NECA HARDSHIP - Figure Review

What I find great about the NECA Pacific Rim toy line is that they took the time to take Jaegers and Kaiju that had less than a minute of screen time and make some very awesome figures based on their likeness. One of these examples is the Kaiju named Hardship.

Hardship appeared in the prologue for the film, he was shown fighting the Mark 1 Jaeger, Romeo Blue.

Hardship is one wicked looking Kaiju and a pretty awesome looking figure. The Design and sculpt on it is superb, I really love the mixtures of brown and purple used for the skin color.

One thing you may notice right away is that Hardship's body is structured the same way as Mutavore's. It makes sense seeing as how in the movie, most of the Kaiju are revealed to be clones of each other with some differences.
And the same can be said for the Articulation.
Now, here's where I gotta confess something, I made a mistake in my review of Mutavore. I mentioned how the hinge next to his head looked like it should have moved to the sides but mine didn't. However, as I was testing the articulation for Hardship, his head moved in that exact way!
I actually got my Mutavore off my shelf and tried moving it again and it moved! My guess is he must've still been pretty stiff up in that area. But nevertheless, it was a mistake that I made and I apologize for that.

 

Looking at Hardships head, the amount of detail is astounding, especially on the eyes, the nose and his horn. I especially love the paint work on the tip of his horn.

The lower jaw is structured like Otachi's, being able to split apart and come together but Hardship's looks funny to me, when the mouth is together and closed, his lower jaw has a bit of an overbite.

Just like Mutavore, the big outer arms can rotate and twist at the shoulders. They can also move in and out, but not by much. The elbows can bend depending on how the forearms are twisted and the hands can spin and bend at the wrist.

Hardship also has the little Gigan arms Mutavore had.

As far as I've been able to tell, Hardship cannot bend forward or backward. His waist can only turn left and right.

Hardships legs have many points of movement which can lead to a lot of potential poses. The legs move in and out, as well as forward and backward at the hip. His knees can bend and twist, the third section of the leg can also twist around and the feet can pivot around.

Lastly looking at the back, Hardship's shell and tail are very nicely sculpted and detailed. Unfortunately, the tail is unmovable.

Hardship comes with a figure stand which can be used to hold him up when leaned forward, but unlike Mutavore, I actually find it easier to stand him up straight. The stand can still be used to better the effect.

Standing at his straightest, Hardship measures up to 10 inches tall.

Standing next to his fellow weapon-headed Kaiju

And next to Lady Danger and Romeo Blue

Even though Hardship may not have been the best choice to end the Kaiju figure line on, I still really like it and am proud to have it in my collection.

Well, we've gotten through the penultimate figure in NECA's Pacific Rim line, only one more to go. And I got something a little special planned for that.

Till next time, I have been your host Gryphon

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