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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Got my AVP aliens in the mail today and they're really cool. As far as being toys goes they're kinda like the AVP predators in that as toys they're the best so far. They're a little bit bigger and more playable than the aliens that came before them. My Grid came out perfect and I got one of the ones with silver claws and talons (apparently this is a minor chase variant compared to the regular black-ish clawed version but I'm not 100% on that info) and much like how NECA made the predators slimmer than their on-screen counterparts I'm glad that they skipped total accuracy here and let Grid keep the blade-end of its tail. My Warrior came out great but not perfect, his left foot is slightly warped where the hinge is so the front toes with their pin are skewed and the pin doesn't plug into both ends. I don't know if this will be a serious issue with time since it is plugged in fine on the side that it does plug in to and it isn't easy to spot from a distance but it still causes some concern. Other than that though its back tube/pipe things were warped on the left side but I imagine they'll straighten with time since they are a softer plastic, and then its inner mouth was stuck in the back of its head so I had to get some tweezers to pull it out and even then it's very tight. But overall both figures are great and the black/silvery/copper wash on the Warrior makes a nice subtle contrast to the blue/black/silvery wash on Grid. The articulation is top-notch and for those wondering the shoulder joints are not limited by the shoulder ridges at all really and they can raise up pretty nicely as seen below. These aliens are a little taller than the Big Chap and Aliens warrior aliens but not quite as tall as the fully extended Dog Alien so they are pretty big still. It is a little weird though to get such good toys from such a not good movie. I'd recommend picking up at least the warrior if you're an Alien fan even if you hate AVP since it's such a well done toy and then if you can tolerate AVP or are one of the few who actually likes it then Grid is another worthy purchase.

These are cool congrats!