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NECA Bringing ‘Ninja Turtles’ Inspired Xenomorph Toy to SDCC 2017
NECA has become known for putting fun horror toys exclusively up for grabs at the annual San Diego Comic-Con, and we already know that this year is going to be no exception. Over the weekend, the toy company unveiled their upcoming “Sewer Mutation Warrior Alien” toy, which is sure to look familiar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans!
The toy, an orange-colored Xenomorph, is based on the “Pizza Monsters” from the 1987 animated series. The Pizza Monsters appeared in the episode ‘The Case of the Killer Pizzas,’ and they were quite clearly inspired by the Xenomorph design from the Alien movies. Having both licenses in their arsenal, NECA took it upon themselves to whip up this outside-the-box Alien toy!
Only 3,000 will be made.
Deep in space, something is happening at a remote Weyland-Yutani scientific outpost! The terrible coincidence of a power outage and a deep space radiation has created a new Xenomorph… one that’s right at home in the pipes and tubes of the station’s sub-levels. The Sewer Mutation Warrior Alien stands over 9″ tall and features over 30 points of articulation and a bendable tail.
This figure will be available to Alien Club members and at NECA’s SDCC booth. It will NOT be available during the online presale that starts on 6/20.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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