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Back in the 90's I purchased a prototype/test shot Kenner Alien and have had it sitting in my living room for some time. A few weeks ago, I took it to a friend who is in the know on these sort of things and we went over some of the serious differences between the release Kenner Alien, Tsukuda model and this one...I'll list the variations here but take a look at the pics and let me know what you think...
1. The major difference is obviously the tail. The one that I have is bent in completely different way. The actual released one has the tail coming out his back and curling up under his legs. My tail spirals down and acts as a "third leg" and allows the figure to stand on his own with more support.
2. The inner jaws are painted in an off-white color similar to the glow paint on the head, however this is not glow paint. Also the teeth are left chrome.
3. The toenails of the alien are also painted the same color too. The teeth and feet paint were not something done recently as it has wear and the paint looks very similar used on other Kenner toys at the time.
4. The legs are secured in position. They are not simply glued. If you look in between the space between the legs and torso, you can see white washers (for lack of a better term) holding the legs in place.
5. The dome has been glued onto the head but expertly cut in half so the back of the dome is permanently secured to the head but the front is removable in order to see the face and glow paint.
6. After comparing the Alien to my friends, the plastic looks to be a shade darker than his but its very slight and may be just different aging.
7. The arms of my Alien are still intact...which is not uncommon but very rare to have one with the original arm rubber.
After looking at this and comparing it to another Alien, the conclusion we came to is that this Alien is a legit Kenner Convention display piece used to showcase the toy prior to its release. I don't think it is a true prototype as it has the copy-write date on the trigger to the mouth piece. Also the differences that this one has is not something someone just did to customize. The look of everything is just too "natural" for that and things like the paint on the jaws is silly..it's so minor you can hardly notice it.
So what your opinion....
Alien :: DSC_0141.jpg picture by spacecaps - Photobucket
1. The major difference is obviously the tail. The one that I have is bent in completely different way. The actual released one has the tail coming out his back and curling up under his legs. My tail spirals down and acts as a "third leg" and allows the figure to stand on his own with more support.
2. The inner jaws are painted in an off-white color similar to the glow paint on the head, however this is not glow paint. Also the teeth are left chrome.
3. The toenails of the alien are also painted the same color too. The teeth and feet paint were not something done recently as it has wear and the paint looks very similar used on other Kenner toys at the time.
4. The legs are secured in position. They are not simply glued. If you look in between the space between the legs and torso, you can see white washers (for lack of a better term) holding the legs in place.
5. The dome has been glued onto the head but expertly cut in half so the back of the dome is permanently secured to the head but the front is removable in order to see the face and glow paint.
6. After comparing the Alien to my friends, the plastic looks to be a shade darker than his but its very slight and may be just different aging.
7. The arms of my Alien are still intact...which is not uncommon but very rare to have one with the original arm rubber.
After looking at this and comparing it to another Alien, the conclusion we came to is that this Alien is a legit Kenner Convention display piece used to showcase the toy prior to its release. I don't think it is a true prototype as it has the copy-write date on the trigger to the mouth piece. Also the differences that this one has is not something someone just did to customize. The look of everything is just too "natural" for that and things like the paint on the jaws is silly..it's so minor you can hardly notice it.
So what your opinion....
Alien :: DSC_0141.jpg picture by spacecaps - Photobucket
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