He's the only square of the bunch!
Welcome back! It's been a while. This will be a short article, but stay tuned and check back soon as I have a lot of new topics to hit upon.
The Swarm Alien. Hate him, love him...er, them (since there's two). It's definitely the oddest of the figures to emerge late in the Kenner line. Released at the very tippy end in 1994-95, it was a last ditch effort to goose sales for Aliens figures. (More on the swarm Alien can be read here)
In this article I'd like to point out something that I only just recently noticed: of all the Aliens figures, the Swarm is the only alien NOT encased in an oval bubble. They're sealed in a rectangular bubble, like all the Marines! See below for the classic Alien creature bubble, compared to the Marines' square bubble.
(I don't include the AvP 2 pack because it's a 2-pack, not just a single figure, so therefore it's a different class).
I'm not sure why the difference in bubble style. Was it weight? Size? That doesn't make much sense when the hefty king was in an oval, and the Queen and Flying Queen were as well. Big deluxe Aliens. Ovals.
Maybe they figured it'd be easier and cheaper to do a rectangular bubble rather then a rounded oval bubble. Could it have been aesthetics?
We'll never know in 2025, and that particular Kenner designer will take it to their grave.
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