NECA Predator 2 Trophy Wall
& Skull Pack Review (20 pics!)

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If you’d been collecting the Predator line from day one, you’d amassed quite the skull collection. I, regrettably, had not been doing that and that was one of my few reservations about buying the wall when it was announced. Some have said they preferred NECA keep things that way, rewarding the long time collectors, but I’m never for that uppity, cravat-adjusting attitude. NECA had 5000 of these trophy walls to sell and they did right by collectors by releasing a special skull pack to fill it. It’s one of the reasons I own it myself, so thank you NECA.

The skull pack is still available at Amazon for $18 and includes ten skulls . Of the ten skulls, four are human (two with spines), two are Predators, three are unknown aliens, and one is an Alien, a Xenomorph. Not all of them fit particularly on the wall, the two Predator skulls and the extra human skull don’t have “natural” homes, but as you can see in my pics, I adjusted things a bit to fit more of them on there. I’ve also mostly skipped using the bloodied skull/spine. It’s fun, but the Predators seems to be pretty clean with their collectable skulls.

There is one slight hiccup – the horned skull on the upper right just doesn’t fit onto the wall very well. The skull appears to be in need of a short six-sided peg, but that particular spot is long and thin. I’m able to get it on there by using the eye socket and balancing it against the wall for now, but I need to mod that peg to make it fit better. Other than that one, everything fits great – it’s particularly telling because that means NECA was planning this for awhile, the ports for the wall plugs are present in the skulls, but you’d never really notice had NECA not made the wall. That’s smart work and a long game.

An eleventh skull, it’s a big’n, is included with the diorama itself. It’s one of the coolest ones and the oversized nature of it really brings everything together. I mentioned there were some options in what gets displayed where, but some skulls like the large, included one and a couple of the smaller ones do need to be on their respective pegs, but some solutions can be found here and there like limiting the Xenomorph skull to just one peg instead of its suggested two.

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Overall, I’m very glad I finally picked this piece up! This wasn’t something that I’d been pining for years like some of the other figures I’ve brought from NECA lately, but the time & care that went into this is what makes it worthwhile. This one’s a knockout plain & simple. Yes, I did have to do a little repair work, but the wall even overcomes that. The skulls make a great menagerie and a wonderful backdrop for my Predators. Heck, it would really even work as a creepy display for just about any 6-7” figure. Of course, the one figure I really need to display it properly hasn’t been tackled by NECA yet… and, let’s face it, the Predator line line just won’t be complete until we get Lt. Mike Harrington. Yep, I went there. Man cannot live on Dutch alone.

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37 thoughts on “NECA Predator 2 Trophy Wall
& Skull Pack Review (20 pics!)”

  3. Number 19 with Skeletor’s head on the wall is pretty good, but it gets a lot of energy from the two preceding photos.

    As a stand alone, I’ll go with number 12. The goofy little skeleton and the big “what are you doing?” pantomime from the other Predator is a great single panel that doesn’t even need so much as a word balloon to get the point across.

    Plus, what is that skeleton? It’s neat. 😛

    1. That is Glo-Bones from 1988’s Pocket Power! It was a fun little line where all sorts of toys fit into these pocket sized containers. Glo-Bones was the only figure though.

    2. Yeah, this one gets my vote. You can just imagine the Pred on the right grunting, “Really? Really?!”

      1. ah, found it. seems like late summer/fall 2012. totally underwent my radars… maybe while i haven’t had any MU at that moment 😀

    1. I wonder what Bill Paxton wants to be remembered for? lol Though this is certainly better than bring interchangeable with Bill Pullman…

  7. that gallery cracks me up!
    esp the final gag and the mixed/Bizarro NG crew of Lt Picard, Tom Riker, and Cmdr. Data!
    No Walking Dead figures, tho? 🙁
    I’ve seen them at Walgreens for $13, but ordered several off Amazon at $15+.

    I most likely won’t get or even SEE this, but it is some fine work in the sculpting.
    You have a Hastings down there? only one I know of is in Jeff.

    1. I don’t own any Walking Dead figs, nope. I might go to Walgreen’s to check ’em out, but I don’t think I’ll need ’em.

      Our local Hastings closed a year or two back, but there is one not too far into Kansas. They stick to small towns for whatever reason.

  8. The funniest: the one with the predator offering the Mexican day of the dead skeleton to his bud.

    What toyline is the elephant-headed guy in the Hamlet scene from?

  9. i would have to say photo 15, the scale shot. reason being, the royal guardsman is the only minotaur i have out at the moment, so when i spotted him, i laughed.

    for sheer joketitude? the next gen crew inspecting the wall. that’s the least violent tv show this side of the golden girls and they just walked into a trophy room full of skulls. if that doesn’t tickle your funny bone, you don’t have one.

  10. For some reason, with the Predator holding the Glo-Bones, I pictured him saying “My name’s Woody! Howdy howdy howdy!” I have no other explanation, other than wondering if the Predators play with their skulls…

    And go Hastings! Eastern readers don’t recognize the chain, but I’ve cleaned out the local stores of a lot of comics and the occasional figure.

    1. Our closed a bit ago, so I had forgotten how nice it was just to SEE some of the stuff they carry. I didn’t need much of it at, but it was cool to check it out.

  11. Oh come on, you can’t just pick one. It’s hard for me to not take the “We Should Go” series as a set (though I’ll pick the Starfleet one if forced). That said, the tribute to the Paxton Anomaly is great fun. Also, I’m shocked at how a simple “dude, I don’t know” pose can make any figure hilarious (pic 12).

    RAMATHORR! Good to see you again, Big Guy.

    1. All good choices, Pax. The funny thing on the We Should Go set was that I almost screwed it up. Mek was going to say something else and it wasn’t til I thumbed through the gallery that I caught it. If you look closely at the thumbnail, you’ll see a much longer response from Mek. 🙂

  12. I think the the pic with Skeletor’s head on the wall is the funniest. It’s one of those that takes you a second to catch, and when you do it makes it all the better.

  13. This diorama is one of those items up there on my list of things I fully intend to buy on that mythical, far-off day called “When I have more money.”

  14. If NECA did the wall from Deadliest of the Species many would freak at the trophies. A Wolverine hand, Batman Skull, Nexus or Cyclops Skull, a Klingon skull (woulda been funny with the star trek guys) and some others. Have to hunt down a pic of it.

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