Hello to everyone at Aliens Legacy! My name's David, I am 37, live in Manchester UK and have been a fan of the ALIEN series....( well, ALIEN & ALIENS...ahem
)....since first seeing ALIEN at the age of 10!
I first came across this site about a year ago whilst I was scouring the internet looking for ALIENS props info and have been a regular visitor ever since, I always enjoy reading through the posts/banter etc.....I am a complete newcomer to forums and have never been a member of any communities before, I can honestly say that i think had the internet and sites like this been around in my teens (1980's) I probably would have spent most my life on it as I (used to be) an ALIENS fanatic!!....I say "used to be"...I still am at heart, it's just that my "obsession" had to take a back seat as I got older and had less time and spare cash to indulge in my hobby! That's life eh!
Back when I was collecting stuff in the 80's it was really hard to come across anything Alien related.... there was no internet, which meant no eBay, no resources like this to share information with fellow fans. My only source of info really was a monthly modelling magazine that had a small sci-fi section in it! I also used to make the journey into Manchester whenever I could afford, there was a tiny little sci-fi store in the corn exchange, I think it was called odyssey7 or something similar!.... i can still remember the excitement I felt as I approached the doors and walked down the steps into an Aladdin's Cave of Sci Fi memorabilia! and I did manage to pick up some Aliens bits and bobs from time to time, mostly stills/patches/magazines.
Like I said collecting was difficult and there really wasn't that much stuff out there.....The excellent Halcyon model kit range was a great time for me, as was the very poor quality AEF designs range of figures, as well as a 1:1 scale resin PR replica (it must have been one of the very first ones produced.... and I STILL haven't got round to finishing it!!!!)..... it's during that time that I learnt to model/paint/detail/weather....( another hobby that I have not done for years that I am lookin' forward to taking up again)....Over the last 15 years or so I have given most of my collection away...(cringe!) simply because I have moved around a lot and didn't have room to be lugging stuff around with me, and I had told myself that I will never buy something that is ultimately just gonna sit on a shelf and collect dust! HOWEVER!!!!! After a long absence from collecting, last year I came across some pics of the Hot Toys ALIENS figures and something deep down inside me re awoke!!!! I HAD to have them, it's as though I felt that I owed it to my former self to have these things!
Like I said earlier, times have changed and I simply can't believe some of the ALIENS related items that have been/still are/soon to be available! I never would have thought that one day it would be possible to own a replica pulse rifle like the soon to be released HCG PR!! So it's official!!! I am collecting again!!!! looking forward to getting to know some of you guys! so much for just introducing myself! I have just waffled on! sorry, hope I have not broke some kind of rule about short introductions lol!
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