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Lanard Toys

Postby DISCHARGE » Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm

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Lanard toys are probably not revered by many of the collectors here,
and mostly regarded as cheap military figures the real Joes have to rescue or Cobra decapitates on the cheap.
I am of course referring to The Corps figures. Like 6 bux for an less than articulated specialist team of 3 that you hand the kids to bury in the sandbox just so your real Snake Eyes doesn't go missing.

Last year they procured the license for Aliens and sold them at
Wal-Mart. $10.00, cool! An inexpensive way to pick up more Aliens in a 3 3/4 size.
You got an Alien, some accessories and one of those cheezey Corp figures. The Alien was actually more articulated the the Corp figures they've made for years. Gotta tell you I didn't hate it.
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But they didn't really go with my Neca stuff.

Again, I didnt hate them, but I only sampled a taste. I liked the Reaction figures and these were very similar. Actually I would say better... But such bad colors. Why make them such bad colors? I'm guessing its so they didn't mess with the other companies producing them too.

Well, its a new year and the Wal-Mart's near me managed to either sell the stock of those Alien bundles over the Christmas sales season or they took em out back and burned 'em. Either way they are gone.

And now for the fun part. As a part of toy collecting I used to really enjoy was the surprise of finding something new on the shelves I hadn't known about. Sadly most of us know about the Transformers that bring most of us here to begin with months ahead of time, (and more increasingly never see in person) to be less excited by the sighting because the mystery has been spoiled.

Sighting a giant Predator figure days ago made by Lanard I was like "Oh, cool." I figured it was going to be replacing the giant purple (yep weird ass purple) Alien queen they had released last year.
Light up laser, flexing mandibles. Pretty neat for 20 dollars.
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A bit big for my taste, but damn a kid could have fun with this thing.

Walking through the toy isle at another Wal-Mart I scoped out the next evolution of the Lanard Alien figures I had no clue were on their way, 7 inch Aliens that cost 10 dollars..? Uh.. I love it!
3 to choose from. Maybe not Neca, but 10 dollars to help fill out an Alien swarm. Nice. As cool as they are I know Wal-Mart will have them for a while though, plus sometimes I like to leave stuff for future plastic jonesing.
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So, I hit a different Wal-Mart on my way home, albeit looking for Transformers.. Bam! 7-inch Predator figures. They got me..
As with the Aliens there was a choice of three. Well of course I've got to get the clear(ish) one.
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Nice packaging (real nice in my opinion) and again 10 dollars.
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Are these going to make people sell their Neca figures? No.
They are smaller, lack the smaller accoutrements the Neca figures feature and again are 10 dollars.
But after having my Spiked Tail Pred take a nose dive off a shelf and shatter into unrepairable condition :( , I'm more likely to open these and not worry about collateral damage.
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While shorter than a Neca it feels far less fragile without feeling "cheap".
Jungle Hunter Predator features a milk carton clear body and comes with an electro claw weapon. He also has his shoulder mounted plasma bazooka that is fully rotatable. Ball joints where it matters, wrist swivel. This is a solid figure for the price point.
Kudos Lanard, kudos.
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Re: Lanard Toys

Postby blackeyedprime » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:25 pm

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Lanards new (well, old since the Aliens have been out for a while) range have been pretty good, Kenner pretty much introduced funky colors to Aliens and Lanard just dialed it up a notch. There is also a starship troopers type tanker bug with marine but it looks as though they didn't get the license to go all in :( the roughnecks CGI/Movie or otherwise based would have been an instant buy for me.

I've almost been tempted to get some of their other figures Rampage/corps. Their King Kong would have been a buy if it had articulated knees for a more ape pose. For a toy company to make toys at toy prices is a rare thing these days.
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Re: Lanard Toys

Postby DISCHARGE » Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:34 pm

Motto: "AnTagony IS the PitS. MoVe ALonG WoRMs. THis WarS NOT gOnNa WIN iTSelf!"
Weapon: Front-Mounted Anti-Matter Projector
Well, after testing out the Predator I had to see how the Alien figure stood up next to him.

I chose the blue one with a tinge of green.
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Like the Predator he is solid without feeling fragile, perfect for a starter Xenomorph. The mouth opens and closes, unfortunately the inner mouth is molded inside and doesn't retract.
The specimen containment holds a Facehugger which is removable, nice.
Points of articulation hit where they are needed, but not quite as nice as the Predator. I would like the head to have more up and down range, but that's just nitpicking on a 10 dollar toy.

He scales just fine with the Lanard Pred, but is dwarfed by a Neca.
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He is chunky like a Kenner Alien, but with far better range of motion.
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All in all I would say these Aliens and Predators are ready for war.
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I may buy more of these and paint them black.
The plastic feels very smooth though so I am concerned the paint might become tacky or not hold. But I guess at 10 dollars an experiment will not be so encumbering.
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Re: Lanard Toys

Postby blackeyedprime » Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:12 am

Motto: "Me Grimlock, you slag."
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Picked up all three of the 7 inch aliens today. It would be rude not to at toy prices (£10 here) and will likely get a predator or more to join them along with the red queen. Hefty figures for the pricing and way better than £18 for $11 motu series figures. Doesn't seem like they've expanded on the range in a year but I think it is the first time out stores have stocked aliens other than the 4 inch range.
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Re: Lanard Toys

Postby blackeyedprime » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:21 am

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Some new 7" repaints of the aliens out with glow in the dark face huggers. Runner is gold color with brown dog, green Drone and a red warrior. Picked up all 3 :)
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