Kill Bill (NECA)

Kill Bill
NECA
2004

Quentin Tarantino is one of those writer / directors who you either love or hate. His movies are either really deep and meaningful to people, or they're boring and / or violent. At least this is how it is with the people we've talked about it with - Which admittedly isn't many people.

Though it's two parts (part one released in October 2003, and part 2 released in April 2004), Kill Bill is respectively considered to be only one movie - Tarantino's fourth to be exact. It was cut into two parts when the running time exceeded four hours. Studios felt nobody would sit through a film this long. They were proven wrong when the film was released in a limited run in its entirety at select theaters in 2011 entitled Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair - A version many fans wish they could buy on home video.

In 2004 NECA produced a fair amount of figures to coincide with the film's two chapters. Series one featured seven figures, four of which were variations of the Crazy 88.

VOLUME 1

The Bride (House of Blue Leaves Base)*The Bride (Snow Base)

Go-Go

VOLUME 1

Crazy 88 (Director Quentin Tarantino)*Crazy 88 (Bald)

Crazy 88 (Hair on Head and Face)*Crazy 88 (Hair on Head)

Lucy Liu's character O-Ren Ishii was initially scheduled to be released with series one, but unfortunately was cancelled when the actress would not approve of her likeness being used.

VOLUME 1

O-Ren Ishii (Cancelled)

Series two, or Volume 2 (respectively) focused on the second chapter in the movie. Only four figures made it into the mix plus an additional curved beard variant of Pai Mei.

VOLUME 2

Bill*Beatrix*Elle Driver

Pai Mei*Pai Mei (Curved Beard Chase Variant)

Perhaps it was from mild success of the line, or too many left over unsold figures which lead to NECA releasing a "Best Of" wave of Kill Bill figures. This was nothing more than re-carded figures which had already been released in the prior waves.

BEST OF

Elle Driver*Go-Go

Pei Mei*The Bride

NECA produced a very limited run of the Pussy Wagon truck replica from the film.  The piece was limited to just 2000.

VEHICLE

Pussy Wagon Truck Replica

Limited to 2000 Pieces

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