>>7962675When I was a kid I loved Aliens and wanted toys real bad, but they were not sold in my country at the time (1998).
I do not know why, because I had shitloads of Kenner Jurassic Park dinos. One of them came with a booklet which had pictures of the Kenner Aliens line. I wanted them so bad.
I built xenos out of legos, clay, whatever just to quench my thirst for an alien toy. I had shitty Chinese bootlegs that somewhat resembled xenomorphs as stand ins.
I had to wait until 2003 to get proper figures, when McFralane released their first wave.
I fucking splurged all my allowance on those.
I bought the Alien and Predator set, with the light up eggs, the dog alien, then the queen and finally the resurrection warrior. Even though I was 14 at this point and grown out of actively playing with toys, I was elated.
Much later, in 2018, I bought the Neca dog alien and I have mixed feelings about it. The sculpt, potability and engineering is much better than the McFaralne one, but the joints were loose as hell out of the box. The hind legs have these weird, uneven pads that make it hard for the figure to stand on its own. I understand it is "movie accurate", but I wish they would have at least flattened the bottom of the soles. Fortunately the tail can provide good enough support, but thanks to the loose joints and the shitty feet, pulling off interesting poses can be a nightmare. Otherwise, it would be a great figure.
I wish Neca had better QC, because their figures do look great IMHO, but they do not feel sturdy enough. I am not sure if I should start collecting them.
