Exclusive News from INFINITE EARTHS claims that the merchandising activity for ALIEN: Covenant is far from over. It appears that Hiya Toys will be releasing a pair of figures based on the movie some time in the near future.  Anticipated for release is the familiar form of the Covenant Alien and the pallid shape of the Neomorph.  Both are expected to be in the 1/18 scale.

Here’s what the News post has to say “Hiya Toys, the company behind the 1/18 scale series of Aliens: Colonial Marines action figures, will be producing new figures based off of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Not a whole lot of details are available at this time, however we do know that the new line will be produced in collaboration with 20th Century Fox, and that Hiya will be kicking off the line with 1/18 scale versions of both the Xenomorph and the Neomorph seen in the film.”  A little more information is available on their initial News post.

That’s not a lot of information to go on right now and there’s no word of any other characters, items or accessories being part of the line up.  I did review the Hiya Toys ALIENS: Colonial Marines Alien Boiler figure some time back.

It’s a good item and I appraised it accordingly despite the fact the game it is based on is just terrible.  It was finely detailed, well articulated  and had good presentation for a 5 inch tall figure.  It features a couple of neat accessories as well so I expect Hilya Toys new pair of figures based on ravenous critters from the recent movie will be just as good as their previously released ALIENS content.

No release date is available yet.

-Windebieste.