Over the next couple of weeks, I will be working to complete an article investigating the different versions of the MPC ALIEN model kit here on HIDEOUS PLASTIC. I know six variants were published. These appeared during the years 1979 (Three samples: US, Ca, Ja.), 1984, 1999 and finally one more was published as recently as 2013. If anyone has any additional information about these kits, or of any variants including unofficial, bootleg and/or garage pressings, please let me know. I am also very interested in publishing images of assembled versions of the kit. As assembled samples can vary wildly, it would be ideal to post a gallery of finished kit items in the article. If you have any assembled MPC ALIEN kits (from any year) and would like to have photos of them on display, please contact me. Facebook is good. Fully or partially assembled, raw unpainted or fully painted or in any state whatsoever are all welcome contributions at this stage.

Please keep in mind, if you do choose to share photos to be included, you will respectfully retain full copyright on all published work and you will also be credited appropriately in the article. Please don’t send me photos other people’s uncredited work. That’s not cool. Instead, please pass the word around and help make this piece as thorough as possible.

I expect to publish the article sometime in mid March. We’ll see how well that pans out. Right now I am just getting started with early drafts. I expect it to be quite lengthy.

-Windebieste.