Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Action Figure of the Week: Alien (1979; Kenner)




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  1. Is anyone else finding something a tad odd about the idea of marketing toys based on a film that was rated "R"? I was nine when it came out. All my classmates knew about the movie, all of us wanted to see it - it was a "space" movie after all and we were all of the "minds blown by Star Wars" generation but none of us actually got to see Alien until years later!

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  2. My brother got me this for Christmas, much to my parent's consternation. They'd heard all the hype about it (an "R rated" toy being marketed to kids). I didn't mind in the least. My Shogun Warrior Raydeen, Godzilla, and my King Kong doll had a new wrestling opponent!

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