Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition

Some days you just want to climb inside a power loader and punch a xenomorph in the face. The Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition on Playstation 3 lets you live that fantasy, shipping with a high quality resin Powerloader figurine nestled inside a Limited Edition Xeno Hive box that looks like it was ripped straight out of Hadley's Hope. Sure, the game itself became one of the PS3 era's most infamous launches, but collectors know that controversy breeds scarcity, and this set has only gotten harder to track down.

The real draw here is that figurine. The Powerloader stands as one of the better sculpts to come out of a mid-gen collector's edition, and the hive-inspired packaging gives it genuine display presence on any shelf dedicated to the franchise. Beyond the statue, you're getting four playable movie characters pulled directly from James Cameron's 1986 film. Hudson, Hicks, Drake, and Apone join the fight, letting you relive that doomed colonial marine squad firsthand. Additional customization options for your marines, Ripley's Flamethrower, Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers, a Phase Plasma Rifle, and exclusive multiplayer weapons round out the digital extras. There's even an exclusive game level, the USCM Academy Firing Range, locked behind this edition.

This is a set where the physical goods have far outlived the game's reputation. That Powerloader figurine in its xenomorph hive box is the kind of piece that makes other collectors stop and ask where you found it. For Aliens franchise collectors, this one's a must-have shelf piece from the disc era.