Being a resident of Australia as I am means being isolated from the rest of the world. Especially as I am into ALIEN movie themed toys, action figures and other great stuff that is simply difficult to find in this country at best. Or in many cases, dismissive and impossible. For this purpose, a few of us living the lives of frustrated down under ALIEN collectors have banded together to form a group on Facebook dedicated to Australian ALIEN collectors. Naturally, we have provided ourselves with the obvious and catchy moniker, “AustrALIEN Collectors”.

OK. So it’s also a cheesy name; but we’re not fussed. I like cheese as much s the next domestic rodent does. Anyway, established just a few weeks ago on April 26 (ALIEN Day), we’re currently a small group of around three dozen members and slowly growing. If you’re an Australian (or New Zealand) ALIEN fan and interested in discussing the trials and challenges of being a collector fan in this country or just want to show off your prized (and not so prized) ALIEN goodies in your collection, please join us. Other international members are also welcome.

Buy, sell and trade activity is also welcome, as are all discussions relating to any ALIEN movie experience in this country. Come on, show us your collection of ALIEN movie tickets from Knox City cinemas. …or Darwin. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Got a question about the availability of a particular ALIEN product in Australia? We will know. Do you have rare and/or unique items you’d like to show us? Please do. Want to discuss ALIEN space monstery goodness merchandise of any kind from 1979 to present? We’ll talk.

Anyway, our philosophy is simple. Living in Australia isolates us from the rest of the world; but by setting up this Fan group, we believe our isolation may also be our biggest strength.

-Windebieste.