Adorable Alien vinyl has translucent skull hood

This vinyl Alien toy by Medicon Toys has to be the most adorable Xenomorph I've ever seen. You know, if you'd asked me if H.R. Giger's perverse xenosexual alien designs could be transformed into cute bobbleheads and shrunk down to eight inches high while maintaining their phallic, skeletal monstrosity, I'd have told you it couldn't be done. But, wow, they've really done a great job with these vinyls. Look! The alien's head even has a translucent glans revealing the human skull underneath, just like in Giger's original design. Sheer class. $70 will get you one for the top of your monitor when they ship in Q3, 2008.

Alien Vinyl Collectible Doll [Sideshow Toy]

[#1 posted by Freddie Freelance , April 30, 2008 11:47 AM]

But won't it be fun to invite dates over to play with your 8" Xenomorph?

[#2 posted by Not a Doktor , April 30, 2008 12:05 PM]

ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT ME WANT

screw a new radiator

although it says Q3 so I've got time

[#3 posted by jennfrank , April 30, 2008 1:19 PM]

What big claws he has! Did the Medicom Alien immediately remind everyone of a somatosensory homunculus?

[#4 posted by clifford , April 30, 2008 1:37 PM]

Medicom is the best. I dropped a small fortune on their Real Action Hero 12" line a few years ago so coveting more of their stuff makes my wallet cry.

[#5 posted by Trent Hawkins , April 30, 2008 1:56 PM]

so, what's with the scull thing? don't remember that in the movies.

[#6 posted by mightymouse1584 , April 30, 2008 2:17 PM]

its cute until you wake up with the morning and its trying to eat your yes from the sockets

[#7 posted by Downpressor , April 30, 2008 5:52 PM]

IIRC the 14" Alien figure that came out back in the day had a similar translucent head cover. The head details were done with glow in the dark paint and the inner jaw/mouth extended out by means of a lever in the back of the skull.

Also worth mentioning that:
1 hard plastic beats soft vinyl every time
2 14" is of course better than 8"

[#8 posted by bibulb , May 1, 2008 5:30 AM]

Cute, but I'd love one in scale with my Robot Heroes...

Starscream plus Alien equals ADOWABWE!

[#9 posted by devophill , May 1, 2008 10:42 PM]

The Alien Kubrick has the translucent head thing, too. Very cute.

[#10 posted by Feral Fish , May 3, 2008 10:52 PM]

It's like the toddler version, between the full grown alien and chestburster, that they don't show in the movies. I guess it's for the best, people might have been pissed if Ripley blew this little guy out the airlock. It's just precious!