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.

-windebieste.