Freshly added to the section dedicated to unlicenced mash ups and other unexplained ALIEN merchandise phenomena is a series of images featuring boxes of Chinese knock off ALIEN Resurrection pseudo LEGO merchandise made by POGO. POGO, really? Yeah. POGO.

Astonishing box art for equally astonishing bootLEGO minifigs. I’d love to get my hands on some of these boxed items. You can find these new additions along with an assortment of other incredible and weird nonsense that has to be seen to be believed right here. Thank you Paul Snell for providing these images.

-Windebieste.

Ah, what do we have here? Looks like more bootleg ALIEN weirdness from Mexico. Let’s get started with the recently released King Alien, a translucent albeit spurious figure of unknown origin. It suspiciously appears to be cobbled together from various other ALIEN parts and painted in a diverse range of colours. But wait! there’s more. Much more…2022 has been a productive year for Mexican bootleggers. I’ve seen a substantial range of new and unlicenced figures being released this year and they’re all wicked ‘n’ wild. You can find all the new additions I’ve become aware have now been added to HIDEOUS PLASTIC’s section dedicated to celebrating this alluring nonsense. Click on that link and prepare to be knocked out by the most grotesque unlicenced ALIEN creations available. I love this lurid, outlandish nonsense so much! Thank you, Mexico. Continue reading →

What do you call a three headed vinyl action figure featuring two wolf heads, a xenomorph head and all in one fell swoop loosely resembles Godzilla? Fully licenced, that’s what you call it. There’s definitely something to be said for this Bandai produced vinyl action figure.

This is Galberos, hungry three headed lupine guardian of the Underworld! Or maybe he’s simply a Kaiju character from Japanese television show, Ultraman who got lost on the way home. Either way, I love this wonderful chimera-like sofubi and he is now documented in HIDEOUS PLASTIC’s section dedicated to Unexplained Phenomena. Click on that link!

Snailiens, ALIEN PEZ dispensers, bootLEGO Xenomorphs, and many other “WTF?” curiosities of the cosmic freakshow and other denizens populating the universe of ALIEN bootlegs, unlicenced product and other anomalous merchandise await you…

-Windebieste.

Images have been circulating online recently of new Mexico bootleg ALIEN toys. These appear to be themed along a hybridisation of Godzilla and a xenomorph. At this point, I’ve seen at least two different variants, silver painted and a more “bronze” painted version. As is always the case with these clearly unlicenced, outlandish nonsense from Mexico, no manufacturer details, pricing or availability is known to me other than the fact these lurid things are 8 inches tall and definitely belong in the crazy box. Nothing here makes any sense. Just imagine the size of the facehugger that attacked… Godzilla? Hilarious!I am hoping to have a sample for review at some point in the not too distant future. This weird stuff does take some hunting down but I hope to acquire one as soon as possible. That will be at least six weeks away, at the very best as shipping from Mexico to Australia is always a lengthy exercise. I am looking forward to having one on hand and adding it to my collection of loopy unlicenced Mexican ALIEN items very soon.

-Windebieste.

The HIDEOUS PLASTIC area dedicated to unlicenced ALIEN products, toys and action figures has had new entries made to it. Notably, Snailiens and 3D printed BootLEGO items. Thank you Sean Pound for your contribution to this update.

The amount of weird & wonderful items now residing in this cordoned off area is growing steadily. Inside, you will find Snailiens, ALIEN-MAN, bootLEGO, Pokemon/ALIEN cossovers… and a variety of other unlicenced goodies that deserve more legitimate production but will most likely never see such attention.

Go check ’em out!

-Windebieste.

Prime 1 Studio, maker of high end collectibles, has provided an update to their upcoming ALIENS Alien Warrior statue. While it looks like the design of the actual Alien Warrior has been finalised – and looks superb! – attention is now being focused on fine tuning the figure’s base.It already looks fine from these images but it’s just easier to have Prime 1 Studio recount in their own words what is now being done. “As you’ll see in these Before and After photos, we re-sculpted the base to feature more detail and to take up a smaller footprint for ease of displaying. Take a look at the Production Sample pictures, and you’ll see the base embellishments are concentrated closer together, the acid burns in the steel grating are more film-accurate, and we added creepy Xenomorph resin all throughout the back of the base, among other things. For everyone waiting for the Warrior Alien, we thank you for your continued patience as Prime 1 Studio works to make this statue the very best version of itself!” Sounds like the quality of sculpt all round for this item is reaching the lofty goals of their earlier ALIEN figures without any compromise.

Here’s a Facebook Gallery of images of the current work in progress.

-Windebieste

Today, I have added the first update item to this site’s new section, ImPerfect Organisms; an area dedicated to ALIEN production error samples. This update features a paint mishap displayed on an ALIEN Wave 3 Brett ReAction figure. Released from confinement of his his 3 pack box, Paul Snell, inspected the 3.75 inch action figure to find Brett’s face prominently displays this paint anomaly.

While this is a minor production error on this sample, it’s only the first of a much larger investigation, spearheading the much larger and varied twisted world of anomalous loose 3.75 inch tall ALIEN action figures. After all, as we have been instructed in the past, “Big things have small beginnings”. So be it.

Thank you Paul for sharing these images of “Birthmark Brett” with us all. He’s awesome! Anybody wanting to share images of their production error samples with us all, please let me know and I will consider posting them. Wherever possible, I provide credit to images as appropriate. Have a great day!

-Windebieste.

Today I added an entirely new section to HIDEOUS PLASTIC. This new section, ImPerfect Organisms is dedicated to officially licenced and released but defective ALIEN products that have somehow made their way passed Quality Control. They blatantly display flaws, faults and other anomalies not intended to be part of the product. Nonetheless these items have made their way into collector’s hands.

NECA, Super7 and Hiya Toys are already represented in ImPerfect Organisms with anomalous items that really shouldn’t have found their way outside the factory; and I hope to add more soon.

I always find it exciting to add new sections like this to the site to help expand its content. I hope you enjoy it, too. Access to this new content can be done via links appearing in this News item, from the Sidebar at right of the main page or by clicking on Collated Works immediately below the HIDEOUS PLASTIC site title header.

-Windebieste.

Slowly getting around to updating some areas of this blog. Now added to the section dedicated to unauthorised and unlicenced product inspired by the ALIEN movies are (Captain) Housten and a Trendmasters’ Space Alien. These very dodgy looking samples have been added to separate pages.
* You can find more info about the Housten item here.
* Details on the Trendmasters Space Alien can be found here.

Thank you James Chapman for introducing me to Housten. That’s one very special piece of weirdness you have there.

-Windebieste.

ALIEN Day is coming. April 26 is recognised in the fan community, along with a variety of  licence holders and related commercial institutions, as the day we celebrate all things, well, ALIEN related. It’s usually a low key, online dedication of fan’s own work along with some commercial reveals, officially approved by Twentieth Century Studios (Formerly Fox) along with all manner of other good fun things. I thought I would take this opportunity to make my own observations and expectations for the day be known and here is as good a place as any.I for one, get very excited about the potential for what the day offers and often come away with mixed feelings once it’s over. Some expectations are met while others are not. I am always enthusiastic about new licenced and unlicenced goodies that may be announced, or released but ALIEN Day often ends bereft of any official word from 20thCS regarding any new movie. I personally believe it to be an ideal opportunity for the company to release some form of update or News item or some details or other information regarding the state of play of any future movie. To date, they’ve taken little opportunity to do so and this year may not be any different. Continue reading →

The Good Smile Company has announced pre-orders are now open for their highly stylised and articulated, 11cm (about 4.5 inches) tall Nendoroid ALIEN figure. I have to say, I have no idea what a “Nendoroid” is. I assume it’s a product line native to the Good Smile Company. All the same, that head is tremendously detailed feature, coyly offset by the much less proportionate and stumpy torso and limbs. Neat. Here’s what the supplier has to say about this little… er… face ripping cutie pie. “From the sci-fi horror movie “Alien” comes a Nendoroid of the Alien! While the Alien has been brought down to cute Nendoroid size, its terrifying looks have been perfectly preserved with incredibly detailed modeling.The figure is fully articulated, allowing you to display it in a variety of different poses. Optional parts include a Facehugger, a Chestburster and an alien egg effect sheet! Enjoy mixing and matching optional parts to create all kinds of situations in Nendoroid form!” Sounds good to me despite the fact I still have no idea of what a “Nendoroid” is. I’ll take their word it’s important. Somehow. Release date is November, 2022. Price is around US$95. Looks like a great fun item.

-Windebieste.

Hollywood Reporter has published (exclusive) news Director Fede Alvarez is being attached to direct a new ALIEN movie. Here’s some info Hollywood Reporter has provided: “Your screams in space will be heard if Fede Alvarez has anything to say about it. The filmmaker behind Don’t Breathe, and 2013’s remake of Evil Dead has been tapped to write and direct an original standalone Alien feature for 20th Century Studios.”

Normally I don’t post about news regarding movies but we all know what the potential of an upcoming ALIEN movie means. More Tie-In merchandise, goodies, collectibles and kids toys inappropriate for children. YES! This, I am looking forward to. Right now, very little is known other than this announcement. If the production does move forward, then we’re going to be in for a real treat in coming years with a new movie AND a previously announced television series already on the way. So much face ripping space monstery goodness to look forward to. I can’t wait to see what NECA will have in store for us… but that’s a few good years away at least.

-Windebieste.