing. Underneath they look very skeletal though.

>>11466434
Why not? What about Silent Hill fans?

Are we simply ignoring the fact that NECA figures have jumped in price for years now. So it's not like their stuff have been staying cheap either. Also I'd hardly call Deadites zombies when they're demonically possessed people with very little indicators of a typical shambling zombie.

>>11465573 (OP)
I liked the zombies from Palisades' RE line. Decent articulation, plenty of gore sculpt/paint and also came with an extra creature to sweeten the deal.

>>11465573 (OP)
>1) cartoony (blue skin for example)
what a way to show how a fucking casual you are, I guess you must think Walking Dead created the zombies.

>>11467118
This thread was made by a neca shill so don't expect common sense here

>>11467135
Those look good, wouldn't be hard for OP to dirty them up.

I liked the goofy looking zombies from Return of the Living Dead 2, dressed in the suits they were buried in. I want a figure of those zombies

>>11467135
>what a way to show how a fucking casual you are, I guess you must think Walking Dead created the zombies.
Your photo doesn't look cartoony.

What are you even being butthurt about you absolute faggot?

>>11467237
He's saying Dawn of the Dead is one founding zombie movies and they largely have blue skin.

>>11469676
Don't feed the seamonkey that can't even read the full post

>>11466460
>Almost all applications on figures these days are done with tampo printing or UV inkjet printing
>almost all
>NOO THAT'S WRONG HERE'S AN EXCEPTION

You're a retard.

>>11470110
>Almost all applications on figures these days are done with tampo printing or UV inkjet printing
>almost all
>NOO THAT'S WRONG HERE'S AN EXCEPTION

You're a retard.

>>11466463
OP's is muddled with grime.
>>11466460
This looks fine.
The argument that a zombie looks "unrealistic" is kind of funny.

>>11466551
Looks like McFarlane did do a Walking Dead zombie figure

>>11466577
What are you talking about man?

Kickstart a zombie line or something, if you want something specific.

>>11478861
>Kickstart a zombie line
Nobody will. People won't want a bunch of the same sculpts with minor differences if they're buying a horde of zombies. It would be too cost prohibitive to do many different sculpts to cover male and female, different clothes, different ages, etc.

>>11481840
Boss Fight ought to scale up those zombie figures they sculpted for another company and ended up buying back.

just buy a doll and clothes and make a custom zombie that way, you complain about army building being an issue when it's very clear it can only work as a doll line where you personally cut up the clothes and dye them however to make each zombie unique

>>11472221
Huh, this looks cool

>>11481855
No. Those sculpts are too soft to be scaled up. Their stuff is pretty pricey too due to the small runs. That's the main issue with 6" Zombies I think. To do them well, a company would have to charge like $50+ per figure and who the hell can build a horde when they cost that much?

>>11481904
Just buy 1/12 scale blank bodies from AliExpress and make them clothes they don't have to look good either it's not that hard to make custom toys in this day and age with what's available

>>11465573 (OP)
>>11466577
>When I say I want a non-cartoony, non stylized, non shitty, articulated zombie figure I mean a zombie with this specific zombie appearance, not that type of zombie appearance

>>11481915
Soft goods mixed in with all-plastic figures? Gross. No thanks.

>>11465573 (OP)
>>11466014

NECA's Creepshow figure is wonderful with incredible detail for a character that was only onscreen for less than a minute while I assume they used behind the scene's photos for further reference.

This is why I've been hoping that they'd announce that they're putting out Tarman from Return of the Living Dead for this years 40th anniversary as well as pre-zombie Trash.

Super7 put out copies of both awhile ago, along with the poster zombies (I hate how people refer to them as Trash and Suicide when that's not who they are) and they're beautiful with an amazing amount of detail for such small figures.

As for the poster zombies, I got the two pack and they're great but if I had one complaint it's that the ribcage of "Suicide" is very low detail but no matter as they make a fine addition to my collection while picrel is about 50% of the stuff I have related to ROTLD but can't be bothered to pull the rest out of storage!!!FACT!!!

>>11466460

I just got that RE zombie/dog set a few weeks ago and it looks great to me!!!FACT!!!

>>11466455
>Yeah this what i meant by "cartoony/stylized".
>Picrelated also ruined by stylization.
>i honestly don't know why NECA didn't make a short "famous zombies" series.
>like...everybody likes zombies. People would fucking buy them in a heartbeat also because of army building

You have clearly never watched Dawn of the Dead as that's how Steve looked as a zombie with no stylization added while Romero deliberately made the zombies cartoonish, either that or Tom Savini is overrated!!!FACT!!!

>>11493904
>>11493904

I also got zombie Captain America and he looks great!!!FACT!!!

>>11493904

Picture didn't load up!!!FACT!!!