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Author:  Cooter Davis [ Sun May 03, 2009 12:18 am ]
Post subject:  Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
In case you didn't know today is Free Comic Book Day, in the USA, and Dark Horse
Comics released an Aliens Comic Book. In case you haven't been keeping up
this is the first Aliens Comic storyline that has come out in a long time. Its
a small read, and has no action really, but is a prelude to the new series
coming out this month.

Also I found out something very interesting, Aliens Prop Themed, today as well.
I got to do a troop at Things From Another World. This is Dark Horse Comics
own Comic Book Shop, and is right across the street from the Dark Horse
Comics Head quarters. Anyway I was talking to the dark horse accounting
manager, and he told me locked away in the Dark Horse ware house was
the Alien Queen from the film. It sits in 5 lonely crates gathering dust. He
told me it belonged to Dark Horse, and had received it after the aliens
prop display at the Sci Fi museum had closed in Seattle. Made me want
to cry, but I asked to see it and he said he might be able to work something
out. I'll keep you posted......
Author:  Scapey [ Sun May 03, 2009 6:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Funny, that... There've been a few stories about "Yeah, we found the original Alien Queen from the movie gathering dust in a warehouse!" from various sources over the years.
I wonder whose is actually legit, if any?
Author:  Xenomorph [ Sun May 03, 2009 8:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Reverend Scapegoat wrote:
Funny, that... There've been a few stories about "Yeah, we found the original Alien Queen from the movie gathering dust in a warehouse!" from various sources over the years.
I wonder whose is actually legit, if any?
no, if you watch the alien quadrilogy dvd-box last disc, there is a short "documentary" of this old guy that has got the alien queen (full size) and other various alien things in his basement. he got all the stuff from FOX and signed under a contract that said that he couldn't sell anything and that FOX could come home to him and use the stuff in other alien movies but he got them returned afterwards. you can visit him and his alien museum if you want to.
Author:  Glenn [ Sun May 03, 2009 8:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
:lol: That old guy is Bob Burns... i think some of the guys on here have visted his house..
Author:  Xenomorph [ Sun May 03, 2009 8:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Glenn wrote:
:lol: That old guy is Bob Burns... i think some of the guys on here have visted his house..
I would love to visit him :D unfortunately i can't :( it's kinda far away :cry:
Author:  Pug50 [ Sun May 03, 2009 8:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
I very nearly did, but he heard I was coming and went on vacation that week!
Author:  Dropshipbob [ Mon May 04, 2009 3:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
There was a line of commercially made Alien Queens made about 15 years ago. I can't remember the company's name. I have the front page of a catalog that was offering them and they had an employee pictured with it to give an idea of the size.
Author:  Vito [ Mon May 04, 2009 4:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Aye,

I looked Mr Burns up in the Yellow Pages - "Of America" - lol

And asked him how much is the accomidation for a nights stay in..............

*DRUM ROLL*

BOB BURNS BASEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He said i used to have an old cryogenic freezer and he said it was out of use!

:lol:
Author:  Randy of AFTimes [ Tue May 05, 2009 6:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Glenn wrote:
:lol: That old guy is Bob Burns... i think some of the guys on here have visted his house..

I did. MANY moons ago-probably fifteen years at least.

He's a GREAT guy with not only an amazing collection but a vast knowledge of the movies.

I don't remember him having the Alien Queen when I visited but among the things he had that I saw was:

-ALIENS "Hero" Dropship Model (SOOO pretty!)
-ALIENS USS Sulaco Model (Having been returned and repainted correctly after use in ALIEN3)
-ALIEN Alien Ship (Partially broken from its original trip to his home, later used by Cameron)
-Various ALIEN Background Equipmen (I played around with a toolkit that still had a working Dremel tool inside it!)

Most of the stuff that Bob got from Fox was from ALIEN.

If anyone DOES get the chance to visit Bob's Basement, it's well worth the trip!
Now I need to see about going back some time soon.
Author:  The_BDK [ Wed May 06, 2009 1:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
Yea Bob Burns has the Queen according the the Quad, it was borrowed by Fox for A4.
Author:  Cooter Davis [ Sat May 09, 2009 1:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
I just heard from Dark Horse Comics, and according to them "They have it."

Was there more than one made for the film?
Author:  Harry Harris [ Sat May 09, 2009 1:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aliens, on Free Comic Book Day, and you (or me)
I might be wrong here but doesn't Bob Burns just have the cable-controlled Queen head from Aliens?

I think Dark Horse might have one of the casts of the whole thing that were available a few years back; the one that Dropshipbob mentioned earlier. They were made by the late Nick Harrison and his crew under the company name "Bitch Productions", I think Bruce Hansing (who I think was part of the original crew) took over production for a while after Nick passed away.

Harry
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