{"id":12184,"date":"2015-09-02T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12184"},"modified":"2015-09-02T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:38:00","slug":"equipment-aliens-and-colonial-marines-have-landed-new-minimates-from-diamond-select-toys-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12184","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Aliens and Colonial Marines Have Landed…New Minimates from Diamond Select Toys Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1979 when the original Alien premiered a franchise wa\"DSCN1524\"<\/a><\/span>s born. Alien was an intense ride that kept you on the edge your seat but it was more suspense than action. Then in 1986 James Cameron revisited the events on LV-426. The sequel, aptly called Aliens, brought the lone survivor, Ripley (played in the movie by Sigourney Weaver) back to investigate a situation and \u201cThis time it\u2019s war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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I loved Aliens from the moment they found Ripley drifting in space until the credits rolled so I was stoked about these figures. When Aliens premiered there weren\u2019t any cool toys for the movie. Kenner did produce some figures but they were, and I am being nice, subpar. Well, the toys have come a long way and with companies like Diamond Select Toys putting out quality products we finally have something cool to add to our collections.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Diamond Select has produced Minimates from many iconic pop culture staples and now they are taking on Aliens. \u00a0<\/span>Last year Diamond Select produced a line of Alien Minimates (see our review here), then they released figures for the sequel, Aliens (review here). The original Aliens release was packaged in single boxes; this assortment is 8 figures total packaged in 4 two packs. The packs in this assortment include Hicks and Ripley, Pvt. Drake and Alien, Apone and Alien and finally Pvt. Dietrich with Colonist Mary (with a chest buster).<\/span><\/p>\n

These 2-inch figures pack a lot of play in them with each one having 14 points of articulation and a slew of accessories. <\/span><\/p>\n