To all intents and purposes, every one of these figures were manufactured to be exactly alike. Kenner only made a single production run of the figure in 1979 and they were mass produced to be exactly the same without any variants or alterations.
The figure I initially used for the purpose of documenting a restoration has minor changes thoughout as documented on this thread. It is anomalous in this regard and I'm still curious about how these minor changes upon the figure fit into the figure's production run. It's either an early production sample or a late one. My tendency right now is to lean on the possibility it's an early production sample. One thing is certain though, it wasn't part of Kenner's mass market run. I just don't know where it fits in.
Currently, I own 30+ of these Kenner Aliens and this is the first time I've seen one with these unique characteristics present. What's totally blown my mind is how I decided by absolute chance that it should be the first candidate I share restoration work.
I've done as much chasing up on the figure as I can, in particular, contacting the vendor for as much details as possible. The vendor lives in England and was clearing out his deceased father's belongings, amongst them was this Alien. Apparently, it was purchased in the condition I received it in, unchanged in any way. It was purchased on Ebay about 15 years ago from a previous, now unknown source, in the US.
I'm hoping someone who has some knowledge of the departmental infrastructure and manufacturing procedures at Kenner during the late 1970's will be able to shed some light on this item.
Thanks for asking. Every time time I walk passed that particular figure, it winks at me. Well, not literally; but it's teasing me with those silent hollow eyes. It knows a secret; and it's not telling.
-Windebieste.
The figure I initially used for the purpose of documenting a restoration has minor changes thoughout as documented on this thread. It is anomalous in this regard and I'm still curious about how these minor changes upon the figure fit into the figure's production run. It's either an early production sample or a late one. My tendency right now is to lean on the possibility it's an early production sample. One thing is certain though, it wasn't part of Kenner's mass market run. I just don't know where it fits in.
Currently, I own 30+ of these Kenner Aliens and this is the first time I've seen one with these unique characteristics present. What's totally blown my mind is how I decided by absolute chance that it should be the first candidate I share restoration work.
I've done as much chasing up on the figure as I can, in particular, contacting the vendor for as much details as possible. The vendor lives in England and was clearing out his deceased father's belongings, amongst them was this Alien. Apparently, it was purchased in the condition I received it in, unchanged in any way. It was purchased on Ebay about 15 years ago from a previous, now unknown source, in the US.
I'm hoping someone who has some knowledge of the departmental infrastructure and manufacturing procedures at Kenner during the late 1970's will be able to shed some light on this item.
Thanks for asking. Every time time I walk passed that particular figure, it winks at me. Well, not literally; but it's teasing me with those silent hollow eyes. It knows a secret; and it's not telling.
-Windebieste.
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