eBay – Dirty, Broken ALIEN for Sale.

It’s beaten up, broken, coated in dust and showing its age but it’s going to sell. Even in this condition, these old toys can pull good money. This one for sale on eBay started at auction a couple of days ago with a starting price on the clock of US$60. Since then, it’s ticking down with keen purchasers expressing an interest with 13 bids already pushing it to the US$100 mark. There’s still five days remaining and you can bet these bids haven’t stopped yet. Those last few seconds will be very interesting. Not bad for a derelict, four decades old toy that isn’t really all that rare. It’s the old toy’s reputation working those dollars on the clock.

It’s broken at the neck with severed arms and missing the dorsal crest from its back. Dirty, scuffed and definitely showing its age. It’s still a great piece and all of its problems can be resolved with a little effort. These toys are easy peasy to dismantle, address all of the problems present in this sample and reassemble it. The head can be fitted back to the neck nub with a few screws and a custom made plate (or just glue it). The arms can be fitted back in place with some bungee cord and a pair of short lengths of sturdy wire (I like to use material extracted from wire coat hangers). As for that missing piece on its back? Yeah. That too. If you can find one on eBay, if you’re lucky and fit that back in place, too. Placed in the right hands, given a good clean and a timely makeover, this rough looking  item could still easily become a prize possession in someone’s collection.

-Windebieste.

Average Kenner ALIEN Toy for Sale.

Looks like Kenner ALIEN toys are ramping up in value once again. Or appear to be, anyway. Well, that’s what some sellers would like to have you believe. Here’s an average condition sample of the toy for sale on eBay right now with an unjustifiably high price tag of US $575.75. It is incomplete, a little scuffed and assuredly overpriced with no “Best Offer” option present. You just have to wonder what some people expect from these old toys.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.

Go check ’em out.

-Windebieste.

Lanard Toys – Glow in the Dark Aliens – First Peek.

Lanard Toys are about to expand their ALIEN Collection series. Coming soon will be a set of new Alien toys in the 7 inch range. At least three known figures are depicted in this recently released, “Lanard Toys – 2022 Predator and Alien Collection Reveal – Your Exclusive First Look” video featuring upcoming Predators and Aliens.

At this stage, these appear to be using existing sculpts from Lanard’s previous Wave of ALIENS toys but they do possess one significant feature. This wave appears to glow in the dark! Now, that’s a big attraction for myself and many other fans I know.

Lanard’s upcoming line of ALIEN toys can trace it’s heritage back more than forty years.  There have been many glowing ALIEN “toys” over the years but the feature first appeared on the original ALIEN toy released by Kenner in 1979. While the glow feature was restricted to parts of the head, Kenner never released a full head to toe glowing ALIEN toy. Since then, glow in the dark ALIEN toys have been released by many companies.

Lanard’s complete range of 2022 ALIEN toys is expected to have a full announcement very soon.

-Windebieste.

eBay – Kenner ALIEN Missing Parts.

Sometimes there’s a threshold of expectations that gets crossed which is so out of touch with reality you have to wonder what the thinking behind the action actually is. Take this grossly incomplete 1979 Kenner ALIEN being auctioned on eBay right now. It’s missing the dome, both tongue parts, dorsal crest and the left arm. No less than five pieces are missing from this sample and the seller still commences the auction at US$199.99. 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. Continue reading

Entertainment Earth ALIENS ReAction Figure Bundles.

Right now, there’s some fantastic deals for Super7’s ALIENS ReAction figures over at Entertainment Earth. Various bundles of 4 items are on offer for as little as US$23.40. The sales include bundled items of random Aliens from 2019 SPACE VILLAIN Blind Box ALIEN series; along with Xenomorphs and marines from Super7’s 2020/21 Wave 1,2 & 3 blister carded ALIENS figures. It’s not just ReAction figures that are being offered here. There’s a whole slew of Super7 items discounted at the moment including ALIEN themed Halloween buckets and drinking glasses tucked away in these bundles. These items appear to be remaindered stock previously appearing on Super7’s online store. Some speculation exists as to whether Super7 are still licencing the ALIEN property from 20thCS as ALIEN as is no longer listed among the various properties Super7 continue to offer. Grab these sweet items at these terrific prices while you can!

More information about these 3.75 inch retro themed collectible ReAction Figure toys can be found right here.

-Windebieste.