SCORPION ALIEN

Last century, when i was a little kid, Kenner released a series of action figures based on a non existant cartoon about Alien. It was odd that such a nightmare indusing creature was turned into a toy but i just loved it!! I loved how the Aliens could fuse with animals and create brand new creatures, like a hellish zoo.

25 years ater and NECA re-release the same figures with now day quality standars: bigger scale, excelent sculpt and paint and fully articulated, tough sadly witn no "action feature". The result is a collection of vintage and new looking figures that stand out a lot from in between all other Alien figures.

From the series one i was able to get only one; the Mantis Alien, but from series two i got all the Aliens soo far and the first one was the Scorpion Alien, wich was ironically the very first figure my parents give me about Alien when i was a little kid.

This guy is tall, very tall and thin but he can stand pretty good with his two feet. He is articulated on the neck, the jaw, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, legs, knes and ankles and while most of the articulation works really good, some sections are pretty stiff for some reason: i cant move his ankles at all and his shoulders, tough this is probably more a design issue since he have such big ....pipes...thingys on his shoulders. His neck cannot move too much either but thats because he have this weird tubes connected from his jaw to his neck.

I think is pretty evident NECA give priority to style over functionality since this monster looks fantastic despite the articulation issues. Oh, also, he have another extra articulation: his inner jaw. Open his jaw and a second jaw comes out. This is such an amazing feature i always dream to have when i was a kid!!! Also, his tail is bendable and works really good to keep him on balance.

Part of his body use the sculpt of other Alien figures, like the torso but most are totally unique for him. The legs with spikes and a very cool looking and freaky hole on his thigh, the spiked arms and hands with two giant and thin fingers, the head with thechainsaw looking design, NECA did a great job recreating all the unique details of the old figure over a modern Alien figure.

The paint is simple, all black with golden tones, wich makes him looks mechanical just like the old figure, and help to make him looks dark and hard to discern, like a shadow. And one my ask, why an scorpion? Well, his tail is totally different to the other Alien´s tail, is very thin and have a sting on the other end, a poisonus sting i guess? He is not that different to the other Alien but the details are there and well hidden.

His only accesory is a mini comic published by Dark Horse, a reprint of the same comics that came with the Kenner figures, but in better quality paper. I love this soo much...this little comic is soo 90s and really help to reminiscent the old figures soo much.

At first i admit i wasnt too excited about this Alien since is the most "normal" of the series but in the end i am very happy with him and how good he looks towering over other human figures on his scale.