[Joe Moore]

NECA Aliens Hicks, Hudson and Alien Warrior Pics

[Phantomcrow]

I so can not wait for these. Need more than a few aliens warriors and a few extra marines to swap some heads with. I know we will probably never see Ripley and Newt, but I would love a Bishop and Burke figure. Everyone needs androids and slimy corporate guys :-)

[Maverick]

These need to be made in Joe scale.

[NoodleChow]

i would love a bishop and ripley. might as well make vasquez and drake too.

[r3v3n63]

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Originally Posted by Maverick

These need to be made in Joe scale.

For the love of God, yes!

[Scythe]

There are Aliens 4" figures, their articulation isn't that bad too. They look good with Joes.

[Joe Moore]

Even more new pics:

Official Hudson, Hick and Alien Warrior Images

[Prowl 2009]

Uh, Wow! These all look amazing! Damn you, NECA. First, you released Big Red, then Dutch is coming in Predators Series 8 and now THIS!??! Oh how my wallet weeps bitter tears.

[Dark Hayabusa]

The expression on Hudson is perfect. And I like the gold tone to the alien. If the joints can hold up, I'll buy at least 3. If only Neca could make a Ripley *sigh*

[Crazy Jetty]

If that drone is anywhere nearly as posable as it looks, I need it.
Since I was a kid, I've wanted a drone that was posable enough to have it on all fours.

[ShabbyBlue]

Why are some here talking like we'll never get a Ripley figure in this line? Is there a rights issue I'm unaware of? Mattel just released a figure of Sigourney Weaver's "Dana Barrett" in their Ghostbusters line this past summer, so obviously she's willing to let toy companies use her likeness for action figures. Or does Mattel hold exclusive rights to that likeness, regardless of which Weaver character it is? I'd really love to see NECA do a Ripley with power loader now that they are going forward with human characters from the Aliens movies. In fact, I want the whole squadron of marines along with Bishop, Burke, Newt, and Ripley. It would be a shame to get just Hicks and Hudson and nobody else. That's as bad as when Macfarlane ONLY made Hicks a few years back. It got my hopes up for more Colonial Marines, and they never followed through on that.

[Shin Densetsu]

Wow I like what NECA is doing with retaining articulation yet disguising it well enough to not break the sculpt. Impressive. Who knew we would get human figures from Alien THAT articulated? Glad NECA is pulling this off.

[Phantomcrow]

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

Why are some here talking like we'll never get a Ripley figure in this line? Is there a rights issue I'm unaware of? Mattel just released a figure of Sigourney Weaver's "Dana Barrett" in their Ghostbusters line this past summer, so obviously she's willing to let toy companies use her likeness for action figures. Or does Mattel hold exclusive rights to that likeness, regardless of which Weaver character it is? I'd really love to see NECA do a Ripley with power loader now that they are going forward with human characters from the Aliens movies. In fact, I want the whole squadron of marines along with Bishop, Burke, Newt, and Ripley. It would be a shame to get just Hicks and Hudson and nobody else. That's as bad as when Macfarlane ONLY made Hicks a few years back. It got my hopes up for more Colonial Marines, and they never followed through on that.

Mattel cheated their way around it. The figure they made was Zuul, not Dana Barrett, they had the rights to the Zuul character, and was one of the poorest likenesses in the line. They did the same for Rick Moranis by the figure being Vince Clortho not Louis Tully. There are a lot of ways around likeness rights. The NECA Die Hard figure is a good example. The could make John McClain but not use Bruce's likeness, but could use it for the Sin City figure because it was part of the movie contract to make the figures. It is common to get likeness rights for newer movies because it is just written into the contracts, but older movies it was never an issue so companies have to get movie rights and each actor rights as well to make toys now for older films. Weaver's last figure to have likeness rights was the Alien Resurrection Ripley figure. I REALLY hope she gives the ok, but we will have to wait and see. Some actor/actresses can be a pain about likeness rights. Lucy Liu was never pleased with her Kill Bill figure and the figure was scrapped and removed from the line before the figures came out (even after showing the finished figure at shows) and she was to be a companion to the Bride figure of Uma in the Yellow jumpsuit.

[r3v3n63]

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Originally Posted by Scythe

There are Aliens 4" figures, their articulation isn't that bad too. They look good with Joes.

True, but availability and price are a real issue; Hot Toys released some and are going for $30ish when you can find them, Kotobukiya had some "one coin" figs that as far as I know don't have much in the way of articulation and are in the $40ish range while Microman's line is going for faaaar more and are crazy fragile to boot. Both of the figures I got were broken even before I took them out of the package.
NECA is planning on releasing a second series of 3 3/4" figs (Gears of War being the first) but they haven't said what it is yet. I think a lot of people would be excited if it was Alien related so we could get access to well made articulated figures that aren't at collector prices.