Horror followers have a fairly good thought of what to anticipate from Pennywise the Clown. The Stephen King creation takes many varieties, however he exists to encourage terror in his victims earlier than demolishing them, and his best and recognizable guise entails a frilly costume, glowing eyes, and a mouth filled with means too many razor-sharp enamel.
That’s why this new NECA determine tied to HBO’s upcoming prequel collection It: Welcome to Derry is so disconcerting. This isn’t the Pennywise we’re used to operating into within the sewers!
First, and most startlingly, the determine reveals a human countenance beneath the clown wig. And the face under that receding hairline is… surprisingly gentle-looking?
As NECA’s web site experiences, that is the It: Welcome to Derry “Final Bob Grey as Pennywise” seven-inch scale motion determine. In case you’re extra of an informal It fan, “Bob Grey” might not ring any bells, however diehards will know the identify. And it appears, no less than in keeping with NECA, we’ll be assembly him within the flesh in HBO’s new collection:
“Earlier than Pennywise was a demonic clown, he was Bob Grey, a circus performer taking part in a clown onstage. Based mostly on the present’s flashback scenes, this 7-inch scale determine consists of a number of interchangeable heads and arms, stage props, flowers, picket beaver, wig, and wig stand.”
We did know that Welcome to Derry can be tapping into flashbacks to set the scene in Derry, circa 1962, however attending to see Pennywise the Clown earlier than he grew to become entwined with an entity of evil seems like a fairly large reveal. And that’s not all; the determine consists of clown faces that make one in every of horror’s biggest villains seem alternately mild, unhappy, and completely happy.
Right here’s all of the equipment the “Final Bob Grey as Pennywise” comes with. A clown just isn’t a clown with out his sidekick picket beaver, in spite of everything.
Desire a Bob Grey of your individual to remind you that even child-chomping monsters won’t have been such baddies to start with? You possibly can preorder now ($38, ships in 2026) at NECA’s web site.
How huge of a spoiler for Welcome to Derry this collectible is stays to be seen, however Pennywise himself—performed within the present by the returning Invoice Skarsgård—has barely been glimpsed in any of its official advertising and marketing to this point.
In case you favor your Pennywise as a bloody beast, NECA has you coated with a much more ghoulish 7″ model out there for pre-order right here. Much less gory but in addition means larger at 18″ tall is this tackle the balloon-bearing menace.
It: Welcome to Derry premieres October 26 on HBO. Will Bob Grey flip up along with his beaver and wig stand? NECA appears fairly positive.
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