"This is rumor control, here are the facts:"
Aliens Series One:
Hicks w/ closed mouth will be in series one. He will NOT have a helmet on, he will have a Pulse Rifle, Shotgun, Shotgun Holster, & welder.
Hudson w/ Game Over Man face will be in series one. He will NOT have a helmet on, he will have a Pulse Rifle, Motion Tracker, & Shoulder Lamp.
Aliens Warrior will be in series one. He will have BROWN highlights.
There will be no 3-Pack in series one. (Dunno where that came from). There will be no 2-packs in series one. These 3 characters will be sold individually.
Release date: June 2013
Marines vs. Aliens 2-Packs:
Hicks vs Warrior. Hicks will have a helmet on w/ open yelling mouth. Alien will have BLUE highlights and shotgunned head. This Hicks will have Shoulder Lamp, Motion Tracker, Pulse Rifle, Welder, Shotgun, & Shotgun Holster.
Planned date: September 2013
Hudson vs Warrior. Hudson will have a helmet on w/ open yelling mouth. Alien will have BROWN highlights w/ shot up torso. Hudson will have Shoulder Lamp, Motion Tracker, & Pulse Rifle.
Planned date: October 2013
Aliens vs Aliens 2-Pack:
Black Warrior vs. Red Warrior. This will be the ONLY way to get a ALL BLACK warrior in 2013. This is the Genocide comic book inspired 2-pack.
Release date: August 2013
Aliens Series 2:
Aliens Warrior with BLUE highlights.
HR Giger 1979 Original Alien. All new sculpt never-before released.
Sgt. Craig Windrix. Real-life brother of NECA sculptor Kyle Windrix. Craig is actively fighting cancer and is a HUGE Aliens fan.
Release date: Late 2013
There are 13 Aliens figures planned to come out in 2013.
3 Figures in Series One
3 Figures in Series Two
4 Figures in Marines vs. Aliens 2-Packs
2 Figures in Aliens vs. Aliens 2-Pack
1 Alien Queen
The Quenn WILL be in scale with the figures
Lance Henriksen's Bishop character is coming in 2014
Tom Skerrit's Dallas character is coming in 2014 as part of the A L I E N 35th Anniv. Series. He will be in his spacesuit
John Hurt's Kane character is coming in 2014 as part of the A L I E N 35th Anniv. Series
Jones the cat is coming in 2014 as part of the A L I E N 35th Anniv. Series
2014 will have the Weyland Yutani Mercs from Alien3
2014 will have the Alien3 Runner
2014 will have 4.5inch tall Alien eggs that open, close, and launch facehuggers
Kenner Aliens will happen AFTER the movie Aliens.
2014 will have the all black w/ silver highlight Aliens Warrior from Genocide 2-pack INDIVIDUALLY
Those are the facts.
Agree or be wrong, the choice is yours!