With the release of Star Wars in 1977, Hollywood learned an important lesson: If summer blockbusters were here to stay, then tie-in merchandising—particularly toys—would have to be part of their ...

Here's a surprise spawned from Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror flick, "Alien": the tie-in action figures are finally coming out, after 34 years in stasis. San Francisco-based toy and apparel company ...

The story of this article goes back a few days where the boss man here at Dread Central, Mr. Steve Barton, asked me if I could make a photo gallery of some cool retro horror toys. I’m not too into old ...

Some intrepid Internet sleuths have discovered since then that there never was an animated series planned; 20th Century Fox felt that would dilute their R-rated brand. Animated stills that have shown ...

In 1979, Kenner’s Alien action figure was the toy to get. Huge, and prohibitively expensive compared to a kid’s allowance, it depended on parental goodwill to purchase. And that was in short supply.

NECA’s long-running collection of Alien/Aliens toys has been nothing short of a massive gift to fans over the years, packed with so many different characters and unique offerings that you need a ...