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Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 2d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 6: Escape Hatch! I found this the creepiest zone, the Alien lurking in distance almost out of sight yet inevitable… Always find it interesting that both Zones 1 & 6 have extra connection tabs they don’t need. More zones planned or extra play value?

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 6 - the entrance to long corridor lit up with fire. An Alien waits at the very end, shadowy and ready to pounce!!!DANGER IN THE DARKNESS - "This is dullsville" Hicks is guarding the Space Marines' most strategic point- the emergency escape hatch entrance. Past the electronic screening gates is an endless, dark, steel corridor. Leading off it is a spider's web of yet more corridors- where anything could be lurking ... "Only one more hour and then some shuteye ..." yawns Hicks. "Emergency! Emergency! Move your butts outa here people!" comes screaming across the intercom from Base Camp. Hicks races to the transmitter "What gives?" "The Ground Scout Patrol has found a tunnel entrance- it's miles away- they must have been digging for ages!" "So, where's it lead to?" "Right to you! We only found it just in time- they're on their way in! And the Ground X-Ray shows they're real close to you guys right now!". "Well, it's too late for us to get out- we'll just have to stand and fight - and that's what we're real good at! Wakey-wakey guys!" Ripley and the crew run in, strapping on weapons ready for action. Now they can hear the Aliens getting closer. "Oh yeah, you bugs, keep crawlin' this way!" Now they can see them, ugly specks way off in the distance. "Aim ... fire!" The Aliens draw back in the face of the Marines' awesome firepower. "What the heck is that!" There's a weird, steady, rumbling, roar way down the corridor. "Sounds pretty big ... I can see something behind the bugs ... It's ATAX- he's got the Power Loader! And he's coming up behind those crawlers!" "Now we've got 'em cornered! Let's give it to 'em people ..."A Gorilla and Night Cougar Alien guard the entrance to the escape hatchRipley shoots a jet of flame down the corridor hoping to scare away the Alien
Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 3d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 5: Observation Room! And what a view of LV-426 to observe! The glorious vista is so well done that it seems to illuminate anything in front of it with a purple glow. Incredible work, oh anonymous master Kenner illustrator! #vintagetoytuesday

Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 3d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 5: Observation Room! And what a view of LV-426 to observe! The glorious vista is so well done that it seems to illuminate anything in front of it with a purple glow. Incredible work, oh anonymous master Kenner illustrator! #vintagetoytuesday

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 5: Observation Room - a window (or possibly computer screen) shows an image of the surface of LV-426 - the large reactor, two moons and several spacecraft in the air. The light from the purple sky illuminates the computer console belowWaiting… outside… and in! “Ripley adjusts the viewer screen to intensification mode and trains the megascope on the bleak scene in front of her. Two moons hang low over the desolate plain of grey rock. A flashing movement catches at the corner of her eye near Bishop who's speeding across the horizon on his Hovertread. She swings the megascope onto it- the evil Alien Queen? She closes her eyes and can see the dripping jaws and deadly whipping tail again. "Shoot- nothing there! I must be getting the creeps. It's this endless watching and waiting. Where are they hiding? It's been days!" The screen shows cinder-strewn ground pierced by matt metal cooling towers. Massive heaps of mined rock overshadow the squat dark mass that was once the workers' communal habitation centre. "They could've crawled under any of those rocks out there. We can't just keep the search going, we must find those demons. And when we do we're gonna plug 'em good ..." Behind her there's a noise. "Hi, Drake? How about you take lookout for a change?" No answer. "Playing it cool, huh?" Silence. "C'mon Drake, quit fooling". But as she speaks Ripley knows it isn't Drake. It isn't anything human. "My flame torch! it's too far away to reach in time! Okay hand to hand for this baby!" Now she can feel the Aliens hot, stinking breath on her neck. At the last moment, in one action, she leaps up and swings round to face whatever's behind her- "C'mon you bug do your worst!"Hicks shows Ripley how to use a pulse rifle. The sexual tension is off the chartsGood job Ripley got the lesson as here’s a Scorpion Alien to act as a gooseberry!
Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 4d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 4: Main Deck Access! Ok how absolutely badass is the bizarre 3-headed Alien? It needs a toy & it needs it now. Incredible design. It’s actually based on an early idea for a Scorpion Alien before it was decided to use that name on a movie-accurate bug

Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 4d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 4: Main Deck Access! Ok how absolutely badass is the bizarre 3-headed Alien? It needs a toy & it needs it now. Incredible design. It’s actually based on an early idea for a Scorpion Alien before it was decided to use that name on a movie-accurate bug

A three-headed xenomorph does a superhero landing pose. It is awesomeALIEN ATTACK ALERT: Drake checks his video headset. "This had better work, ATAX, or we're in for a heckuva time!" "It'll work- it has to". Ripley straps on her flame torch and turns to talk to the assembled team. "Okay, guys, you know the lowdown. We tried to lure the bugs here by making them think we'd kidnapped one of them when we showed them Space Marine ATAX in his Alien Disguise Gear, all trussed up- and it's worked. Now we gotta blast 'em-and blast 'em good! We must pull this off or ..." The Marines settle down to wait. Drake is jumpy- "Pity we can't get the Stinger in here-that'd see 'em off. I just love to see those pesky bugs hanging from my snare arm!" "Come on buggles- what's the matter? Chicken are ya?" "I still say we should have gone on a full scale bug hunt" Hicks doesn't like waiting. "No!" snaps Ripley. "That's too risky. I figure their only move now is to batter their way in-straight through this wall here. Then we know where they all are. And when we've finished with the crawlers... they won't be nowhere! Take up defence positions". All is quiet. Waiting ... With a sudden BAROOM! that bursts the eardrums, the whole wall is torn open, sharp steel peels back and the hideous Alien horde is about to surge through. The Alien Queen's dripping jaws are set to strike but when she sees what seems to be an Alien-ATAX- aiming straight between her eyes, she pulls back, thrown off balance. "This is it! Fire! Give the creeps all you've got!" And the Space Marines swing into deadly action ...Marbles line up to take out the trashEven ATAX joins the party!
Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 3: Main Control Deck! The lighting & pop-up bits work to make this weird & wonderful rib-winged Alien (based on Kenner concept art) jump out of the scene. I love the acid holes in the deck. Just need some sentry gun accessories to hold back the horde!

Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 3: Main Control Deck! The lighting & pop-up bits work to make this weird & wonderful rib-winged Alien (based on Kenner concept art) jump out of the scene. I love the acid holes in the deck. Just need some sentry gun accessories to hold back the horde!

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Action Space Base - Zone 3: Main Control Deck - a HUGE bulky xenomorph looms at the entrance to a moodily lit alien-infested corridor. It has a large Queen-like head, squat muscular body, powerful arms and short “wings” formed from its ribs like a Draco lizardTHE ALIENS INVADE - the story for this section! "So let's update the situation - any reports?" Ripley looks around at the team of Space marines gathered on the main control deck. Apone is impatient "The situation is- what's our next move with these doggone bug-eyes? I say we blast the guts outa... hey, what the heck's that!" A rhythmic booming suddenly starts up. With every thud the deck floor shudders. "It's coming from behind the wall!" The noise gets louder and the wall bulges with each thump. "It's beginning to split!" Ripley dives for her flame torch. "I'd say that our next move with the bugs is being decided for us! Emergency stations! Tool up Marines! We're gonna see some action!" A crack splits the wall from floor to ceiling, then sudden silence ... They hold their breath. They can hear a squelching, rustling sound and a foul smell seeps through the crack that explodes inwards. Steel bursts open in a cloud of smoke and electric flashes bounce from wall to wall as cables are ripped apart. "Firing positions guys. These suckers are gonna fry!" The Marines stand their ground as through the acrid smoke comes thundering the mighty Bull Alien, jaws slavering, and the venom-dripping fangs of the Scorpion Alien close behind ...Drake and Apone get ready to hold off the advancing Alien…… and are so intent on it that they fail to notice the Gorilla Alien that has crept up behind them! The cardboard alien is quite similar in build/design to the Gorilla (minis the wings) so I wonder if it eventually evolved into it
Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · last wk.

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Space Base Zone 2: Examination Bay! Loved this section as a kid a it was a good place to do SCIENCE. The story on the back (“The Lurker in the Laboratory” - transcribed in alt text) was very creepy for kids

Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · last wk.

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Space Base Zone 1: Lab Area! We start our exploration of the Space Base in “The Aliens Nursery” where tubes of Facehuggers await. There’s no Burke figure to free them but I’m sure they’ll get out somehow! As well as the diorama there’s a story on the back (transcribed in alt)

Kenner Aliens Pop-Up 3D Space Base - Zone 1: Lab Area. Three luminous tubes of goo suspend three dormant Facehuggers…. they are dormant… aren’t they? The story on the back of the card: "Hey, Bishop, are ya hungry? Try some of this!" Drake holds up a jar of evil-looking slime. Bishop looks up from the other side of the lab where he's investigating a row of glass dishes smeared with green, smelly goo. "These science guys sure like things messy!" One wall of the lab is solid, smooth steel. Bishop taps it. It gives a hollow boom. "There's something behind here - it looks like it slides. There must be a way in." He touches a ridged square at the end of the wall and suddenly, with a deafening crash the wall shoots back. "Holy ... What is this?" In front of them a bank of huge glass tubes stretches from floor to ceiling. They glow with a ghastly green light and in each one floating gently up and down in the viscous liquid is ... something. Something alive and hideous. Something that looks like ... "They're Alien young - this is their nursery!" Bishop peers closely at one of the tentacled creatures. Suddenly, as if at a signal, the creatures fling themselves, all together, towards the Marines. And again, and again. "It's like they recognise us!" shouts Drake over the thumping din and ominous cracking of glass. "Those tubes look like they're gonna go." An alarm starts to scream. "The vibration's set it off - let's get outa here." But as they turn towards the only door out, they can hear the blood-curdling screams of Aliens advancing up the corridor. "Space Marine alert! Marine alert! Ripley! Hicks! Come in! Emergency!" bellows Drake into his radio as they take up battle positions and prepare to fight ...“Hey look, I found another one of them critters!” Alone unwise holds up a Facehuggers as Bishop and Hicks look on in horrorThis Facehugger latches into Apone as the others race to help
Rik@slightlyonfire.bsky.social · last wk.

Kenner Aliens POP-up 3D Action Space base! This amazing UK exclusive 6part cardboard base was packaged with Aliens & Marines. The zones form a Hadley’s Hope diorama which is impressively large & absolutely gorgeous. It used to be pretty rare but an enormous case find made it a lot more accessible

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FieldExplores (Gator Days)@fieldexplores.bsky.social · 2w ago

This past week has been difficult for me. I'm hoping that things will be better in this upcoming one. I'm going to bed now but I'd like to make a request. Could you share something that makes you happy? I'd like to start tomorrow by seeing some positivity. It would mean a lot. Thank you.

The Pierce Ryan@galmorzu.bsky.social · 2w ago

@tanooks.bsky.social Sorry I've been MIA, I've been really sick and not doing too great at the moment. But saw this and wanted to share, as it turned out to be great timing for an Abzu playthrough! Thanks again for that wonderful, chill, fun stream. 🥰🐠

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JoypadLad.com X SuperStickerClub.com@joypadlad.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was my first 4-sheet sticker/magnet set. I've still never done a 5-sheet set, but have some that are 6 or more. Which other game should have a 4 sheet or more set?

JoypadLad.com X SuperStickerClub.com@joypadlad.bsky.social · 2w ago

We've updated all of the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past sticker/magnet sets, adding and changing a few pieces AND have added a new 4 SHEET SET that adds an extra 28 PIECES! www.superstickerclub.com/product/the-...