Does Hot Toys owe us to re-make the ALIENS Alien?

[prefused]

Your nights are spent alone, weeping into your pillow, aren't they.

nope. i grew out of the "gotta catch 'em all!" mentality a long time ago.

 

[Andr3w]

definitely yes.

 

[Karnis]

Also, there's been breakage issues straight from the box. It is a fragile figure.

Yep, my blue one had a broken elbow joint right out of the box. I just glued the rubber sleeve to the parts above & below it. One of the foot joints was really loose, too. I never mess with it, posed it once & that's it.

 

[a-dev]

Yep, elbow broke on mine too, not straight out of the box but a few months later when I touched it. I think I glued it into a permanent bent position as I wasn't sure how to go about repairing the joint. It also went on to have majorly loose feet. So its a disappointing figure in all too many respects.

I wasn't quite as fussy about innaccuracies on this one as I recently am on the Big Chap and for two reasons - It was to be one of my first Hot Toys figures and certainly my first Hot Toys Alien and I too at least thought the face looked good on this. Going on Pjam's pics I still think it does (can't look at my own as its stored away). The rest of it though doesn't reflect the build and shape of the film creature. But any such issues, excusable on their own by some, were compounded by the awful quality control. And I guess after then getting the dog alien, having a terrible time putting the leg on and ultimately still feeling unsatisfied with it I became determined that the original Alien had to be as accurate as possible to be worthwhile getting. Suffice to say I decided not to get it.

Re-makes? No. They shoulda made them right the first time around and they would have if they really wanted to. Wouldn't mind remakes of the marines but then thats hardly likely.

 

[prefused]

all the more reason NECA needs to pull their heads out of their ***** and make 1:6 aliens.

 

[the dude person]

I think they should just make more in general... if there are 3000 collectors that want one, and half of those will want at least 3 HT aliens, thats 1500 + 3(1500) = 1500 + 4500 = 6000 aliens.... they just need to make more!

I never got one
And also the "Big Chap" looks too brownish and not dark blackish enough for me to shell out $150 for it... So a re-release of an improved ALIENS alien would be great...

 

[jrice73]

Both my HT Alien Warriors (I own a blue one and a brown one) were broken right out of the box. HT needs to get their quality control together on these pieces and re-release them or use new molds for new figures. Re-releases for the Colonial Marines would be cool too but I doubt it.

 

[herzograven]

i would def go for HT re-releases of ALIENS figures, the face sculpts on the old HT ALIENS look HORRIBLE

the current figures WILL decrease in value big time and that's going to seriously upset the collectors who paid an arm and a leg for them

 

[nicky]

No. They owe us a REFUND.

 

[King Darkness]

I'd take one of those too.

 

[A.L.I.E.N]

Hot Toys give us Hicks!

 

[a-dev]

i would def go for HT re-releases of ALIENS figures, the face sculpts on the old HT ALIENS look HORRIBLE

The face sculpt is horrible on the new one too so they clearly didn't up their standards for this particular series. Alas we must look to their other licenses for their really good efforts and seek alternatives for the Alien. Come on Neca, get us a 14" Alien.

 

[herzograven]

The face sculpt is horrible on the new one too so they clearly didn't up their standards for this particular series. Alas we must look to their other licenses for their really good efforts and seek alternatives for the Alien. Come on Neca, get us a 14" Alien.

the face sculpt is horrible on new ALIENS figures from HT?
i wasn't aware they had any new ones (sorry not too familiar with which are new vs old since i wasn't impressed, didn't do any digging)

if they could put in the same quality into some new ALIENS figures that they put into DARK KNIGHT and IRONMAN ... i would def buy the whole gang from ALIENS ... including gorman and burke

 

[herzograven]

Hot Toys give us Hicks!

yea but even McF's 6" hick looks better than HT's .... they should def re-release that one, and while they're at it they can just change the hair and give us another Kyle Reese (future and present version)

 

[Minimodel]

Hot Toys do nt owe us anything.WE,on the other hand owe Hot Toys everything for giving this great hobby the greatest surge since the introducton of the Kung-Fu grip!

 

[a-dev]

the face sculpt is horrible on new ALIENS figures from HT?
i wasn't aware they had any new ones (sorry not too familiar with which are new vs old since i wasn't impressed, didn't do any digging)

if they could put in the same quality into some new ALIENS figures that they put into DARK KNIGHT and IRONMAN ... i would def buy the whole gang from ALIENS ... including gorman and burke

Oh. Well the Alien from the first film is the latest and thats what I was referring to. Going backwards in time from that was the dog Alien from 3, the AvP:R warrior, the Aliens (1986) version, and the AvP1 aliens were amongst the first if I'm right.

IMO the Aliens warrior had the most accurate facial resemblance to the film creature it was based on out of all of them. But the shape and probably details of the head, body and limbs weren't the most accurate.

For me theres been a 'coolness' factor with each HT alien I've gotten, and you're always particularly wowed by your first. But in my case that wore off with the paint! Innaccuracy combined with worries about deterioration and also limbs breaking off etc just kinda ruin it.

 

[herzograven]

Oh. Well the Alien from the first film is the latest and thats what I was referring to. Going backwards in time from that was the dog Alien from 3, the AvP:R warrior, the Aliens (1986) version, and the AvP1 aliens were amongst the first if I'm right.

IMO the Aliens warrior had the most accurate facial resemblance to the film creature it was based on out of all of them. But the shape and probably details of the head, body and limbs weren't the most accurate.

For me theres been a 'coolness' factor with each HT alien I've gotten, and you're always particularly wowed by your first. But in my case that wore off with the paint! Innaccuracy combined with worries about deterioration and also limbs breaking off etc just kinda ruin it.

ah cool, thx for the run down, i didn't even know HT had released all the previous alien figures, i thought this was their first attempt at a xenomorph

it really sucks that you have to worry about deterioration/wear and tear with a high end piece like that considering how HT prides itself with their work - the HT figures i have, i don't mess with them too often cause i've heard of stories of things tearing and breaking

 

[dano669]

Im glad they released the Aliens marines as bad as they did.for the sole reason that customizing them has been too much fun.Sure some of the parts have been a pain to find and people like FML and xenoviper dont seem to be doing their headsculpts anymore(or are only doing them for special select people)and it can also be costly for certain parts but in the long run Ive find that theyve been worth every cent and I wouldnt trade them ever,Ill be buried with my aliens collection.
I know that isnt the point and when you pay as much as some of us have you should get the exact likeness,but oh well,I dont see hot toys doing anymore marines.What hot toys should be doing is offering upgrade parts like the headset that hicks and co wear.they should also offer hand sets for ripley and vas. because theyre terrible.just spent 30 mins of frustration trying to get ripley to hold her pulse rifle across her chest
her hands are also completely wrong,she never wore gloves.Also they should offer replacement joints for the aliens,we all know how bad they are,so I wont go there.To the people out there complaining I say fix it yourself,youll have more pride in your collection knowing that you did it and its not exactly like everyone else. Opening a box and then putting it on a shelf is cool but kinda boring.Also the help Ive gotten from people on this site has been invaluable to making my marines look as kickarse as they do.