Super7 Alien ReAction toys preorder is live!

[samurainoir]

I haven't seen a price point, but I wouldn't expect the dome to fit the original one. The Gentle Giant is suppose to be 24" and the original Kenner is 18".

DOH! Keeps the integrity of the original I guess. Some thing happened when I bought the Japanese one, thinking I could use THAT dome.

appreciate the heads up though.

[cjefferys]

Considering that they are charging four hundred bucks for their 22" Wampa, the 24" Alien will likely be around $500 or so. Might as well get a vintage boxed one once you start getting into that price range!

[samurainoir]

Considering that they are charging four hundred bucks for their 22" Wampa, the 24" Alien will likely be around $500 or so. Might as well get a vintage boxed one once you start getting into that price range!

yikes! yeah no wonder they are trying a different size for it then.

I bought the Japanese version at the flea market this summer for like forty bucks or something like that?

[cjefferys]

I bought the Japanese version at the flea market this summer for like forty bucks or something like that?

Yeah, I remember you picking that up, it was a good price. Gotta get me a Tsukuda one day. Too bad the dome doesn't fit the Kenner Alien. Finding a vintage loose unbroken dome by itself would probably be nigh impossible, but there are repro replacement parts available for the big guy, er...big chap.

[raycastile]

Considering that they are charging four hundred bucks for their 22" Wampa, the 24" Alien will likely be around $500 or so. Might as well get a vintage boxed one once you start getting into that price range!

Wow, I thought these were going to be priced for the retail toy market. I knew it would be pricey, but pricey like a big Christmas/birthday gift type of toy, not like an adult display figure. Am I imagining things, or haven't Gentle Giant toys turned up at Toys 'R Us? I could swear I've seen some of the big repro Star Wars figures there. I thought I would see the Alien there, too. I was thinking he'd be in the $75-$100 range.

[cjefferys]

I hope I'm wrong, it's just that this thing would involve more tooling than the Wampa, and GG is that damn toy at a way overpriced $400. I'd be thrilled if their 24" Alien was around $100, I'd grab it in a second, I love big toys, and it would look great with my Shogun Warriors. If it's over $200 though (and I have a strong feeling it will be), I'm out.

[raycastile]

Toys should be fun, and paying $200 is not fun.

This sounds like an adult display piece, not a toy. I don't collect adult display pieces. I collect toys. I don't need this for a nostalgia kick. I still have my childhood Alien, and I have a boxed one that I bought in the 90s. Mission accomplished.

[noelani72]

Given that this is the internet, I don't doubt that someone will repro the blue cards for those that want them. Or it's easy enough to find folks with the skills to pull it off if you guys were to commission someone. It looks like there is demand already!

that guy would be me - If I want these in blue, I will make them - hell, I'll even repro the bubbles on my vacuum former.
But that's not the point.

Just like the recent FTC fiascoes of false advertisement, BBTS showed a pic of a blue carded figure along five loose figures...and a pre-order price.
I suppose it is completely okay for these companies to bait-and-switch and get away with it....it apparently is becoming the norm anymore.

I don't see ZICA doing this.
I don't see BBP doing this.
I don't see NECA doing this.
I don't see EMCE doing this.

FTC did it on every single figure released as of late...Batman Wave 1 showed pics of original megos (even a type1 robin)...KISS DTK figs were all over the place with different hair, different suits, and even completely different heads.

Now, Super7 has done it with the un-announced change of the backer card.

maybe I'm just getting old, maybe I'm just in a mid-life crisis...but this crap is really starting to turn me off on my hobby.
It is difficult to take the good along side of the bad.

But bait-and-switch is illegal in the USA. These companies are doing a substitution of goods and it ought not be accepted so easily by the consumer.

[samurainoir]

Just got mine in the mail!

[samurainoir]

so what figures did folks get that pre-ordered through the super 7 website?

http://skullbrain.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=46547

When we were making the Aliens figures ourselves, the quantity we could produce and sell was much lower than what we are able to do in our new agreement with Funko.
Our original SRP was $19.95, and 5 figures was $100. Funko will be able to produce in much larger quantities and wider distribution, and has a $14.95 SRP, which is $75 for the set. (why others are pre-ordering at $65 is even more surprising, but I can't speak for them.) Regardless, we are aware of the discrepancy in price with the new agreement, so there is a additional, secret figure that will be included in the Super7 pre-orders that will be available only for those who pre-ordered sets of Alien from us, and will not be available anywhere else. (And preorders are long since closed.) We think it will be a nice thank you to everyone who believed in this project and pre-ordered ahead of time, being part of the excitement of the release of this long-awaited line of figures.

Regardless, if you would prefer to get the regular set of 5 through the retailer of your choice, we will refund your pre-order. If you choose to keep your pre-order, you will receive a set of 6 figures instead, and it will be the first figures that arrive domestically.

[samurainoir]

anyone order the glasses yet?

http://super7store.com/alien-glasses-set.html

[vulcan2074]

so what figures did folks get that pre-ordered through the super 7 website?
http://skullbrain.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=46547

I got the exact 6 figures that you got on the blue cards. Mine came in a box and had the contents listed on the outside of it. These are some seriously amazing figures.
Sammy

[Hedji]

Got an extra Alien today, so I took some comparison shots

[Hedji]

I've had so much fun with this guy. Making up for lost time:







The Vulcan Neck Pinch:

[samurainoir]

awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.