Rip yer brains out, Kiddies! 7 years ago today, HIDEOUS PLASTIC launched. We’re still here, messing around with ALIEN toys both old and new, going strong and will continue to do so. It’s been an interesting past twelve months although a little light on where hostile face destroying parasitoid space creature play things are concerned. Nonetheless, the future looks bright. At this point in time, we are looking forward to ALIEN: Romulus being released next year, on August 16. That’s definitely a major release I am looking forward to. 
This past year has been a little scant on the ALIEN merchandise front. I’m guessing official licence holders are currently tooling up, preparing to be dedicated and committed to manufacturing tie-in goodies for that aforementioned new ALIEN movie when it is finally released. Those companies won’t be ready to make any announcements until sometime next year. Making tie-in merchandise is a lot of work but I’m guessing next year’s ALIEN Day (April 26) will be an opportunity to showcase and reveal content for us to eagerly gobble up. Such major announcements have been lacking in recent years on ALIEN Day but I’ll be covering as much as I can here on HIDEOUS PLASTIC when it happens. Good times ahead, for sure! Get Excited!
As for my own endeavors, it’s the usual mixed bag. There’s no progress to report about my 2nd book dedicated to ALIEN toys, HIDEOUS PLASTIC: This time it’s more. People who have purchased my first book love it and I am more than OK with that for now. Nonetheless, another book of such magnitude is a huge and ambitious undertaking. Rest assured, though. While this site is active, that project is still alive. We shall see what happens next year when interest in the ALIEN series is bound to increase once again.
Another side project I am also working is called XENOMOFOS. That’s a fun little undertaking I’ve also been wanting to return to. I’ll get there. It’s still ticking over in the background right now. I’ve had other more important real life stuff to deal with, but hey. I may just have some real news on ALIEN Day next year. That’s kind of appropriate, right? I just don’t have anything to show for my efforts in this regard right now.
In the meantime, this site has grown substantially over the last seven years. Each of the areas below contains a significant selection of content. Click on the links and explore the site at your leisure:
REVIEWS – Various ALIEN action figures and toys. Just what I can get here in Australia.
1979 KENNER ALIEN – Every known variant of the nefarious toy, first released in 1979.
1979 KENNER ALIEN REPAIRS – Need to fix your ALIEN toy? This article is a solid start.
1979 KENNER ALIEN REPAIRS (2) – Another article guiding you on fixing these old toys.
1979 MPC ALIEN KIT – Information regarding the MPC ALIEN model kit and its variants.
1979 KENNER ALIEN BOARD GAME – The vintage ALIEN board game and its variants.
ALIEN PROTOTYPE FIGURES – A depository of Kenner product development samples.
REACTION FIGURE GUIDE – A listing of Super7’s 3.75 inch collectible ALIEN toy line.
IMPERFECT ORGANISMS – An exploration of ALIEN factory seconds, faults and errors.
BOOTLEG ALIENS – Unlicenced and knock off ALIEN toys and other oddities.
COLLATED WORKS – Links to all other features, articles, items of interest and so on…
If you would like a copy of my first book dedicated to exploringKenner’s notorious 1979 ALIEN action figure, HIDEOUS PLASTIC: In stores everyone can you scream, you can find copies available globally on eBay for Au$45. Stocks are getting low.
With all that said, I am hoping to bring more articles to the site in the coming year. I have a few plans that need to be worked on and more content is coming. I’m pretty stoked about what is being planned and maybe you will be too. Oh, 2024 is going to be great year for some much needed space monstery goodness!
-windebieste.
