Hot Toys Giger Alien

[SilentSurfer]

Deal with his back tubes and face. It's not like any of us actually fought a real Alien.

*don't come back at me with "I saw pictures of the costume from every angle" and "I've sat through the movie 1,000 times on slow motion to see every angle of the alien and to jerk it to ripley's buttcrack".*

But I have and I did. You just described the reason why I can't accept this Alien as good enough. Scary how well you know me.

Go bang a xenomorph. It's the only way to be sure.

I like you. Your an a--hole, but you're a funny a--hole. Stick around.

You guys need to start e-mailing/posting on HT's facebook page or whatever and let them know what you don't like about the figure.

OH, you can be sure Hot Toys is reading this forum They pay very close attention to this site.

I'm just not sure what's worse: waiting this long for a less than perfect Alien, or waiting til it's no longer the 30th anniversary year for a revamped figure. I'm betting that little to nothing will change on this despite our criticisms.

 

[Sabres21768]

Yep, they obviously DO NOT value their Alien fans as much as they do the Predator fans.

 

[CelticPredator]

Like this Sabes?

 

[Sabres21768]

Like this Sabes?

Yeah, that's it.

Thanks dude.

Still not great looking, but better than what they've shown us.

What do you think?

And would you mind doing it on a few more...maybe some of the full figure views?

 

[CelticPredator]

If it has a chance to help, gladly. I'm gonna wait for the specs though. Easier to PS.

 

[Sabres21768]

If it has a chance to help, gladly. I'm gonna wait for the specs though. Easier to PS.

Cool, thanks.

I look forward to what you can make it look like.

 

[Devil_666]

Isn't the skull supposed to be smooth like a human skull!?

 

[CelticPredator]

Yes it is.

 

[SilentSurfer]

The eye sockets should actually be bigger, but they should be less slanted back and more forward like a human skull. Giger loved human skulls in his art. That's the basis for what he put into that dome.

 

[Sabres21768]

Isn't the skull supposed to be smooth like a human skull!?

Yep, it is.

But, I'll take a fix on the eye sockets and be happy.

 

[Devil_666]

Gimme a minute here..

 

[Sabres21768]

Waiting....

 

[a-dev]

This is hands down the worst Alien figure ever made imo. Worse then Kenner, worse then McF, worse then Medicom, and way worse then NECA. Good lord. I have never been this pissed at a damn toy before.....but cripes.

OK theres no way I'd go that far. You could make an argument for 'most disappointing' alright because of the expectations we have generally in this day&age and our particular expectations of Hot Toys - maybe this is what you really mean. But in terms of quality its leaps&bounds ahead of Kenner at least. Can't speak about Medicom but sculpt-wise I certainly prefer my little 7" NECA to this Hot Toys one.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Eye socket accuracy reference pic

 

[CelticPredator]

OK theres no way I'd go that far. You could make an argument for 'most disappointing' alright because of the expectations we have generally in this day&age and our particular expectations of Hot Toys - maybe this is what you really mean. But in terms of quality its leaps&bounds ahead of Kenner at least. Can't speak about Medicom but sculpt-wise I certainly prefer my little 7" NECA to this Hot Toys one.

Hey, the head is key. You screw that up, the whole thing falls apart.

 

[Buttmunch]

Hey, the head is key. You screw that up, the whole thing falls apart.

No, you are thinking of the rubber and plastic used on the figure

 

[plasmid303]

I would prefer if HT went with a different material this time around (like a soft vinyl). The rubbery stuff they used for the prior xenomorph figures worked well because those were portrayed on screen as very fast, nimble, and agile so the soft rubber stuff helped in posing them in various contortions. I don't think it'd be necessary on the big chap and would be more durable in result.

 

[a-dev]

Hey, the head is key. You screw that up, the whole thing falls apart.

I agree but not to the extent that its worse than Kenner. Its just disappointing, and not worth buying at its inevitable price when it isn't accurate as it could have been.

 

[Devil_666]

Photo Manipulation Mod 1

What do you guys think of this?

 

[Biojex]

Photo Manipulation Mod 1

What do you guys think of this?

looks a heck of alot better