In 1979, Kenner’s Alien action figure was the toy to get. Huge, and prohibitively expensive compared to a kid’s allowance, it depended on parental goodwill to purchase. And that was in short supply.

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Hiya Toys is back with more 1/18 scale figures for their continuously growing Alien figure line. Two new figures have arrived coming from two different films from the Alien franchise with the original ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ridley Scott’s Alien landed in theaters back in 1979 and became a seminal piece of science-fiction ...

"In space, no one can hear you scream" — especially now, as Mezco Toyz is releasing an all-new film-accurate collectible action figure of the perfect organism: the "Alien" xenomorph. The iconic ...

The story of this article goes back a few days where the boss man here at Dread Central, Mr. Steve Barton, asked me if I could make a photo gallery of some cool retro horror toys. I’m not too into old ...

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If this isn’t the coolest news to come out of SDCC ’12, I’ll eat my hat (if I wore one). Retro toys are some of the best collectibles, bar none. No, they may not drip with screen accuracy, or be ...