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The Toyark › Aliens and Predator Toy News › Alien Day Space Marine Vasquez Figure – Toyark Photo Shoot

Alien Day Space Marine Vasquez Figure – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on April 26, 2017 at 7:03 am by Joe Moore under Aliens and Predator Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

In celebration of the Alien franchise, April 26th has been deemed Alien Day! The date was chosen to honor LV-426, the planetoid that the Nostromo crew, and years later the Colonial Marines, would encounter the Xenomorph species. NECA is celebrating the day as well, by releasing a special edition figure that will be available via Toysrus.com.

UPDATE:
The figure will exclusively be available from TheNecaStore.com and will not be coming to Toys “R” Us online. The figure is available to everyone!

If you are an Alien Club member, you can via TheNecaStore.com (which counts towards the year end bonus). Non-club members can also visit TheNecaStore.com to purchase the figure as well! NECA was generous enough to send along a sample of their Aliens – Kenner Homage – Space Marine Vasquez 7″ Scale Figure for us to check out.

“Celebrate Alien Day 2017 with a special edition tribute to the classic Kenner Vasquez figure from the early ’90s! Private Jenette Vasquez comes with knife, sheath and pulse rifle accessories.

The 7” scale figure features the likeness of Jenette Goldstein, and has over 25 points of articulation. The blister card packaging is an homage to the classic as well — it’s the perfect companion piece to the 2016 Alien Day Exclusive Ripley action figure!”

We have nearly 50 high resolution photos to check out as well as a review. Click the links above to order the figure. Read on for our photos and review.

Aliens – Kenner Homage – Space Marine Vasquez 7″ Scale Figure

Pros

  • Great take on the original Kenner figure
  • Excellent paint apps
  • Good articulation
  • Looks great with Kenner Ripley
  • Strong joints

Cons

  • None

Overall
The Space Marine Vasquez figure comes packaged in a standard NECA blister card. The packaging features Kenner inspired packaging art, including a new painting of Vasquez for the insert. On the back, you can see a check list of many of the Kenner inspired Aliens and Predator figures. Vasquez sits in a plastic tray using two twist ties to hold the figure in. She includes a Pulse Rifle and a knife.

When the original NECA Vasquez figure was released last year, it was one of the best Colonial Marines released by NECA. The great sculpt and likeness were complimented by a nicely handled paint deco. The sculpt here feels largely the same, minus the armor, head gear and Smart Gun. The head sculpt is new though. It was excellent then and remains excellent now. So, even if this release matched that figure in terms of quality and paint application, it would be a winner. Some how, the Kenner inspired Vasquez looks even better. NECA adjusted the paints used a bit, refining the details and adding an even more lifelike look to the head sculpt. Vasquez now even sports her trademark teardrop tattoo on her cheek. Other areas are handled with just as much care, with excellent paint washes and lightly layered colors throughout. The skin quality, using the translucent skin colored plastic, looks especially great here. The colors are a great overall throwback to the Kenner Vasquez figure, with a blue bandana, red shirt black pants and yellow boots. They even added a functional knife sheath strapped to her calf.

Vasquez includes a Pulse Rifle and a knife (stored in the sheath). The original Kenner figure included a massive rocket firing weapon, which is sadly not replicated here. Outside of that, this is a fantastic release. The sculpt looks really good, the paint work is excellent and all of the joints were nice and tight without any paint locking issues. Vasquez looks great with Kenner style Riply as well as the Kenner style Aliens previously released. Check out a few select photos below and the full gallery after that.

Sector 09 backdrop available via Extreme-Sets.com.

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 04:02 AM

    Alien Day Space Marine Vasquez Figure - Toyark Photo Shoot





  2. beckmen has no avatar! beckmen says

    04-26-2017, 05:33 AM

    So I guess a Operations Vasquez (without the Smart gun and armor, how she appears through the majority of the movie) is a likelihood for a future release. I was wondering if they were going to make one.

    Can't say this makes me all that nostalgic, since the Vasquez figure was never released in the US, aside from a Kay-B Toys exclusive or something...and that was at the tail-end of the line.

  3. Cyclopswc's Avatar Cyclopswc says

    04-26-2017, 06:01 AM

    I got one! I still say the shipping is WAY high, but it's worth it.

  4. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    04-26-2017, 06:24 AM

    Wow...this is a hell of a surprise!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by beckmen View Post
    So I guess a Operations Vasquez (without the Smart gun and armor, how she appears through the majority of the movie) is a likelihood for a future release. I was wondering if they were going to make one.
    That possibility is probably going to prevent me from buying this one and trying to jury-rig a custom using parts from the smartgunner Vasquez. I was never into the old-school Kenner Space Marine figures, as even back then I thought they were goofy looking as hell, so this figure, as awesome as it otherwise looks, holds no nostalgic value for me. I'd love to have this figure, but only in the original film colors.

    That said, now that the body armor has been removed, we can certainly see that NECA has accurately sculpted Jeanette Goldstein's ample...*a-hem*..."attributes." I mean, yikes.

    By the way, I'm just curious...is this the original torso used for the smartgunner Vasquez? I mean, was the armor sculpted onto that figure, or was it glued over it?

  5. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 06:30 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    Wow...this is a hell of a surprise!

    That possibility is probably going to prevent me from buying this one and trying to jury-rig a custom using parts from the smartgunner Vasquez. I was never into the old-school Kenner Space Marine figures, as even back then I thought they were goofy looking as hell, so this figure, as awesome as it otherwise looks, holds no nostalgic value for me. I'd love to have this figure, but only in the original film colors.

    That said, now that the body armor has been removed, we can certainly see that NECA has accurately sculpted Jeanette Goldstein's ample...*a-hem*..."attributes." I mean, yikes.

    By the way, I'm just curious...is this the original torso used for the smartgunner Vasquez? I mean, was the armor sculpted onto that figure, or was it glued over it?
    I believe if you cut the armor, you could remove it. I think this torso was used on the original release as well.

  6. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    04-26-2017, 06:50 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I believe if you cut the armor, you could remove it. I think this torso was used on the original release as well.
    Yeah, looking at my figure now, it totally looks like you could cut the armor off, like with the John Matrix Commando figure. And if you down the collar of the armored vest, you can see the cross necklace and dogtags, so it's totally the same torso.

    That being the case, maybe it wouldn't be so hard to make a custom after all, depending if the heads are removable or not (does anyone know?). All I would have to do is swap heads and paint the Kenner headband red, easy. *EDIT* Shit, forgot about the pattern on the bandanna...not so easy. *grumble*

    BTW, when you say Toys R Us is carrying these, is that just online or in-store as well? After all, they had the Kenner Ripley in-store (I can still find her here and there, as a matter of fact). If so, any chance they would they actually have them out on pegs today?

  7. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 07:07 AM

    UPDATE:
    Will not be coming to Toys "R" Us Online any longer. Got confirmation a few minutes ago.

  8. Satam's Avatar Satam says

    04-26-2017, 07:49 AM

    Is it just me or is the likeness better on the "Kenner" figure?

  9. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 07:54 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satam View Post
    Is it just me or is the likeness better on the "Kenner" figure?
    It does appear to be. It is a new head sculpt with even better paint apps.

  10. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 08:03 AM

    Will not be coming to Toys "R" Us Online any longer. Got confirmation direct from Randy a few minutes ago.

  11. Gunathar's Avatar Gunathar says

    04-26-2017, 08:09 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    I was never into the old-school Kenner Space Marine figures, as even back then I thought they were goofy looking as hell, so this figure, as awesome as it otherwise looks, holds no nostalgic value for me. I'd love to have this figure, but only in the original film colors.
    Same here. Not into Kenner nostalgia, but I'm glad NECA made this for the fans. Also, since the mold is already done, it most certainly means we'll be getting a movie accurate boom-top Vasquez sometime later this year. Let's rock!

  12. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    04-26-2017, 08:41 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    It does appear to be. It is a new head sculpt with even better paint apps.
    It does seem like they did the eyebrows better on this one and then they also gave it the tear-drop tattoo.

    A cool repaint but not a must-have figure which is the way more limited/exclusive figures should be. It also does feel inevitable that we'll see this redone in proper movie colors through some more generally accessible means of release.

  13. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    04-26-2017, 09:06 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    Will not be coming to Toys "R" Us Online any longer. Got confirmation direct from Randy a few minutes ago.
    You say "any longer," which suggests that this wasn't simply a miscommunication...were they pulled from TRU for some reason?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gunathar View Post
    Same here. Not into Kenner nostalgia, but I'm glad NECA made this for the fans. Also, since the mold is already done, it most certainly means we'll be getting a movie accurate boom-top Vasquez sometime later this year. Let's rock!
    Indeed. I'd buy a movie-accurate version of this figure in a second.

  14. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-26-2017, 09:26 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    You say "any longer," which suggests that this wasn't simply a miscommunication...were they pulled from TRU for some reason?

    Indeed. I'd buy a movie-accurate version of this figure in a second.
    Don't have any other info on it. My original communications on the figure indicated that it was supposed to be available via TRU online today. This morning, Randy messaged me and said these weren't coming to TRU anymore.

  15. Jester's Avatar Jester says

    04-26-2017, 10:31 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    It does seem like they did the eyebrows better on this one and then they also gave it the tear-drop tattoo.
    As much as I love the old Kenner figures and hope that NECA will replicate more of them, I can't believe that they saved the teardrop tattoo and boot-knife for this figure...

  16. SpasticPlastic's Avatar SpasticPlastic says

    04-26-2017, 11:17 AM

    I ordered it right away this morning. My jaw dropped quite a bit when I saw the $17.31 shipping charge. At that price, I'm hoping to have her by the weekend. Sheesh. Or maybe Randy is hand-delivering them? I love NECA and support almost every toy line, but man, their shipping charges are pretty insane.

  17. Weapon X's Avatar Weapon X says

    04-26-2017, 12:19 PM

    That's ridiculous, I wouldn't pay it.

    Btw, is their height difference accurate? It's pretty steep.

  18. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    04-26-2017, 12:59 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic View Post
    My jaw dropped quite a bit when I saw the $17.31 shipping charge.
    GTFO. That's nuts...some companies will overnight you shit for less than that.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Weapon X View Post
    Btw, is their height difference accurate? It's pretty steep.
    According to Google:

    • Sigourney Weaver - 6'0"
    • Jenette Goldstein - 5'3"

    So yeah, the height difference looks pretty accurate.

  19. SpasticPlastic's Avatar SpasticPlastic says

    04-26-2017, 02:40 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    GTFO. That's nuts...some companies will overnight you shit for less than that.
    Yep. I almost didn't order it, but my OCD was having none of that. I already skipped on entering the club (which caused the shakes, sweating profusely, and loss of sleep) so this felt like a good compromise.

  20. Bo Ttef's Avatar Bo Ttef says

    04-26-2017, 02:54 PM

    Makes me wonder if the Club Exclusive will be something like O'Malley instead of an Alien....the sort of figure that would be dead at retail. An alien exclusive that would make $$$ at retail seems like a poor choice- but a Kenner Marine in funky colors that nobody has ever heard of? Now that has exclusive written all over it.

  21. Satam's Avatar Satam says

    04-26-2017, 05:10 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jester View Post
    As much as I love the old Kenner figures and hope that NECA will replicate more of them, I can't believe that they saved the teardrop tattoo and boot-knife for this figure...
    If it makes you feel any better, they didn't get the tattoo right.

  22. Weapon X's Avatar Weapon X says

    04-26-2017, 07:24 PM

    I get that they're wearing really high 80's pants, but their crotch pieces look so weird...

    Otherwise nice looking figures though. NECA has really evolved over the years.

  23. Jester's Avatar Jester says

    04-27-2017, 10:25 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satam View Post
    If it makes you feel any better, they didn't get the tattoo right.
    It doesn't, really, but thanks for trying.

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