1/6 1/6 Hot Toys: Ellen Ripley - Alien - Collectible Figure

[slikkerias]

No updates YET, so we still could see the Power Loader in 2025 or so.

Yes, let's all work on stopping global warming and avoiding WW3, so that we can all live to see that day!

 

[Bruisermoore]

Yes, let's all work on stopping global warming and avoiding WW3, so that we can all live to see that day!

Since we probably have enough time, let's find that cure for cancer while we're at it too!

 

[DiFabio]

This thread is giving me a boner.

 

[slikkerias]

This thread is giving me a boner.

Glad to help!

 

[RIDDICK]

This thread is giving me a boner.

Down your throat.

 

[FlyAndFight]

 

[Asta]

 

[TooNiche]

the rhythmic nature is exactly what doesn't fit into this lungs theory, because a volume a human breathes in is several times bigger than pulsating volume of those lungballs, while the rhytmn is the same.
and i even posted a gif to show it.

this rhythm can be compared to a heartbeat, which means pumping fluids, but not to breathing, cause breathing needs either softer and wider movements or a lot more often due to a lot lower density of air.

I thought you might say that.

I agree about the volumes, but I think your being a bit too literal about a fictional creature. I think the intent was to portray breathing.

A few others share this view:

Situated on either side of the creature's body at the base of the tail are a pair of bag-like bladder structures that are used to circulate air into the victims lungs during implantation.

Breathing for the Host

With what we know of the implantation process the host's trachea is left open for the intake of air, but due to the neurotoxin administered by the Alien it becomes difficult for the host the breath on its own. It is presumed that the expanding and contracting sacs that hang from the side of the Xenomorph larva are not for its own benefit, but for the host. It is thought that through these two sacs that breathable air is forced into the host's lungs and waste expelled. In this manner Xenomorph takes on a roll very much like an air filtration mask, and is able to filter out, or even absorb, what would otherwise be toxic to the host.

It is now known that the Facehugger can also maintain a host victim while completely submerged in water. When victims that have fallen into water after being attacked the Xenomorph larva has showen no alarm or distress once submerged, and successful implantation would has followed. These events would indicate that the parasite is able to filter out dissolved gas from liquid in order to keep a potential host alive. This takes our understanding of the creature to a new level - one that indicates an even higher ability to adapt than originally believed.

By what means the Facehugger determines its host's biological design and needs is still unclear. It is thought that the prehensile tube that's inserted into the host's esophagus samples the host tissue for an understanding of basic biological needs. From this it could be determined what atmospheric/environmental requirements the host relies on for survival. Once this is understood the creature's natural means of respiration are used to also extract and filter the necessary elements for the atmosphere and pass them on to the host. As the filtered elements are collected and assembled into a breathable gaseous state in the air sacs on either side of the creature's body they are forced into the host via a reflexive muscular contraction. Once the air is pushed into the host's body and second reflexive muscular reaction occurs: a forcible expansion of the sacs that creates a suction that pulls respiratory waste from the host body. Once the Facehugger's sacs are full of this waste it's filtered out of the creature, or possibly broken down so that the Alien larva can use portions of this waste for its own respiratory needs.

Special Effects Facehugger, AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004)

The Facehugger was created by the artists at Amalgamated Dynamics Incorporated for the scenes in AVP: Alien Vs. Predator in which they latched onto the faces of their sedated human hosts. The latex body has metal armatures running through the legs, capped with plastic claws. The Facehugger is presented on a custom-made head display, and has special built in air sacs to allow an off-screen operator to create a breathing effect.

Giger is an industrial designer, which is very apparent to you the moment you step into his home. Even something as alien-looking as his chairs is structurally sound. The Alien creature - with its McLuhanesque quality of being the machine as an extension of the organic - makes sense biologically. The face hugger, with its air sacs, isn't just decorative. Giger's work has a subconscious effect: it engenders the fear of being turned into metal. It's awesome - the work of an ultimate perfectionist, a true obsessive.

Ridley Scott: We wanted to be sure it looked like an animal, so we designed very much from the point of view of something which had come out of a womb. For that reason we decided to use the natural flesh tone. We tried coloring it in various other ways ans it always looked hokey - and less frightening, somehow. I think it's very effective now, half armadillo, half hard shell back; the pair of testicle like lungs and the real killer is that stinger tale. (Cinefex #1, p55, 9th para)

 

[Agromenauer]

I thought you might say that.

I agree about the volumes, but I think your being a bit too literal about a fictional creature. I think the intent was to portray breathing.

A few others share this view:

It seems like HOT TOYS should make a Facehugger figure instead Ripley...

 

[TooNiche]

This thread is giving me a boner.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Let's see production images now.....

 

[BuGz]

Yeah. The wait is killing me! I'm actually watching Alien just now.

Surely she has to be released in HK any day now? It still says estimated delivery April/May on SSC.

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[P.]

I think the intent was to portray breathing.

A few others share this view:

thanks, last one goes for actual sources of information, looks like it really was intended to be purely breathing, just poorly executed (totally forgivable for that time and possibilities).
plus to everybody who didn't see these things are made after balls - scott says it himself in your quote.
as for anchorpoint site, i don't want even to comment it, so bad and sucked out of nowhere all the articles there are. even worse than goingfaster (terminator related "encyclopedy").

 

[BuGz]

Anyone good with 3D printing?
I'm looking g to have the front part of a doorway like the one in the picture below:

Enough to fit a detolf

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[theuzi9mm]

Anyone good with 3D printing?
I'm looking g to have the front part of a doorway like the one in the picture below:

Enough to fit a detolf

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cool idea, someone did them in 1:18

https://www.therpf.com/f11/nostromo...-updated-builds-more-p-5-a-197296/index5.html

I'd love a MUTHR hallway backdrop cuz if you make the doorway open just get a nice photo to stick behind it to give depth

 

[Snake Plissken]

cool idea, someone did them in 1:18

https://www.therpf.com/f11/nostromo...-updated-builds-more-p-5-a-197296/index5.html

I'd love a MUTHR hallway backdrop cuz if you make the doorway open just get a nice photo to stick behind it to give depth

Wow that 1/18 dio is mind blowing.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Anyone good with 3D printing?
I'm looking g to have the front part of a doorway like the one in the picture below:

Enough to fit a detolf

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I can draw you one......now where is my HB pencil!!

 

[karamazov80]

Down your throat.

Cute dog in your avatar.

 

[youbastards]

Cute dog in your avatar.

Chernobacca

 

[Wor-Gar]

That Main Air Lock is awesome too!!!