Brand: Kenner

Flying Alien Queen (Aliens by Kenner)

Name(s): Flying Alien Queen Brand: Aliens, Kenner Classification: Alien

3.7 (7 votes)

The Kenner Aliens line really came into its own beginning with Series 2. Whereas the xenomorphs in the first wave were relatively conservative in design, the later ones were all over the place, and all in a good way. There was the Killer Crab Alien, the Mantis Alien, the Rhino Alien, and the Snake Alien among others.

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Alien Queen (Aliens by Kenner)

Name(s): Alien queen Brand: Aliens, Kenner Classification: Alien, Science fiction

4.5 (8 votes)

Aliens, the 1986 sequel to 1979’s Alien, is one of the greatest sci-fi horror films of all time and one of my all-time favourites. I’d much rather watch it than any other instalment in the franchise. And one of the best parts of that movie is the Queen alien, or xenomorph if you wish to use the official term.

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Scorpion Alien, Aliens by Fox/Kenner

Name(s): Scorpion Alien, Xenomorph Brand: Aliens, Fox, Kenner Classification: Alien, Science fiction

4.8 (6 votes)

I was 11 years old when this toy was released in 1992. I remember first encountering it and the rest of the Kenner Aliens line in the toy isle of a supermarket while on holiday in France. I hadn’t seen the Alien films but was transfixed by the toys.

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Rancor Monster (1984), Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, by Kenner

Name(s): Rancor monster Brand: Kenner, Star Wars Classification: Science fiction

4.1 (7 votes)

Star Wars counts, right? Oh yes, Star Wars counts!

This is an impressively faithful depiction of the rancor from Return of the Jedi (1983). The Cambridge Dictionary defines “rancor” as “a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past”. I mean, if you’ve seen Return of the Jedi (if – haha!), you’ll probably agree the rancor monster does seem rather angry about *something*.

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