Hot Toys - MMS 106 - Alien - BIG CHAP collectible figure

[DSD]

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Yep, full agreement here. I still say that when you watch the original film, in motion, it's impossible to see the skull.

 

[Hedji]

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At the risk of being silly, it would be neat if they offered two interchangeable domes of different translucency.

 

[MaulFan]

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Nothing silly at all, would be nice to have both options, everyone would likely be happy with one or the other that way.

 

[abake]

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That's probably not far from the truth.

I am curious though, as this debate with sabres has my mind interested in other's POVs on this: for those who believe the skull is part of the alien biology, do you believe that the sockets are how the alien sees? Are those his 'eyes'?

I always believed -- again from my reading way back when -- that the whole slimy dome was a sensor type thing, that there was no specific sight mechanism, just a sonar/whatever/sensing area that could 'view' in all directions. And I always thought that was very cool and...alien.

I'm curious what others believe in terms of how the alien 'sees'.

I think the skull is just some useless genetic information the alien acquired from Kane and has no bearing whatsoever on how it perceives the world around it. I too believe it sense the world through some form of echo-location coupled with other senses we don't really know anything about. For all we know, all the tube-like constructs across its skin are delicate sensing mechanisms that pick up electromagnetic fields, "changes in the molecular density of the air" or pheromones...
I think pheromones is the preferred way of alien's sensing their surroundings in the comics.

 

[DSD]

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At the risk of being silly, it would be neat if they offered two interchangeable domes of different translucency.

I was saying the same thing earlier in the thread. In fact for a high end figure like this, I don't see why they can't give us several alternate heads, not just alternate domes. I mean, they do it for plenty of the other MMS figures, and it's not like there are any accessories with the Alien.

Come on Hot Toys!

 

[MaulFan]

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One of the nicest features of the HT Alien figures is that the toroso runs right into the head, there's no joint, it's all hidden, and with the designs of the creatures, it looks much better that way, and really, what is there to change other than swapping out the dome? There's no expressions to the head, the mouth opens, the mouth closes, that all Alien heads do and the existing head does it.

 

[RIDDICK]

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Still need much improvement.

Giger style!!!

Too long and thick fingers.

 

[DSD]

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Well personally I'd rather they ditched the jaw mechanism because the little notch detracts from the figure, and the opening of the jaw puts stress on the rubber (as my poor Aliens figure attests). So for one thing they could have a non cloudy dome with jaw closed, like that shot earlier in the thread of Bodajo squatting on set, a cloudy dome with jaw open, or they could have the two main head types as alternatives (the smaller stunt head, and the larger one seen in the promo shots taken with Giger).

Yeah, wishful thinking perhaps. But I just think there is a massive missed opportunity here. The market is there (we are it!) for a definitive version of Giger's Alien. Something which honours the prop, the film appearance, everything. A deluxe tribute if you will. The line is called "Movie Masterpieces" isn't it? Well what we're getting falls some distance short of that.

As for swapping heads, I'm sure they could come up with some clever way of hiding the join. After all, they managed it for the film!

 

[Hedji]

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I think the skull is just some useless genetic information the alien acquired from Kane and has no bearing whatsoever on how it perceives the world around it.

That is cool, man. So weird!

 

[MaulFan]

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As for swapping heads, I'm sure they could come up with some clever way of hiding the join. After all, they managed it for the film!

Not everything achieved in 1:1 scale can be translated into 1:6 and I think that's one case. It's easy to blend seams into the Alien design at full size like a film costume, but with the thickness of materials not being exactly 1:6 and all, it becomes more challenging on figures. Same for a lot of situations with clothes and all. While patterns are scaled to 1:6 the original, most times, it's hard to get a fabric that's much less than the exact same thickness of the 1:1, so it's not a perfect look.

As for the lever on the jaw mechanism, it is distracting, and strangely it's never been that prominent before and I don't understand why on this figure it is so much more visible.

 

[abake]

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I don't think exchangeable heads would be a good alternative, but FWIW, Medicom's figure has a separate head that you can detach from the body and it works pretty well.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Yes, the skull is just some useless genetic thing.

Just like the mandibles for the PredAlien are pretty useless.

 

[prefused]

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Just like the mandibles for the PredAlien are pretty useless.

were mandibles useful on predators? i don't remember them being used for anything except looking cool.
worked for the predalien too.

 

[DSD]

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Not everything achieved in 1:1 scale can be translated into 1:6 and I think that's one case. It's easy to blend seams into the Alien design at full size like a film costume, but with the thickness of materials not being exactly 1:6 and all, it becomes more challenging on figures. Same for a lot of situations with clothes and all. While patterns are scaled to 1:6 the original, most times, it's hard to get a fabric that's much less than the exact same thickness of the 1:1, so it's not a perfect look.

I hear what you're saying, but it would just have to be different, that's all. If a 5" tall Dr Who figure can have interchangeable heads, then so could this. It wouldn't necessarily be seamless, but if the join is well under the skull it would be hard to see anyway.

It's not a biggie though. Frankly I'd rather it came with a head that was accurate to at least one source from the film, and they haven't even done that.

 

[GreenDragon]

sigh....... at least the base looks good. too bad THE FIGURE STILL LOOKS LIKE CRAP! lol doesnt seem like any improvement has been made at all.

 

[EVILFACE]

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Yea, man that figure looks like crap. . .

 

[wookster]

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sigh....... at least the base looks good. too bad THE FIGURE STILL LOOKS LIKE CRAP! lol doesnt seem like any improvement has been made at all.

Yea, man that figure looks like crap. . .

 

[Darren Carnall]

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there may be tiny things that are wrong or that people don't like... but it does not look crap

 

[DSD]

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I would never use the term "crap", but it's not good.

 

[Customikey]

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I really don't understand all the complaints. The guy looks damn good to me! But I'm not a prop aficionado. I'm just a guy who loves movies....