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

[ALIEN.]

Really? I PO'd mine on 5/9/16 but I"m relegated to Oct/Nov shipment. Wonder if I call them and ***** at them if they can ship from HK direct?

Figure looks good so am excited....about time though...

Agree, it turned out well, very pleased also

 

[zexion_armando]

It's odd how inconsistent the faces have been on females.

Regular Harley looks perfect, despite (or maybe because) the overly express face, but both other Margot faces look nothing like her.

This one is like Weavers cousin. The basics are there, but it's not refined at all despite the copious delays

I'll probably pick it up during Spook or some other sale

 

[Wor-Gar]

This one is like Weavers cousin. The basics are there, but it's not refined at all despite the copious delays

This is the face that Sigourney wants to look like.

 

[a-dev]

There's been whining for years now about this being delayed and when it's finally out... people can't whine about how awful it turned out?

Apparently we're just supposed to be grateful for the scraps from Longshanks table. Wait for 3 years and then any oul **** will do. I also don't understand the logic.

That being said, it seems like a mild improvement on the proto - in some shots anyway. Alas it needed to be Alex Murphy/DX14 Joker level to get a purchase from me at this point and it's just not there.

To the BTTFII threads!

 

[davejames]

Looks like a slight improvement over the previous sculpt we saw, but still doesn't capture her quite as well as I would hope. Because even with her square jaw and thin lips she still had a very pretty and feminine look about her, and that doesn't come through here much at all.

Maybe some in hand pics will convince me otherwise though...

 

[pjam]

Likeness rights approval MAY have been cause for the looong delay, not so sure when you factor in the mass push for current stuff like Disney, Marvel and DC and delay or cancellations from older licenses. e.g. Doc Brown.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Interesting that there's not one picture of the back of Ripley's outfit -- that complicated latticework of ties.

Didn't Star Puffs suggest that may have been the delay? Wonder if its even still there? You'd think one of the photographers would think that's interesting.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Apparently we're just supposed to be grateful for the scraps from Longshanks table. Wait for 3 years and then any oul **** will do. I also don't understand the logic.

That being said, it seems like a mild improvement on the proto - in some shots anyway. Alas it needed to be Alex Murphy/DX14 Joker level to get a purchase from me at this point and it's just not there.

To the BTTFII threads!

QFT

 

[a-dev]

 

[siquisiri]

Nope, personally I'm thrilled beyond all expectations for how lots of figures turn out. This one is "just OK."

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I agree, not excellent, but not as bad as some are stating..

 

[Wor-Gar]

That'll do, Pig.... that'll do.

 

[Preshea]

I think it looks decent but yes it should've been way better!
Still getting it and if I'm not impressed in hand I'll sell her.
That ****ing cat though!!.... what??!?!

 

[Plastic Bateman]

I'm still surprised people were slamming this sculpt way back when. Say what you will about the rooted hair, but the upper eyelids were much more prominent and greatly helped the likeness.

That's the one area where the final sculpt could use some improvement. They seem to have gotten rid of her eyelids entirely.

Apart from that, I'm happy with it. Spent the last ten minutes looking at photos from the 1979 production and, while her eyelids were definitely more prominent, her overall 'look' seemed to change depending on angle and light, much like this figure. This is likely the best we're going to get, especially for economic reasons.

Will place my order come morning. In the words of Alien 3's Morse: "____ it! Let's go for it!"

Looking at that again, it's a far better likeness than what we got on the final product. Even if it has some inaccuracies it's more instantly recognisable as Weaver than the revised version, which seems to only look like her from certain angles, and her stunt double from others.

I don't talk it about often but I am borderline-autistically obsessed with Alien as a movie. Will probably pick this figure up anyway as it's unlikely anything better is going to be forthcoming within the next decade. The cat is now a different flavour of awful and her jumpsuit is entirely the wrong colour but whatever. Guess the odds of more of the Nostromo crew being made are so low that Ash would extend his sympathies...

 

[Snake Plissken]

Looking at that again, it's a far better likeness than what we got on the final product. Even if it has some inaccuracies it's more instantly recognisable as Weaver than the revised version, which seems to only look like her from certain angles, and her stunt double from others.

I don't talk it about often but I am borderline-autistically obsessed with Alien as a movie. Will probably pick this figure up anyway as it's unlikely anything better is going to be forthcoming within the next decade. The cat is now a different flavour of awful and her jumpsuit is entirely the wrong colour but whatever. Guess the odds of more of the Nostromo crew being made are so low that Ash would extend his sympathies...

My only issue that jumps out to me from the original proto is the shapeless hair. Too Adrienne Barbeau. This one has a much better textured skin where as the final has no tones or contours much like Matrix. And yes, Jonesy is a mess.

 

[SmoothEmjay]

I'm happy with it, now just get the effing thing in the UK please.

 

[The Green Goblin]

Man the rooted hair on that original proto looks a hell of a lot like a bunch of clumped up pubes. They made the right decision going with sculpted hair.


I'm hoping to get this one at some point next year.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

My only issue that jumps out to me from the original proto is the shapeless hair. Too Adrienne Barbeau. This one has a much better textured skin where as the final has no tones or contours much like Matrix. And yes, Jonesy is a mess.

Yeah, my first though on seeing that extreme closeup one of the HK bloggers posted. There's almost no texture to her skin whatsoever.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I could've made that faux hair work... instead of the spikey black hair we have now.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yeah, my first though on seeing that extreme closeup one of the HK bloggers posted. There's almost no texture to her skin whatsoever.

It's completely flat. It's closer to something you'd get from Threezero.

 

[pjam]

Interesting that there's not one picture of the back of Ripley's outfit -- that complicated latticework of ties.

Didn't Star Puffs suggest that may have been the delay? Wonder if its even still there? You'd think one of the photographers would think that's interesting.

Yes, she did.

It was pictured with the set layout PO pics. Will be interesting to see the updated PO pics.