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 ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

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 ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

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 ...

Gentle Giant Ltd. is extremely proud of the recent Glow in the Dark version of our Jumbo Kenner Alien that was a huge success as a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive. With the release of our regular ...

Before Todd McFarlane started shaking toys up in the ’90s, toy lines based on licensed properties didn’t necessarily concern themselves with being accurate. Batman came in multiple colors, Luke ...

Super7 (working periodically with Funko) has done many, many retro licenses in a vintage Kenner style. The idea being, what if these older properties had had toys in the ’80s? Or what if newer ...

That’s a bold claim, given how many horrifying Alien toys were marketed to little kids. But this Kenner 18″ figure is both close to H.R. Giger’s original vision ...

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 ...