According to a post on Facebook, NECA’s fantastic powerloader vehicle will be returning to stockists.
Here’s what NECA have to say about this vehicle’s imminent return, “Back By Popular Demand – The ALIENS – Deluxe Vehicle – Power Loader P-5000 will be making its way back to stores in July 2019! Visit the NECA website for more information.”
I never did the chance to grab one of these. I may do so this second time around.
-Windebieste.
ALIEN Day has been and gone. A lot of good things have been announced and are on their way to us in the coming months. Super7 have already released their latest pair of ALIEN ReAction figures, NECA announced another crew member, Brett, in their popular range of 7 inch REEL TOYS and a few other goodies revealed. While these things are welcome, some absentees were also of interest. The most notable of these I’ve listed below.
Let’s start with Super7. Firstly, some of us were expecting the missing blue carded ReAction Wave 3 figure of Ripley (with Jones) to become available on ALIEN day. We even had confirmation from Super7 that this figure was indeed going to be available on April 26. Continue reading
A sweet looking ALIEN 40th Anniversary pin badge is heading our way. This neat little enamel item is limited to 9,995 units worldwide. It comes in an individually numbered presentation pack complete with the official 40th Anniversary logo and card art based on the wrong movie!
This wonderful looking metal badge commemorating 40 years of people getting their faces chewed off will be available from the zavvi online store for US$16.80. …or thereabouts. When? Tomorrow, actually. April 30, 2019.
-Windebieste.
It looks like Funko have released a fantastic 40th Anniversary ALIEN item exclusive to Target stores. A new Alien blood spattered version of the critter along with a T-shirt packaged in official 40th Anniversary badged box is now available. The price for this pair of goodies is US$24.99
This item is probably only available in the US. On the other hand, I have seen such items frequently become available here in Australia at Popcultcha. Go check out their webstore to see if it becomes available at a later date. Especially Funko’s POP! goodies.
-Windebieste.
Looks like NECA have put their product to good use here. DJ Dog Alien, a sax duo and a trio of dancers appearing in this short animated video featuring performing Alien action figures on ALIEN Day.
This weirdness is welcome. Hope we see more from DJ Dog Alien in the future. Of course the big question here, will NECA be releasing a DJ Dog Alien with turntable..? And a pair of AvP Aliens with saxophone accessories. That’s a series of 3 figures I’d like to see released. Yes please, NECA.
-Windebieste.
The good stuff is finally beginning to reveal itself! NECA have posted this image of their upcoming 7 inch figure of Brett via Twitter. 
No pricing or actual release date but NECA did have this to say “Special #AlienDay reveal! Brett makes his figure debut as part of our 40th Anniversary Collection available later this year.”
Brett will be joining Parker later this year. No doubt more information will be forthcoming shortly. I wonder what his accessories will be? Cattle prod..? Net..? Interchangeable head with lethal gaping wound in the forehead..? All of these, please, NECA.
-Windebieste.
It’s April 26, and you know what that means, right? IT’S ALIEN DAY, TODAY! YAAAY!
So, let’s start the day’s celebrations with the best piece of ALIEN merchandise you never knew you wanted. That’s right, you can’t beat having your very own Alien Pikachu and this charming little oddity is now available on eBay.
Space monster Pikachu is 8.5cm tall and comes in 2 tasty flavours, blue and yellow. I know we can expect a lot of official goodies to be announced over next day or so, but admit it. Very few of them are going to have the appeal of this weird-ass custom piece. Continue reading
Today is April 26. Today we celebrate all things ALIEN. Yippee! It’s fantastic that we get a day to celebrate our favourite series of movies. This year is special as it marks the 40th Anniversary of the first ALIEN movie released in 1979. Though, truth be told, the actual Anniversary date of its release is May 25. …but shhh! we’re not complaining.
All the same, since it’s release 40 years ago, ALIEN was also accompanied by a large array of tie-in merchandise. In this regard, let’s not forget this celebration is also the 40th Anniversary of all good things consumable relating to the movie 4 decades ago.
Upon its release, merchandise for ALIEN was in abundance. You name it, it was available. Ranging from toys and print media through to bubblegum cards and Halloween masks, ALIEN had a massive tie-in merchandise marketing exercise alongside it. There was a movie novelisation, various magazines and posters, at least 5 jigsaw puzzles, a comic, bubblegum cards and a variety of other goodies released on top of all that. Continue reading
What better way to celebrate ALIEN Day than to post about the original 1979 Kenner ALIEN toy. Today, we have this very special set of a dozen photos of a test pilot engineering sample. I’ve posted about these early production pieces before but having a 2nd item surface right now is timing at its best!
Pilot box samples like this were used for multiple test purposes early in the figure’s production. This rare and fascinating item has been added to the HIDEOUS PLASTIC page dedicated to Kenner ALIEN prototypes.
I’d like to thank Steve Dwyer for going well beyond just sharing this item with us all. He’s removed the box – and the figure – from the acrylic display case it normally resides in for the sake of taking these photos. Thank you, Sir.
-Windebieste.
NECA have provided some images of the packaging for their upcoming ALIENS vs PREDATOR Arcade human character figures. Dutch and Linn’s box art looks great and features a window in the front of the box.
Here’s what NECA have to say: “The long awaited Alien vs Predator Arcade Dutch & Linn 2-pack is coming! Here are the final packaging photos before they ship out to retailers on May 14th”.
It may be surprising these items weren’t being revealed tomorrow, tomorrow being ALIEN Day. Facehugger Friday and ALIEN Day on the same day? NECA have other plans, you can bet. Here, a few more images of this pair, ready to take on Predators and Aliens:
-Windebieste.
Do you want an instant collection of Kenner’s ALIEN product line from 1979 but don’t want to hunt around for eternity to find them at a low price? Luckily for you, duffinopolis has one of each available for sale on eBay in a single lot. That’s right, in one fell swoop, you could land yourself a Kenner ALIEN Movie Viewer, a US edition of the ALIEN board game and an 18″ tall ALIEN action figure – including the box! All this for just US$799.99! CHEAP!
Now, you may think I jest, but this is actually a decent price. These 40 year old relics are high value collectibles now and finding a set of 3 like this is very rare. You’ll find them for sale individually quite frequently but as a set? That doesn’t happen too often. As for the price of US$800? Yup. That’s not too bad, either.
The action figure in the box alone can pull that amount of money – or more – and while the poster is missing and the red insert card is a facsimile the box itself is in good healthy condition and the figure is complete. Consider US$600 to be an average price for this item on a good day. That’s True. Then there’s the board game. You’ll find this is the common US edition included in this lot. Nonetheless, it’s worth around US$100 – easily more. …and that movie viewer? Once again, it’s worth around US$100. Of course, these are average ballpark figures. You can find them cheaper – if you wait and hunt around but the US$800 price tag is pretty much what I would expect for this trio.
As an instant set of 3 highly collectible vintage pieces, it’s a good deal. If I didn’t have them already, sure. I’d grab ’em at this price.
-Windebieste.
Weta Workshop have revealed their upcoming Xenomorph Mini Epic figure. I remember seeing this teased a few days ago with little more than a line of text on Facebook and figured a proper announcement was forthcoming very soon. So, here it is.
Here’s what Weta Workshop has to say about This item, “Forty years ago, director Ridley Scott’s masterpiece of science fiction, Alien, burst onto the big screen, spawning one of the most iconic film franchises of all time.To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alien, we’re thrilled to unleash the Xenomorph into our Mini Epics mix.This highly stylised figure stands at 6 inches tall and should be displayed safely away from small, furry things.”
You can tell it was made at Weta – it has Gollum’s feet. Anyhow, this chunky chap can be pre-ordered now for US$29.99. No release date is yet available but more information can be found on the company’s product page for this item.
-Windebieste.
NECA want to know what your favourite ALIEN figure is. The company has been busy and provided us with a good assortment of action figures based on movies, comics and other speculative sources. Around 90, the last time I counted. They will publish the results of the vote on ALIEN Day, April 26.
There’s 24 items on the ballot. Choose 3.
Here’s what NECA have to say about this year’s vote, “To keep the list simple we are going to take last years Top 10 and add to that other releases since April 2018. And as there has not been many new releases in the past 12months we’ve thrown in some high scoring wildcards from previous years. You can choose three figures and that will generate our 2019 Top 10 which we will reveal on Alien Day itself.”
My votes went to the Dog Alien, Covenant Alien and the Hadley’s Hope concept piece.
-Windebieste.
Super7 have revealed a pair of ALIEN ReAction figures they will be releasing to celebrate ALIEN Day, 2019. Featured in this release will be our slimy multi-fanged friend, the Alien; and Kane with his facehugger breached faceplate from Series 3. These items will be available in new blue and red themed figures with matching card art.
Here’s what Super7 have to say about this pair of special celebration figures: “A week from today (Friday – 4/26) is Alien Day 2019 and to commemorate LV-426, Super7 will be dropping these exclusive Alien ReAction Figures: First is the terrifying Xenomorph in a clear glitter space blue with matching card back. Then there is the doomed Nostromo crew member Kane in a horrifying red with matching card back. Both of these figures and their card art were inspired by the awesome original 1979 Alien concept poster art by Bill Gold that was not used for the film’s release.
These will be available online in the Super7 webstore and at our San Francisco and San Diego stores. See you next Friday!”
No price was mentioned in the release but typically these items retail for US$15 each. The blue Alien with silver flecks is definitely a killer piece and its card art is fantastic! More pics below.
-Windebieste.
Prime 1 Studio is releasing a highly detailed wall hanging based on the Xenomorphs seen in James Cameron’s 1986 movie, ALIENS.
This upcoming limited edition 20×12 inch polystone wall hanging piece features 6 highly detailed Aliens posing in an almost symmetrical formation and it looks amazing.
It will be available from Sideshow Collectibles later this year but you can visit their product page to place your pre-order for this item now. The price is US$699.
-Windebieste.
Super7 posted this image on social media yesterday. There was no information and no links accompanied it other than #comingsoon and #super7. Speculation is open.
There’s only one certainty this wavy retro styled image has to offer. It will somehow be connected to this year’s ALIEN Day, a celebration of all things, slimy and nasty from beyond the stars, taking place globally on April 26. Other than that, this teaser image could be heralding anything. As this is ALIEN’s 40th Anniversary, it’s enticing and curious.
I have my own ideas about what I would like to see announced. Could this be a 3.75 inch scale ReAction figure Space Jockey prop..? Maybe Parker, Lambert and Brett released on mass market black cards..? How about a ReAction figure accessory pack..? Maybe it’s a Nostromo play set..? It could be a Special Edition Ripley 3.75 inch figure wearing only her underwear..?
OK, so that last one was a joke; but I guess we’ll find out soon enough. It may not even be ReAction figure related. This will be an ALIEN Day reveal, I am guessing. At this stage, that’s the only thing I can be comfortably confident of.
-Windebieste.
Let’s check out a video review! Everyone loves these things. Baptiste Coudert posted one recently about Funko’s 40th Anniversary ALIEN POP! figures and he’s already pushed another out the door.
This time, he’s decided to scrutinise a figure that was released in 2010, the Kaiyodo Revoltech ALIEN figure. It’s been almost a decade since this little Big Chap was released and he is becoming more valuable and difficult to find. Thankfully, you can rely on Baptiste to give you a solid run down on what you are missing out on. Aren’t you lucky?
Anyway, it’s a great video; and thank you once again Monsieur Coudert for posting this.
-Windebieste.
It looks like The Loyal Subjects will be releasing new ALIENS figures featuring popular USCM characters Ripley, Newt, Hudson, Vasquez, and Bishop along with some Xenomorphs. All with accessories and collector cards, by the looks of it.
The Loyal Subjects is expected to be releasing this neat little set of ALIENS item sometime in May, 2019. More information about this and other upcoming releases about books, posters and other ALIEN related goodies via an Official ALIEN UNIVERSE announcement.
-Windebieste.
Everything has become a little quiet in regards to ALIEN announcements lately. I’m guessing everyone is hanging onto their BIG reveals until April 26, ALIEN Day. In the meantime, let’s see what else the community has to offer. How about a video review? Everybody loves these.
Baptiste Coudert has graced us with his informative appraisal of Funko’s 40th Anniversary ALIEN POP! Ripley and Alien figures. This is a pair of neat figures even if POP!s aren’t your thing.
As always, thank you Baptiste for posting this.
-Windebieste.
I’ve seen rumors spreading across some social media regarding the recent release of NECA’s purple ALIEN figure. While this would be very welcome News indeed, sadly, it’s probably not true. NECA have made no announcements regarding this item.
If you were a member of the NECA Club x Alien 2017 membership program, then you were eligible to pre-order the exclusive 9 inch Purple Alien Warrior! Unfortunately, the figure has kind of gotten lost in action figure limbo and NECA have said very little about it during the past 12 months.
No doubt the circumstances surrounding the long overdue figure not manifesting has been taken advantage of by someone this past April Fool’s Day.
To my knowledge, this ALIENS item is still aimlessly floating around, lost in deep space. We are still waiting for more information regarding it’s arrival.
So, no. It has not been released.
-Windebieste.
