UPDATE: This item sold for US$42.00 (2 bidders.)

Here’s something you don’t see very often. A vintage photo of a pair of guys playing with their Kenner ALIEN toys taken sometime in 1980 listed for sale on eBay. Bidding starts at US$9.99. This is a great, personal relic for sale and while it is a little whethered and torn along its left edge, that imperfection doesn’t prevent it from being a unique item and wonderful addition to any ALIEN collection. What’s this item actually worth? Let’s follow the auction and find out. I do like to post sales results to Kenner ALIEN listings such as this as UPDATES on News post where it originally occurred. This auction listing is for 10 days.

Party hats and Aliens. What a combo! I’m not sure if the Aliens are shaking hands or arm wrestling in front their anonymous owners. Both, is a valid speculation, I guess. I do know one thing for sure. Photos of this nature are rare and I’ve seen about a dozen images of a similar vintage. Such images usually feature children at Christmas 1979, opening up their brand new Kenner Alien toys. I have also seen a great photo taken sometime in the 1980s of a young Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame), proudly using the severed Kenner ALIEN head to mimic the movie’s chestburster scene, serving it up as part of a thanksgiving dinner with the head mounted square and center in the turkey itself. Great stuff! So, these things are around and I do love seeing them.

-Windebieste.