Ah, some of my favourite bootleg & knock off ALIEN items were deliberately intended to be confused with more official products of their day. Take 1996’s Wing Sang Toys’ extremely dubious Extraterrestrial, which is clearly intended to be confused with Kenner toys ALIENS range of action figures released that decade. The Extraterrestrial was released in different colours with blue and red being the most common. A version was also released featuring a pair of circular clip on wings. It’s a wild item but it doesn’t end there. The toy also included a variety of weapon accessories, too.
Somewhere, in the offices of Wing Sang’s marketing department, some bright toy designer figured it would be a great idea to have an attractive blue and silver painted knock off ALIEN toy fitted with circular red and silver wings. They also determined it should be armed with gold vac metal plated weapons including what appears to be a powerloader grabbing power claw and crossbow. I did not make this nonsense up. Honest.
Anyway, if you want to know more about this WTF curiosity, it has been added to HIDEOUS PLASTIC’s section dedicated to Bootleg & Knock-off ALIEN toys.
Man, there’s some weird stuff in there now.
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Kenner produced an estimated 150,000 18 inch ALIEN toys in 1979, expecting to match the dizzying sales of their previous 3.75 inch Star Wars range of action figures, two years earlier. A target that fell well short of any sales targets and killed off any future for the ALIEN production line, including a proposed production of run of 3.75 inch ALIEN action figures. Most of the surviving 18 inch tall ALIEN toys have since lost these domes with around 90% of them lacking this distinct feature.
Starting with the figure, because it’s 100% the real deal without any reproduction parts present, it does display a variety of flaws but the welcome presence of critical features such as the dome and the dorsal crest add significant value to the figure regardless of any problems it may have. But these flaws are definitely present and it’s worth being mindful of them. 
Briefly, Chewbacca’s arms are both severed and he’s missing other accessories. At least the left arm is included in this sale. You could probably hunt down a right arm and re-attach them both with little effort. The Alien is likewise features severed arms but again they are easy to return to the figure; which is also missing the ever elusive translucent dome and shoulder crest parts. It’s still an easy repair that will make a display worthy figure despite various other minor flaws including the missing left elbow spur. Darth is simply missing his light saber but includes his black cape, which is often missing from the figure. A great trio for someone to land. Maybe you would choose to be bold and attach the Alien arms to Chewie instead of the bio-mechanical torso they hail from? After all, the longer Alien arms would look quite menacing on the brown furred figure and can be fixed in place with as much effort. Xenowookiee, anybody? I’d love to see a Kenner Wookiee Alien, 2022 edition. Like their 1993 Gorilla Alien, only 16 inches tall.
These cards would often feature art images only barely passing for any resemblance to the character/toy they were documenting. For example, both the Bull and Scorpion Alien cards feature the Dog Alien from ALIEN 3, with the Bull Alien version being notable as it has its horns clearly airbrushed on (images above). Many of the cards, particularly those appearing in Series One, display other anomalous features worthy of mention… Bishop with air brushed helmet and visor… That weird Lt. Ripley.
It has all the common pieces missing that help to define this sample as “average”. Gone are the dome, both tongue halves and the crest between the shoulders. Unfortunately, it’s deficiencies don’t end there. This item has been removed from its original condition in a variety of other ways. Let’s check the list. 
What exactly is included in this listing? Starting with the figure, it’s in a rough and incomplete state. It’s missing the usual pieces, the dome, dorsal crest and both tongue parts. The upper teeth have collapsed inwards but are likely to be recoverable. As to whether the jaw mechanism still works, it’s impossible to say. Remove and refit those teeth and it may still function. The left arm is loose and appears to be have been re-attached. The tail and legs look to be in decent condition. A little work is needed here, but the figure can certainly be made to become more presentable, albeit incomplete. 
This is a fabulous item wearing its curious four decades old Kenner ALIEN toys history prominently on the upper right corner of the box. The discount price sticker displayed on this sample attests to how these children’s toys were originally intended to be sold for US$14.97 only to be later marked down and sold for the discount price of US$4.97 each. The substantial ten dollar clearance sale reduced the original sale figure of the toy down to under five US dollars. This would have occurred sometime during late 1979 (or early 1980s) and is documented on the label. Such discounts were common for these grotesque Kenner toys when they failed to live up to the sales figures of their exceptionally more popular Star Wars brethren. Tens of thousands of these ALIEN toys were sold in this manner mark down sales to clear dead stock forty years ago. My, has their valued climbed once again to lofty heights! 
Personally, I find this expectation on part of the seller very amusing. While this item is for sale in the US, let’s see how much it translates into currency where I live, in Australia. hmmm… The international currency exchange rate is in an outstandingly bad situation right now, so let’s have a good laugh here…
Sure, it’s now a vintage item with a reputation (rather than scarcity) being the driving force behind the value of these notorious old play things originally marketed to five year olds. That doesn’t justify a price tag of this magnitude. This item is incomplete missing the head carapace and tongue parts. These three critical absent pieces severely reduce the value of the figure. For US$200 less, you can purchase a 100% complete with all of those parts present. At the price of US$500, you may even be lucky enough to score one in a box. Although I must add, the box itself will not be pristine condition and likely to be rough around the edges to say the least. At he end of the day, the seller for this toy will most likely need to revise their expectations (and price) before this item sells. Unless you really want to spend over five hundred US dollars on a forty year old toy missing valuable parts, I’d say look elsewhere. These things aren’t all that rare and if you are looking for one on eBay, about a dozen options are available right now.
These are common pieces missing from these toys today and while the dome, crest and both tongue halves are considered the most valuable parts of this vintage toy, I feel it’s when the limbs go missing it becomes degraded at its most. After all, missing tongue parts don’t affect the appearance of the toy as they are concealed within the elongated head. The dome goes missing so easily but is compensated by having the glow in the dark detail of the head constantly exposed. Losing the crest on the back is annoying but at least it’s on the rear of the figure and its absence is not apparent when viewed from the front. 
Bidding started at just US$1.00 for this mutilated package item. There are significant tears and other deformations throughout the box but it does include the red insert card. No figure or poster is included. It’s just the empty box being offered for sale. Nonetheless, these four decades old vintage boxes are in high demand. How much will this item eventually sell for? It could easily sell for well in excess of US$200. It will be interesting to watch and see how much this item escalates during bidding and is notable to gauge for determining what the value of one of these boxes actually is. Even if it is empty and in the decrepit and substantially less than desirable condition this sample certainly is.
It’s an average condition toy. No box. No dome. Missing its dorsal crest. Other than that, it looks very good. Nonetheless, the starting price of US$200 will attract solid attention from bidders. This sale of an average condition figure will serve as a measuring guide of what one of these vintage toys is worth now. How much will it eventually sell for? It could certainly sell for in excess of US$250. This is well within reason as dictated by those who are prepared to spend money on an average quality, ugly, forty year old toy that no one particularly thought was a good idea back in 1979 – but therein lies the value behind these old toys.
The hierarchy of desirability with these old toys is simple. Samples in unopened pristine condition are rare and highly valuable; while opened samples with the toy still attached to the red insert card are pretty close to being next. This sample is being sole by the vendor and touted with this claim. It’s for sale with the understanding, ” it was never removed from the carboard (sic)” as noted by the seller. The problem here is simple. This item actually has been removed from the card. 
It’s been said many times before and the use of reproduction parts are very much divided in collector’s opinions and arguments from both sides are valid. On one hand, for many people, there is no other option than to use reproduction items. About 90% of all Kenner ALIEN toys today lack the dome; and around 70% are missing the crest. It makes sense to owners of the toy who want it to appear “feature complete” to use such parts when genuine parts are so rare. They are in high demand and priced much, much higher when you do find them. There’s a small industry surrounding the creation of facsimile items. 