Aliens Quadrilogy Blu-Ray Case

Last year I ridiculed that “egg edition” Blu-Ray for the Aliens Quadrilogy. Don’t get me wrong, the execution and effort there was top-notch, but the egg was ugly, no matter how accurate. Also the tiny Alien (compared to the egg) was odd. There was also a giant head release, which had a bunch of discs inside an Alien noggin, but that looked so unwieldy.

I’ve always tried to think of a Blu-Ray case for this franchise, and it hasn’t been easy. I’ve thought of designs revolving around the Queen alien and the airlock, Ripley’s power loader suit, and even the cryo sleep chambers. Nothing really worked! So I turned to a crutch of mine: use a vehicle. In this case, the APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) from Aliens.

I’m not proud to use the vehicle crutch, but this crosses Aliens off my to-do list. I have other franchises that also plague me (Indiana Jones, Battlestar Galactica), so I’m happy to get this one out the door.

For what it’s worth the APC works very well, much like that Dark Knight Trilogy design - a big boxy vehicle to stow cases. This design differs by being able to use full-size cases, made possible by making the front wheels thin (there is fake tire on the underside).

To compliment this design, I included three Alien action figures. I’d do the figure thing more often in my designs, if they weren’t so time-consuming. These Aliens were relatively easy to churn out. Ideally this design would also get a Marine figure too. A Ripley figure would be boss.

To truly trick-out this design, the figures would have magnets on their feet and hands to grab onto the die-cast or metallic frame. BONUS IDEA: They really need to make a Spider-Man figure with magnets you can throw on the fridge.

This vehicle is actually decked-out in green camouflage, but at the risk of enraging fanboys I opted for the dark blue to make it look like its onscreen appearance. The turret would be able to move on the rail system. The figures can be stowed inside. A few LED headlights would complete the design.

In closing this was a tough one, and a bit of a compromise. I would like to do a design that encapsulates all four films, but went with my favorite - Aliens. It’s a design I would certainly would buy, if given the choice between this and those other ones that were actually released.