UPDATE: Sold for US$399.99 about 24 hours after listing.

Listed on eBay today is this sweet treat.  It’s a 1979 Kenner ALIEN toy.  It’s incomplete, missing only the dome and the used condition is declared as “nice” by the seller.

It does look like a good, solid standard US pressing of the figure.  Nothing is broken or too tarnished – but nothing too outstanding, either.  It is covered in a layer of dust but that’s easily cleaned with some care and patience; and the arms are elevated slightly off the thighs, potentially allowing for even better posing if they aren’t too loose.  The vendor’s description of the the figure is brief, “1979 Kenner Alien 18 inch missing dome, nothing broke, still stands, minimal playwear, very nice teeth still go in and out with lever.” and that looks like an accurate summation.

Is it worth US$399.99, though?  Kenner ALIEN figures around this price are usually complete.  They can on occasion also include the box.  Maybe the poster as well.  The US$400 mark is the threshold where such levels of completeness can begin to be expected.  This figure, despite it’s generally good condition simply falls short on those expectations.  It’s probably worth around US$150-250.  That’s a fair price to pay for solid condition figure like this without a dome.  Had that dome been present then yes, it’s easily worth around the US$280-$350 mark.  There is a ‘Make Offer’ option on this listing.  It’s just a matter of time and who makes the best offer before this item gets sold.  A nice quality albeit incomplete piece; but a little over priced.  Just a little.

-Windebieste.