French - Canadian Kenner Aliens

 Cette fois c'est la guerre

Bonjour! Happy Aliens Day!

In late 1992, Kenner released the first series of the Aliens line of action figures. Interestingly, about the same time, there was a set of Series 1 Aliens figures released in Canada. 

These figures are the same as the US Series 1 counterparts EXCEPT for being bilingual; English and French text on the packaging.

I first came upon these by accident. I believe it was a Hicks or a Bull Alien. I had purchased them just thinking they were ordinary versions, but upon receiving them noticed the French text. I was already aware of the Euro carded versions of figures (multi lingual cards, including French!)

Interestingly, an expert source from France confirmed that these Canadian English/French cards were also distributed in France!

Now, since all Series 1 figures were already distributed in Europe on multilingual cards, seeing figures on exclusively French and English cards was curious.

Historically,  Kenner Canada (or Hasbro Canada for these?) would distribute "exclusive" French text packaging; they did that sort of thing a lot (vintage Star Wars was most notable). They did release a French-Canadian version of the 1979 figure as well.

Nevertheless, it was a fascinating new branch of this wonderful toy line! 

Happy Aliens Day to you all!

envoyez les Marines !