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Alien Day Space Marine Vasquez Figure - Toyark Photo Shoot

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So I guess a Operations Vasquez (without the Smart gun and armor, how she appears through the majority of the movie) is a likelihood for a future release. I was wondering if they were going to make one.

Can't say this makes me all that nostalgic, since the Vasquez figure was never released in the US, aside from a Kay-B Toys exclusive or something...and that was at the tail-end of the line.

I got one! I still say the shipping is WAY high, but it's worth it.

Wow...this is a hell of a surprise!

That possibility is probably going to prevent me from buying this one and trying to jury-rig a custom using parts from the smartgunner Vasquez. I was never into the old-school Kenner Space Marine figures, as even back then I thought they were goofy looking as hell, so this figure, as awesome as it otherwise looks, holds no nostalgic value for me. I'd love to have this figure, but only in the original film colors.

That said, now that the body armor has been removed, we can certainly see that NECA has accurately sculpted Jeanette Goldstein's ample...*a-hem*..."attributes." I mean, yikes.

By the way, I'm just curious...is this the original torso used for the smartgunner Vasquez? I mean, was the armor sculpted onto that figure, or was it glued over it?

I believe if you cut the armor, you could remove it. I think this torso was used on the original release as well.

Yeah, looking at my figure now, it totally looks like you could cut the armor off, like with the John Matrix Commando figure. And if you down the collar of the armored vest, you can see the cross necklace and dogtags, so it's totally the same torso.

That being the case, maybe it wouldn't be so hard to make a custom after all, depending if the heads are removable or not (does anyone know?). All I would have to do is swap heads and paint the Kenner headband red, easy. *EDIT* Shit, forgot about the pattern on the bandanna...not so easy. *grumble*

BTW, when you say Toys R Us is carrying these, is that just online or in-store as well? After all, they had the Kenner Ripley in-store (I can still find her here and there, as a matter of fact). If so, any chance they would they actually have them out on pegs today?

UPDATE:
Will not be coming to Toys "R" Us Online any longer. Got confirmation a few minutes ago.

Is it just me or is the likeness better on the "Kenner" figure?

It does appear to be. It is a new head sculpt with even better paint apps.

Will not be coming to Toys "R" Us Online any longer. Got confirmation direct from Randy a few minutes ago.

Same here. Not into Kenner nostalgia, but I'm glad NECA made this for the fans. Also, since the mold is already done, it most certainly means we'll be getting a movie accurate boom-top Vasquez sometime later this year. Let's rock!

It does seem like they did the eyebrows better on this one and then they also gave it the tear-drop tattoo.

A cool repaint but not a must-have figure which is the way more limited/exclusive figures should be. It also does feel inevitable that we'll see this redone in proper movie colors through some more generally accessible means of release.

You say "any longer," which suggests that this wasn't simply a miscommunication...were they pulled from TRU for some reason?

Indeed. I'd buy a movie-accurate version of this figure in a second.

Don't have any other info on it. My original communications on the figure indicated that it was supposed to be available via TRU online today. This morning, Randy messaged me and said these weren't coming to TRU anymore.

As much as I love the old Kenner figures and hope that NECA will replicate more of them, I can't believe that they saved the teardrop tattoo and boot-knife for this figure...

I ordered it right away this morning. My jaw dropped quite a bit when I saw the $17.31 shipping charge. At that price, I'm hoping to have her by the weekend. Sheesh. Or maybe Randy is hand-delivering them? I love NECA and support almost every toy line, but man, their shipping charges are pretty insane.

That's ridiculous, I wouldn't pay it.

Btw, is their height difference accurate? It's pretty steep.

GTFO. That's nuts...some companies will overnight you shit for less than that.

According to Google:

• Sigourney Weaver - 6'0"
• Jenette Goldstein - 5'3"

So yeah, the height difference looks pretty accurate.

Yep. I almost didn't order it, but my OCD was having none of that. I already skipped on entering the club (which caused the shakes, sweating profusely, and loss of sleep) so this felt like a good compromise.

Makes me wonder if the Club Exclusive will be something like O'Malley instead of an Alien....the sort of figure that would be dead at retail. An alien exclusive that would make $$$ at retail seems like a poor choice- but a Kenner Marine in funky colors that nobody has ever heard of? Now that has exclusive written all over it. :)

If it makes you feel any better, they didn't get the tattoo right.

I get that they're wearing really high 80's pants, but their crotch pieces look so weird...

Otherwise nice looking figures though. NECA has really evolved over the years.

It doesn't, really, but thanks for trying. ;)