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From R-rated movie to Toys ‘R’ Us: How Aliens, Terminator and Predator became action figures for kids – TechRadar
Get away from my Ripley doll, you bitch!
In space no one can hear you scream. But for a short while in the 1990s, they might have heard you in the aisles of your local Toys R Us. The 1990s toy industry briefly indulged a craze that saw some of the most blood-soaked film franchises in Hollywood history become childrens playthings, from Ridley Scotts Alien to James Camerons Terminator, for kids aged 6 and up.
It seems like madness now you wouldnt expect to see toys based on Mad Max: Fury Road, or John Wick aimed at kids barely finished…
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