{"id":37876,"date":"2012-07-13T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=37876"},"modified":"2012-07-19T11:32:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T18:32:34","slug":"vintage-alien-action-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/vintage-alien-action-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"One Good Thing to Come Out of ‘Prometheus’ – Vintage ‘Alien’ Action Figures!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As some of you may have gathered by now, I didn’t particularly care much for Ridley Scott’s misguided ‘Alien’ prequel, ‘Prometheus’. I thought it was terrible. We’ve already had this argument<\/a>. However, as much as I may wish the movie hadn’t been made, the renewed interest it has brought to the ‘Alien’ franchise has resulted in one extremely cool development \u2013 the resurrection of a line of canceled action figures from the original film.
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Back in 1979, the toymakers at Kenner secured the license to produce a line of action figures based on the movie ‘Alien’. The plan was to make them 3 3\/4″ scale, just like Kenner’s hugely successful ‘Star Wars’ toys. Unfortunately, at some point prior to release, somebody realized that ‘Alien’ was an R-rated horror movie unsuitable for children. Thus, the whole toy line was scrapped. For years, some photos of prototype figures that circulated in collectors’ magazines left fans dreaming of what could have been. <\/p>\n

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But wait! Now, it looks like those abandoned toys may see life after all! As announced at Comic-Con this week, retro toy company Super7<\/a> has obtained the original Kenner prototype molds and plans to release them on vintage-looking card art next year. <\/p>\n

From the store’s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 1979, prototypes for 3 \u00be\u201d action figures for the ALIEN film were developed but never manufactured. Through our network of industry and collector contacts, Super7 has unearthed the original 33-year-old prototypes and will utilize these to help make these \u201clost toys\u201d a reality. <\/p>\n

With official authorization from 20th Century Fox, Super7 will produce the full series of ALIEN toys as part of our REACTION Figure Series (Retro-Action.) REACTION Figures are stylized exactly as items from the \u201cgolden age\u201d of action figures with approximately five points of articulation, accessories, and period-authentic blister card packaging. <\/p>\n

The original line up of 3 \u00be\u201d action figures for the ALIEN were scheduled to be RIPLEY, ASH, DALLAS, KANE in NOSTROMO SUIT, and the BIG CHAP (the nickname used on-set for the ALIEN creature). <\/p>\n

Other ALIEN & ALIENS merchandise will follow, including Designer Vinyl Figures and retro-styled Glassware! Please visit Super7\u2019s booth (#4729) at the San Diego Comic Con for teasers of what is to come in 2013!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Yes, please. I would like to place my order the very second these become available. Thank you. <\/p>\n

[Story via Action Figure Insider<\/a>. Banner image found via Google at Jimsmash<\/a>. If I’m not mistaken, it was scanned from an old issue of Tomart’s Action Figure Digest. Other images from Know Your Chicken<\/a> and ToysREvil<\/a>.] <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As some of you may have gathered by now, I didn’t particularly care much for Ridley Scott’s misguided ‘Alien’ prequel, ‘Prometheus’. I thought it was terrible. We’ve already had this argument. However, as much as I may wish the movie hadn’t been made, the renewed interest it has brought to the ‘Alien’ franchise has resulted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":37877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5399],"tags":[5178,159,169,1166,5383,84,3360,280],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37876"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38198,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37876\/revisions\/38198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}