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This page is the beginning of a series of articles/webpages that will detail all sorts of collectibles
from the Alien universe. Upcoming topics will include things like garage kits, prop replicas,
costumes, etc... Here's where you come in: we need more research on the items featured here
(and in any of the topics just listed). Please, if you have ANYTHING to contribute, feel free to
let us know! In this first feature you will see some of the greatest products that never hit the shelves. Enjoy!
(some pictures reprinted from Tomart's Action Figure Digest, Issue No. 46)
For more information on unproduced collectibles, check out Marc Cawiezel's The History of Unproduced ALIEN and PREDATOR Toys!
Alien
- Perhaps due to the fiasco (or fury) over the original 18" Alien Warrior, Kenner decided not to not proceed with
production their planned 3 3/4" Alien action figures (the same scale of their popular Star Wars action figures).
Five different prototypes were made: Ripley, Ash, Dallas, Ripley in Spacesuit, and what would surely have been one of
the most desireable action figures ever made, the original Alien Warrior.
Ripley, Ash & Dallas 
Kane in Nostromo Space Suit & Alien
Additional Kane & Warrior shots
Ripley Prototype
Ripley Prototype (exploded view)
Ash Prototype
Ash Prototype (exploded view)
Alien Prototype
Alien Prototype (front exploded view)
Alien Prototype (back exploded view)
Alien Prototype (painted sample)
Alien Prototype (painted sample)
Alien Prototype (painted sample)
Alien Prototype (painted sample)
Alien Prototype (painted sample)
- Your Email
- Subject: Re: 1979 Kenner toys
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:33:10 -0500 (CDT)
- From: ROBETDED@ix.netcom.com
- To: alienscollection.com
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"I wouldn't exactly call myself an expert on them, but over the last couple of months I've heard about them and made it my
crusade to find photos or something about them. Here's what I've found out.
In 1979, Kenner thought that if any sci-fi flick had the power to overtake Star Wars, it was Alien, so they retrieved
the rights to the figures. After the 18" Alien was boycotted and banned from the shelves, Kenner declined to produce the figures.
I originally heard in Toy Collector magazine about these in an article about lines that never made it. They only listed Ash,
Ripley, Dallas, and an Alien figure as planned for the line. There is this one guy
who is a 80's toy nut, who I've talked to a lot over this period of time
and he told me that the Dallas' body appears to be a repaint of the Leia
Bespin's body and that Ripley is somewhat a re-hash of the Bespin Security
Guard. I've heard that the complete line was listed and some pictures were
shown in Tomart awhile back, but I can't personally confirm this. I was
content with believing only 4 figures were planned, until a couple of days
ago when I was surfing and found a page that specialized in female action
figures. In their never made it archives, there were two Ripleys listed
from the failed line. One was in the assumed flight officer uniform, and
the other which was news to me was the Ripley in a spacesuit (end of movie,
blows it out the airlock). This led me to believe that maybe Parker,
Lambert, Kane, or some of the others may have also been planned. I've also
had hopes of finding out about some massive Alien Ship playset that was
planned, but no. I will try to spread the word to you when I find out anything more."
-Robb
Aliens
Kenner
- Our personal favorite all-time never produced item was the full size Dropship for the 1993 Aliens action figures (Kenner #65820).
Loosely translated, the Japanese text reads: "Drop Item, which means the item was dropped from the product line (due to a sales
depression and the changing character design). It only exists as a prototype and/or was made as a complete product, but later
sold off. Impossible to get at any price. This is the Dropship from the film Aliens made by
Kenner and refined from the design adopted in the movie. One amazing item, it has fine
features such as a missile pod that works just as it did in the film. Unfortunately, as a result of poor orders following Toy
Fair, just like the name, the ship was dropped (literally).
How unfortunate for collectors.
Dropship Playset (this picture reprinted from S.M.H. magazine Vol. 5)
- Kenner also planned a "Mini-Dropship"
And a full size APC (Kenner #65850) to hold the figures.
You can see this info listed and even a pic of the Mini-Dropship on page 230 of the Advance Comics catalog (February 1994) as well as the Previews catalog. As some of you may already know, the "Mini-Dropship" was released with a different paint scheme and decals under Kenner's VR Troopers toy line.
For those of you who wonder why the action figures of Hudson, Vasquez and O'Mally (this guy wasn't in the movie I saw, must've been the Special Special Edition) weren't released in the United States you may find this of interest: they WERE intended to be released but suffered the fate of poor sales. Of even greater interest was that there was a 2nd Assortment Wave of Space Marines that was to include the "Marines" from Predator: Dutch, Billy and Blaine (listed in the same Advance Comics issue, page 229 as Jungle Dutch, High-Tech Dutch, Blaine and Big Knife Billy).
- In 1994 Kenner was selling a direct mail order Darth Vader statue as part of their "CinemaCast"
series of high-end collectible statues. There was a copyright notice at the bottom for Aliens and
Predator, and in fact, an Aliens Queen prototype was made, but unfortunately, never made it into
production. You can see pics over at
The 8th Passenger.
Unproduced Action Figures
Amber Alien
Amber Alien 2
Amber Alien 3
Orange Alien 2
Galoob
- Amazingly enough, even though 10 years had passed since Aliens,
Galoob actually
had the genius to create Action Fleet Vehicles from Aliens. Cancelled due to lack of demand was the
"Outer World Playstation," really a micro version of LV-426. This was one of the most amazing
playsets ever created, and included micro figures of Bishop, Gorman, Ripley (in Power Loader) and
assorted Aliens.
LV-426 Playset (exterior)
LV-426 Playset (interior)
LV-426 Playset Promo shot
LV-426 Playset Detailed features
Micromachines Powerloader
Micromachines Bishop and Gorman
There was also talk of making a micro Jordan Tractor from the Special Edition (again, as listed in Previews) but those plans
were cancelled as well. With a huge credit to Erik Shank, we're thrilled to bring you the first seen shots of what would've
been an Aliens classic.
Action Fleet Jordan Tractor
Action Fleet Jordan Tractor 2
Action Fleet Jordan Tractor 3
Jordan Tractor Prototype and Engineering 2 Up
Jordan Tractor Prototype and Engineering 2 Up
Jordan Tractor Prototype and Engineering 2 Up
Action Fleet Predator Ship 1
Action Fleet Predator Ship 2
Finally, there were tentative plans to release all three micromachine sets in one large package (Galoob #74848) like the
Star Wars & Star Trek collections (as seen on page 72 of Lee's Action Figure News & Toy Review and also in the Advance
Comics catalog).
Complete Aliens Collection Micromachines
Matchbox
In 1989 Matchbox Toys had released a large scale action figure called "Maxx FX." The toy was shipped with a Freddy Krueger costume and planned future versions were to include Dracula, Frankenstien and, yep, that's right, an ALIEN costume. As in the case with the Kenner figure, parents protested and the line was cancelled (you know, my parents let me play with Aliens toys, and look how I turned out).
MaxxFX
Ogawa Studios (Japan)
Your Email
Subject: Alien Prototype from Ogawa Studios Unproduced
From: Bruce White
To: alienscollection.com
"I bought this a couple of months ago and I can't find outÊwhether or not this figure made it into production.
It is an Alien warrior from "Aliens" made by Ogawa Studios, Inc in 1998. It has copyright dates on one of the back spines (TM 1986, 1998 by FOX) and copyright dates on the base (TM & c 1986, 1998 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All rights reserved. Ogawa Studios latex model).
The figure is 20" tall and Êmade of latex over foam with a wire skeleton underneath. The arms and legs are bendable at knees and elbows. Tail is also flexible. The base is a completely seperate piece and is made of heavy rubber. I have the sample box also.
The only information I can find on the internet is that Ogawa made an Alien mask in 1998. Ogawa is still in business in Japan, making pull-over latex masks. ÊI couldn't find anything about an Alien Êfigure."Ê
-Bruce
Side view
Front view
Box art
Alien 3
- Halcyon had planned an EEV model, but the amount of interest in the kit didn't demand sending it to the molds. With help from
Halcyon, we're proud to bring you these rare photos of the wooden master pattern that was going to be use to
produce the kit:
Bottom
Right side (with hatch)
Close up of right side (with hatch detail)
Close up of left side (with hatch detail)
Front 3/4 view
Bottom 3/4 view
Front
Left 3/4 view
Bottom
Right 3/4 view
Left 3/4 view
Right 3/4 view
Front
Front 3/4 view
- Your Email
- Subject: Halcyon EEV
- Date: May 27, 2003
- From: Halcyon Models
- To: wgoldman@earthlink.net
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"Text here....
text here..."
-Halcyon Models
Starpics planned to include Alien 3 tatoos with random packs of it's trading cards but gave up on the idea.
There were plans to make an Alien 3 full size door poster (similar to the Aliens one) but it never materialized.
Alien Resurrection
- Galoob had a set of micromachines planned, but they were scrapped. The assortment was to include the Auriga, Betty, Harvester (early script draft) and a few characters.
- Kenner had Dave Dorman design 8 figures, but only 6 were released. According to the following email, the remaining two were none other than
Colonial Marines:
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:18:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Dorman
Subject: Question about Alien "Signature Series" toys
Hi -
I only designed the figures. I did not do the actual sculpting. I am sorry if the info lead to any confusion about that.
The other designs were for Colonial Marines, because the company wanted to continue the previuos toy interest in the Marines into this line of
toys. Even though, obviously, there were no Marines in the film! Silly but I did the designs anyway.
Hope that answers your question. thanks for the email!
- Dave Dorman
- Finally, Harper scrubbed their plans for a 1998 Alien Resurrection calendar.
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Alien 20th Anniversary Unproduced Figure
20th Anniversary Figure
Warrior
Another Warrior
Additional pic of above
Additional pic of above
Additional pic of above
The above figure is an unproduced 20th Anniversary Alien Warrior 8 1/2" Action Figure Prototype that was to be a single follow
up piece to Hasbro's Signature Series Alien Resurrection line (most likely in 1998 or 1999). The design team was given free
reign to design and sculpt the best Giger inspired Alien Warrior from the first film and used every bit of 2D & 3D reference
material they could find to make it as accurate as possible. This prototype is cast in 3 different colored plastics and is articulated at the neck, shoulders & hips. Head, back spikes,
tail & left leg are removable and are held in place by plastic pegs. If you have any information on the above figure, please contact us.
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Additional Alien Saga Unproduced & Prototype Figures
Different Warrior prototype
Additional pic of above
Warrior prototype head
Warrior prototype back
The above unproduced figure is supposed to be one of the first 4 figures scultped & proposed to Kenner
in 1991 before they changed it to a slightly larger scale & more kid/comic oriented line. It comes
apart into 7 pieces & is about 4" high. If you have any information on the above figure, please contact us.
Smash Marine
Egg Pod Alien Hatchling
Additional pic
Unknown Egg prototype
Vasquez prototype pic
Vasquez prototype exploded pic
Killer Crab Alien prototype 1
Killer Crab Alien prototype 2
Killer Crab Alien prototype 3
Killer Crab Alien prototype 4
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Predator Unproduced & Prototype Figures
R'zor
Underwater
Spiked Tail Predator
Heavy Infantry Predator
Heavy Infantry Predator 2
Hive Wars Predator
Uknown Predator prototype 1
Uknown prototype 2
Uknown prototype 3
Uknown prototype 4
Unique Predator with accessories on Stalker Predator card
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