NECA 8" "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC (WHITE AND NERDY) - Figure Review

Kinda wish I had a Donny Osmond figure for this set up

The newest "Weird Al" figure from NECA is here. It was quite a long wait for it and I didn't know which iteration to expect. Personally, I thought we would've seen figures based on appearances in his music videos for 'Fat' and 'Amish Paradise'.

I never really considered a 'White and Nerdy' figure, but thinking about it, it does make sense. Al had sort of been on a career break following the tragic death of his parents in April 2004. In 2006, the song 'White and Nerdy' from his 12th album 'Straight Outta Lynwood' ended up becoming one of his most successful songs ever.
So, why not have a figure to commemorate such an accolade? And this is one very nice looking figure.But there are a few issues that I noticed. 

The head is sculpted very well, complete with an appropriate gangsta look like he does in the music video. But if I may draw your attention to the mouth for a second, while the paint for the mustache looks good, there appears to be some sculpt marks indicating that that was were it was supposed to be and now it just sits there awkwordly. 
As for the rest of the facial hair, after comparing the face on the figure to how Al looks in the video, I think the beard looks good but NECA may have overdid it a bit with the soulpatch.

 

The bandana is nicely sculpted with a lot of folds and creases.
The head can be taken off and replaced with the heads of the previous Weird Al figures. Unfortunately, the head on my figure is on really tight and I've hurt my fingers too many times to try again. I'll have to try the handy dandy hair dryer trick in the future. 

The outfit which consists of a black hoodie with 'White & Nerdy' on the front, a white t-shirt and blue jeans on the figure is made of actual fabric and looks really cool.
His hoodie does have a small zipper on it so the figure can be dispalyed with it open or unzipped. But once you unzip the hoodie, it can be very tricky to zip back up.

There's no interchangeable hands for this Weird Al, but the hands we do get are still appropriate for the figure itself. One being the 'Live Long and Prosper' sign and the other being a generic 'gangsta' hand sign.

Although with the other hand you can also make Al look like he's using the Force. 

The shoes are standard black shoes which compliment the figure well.  

Articulation is largely the same from the past figure.
The head can rotate around all the way around at the neck. Other such movement however is limited. It can tilt left and right and look up slightly, but that's about it.

Arms can bend and rotate at the shoulders and elbows, although the hoodie may cause some hindrance to this, it can be easily worked around. The hands rotate at the wrist and can also bend.

The waist can rotate at the hip. Legs can bend and rotate at the hip, knees bend and the shoes can only bend up and down

The only accessory this figure comes with is a gold chain. And that's it, it's just a gold chain.
Oddly enough, the necklace from the video has some kind of pendant on it that I can't identify. I'm not sure if it wasn't used on the figure because of a copyright or an oversight.
It still looks just fine on the figure though. 

There may be a few small issues with the figure, but I still really like it. Any Weird Al fan would be selling themselves short not to add this figure to their collection. And I intend to keep this figure as cherry as I possibly can for as long as I own it.

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