Hot Toys ALIENS Warrior Image thread

[pjam]

Great review Bardoon! Glad ya dig it. Any pics?

Won't be long for me and a few others now... waiting... waiting...

AWESOME Photos and this is an awesome figure!Just got mine today!

As an owner of the AvP Alien, you can really see in some aspects the improvements and advice Hot Toys took in.

The paint job is superb and it looks like Hot Toys really took in how lighting reflects on it (whether intentional or not) so it look identical to the Aliens in the actual film.

It also looks like Hot Toys took the advice about the rubber cracking and splitting at some points and sprayed some sort of preserve on it...which is great! Of course, it has made some of the parts have a "sticky" feel to them.
At least I hope thats what it is and I'm not the only one with the sticky Alien! Lemme know!

The double joints are awesome and increase the degree of motion you can move some of his limbs! I spotted the same "dumb-bell" joint piece that join his feet to his legs that has been used on the smaller ALIENS snap-kit drones.

Now, the only gripe would be...and this is no way Hot Toys' fault but just the way it goes because of the design for such a figure. The figure is obviously top heavy cause of his head and is "scrawnier" in design to his AvP cousin, so he has more of a tendency to fall over than the other one. The AvP design had a bigger, thicker tail and also larger feet to aid in the support of standing. Thankfully, I am sure that Hot Toys knows that and has a real tough, yet bendable, metal bar within the tail. The ALIENS Warrior also has those smaller feet...so getting him in a good standing position that he can retain can take a little working with.

Fantastic figure and once again, EXCELLENT WORK from the best 12'' figure company EVER!

NOW BRING ON THE QUEEN!

 

[King Darkness]

Now, the only gripe would be...and this is no way Hot Toys' fault but just the way it goes because of the design for such a figure. The figure is obviously top heavy cause of his head and is "scrawnier" in design to his AvP cousin, so he has more of a tendency to fall over than the other one. The AvP design had a bigger, thicker tail and also larger feet to aid in the support of standing. Thankfully, I am sure that Hot Toys knows that and has a real tough, yet bendable, metal bar within the tail. The ALIENS Warrior also has those smaller feet...so getting him in a good standing position that he can retain can take a little working with.

Agree 100%.

I am having a much harder time getting this bad boy to hold poses like the AVP. And like Les mentioned earlier, his feet come of way to easily, unlike the AVP which never come off.

There seems to be a more "occward" feel to him. But overall he is freakin AWESOME!!!!

Oh, and mine was sticky aswell.

 

[ghettoenhanced]

 

[RUMADMAN]

what strip clubs have you been to??? the ploes are not curved like in my pic... haha!!

 

[Reinhardt]

sweet pose!!!

 

[abake]

It's here! It's here!

For my standards, this was surprisingly quick!
Anyway, first impressions:
Yes, it is one menacing looking creature! The sculpt is brilliant (not accurate, but we've beaten that one to death) and captures the "alien-ness" that the A:R and AvP designs are missing. This one actually gets close to the bio-mechanical nightmare Giger designed and moves a bit away from the more animalistic look of later designs.
Fantastic poseability, the double jointed elbows and knees work wonderfully. Surprisingly enough, I've had no problem finding good poses for the warrior to stand unaided... not even using the tail as support. I've had more problems keeping the AvP warrior balanced. Obviously, I've only had a few minutes of "playtime", we'll see how things evolve.
Now to the less thrilling part.
I'm not quite sure yet that I like its looks better than the AvP's...
I guess it has a lot to do with the color scheme. Somehow HT managed a much better effect with the simpler color scheme of the AvP alien than with this one, IMHO. As it stands, this one will not go without a repaint along the lines of what Les did to his warrior, whereas the AvP alien looks perfect to me straight out of the box. I mean, I actually cringed when I saw the naked black plastic shine of the palms of the hands, it just looks very cheap.
I can't help but look over at the McF alien and wonder how they can achieve so much with so little.
Anyway, once it gets a little repaint, I'm sure this critter will expose its full potential!

Awesome figure, I can't wait to get back to it and play around some more! It's that kind of figure, it just begs to be posed.

EDIT: Alright, after some more quality time with my new alien buddy, I can attest to the coolness of this figure. Simply amazing!
One small detail in my figure, one of the foot pegs protrudes more from the socket in the leg, which irks me somewhat... but there seems to be no solution, as it does not seem to want to go further in.

One more observation:
The inner structure seems to be different this time around, the range of motion of the neck and chest/mid-riff areas seems to be less than on the AvP figure. Anybody else notice this?

 

[FACEBOX]

The only problem I have with mine is the paint flaking off a little.
Other than that, I have no foot peg problem, no articulation irks...... nada.

Bring on the Queen.

 

[BLASTER]

I wasn't at home to sign for the 3 attempted fedx deliveries. So I went down Saturday to fedx and picked it up. Had to work so it waited to be opened. Got home, ate dinner, got comfy on the couch to enjoy opening the Alien...

Disappointment! the left knee joint and the right elbow were broken right in the package. The shipping and product box were not beat up at all so this came broken from the factory or I got someone else's return?
I've already submitted a return request.
I did go ahead and take it out to look it over. One foot was so loose that it would fall off just touching it.
Hopefully I'll have better luck with the replacement.
Seeing the flimsy joint construction in this figure has me a little concerned about the sturdiness of the powerloader. When the loaders come out who can take theirs apart and get each part cnc'ed in aluminum? I'm in for 1

Steven

 

[Super Poseable]

Disappointment! the left knee joint and the right elbow were broken right in the package. The shipping and product box were not beat up at all so this came broken from the factory or I got someone else's return?

You and I are in the same boat. Only the right elbow is broken on mine, and I've asked for replacement. Someone on the assembly line doesn't know his/her own strength when pushing the limbs together. It's silly that the soft joint cover actually disguised the fault and held the pieces together!

 

[abake]

Disaster has struck!

I spent friday night with the kids at my mom's and only came back home last night. As I picked up my nearly untouched new Aliens warrior to show the kids how cool it could be posed the right knee simply fell off!
I didn't even try any outrageous pose... I only straightened out the knee and was left with the lower leg dangling in my hand!
This may sound ridiculous, but I was so upset even my kids were sad!

Now I'm wondering what I should do. Sending it back to Sideshow for a replacement all the way from Colombia will cost me an arm and a leg. Or should I just ask HT for a replacement part for the knee joint? It should be fairly easy to fix.

What do you guys think?

I'm really depressed.

 

[Bardoon]

This is sad, seems like this one if having quite a number of more breaks than the AvP Alien was having.

 

[abake]

Yeah, and it confirms my suspicion that the joint must've been somewhat "weak", 'cause it's just impossible that it should break from simply flexing it.

 

[PROWL]

the only thing I can think when I see this is "hang 10", all he needs is the a surf board

 

[Socko]

Great shots! Especially Wookser!

Here are mine, posted before somewhere else in the forum

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Come to think of it, it's actually all my fault, I started this mess weeks ago when I got my warrior, and it inspired similar remarks.

It's rather difficult to pose the Alien warriors entangled with one another to get a battle pose and not have it look like they're ****ing...

Hey what do you expect of Giger's creations?? Have you seen any of his other work? It's perfectly natural!!

 

[Reinhardt]

Hey what do you expect of Giger's creations?? Have you seen any of his other work? It's perfectly natural!!

 

[metaphorge]

It's rather difficult to pose the Alien warriors entangled with one another to get a battle pose and not have it look like they're ****ing cuz there's no motion going to show the action.

This makes me want to make stop-motion xenomorph pr0n.

 

[abake]

Well, it has been quite a week-end!
Got the HT warrior Friday.
Played a bit with it on Saturday night and ended up with one leg in my hand.
Was heart-broken for a night and a day, and took it Sunday night over to a freind's.
After two hours of intensive surgery, some tin plates and steel screws, and the judicious use of a dremel tool, the warrior's knee was once again functional!
It is not very strong, but with careful weight distribution, it manges to hold a pose.

I'll still write HT to see ask them for a replacement part.
I'll keep you guys posted on how it goes.

 

[shockwave]

I haven't recieved mine yet. Just a dumb question. Do the arms on the figure swival @ the elbow section? Thanks.

 

[abake]

Yes they do. The knees also swivel.