Twenty years ago, the PC game ALIENS vs PREDATOR 2 was released. To “commemorate the occasion, here’s five great AvP 2 mods!” as recommended by ModDB. Back in the day, I was an enthusiastic modder in the AvP2 community and it pleases me greatly to see my work being represented twice in this list of five celebrated AvP2 mods.
AP2 is still a great game with a dedicated community still supporting it. The longevity of the title has largely been due to the well crafted intertwining narrative of three entirely different species. Alien, Predators and Humans all playable in a single player story and also represented with up to nineteen different classes in multiplayer. In addition to that, there were literally hundreds of mods players made due to the publisher, Sierra, releasing Monolith’s DEdit and toolset for us to tinker with. As such, the game is still being played twenty years later. Continue reading
Significantly though, US$450 is the price point you can usually expect a box to be included in the sale. Nope. Sorry. No such luxury packaging is present here and the listing is solely for the toy. Mind you, it’s a very good quality item. It could do with a clean. That’s about it. That’s really the only area of improvement needed on this action figure and it is easily achieved with some warm soapy water, a toothbrush and some patience. It’s all that fine detail these toys are blessed with that trap dust motes and these vintage toys aren’t affected by mild kitchen detergent soap and a good rinse down with clean water. A good bath, and this sample will be the pride of someone’s collection.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these valuable pieces hit eBay. This one looks good and tidy. Nonetheless, high demand for these items will ensure this one won’t sit for long on the service. It’s not unusual for these items to sell for around US$100. What is unusual is how many of these loose pieces are still around after more than forty years since the toy was released. I’m thinking that’s possibly due to the more than 100,000 samples of the toy being made in the US and these parts are poorly implemented in terms of being attached to the figure means they simple fall off. What’s more, the number of these toys made by Kenner may possibly exceed 150,000 when factoring units made in Canada. Which by the way, were made in smaller numbers than in the US with the domes made from different material, fall off just as easily and are simply more rare.
This is clearly a good condition figure for its age. Certainly, it’s not mint condition but nonetheless completeness of all critical parts is one of two of its great strengths. Its other strength – and this is important – is the seller has commenced bidding at the low, low price of one dollar. This is important because once this sale is completed, multiple prospective purchasers will have thrown in their bids. To what height will bidding on this item escalate to? It’s hard to say. Complete figures in similar condition easily sell for over US$250. A final value of US$350 isn’t out of the question. Reaching an even higher price is well within its ability to do so.
While none of these items can be considered to be in pristine condition, it’s unusual to note that boxed Kenner ALIEN toys currently for sale on eBay outnumber loose samples without any packaging. Not bad for an action figure that’s more than forty years old. All of these samples are US pressings of the toy and most are being sold in the US with Japan also being represented. Recently, one listed in Argentina was also available (but this selection was a quick search result and for all I know it may still be available). So, at least seven are available as of this writing. This will change rapidly as these eventually sell. 
