Hiya Toys New AvP Figures Pre-Order.

According to their Facebook page, it looks like Hiya Toys are releasing some new figures based on the 2004 ALIENS vs PREDATOR movie. Notably, there will be an Alien among the quartet to appear early next year. Pre-orders are now available.Included in this set of four figures is the  Alien Warrior along with three other Predator figures. Here’s some word from Hiya about this release “We here at Hiya Toys are excited to share the four new figures that go live today at our distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors. These are now available for preorder at your local comic shop, toy store, model retailer, and website of choice.”  The Warrior Alien is currently scheduled to release January 2021 with a recommended retail price of $19.99. I am guessing these will be in the same scale as Hiya’s previous releases and be around 4 inches tall.

-Windebieste.

Jauce – 2 Kenner ALIENS for Sale in Japan.

UPDATE: This auction has ended.

Here’s something you don’t see too often, a pair of 1979 Kenner ALIENS, with boxes and posters for sale in Japan with bidding starting at 50,000 yen (About US$470). The vendor doesn’t post internationally but these two can be purchased via a proxy, Jauce.com, who will act on your behalf, place your bid and send the goodies to where ever you want in the world should your bid win. I’ve never used the Jauce service so I don’t know anything about it. I understand it may be necessary to ensure you have adequate funds in an account with them prior to bidding. I don’t know anyone who’s used the service before, either. Nonetheless, this is a near complete set of two Kenner ALIEN toys, including boxes up for grabs. One figure is complete while the other is only missing the dome. The boxes do look a little rough around the edges and knocked around for sure; but the posters appear to be OK. If you are familiar with using Jauce and would like to land – not one, but two – 40 year old Kenner ALIEN toys including all too valuable boxes with posters for the low, low price of one, then this is your big moment to bid!

-Windebieste.

eBay – Kenner ALIEN Arm for Sale.

UPDATE: This item sold before auction and is no longer available.

If you are looking for a replacement arm for the 1979 Kenner ALIEN toy, one has become available for auction on eBay, starting at US$4.99.

It looks to be a decent piece with all fingers and elbow spur attached. The neoprene anchor has been broken so the remains of the severed stump still float inside the arm, making it incomplete. The limb appears to have a stain or coating on it and this may indicate the arm was originally from a figure made in Canada. This is difficult to verify by looking at the images but my suspicions are raised in this regard. The general color of the styrene the limb is cast also appears to be a shade lighter than similar figures made in the US in 1979, so I am leaning towards the possibility this limb is originally removed from a Canadian version of the toy. If this is the case, any difference will only be obvious when the limb is actually attached to a US figure. It will appear to be lighter than the dark gun metal grey the rest of the toy is made of; and potentially be mismatched and look out of place. Continue reading

The Unofficial Buyer’s Guide to Snailiens.

Snailiens. You know these weird things are going to exist, right? That is, snails that have somehow been mashed up with Aliens. Don’t ask how it works – how a fachugger is supposed to attach itself to a garden variety mollusc and produce these things is going to remain a mystery, right? Nonetheless, there are such things as ‘Snailiens’. At least as unofficial products.  Here’s a pair of them and you can buy these strange wonders online. Let’s take a closer look at these things, shall we? Is this going to get weird? I hope so.Back in the 1990s, Kenner made an entire range of ALIENS toys based on the most unlikely candidates from the Animal Kingdom. We got Gorilla Aliens, Rhino Aliens, Scorpion Aliens. We got Queen Aliens with dragon wings. There were Arachnid Aliens. Crab Aliens. Nothing was outside the imaginative reach of the designers at Kenner to dream up the weirdest concoction of unlikely mash ups and creations. Mantis Aliens? Yep, that too. Kenner made Mantis Aliens. Just about the only thing they never made were Snail Aliens – or “Snailiens”; and judging by what we see here above, this was a missed opportunity on Kenner’s part that sorely needs to be rectified. Continue reading

REVIEWED: REBOR Broodlord X-Rex.

It’s been twelve months since I’ve posted any reviews on HIDEOUS PLASTIC. Twelve months is way too long; and I love writing reviews of ALIEN toys and action figures. Today, we break the drought right here with an appraisal of REBOR’s Broodlord X-Rex (Metallic Version) statuette which was released some months back. I’m very happy to say it, I love this thing! It’s not every day I get to combine several of my favourite indulgences and have them all so conveniently combined into one big ball of weirdness. Not like this, anyway. What a great way to break the drought!

-Windebieste.

eBay – 1979 Kenner ALIEN – with Repro Parts.

UPDATE: This item was ended by the seller because it is no longer available.

Here’s something you will want to be very aware if you are seeking to purchase one of these old vintage toys. It’s a 1979 Kenner ALIEN for sale on eBay right now for US$400. It’s a lot of money for an old toy and you’d want to be sure of getting something of high quality for that price. Sadly, this item falls well short of any of these aspirations. Let’s take a closer look at this figure and find out what you’re getting for your money on this item.Firstly, we’ll start with the fact this figure is populated with half a dozen reproduction parts. All the pieces that are frequently missing from these old toys are replaced here with facsimiles. The head carapace, the upper and lower tongue pieces, the teeth on the upper and lower jaws; and the dorsal crest are all replacement pieces. Without getting into any debates about whether these forgeries are worthy or not they simply do not add value to the figure. While such bootleg replacement parts do make the figure “feature complete” this doesn’t change the fact these are counterfeit replacement parts and are completely valueless. At least the vendor has made the responsible action of declaring the presence of these reproduction parts. If only this figure’s problems ended there. Let’s delve deeper and determine the overall quality of the figure itself. Continue reading

UPDATED – Bootlegs, Knock Offs and Other ‘Illegal Aliens’.

It pains me to say it, I haven’t added anything to HIDEOUS PLASTIC’s section dedicated to bootleg and unlicenced ALIEN toys and action figures for a while.  A long time, actually. Today, I have corrected this oversight and had the joy of adding a set of ten images of Mexican bootleg ALIENS figures to this section. Featured in these new images are bootleg samples of the Queen, Scorpion, Gorilla and Bull Alien toys. These four blister carded oddities are derived from Kenner ALIENS products of the 1990s. At only three inches tall, these figures are diminutive and considerably smaller than the five inch Kenner items they are sourced from. As such, these twenty plus year old items are rare and very difficult to find today. Furthermore, this is a complete carded set, making it a great privilege for me to be able to post these photos on the site.

Thank you Marc Cawiezel for sharing your images of these strange aberrations with us all. You’ll find them towards the bottom of this page dedicated to this outlandish and lurid stuff. Brilliant! Hilarious! Awesome! There’s a simple truth behind it all. I love weird junk.

-Windebieste.