Predator Action Figures

If you are interested in Predator action figures, you're in for a real joy ride!

Lots of Variety

There are many cool toys that are related to the Predator movies, with quite a variety of characters.

Here are just a few of the many characters you can get as a cool action figure:

* Stealth Scar Predator

* Scar Predator (Not Stealth)

* Alien Queen

* Grid Alien

* Warrior Alien

* Predator the Hunter

* Predator 2

* Celtic Predator

* Scar Predator

* Dog Alien

Quite a Range of Cost

Some of the action figures may be quite cheap, like $7 or so. However, some of the McFarlane Toys action figures can run to $300. Yes that's for a single Predator action figure, the "McFarlane Toys Club Exclusive Action Figure Stealth Predator". Some other vendors offer figures for more than $340.

Features

Besides cost, the various available figures differ in size, which can vary from 2 to 24 inches or more. Some figures are rigid, while others are poseable, meaning they are flexible but retain their position after being pushed into different poses. Some figures require assembly, and these will be listed as "some assembly required" or "kit version".

Bundles

You can buy sets that include two, three, or even four, separate characters! Besides the characters themselves, there are bundles of characters with dioramas. This provides a game play environment that matches, at least in some elements, aspects of the movies.

What's the Background of All These Predator Action Figures?

In case you didn't know, the Predator film series is a science fiction horror film franchise. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started in 1987 with the film Predator. This led to a sequel, Predator 2 (1990), and novel, comic book and video game spin-offs. Also there was Alien vs. Predator (2004), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (also known as AVP:R, 2007), and Predators (2010).

Are you a collector or a gamer?

People have different reasons for buying Predator action figures. Some are pure collectors. They like to acquire the figures to display and admire. Ownership of a particular character or product can be important. Also, owning an extensive collection of figures that represent a significant portion of all the different figures ever made, can be an important motivator for collectors. The latter people may be interested in pursuing the ideal of a "complete" collection.

Other people may not be collectors at heart, but gamers. These folks like to use the action figures in game play, often as part of fantasy type games with friends. If you are buying figures to use in gaming or for display, you may want to be sure to consider the scale of the figures you buy. It can be important to have figures of the same scale in a game or single display. Sometimes sellers list only the size and not the exact scale of a figure, but this is usually sufficient to decide which are the same, or nearly the same, scale.

Whatever your goals with respect to buying Predator action figures, you are sure to find a wide range of characters in several scales. Online sellers of these figures will provide descriptions you can use to choose which products to buy. You are sure to have a good selection, and should be able to achieve your goals easily.

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