1:18 scale figure company Hiya Toys isn’t slowing down and continues to announce new pre-orders for upcoming waves of Alien, Predator, and AVP figures. They still have a number releases set for this year, and their ‘Exquisite Mini’ 2022 slate has been expanding. When we last checked in during spring, they had just announced Predator ... [Read More]

Practical Effects workshop StudioADI or Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. is attached to work on the new Predator film currently known as ‘Skulls.’ We’ve been thinking this was increasingly likely for a while, when previously StudioADI co-founder Alec Gillis put out a hiring call a few months back. A few weeks ago Gillis also shared an ... [Read More]

Super7 has announced a new wave of their ‘ReAction’ Alien figures in celebration of Alien Day! Coming are six new Alien figures including their first Runner and Newborn releases, as well as an exclusive Hudson figure. “Super7 has participated in every Alien Day celebration since the debut event in 2016. This year is no different and we’re stoked to add these ... [Read More]

We’d just like to thank everyone who took part in the giveaway. The answer was of course Sovereign! And we also have our winner. Congratulations to Carl Roberts for the win! An e-mail has been sent to request your shipping address. It’s Alien Day! And not only do we have a fantastic interview with Amalgamated Dynamic Inc’s Alec Gillis ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 126th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Happy Alien Day! Since it’s Alien Day, we naturally wanted to bring you a special episode with some awesome guests, and for this episode we’re talking to none other than Amalgamated Dynamic Inc’s Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr! We ... [Read More]

Alien vs. Predator Galaxy recently had the pleasure of talking to Amalgamated Dynamics Inc’s founders and long time Alien and Predator creature effect extraordinaries Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff for our upcoming Alien Day episode of the AvP Galaxy Podcast! So naturally it was a good chance to try to get some information on those questions I’ve had burning in ... [Read More]

Over the last few months we’ve seen a number of new announcements from Hiya Toys of upcoming Alien, Predator, and AVP 1:18 scale ‘Exquisite Mini’ figures. Their 2021 release schedule has been growing significantly since we last reported about them in June, so we thought we’d put together a resource for some of their recently ... [Read More]

Last month saw Coolwaters Productions, the company that represents the convention appearances of several cast and crew of Aliens, put on an Aliens themed In-House convention. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy was there and we really enjoyed it! And for those of you who missed out on the opportunity, Coolwaters has now uploaded the entire panel to their YouTube channel ... [Read More]

With many conventions and fandoms making the move to virtual conventions in this time of isolation, Aliens is not missing out on the fun either! Coolwaters Productions, the company that represents some of the cast of Aliens, has been running their own In-House convention with the casts of Superman, Ghostbusters and Star Trek having had live video ... [Read More]

And that’s time called on our Alien Day competition! We had hundreds of entries for this one so thank you to each and every one of you who participated! So the answer the question how many Alien films Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. worked on was five! Both worked on Aliens under Stan Winston before forming Amalgamated ... [Read More]

It’s that time of the month! The fantastic folk over at Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. have uploaded a new behind-the-scenes video from Alien vs. Predator. The new videos shows the rehearsing and shooting of several scenes including the Alien leap during the Celtic vs. Grid fight sequence, Grid writhing on the floor during the same sequence, an Alien ambushing Scar in the ice ... [Read More]

One of the most publicised removed aspects of The Predator following the extensive third act reshoots was the complete removal of a sub-plot that involved two Emissary Predators who were actively working against the Upgrade Predator and his fellow clan members. Kyle Strauts, one of the performers who wore that extra-terrestrial reptilian skin, has been sharing some pictures ... [Read More]

Over the last few years Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. has been sharing some very cool behind-the-scenes videos from their work on Alien 3, Alien Resurrection and the Alien vs. Predator films to their studioADI YouTube channel. Following on from a recent video showing the filming of the flashback scenes from Paul Anderson’s Alien vs. Predator, studioADI ... [Read More]