International variants of Kenner’s 1990s ALIENS toys are well known. The Kenner ALIENS Toy blog has a brief but insightful article delving into a couple of such items released in Japan. Here, Eric Fischer documents a couple of 1992 Rhino Alien samples that can be identified by variant stickers used by Japanese distributors. I love the wonderful and simple line drawing motif of the Rhino Alien sticker that also adorns the back of one of the packages.
The article also delves into a similar treatment of Kenner’s Mantis Alien and its release in Japan. It’s a brief albeit fascinating exploration of vintage toys from last century. Thank you Eric for the write up and giving us an insight into some of Kenner’s more obscure international product line distributions.
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This figure has been painted over to give the appearance of the creature more closely resembling how it appears in the movie. Gone is the near black presentation of the original toy to be replaced with shades of brown and dark grey. It’s a full body paint over that lends itself well to the toy, highlighting much of the figure’s superb details. He’s all there, too. No pieces are missing.
There’s more than just a figure available in this listing, too. Also included is the original box, which is in a somewhat shabby condition and a little worse for wear; along with the B&W poster. Again, the poster is in a less than perfect state but its presence makes this listing a complete package.
This one is in generally good shape but missing the usual parts. Absent are the head dome, shoulder crest and both halves of the tongue. Despite these commonly missing pieces, the rest of the figure looks intact. Significantly, the slot in the figure’s back where the crest is absent is undamaged and will accept a replacement part that will remain in situ without falling out. This slot is frequently damaged on figures of this condition and aids in raising its quality. While some parts are missing, almost everything else is in largely excellent shape. This figure is clean, the tail tip is unbroken, all fingers are present, the elbows are undamaged, there are no cracks in the feet and the glow in the dark skull details are largely in great condition. The arms have been restrung so it can hold a pose but this is a solid, average quality vintage toy being sold here. A starting bid of US$9.99 makes it a good metric of what one of these base figures is worth sans frequently missing parts.
These are all generally good clean pieces with some marks and defects. These items all have separate listings. Bidding has already commenced on all of these parts and it will be fun to watch them climb to their final closing sales prices. Here are all three listings:
All parts appear to be clean and in reasonably good condition. Not all parts are available as individual listings and not all parts included are displayed in the image above. These parts all come from a US version of the figure. Here’s the complete list: