James Cameron’s Avatar Na’vi Neytiri Action Figure
James Cameron’s Avatar Na’vi Neytiri Action Figure
This graceful, fierce and intelligent member of the Omaticaya clan is rightfully wary of humans. Yet Neytiri has become an unlikely ambassador to the earthly colonists on Pandora.
Clan Position: Daughter of Omaticaya clan leaders Eytukan and Moâat. Clan leader in-waiting.
Skills: Mastery of most Na’vi weapons, including various bows, spears, bolas and knives. Banshee and direhorse rider. Hunter. Proficiency in English.
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Cute, but I expected more.
Why I am qualified to speak: I have been collecting action figures since the first Star Wars figures back in the 1970s. I have thousands of 1:18 action figures (literally THOUSANDS).
I Paid $[...] for this figure (movie pre-release sale [...]) and feel that it is about $2 over-priced. I see that they are now $[...] to $[...] at various stores and that price is way over the value mark. Pick this up at $5 or less when they go on clearance (I can’t imagine people will buy tons of these at $10 a pop).
It appears that this character is released in the same quantities as all of the other characters and is not short packed, ALTHOUGH, some stores received different types of cases with different contents. I saw a freshly stocked endcap at Wal-mart and all characters had at least 4 representatives. Neytiri had 6, Na’vi Jake had more than 10.
The good:
-Pretty 2-tone paint scheme. You can’t tell it is Neytiri, but you can tell it is Na’vi and female.
-The arms are jointed at the elbows. As thin as the arms are, it is nice to see them get elbow joints instead of the stiff, one-piece arms many female characters get (Uhura).
-The loin cloth has the loop for the tail (Cute detail).
-This figure will stand out in any 1:18 collection and is the best of the Na’vi bunch.
The bad:
SCALE:
-I wish all the various companies would settle on a standard 1:18 scale for their figures and then honor that scale with acute attention to detail. This figure stands almost eye to eye with GI Joe Heavy Duty (just a bit taller). And the Na’vi characters are not nearly tall enough to be on scale with the AVATAR human figures, either. She is tall but not tall enough.
-The figure’s head and face are too small for the body (tiny, human eyes).
-The figure has cankles… necessary (maybe) for articulation, but they ruin the shape and flow of the leg.
ARTICULATION
- GI Joe and Star Wars (Hasbro) have mastered articulation so it confounds me why everyone else keeps putting out lesser joint attempts. Neytiri has all of the major joints, but they are fragile and cheap. I don’t think there is any metal anywhere in the figure so I wouldn’t put money on the joints not wearing out.
-The tail is not articulated and is stuck out to the side.
ACCESSORIES
- The bow and arrow are cast as one piece and are always in the drawn position. Unfortunately, there are no other accessories.
- The base doubles as an I-cam ID 3D thing that doesn’t interest me (requires an app install which I won’t contaminate my PC with).
CONCLUSION:
I like this figure and I’ll keep it as a curiosity but I am not interested in getting the rest of the series due to the low production quality, low detail, and inaccurate scale (not to mention the ridiculous price). There is no way I would let my children play with this due to the joint frailness.
3 Stars Pretty cool figure, but not perfect
Neytiri was my favorite character in the movie, so she was among the first Avatar toys I bought. Of course, it didn’t look much like her, but that’s because Neytiri is 10 feet tall in the movie.
Pros: I’ve got to say that she is very detailed: her hair and bracelets and feathers are very intricately sculpted. Almost every joint is articulated two or three different ways, meaning she is very poseable.
Cons: The tiny articulated joints feel easy to break. Her tail doesn’t turn, so it gets in the way when I try to make her sit on the Navi banshee creature. I almost broke her tail off because I thought it did turn (everything else is articulated). The loincloth gets in the way, too. I spent a long time trying to pose her on the banshee, but no success. Also, she does not have the Bio-Lume glow in the dark spots advertized on the website. At the i-Tag site, it says that version of the figure is “coming soon.” It is also quite expensive for its size (maybe that’s because of the i-Tag).
I can’t review the i-Tag part because I don’t have a webcam and cannot use it. It looks pretty cool, though.
The final word: This figure is probably best for adult collectors, because it doesn’t seem tough enough for kids to play with.
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