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The Toyark › Aliens and Predator Toy News › NECA Aliens Arcade Video Game Appearance Alien Warrior – Toyark Photo Shoot

NECA Aliens Arcade Video Game Appearance Alien Warrior – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on May 23, 2017 at 10:30 am by Joe Moore under Aliens and Predator Toy News, Random Photo Shoot, Video Game Toy News

In 1990, Konami released a licensed arcade game based on the hit film Aliens. The game was a mix of side-scrolling shoot ’em up actions, as well as 3rd person shooter levels. In the 2-player game, you control either Ellen Ripley or Corporal Dwayne Hicks as you fight your way through Hadley’s Hope in an attempt to not only rescue Newt, but to destroy the Alien colony. You start out with the M65 Smartgun, but along the way, you can pick up an assortment of other weapons, and can even use the Power Loader to take on the assortment of Xenomorphs. The game itself was rather short, but an absolute joy to play in the arcades and is still among the best 1990’s Alien video games.

NECA has released a set of figures based on this classic arcade game. The set includes a hot pink, game accurate, version of the Alien Warrior, an Alien Egg, a green Facehugger and a pink Chestburster. Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth sent a set along, and I have 65+ photos and a review.

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Related Entertainment Earth links: Aliens Arcade Warrior Xenomorph, Aliens Series 11 Set, All NECA Aliens

Aliens Arcade Video Game Appearance Alien Warrior Set

Pros

  • Updated Alien Warrior articulation
  • New articulation adds some great posing options
  • Eye-catching color scheme
  • Turning it into a video game creature pack is great

Cons

  • Color scheme won’t be for everyone

Overall
This set comes packaged in a flapped window box that’s used throughout most of the Video Game Appearance (VGA) and Ultimate figure line up. The front features arcade cabinet inspired artwork, with the back and interior featuring game inspired photos of the figures. The set, as previously mentioned, includes the Alien Warrior, an Alien Egg, a Facehugger and a Chestburster. They come packaged on a plastic try and also include a cardboard diorama backdrop featuring game artwork.

After the release of the first Alien figure in the VGA line, an arcade version of the Alien Warrior was high on my want list. The oddly pink portrayal of the Aliens in the game had the potential to translate into a weird and fun figure. The hit pink, magenta and splashes of red really do work well here to portray a video game accurate version of the Alien Warrior. The bright colors pop well, with nice variations in the color to represent the 16-bit style shading. NECA also included video game themed versions of an opened Alien Egg, a Facehugger and a Chestburster, which just adds extra value to the set. The cel-shaded look works pretty nicely on those items as well. On all of these, the colors are hilariously garish, which makes them look even better when displayed with figures liek the Geniocide Aliens, the Thermal Vision AvP Warrior and other colorful variants.

The Egg, Facehugger and Chestburster, outside of paint, are largely unchanged from previous releases. The same cannot be said for the Alien Warrior. there are a few sculpting changes here, and changes to the articulation compared to the previous Alien Warrior figures. New or changed items I noticed were a greater range of motion in the neck joint, more space in the shoulders, removal of the upper arm swivels, newly articulated fingers, more movement in the torso, more space in the hips and newly sculpted feet, with the toe hinge moved farther forward. These changes, I believe, are going to be used on the upcoming Alien: Resurrection Warrior. Now, some of the greater range in areas could simply be due to the paint and plastic used here. The overall body feels ever so slightly softer, but the joints feel far tighter than my previous Alien Warriors. The new articulations is fantastic. While the removal of the bicep swivel may seem detrimental, it was largely redundant as the double jointed elbows already allowed for swivel movement.

I’m quite happy with this release. It’s a version of the figure I’ve wanted for some time now and it looks like it stepped right out of the game. The new articulation was a nice touch and adding in other creatures makes it a bargain at the price. Check out some highlight photos nelow and the full gallery after that.

Diorama backdrop available at Extreme-Sets.com

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› Companies: NECA › Characters: Alien Warrior, Facehugger, Chestburster › Scale: 7 Inch

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    05-23-2017, 07:29 AM

    NECA Aliens Arcade Video Game Appearance Alien Warrior – Toyark Photo Shoot









  2. xenofanlv426 has no avatar! xenofanlv426 says

    05-23-2017, 09:30 AM

    It's pink! It will fit in with my other Kenner stuff!

  3. xenofanlv426 has no avatar! xenofanlv426 says

    05-23-2017, 09:31 AM

    What is the new articulation?

  4. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    05-23-2017, 09:38 AM

    GoGurt Alien is fun, but it's not my thing.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by xenofanlv426 View Post
    What is the new articulation?
    Yeah, I was wondering how the articulation was upgraded myself. I see different knees...still double-jointed, but in a different way. And I see finger joints, although I can't tell if both fingers are individually articulated or not.

    Can you give us a rundown on exactly what's changed, Joe? Also, are there plans to re-release this Warrior in movie colors? Perhaps an upgraded Big Chap as well?

  5. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    05-23-2017, 09:42 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    Can you give us a rundown on exactly what's changed, Joe? Also, are there plans to re-release this Warrior in movie colors? Perhaps an upgraded Big Chap as well?
    I run down what's changed in the review. and I believe Randy said this would be getting released for the Alien Resurrection Warrior. At least I think that was it.

  6. xenofanlv426 has no avatar! xenofanlv426 says

    05-23-2017, 09:47 AM

    Does this mean that they will do a movie version and I can have an alien figure that won't break on me?

  7. Weapon X's Avatar Weapon X says

    05-23-2017, 10:12 AM

    NECA and their crazy ass video game variants.

  8. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    05-23-2017, 11:00 AM

    Nice to hear that it'll be getting a proper repaint. That Alien looks to awesome to be a one and done figure in hot pink.

  9. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    05-23-2017, 11:51 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I run down what's changed in the review.
    Whoops, sorry. I'm now one of "those guys" that ask questions without reading first!

    Quote:
    I believe Randy said this would be getting released for the Alien Resurrection Warrior. At least I think that was it.
    The Xenos in Alien Resurrection looked a lot different from Aliens. I guess we'll see!

  10. Krunomo has no avatar! Krunomo says

    05-24-2017, 11:45 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    GoGurt Alien is fun, but it's not my thing.

    Yeah, I was wondering how the articulation was upgraded myself. I see different knees...still double-jointed, but in a different way. And I see finger joints, although I can't tell if both fingers are individually articulated or not.

    Can you give us a rundown on exactly what's changed, Joe? Also, are there plans to re-release this Warrior in movie colors? Perhaps an upgraded Big Chap as well?
    Series 12 is Aliens themed. Randy has been somewhat coy but did mention that it includes human/s and alien/s. One of his tweets implied that it wouldnt include marines but could be misdirection. So possibly Burke, Bomber Jacket Ripley or maybe Kenner inspired Bishop and updated Brown and Blue Aliens.

    I wouldnt be shocked if series 12 includes 4 figures as they've done it before i.e. 2 Aliens and 2 humans:

    Series 8 - grey and brown dog alien, ripley and weyland yutani commando

    Series 5 - black and red xeno warrior, bishop and ripley.

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