These sets were absolute favorite toys from childhood and I've wanted more information on them for years.
Here's absolutely everything I can remember about these toys:
In the photos above, you're seeing two separate sets. However, when I first saw these toys, it was in one large set. Instead of the four main structures connected by two angled tunnels, it was three main structures connected by one "T" intersection tunnel. If memory serves, it was basically something like this:
This product was on the shelves in Belgium at a supermarket called GB around 1997/1998. The aliens in the set are obvious knock-offs of the creatures from the Alien movies, which my friends and I were huge fans of, so we would drool over this set on the shelves. I never got the chance to get this product before moving back to America. I figured it was only available in Europe and assumed I'd never see it again. But then in 1998/1999, I saw the two smaller versions in a KB Toys store and purchased them.
A lot of the pieces are interchangeable, all connecting to the main structures and vehicles with pegs of the same size, allowing kids to mix and match weapons & accessories as they please. Here are the sets with most of the pieces removed:
The aliens and humans each came in two variants. The humans either had open helmets and a handgun or closed helmets with a two-handed weapon. The aliens were either facing forward or looking downward and off to the side.
On the bottom of the main structures, it reads: "Blue Box Toys" and "Made in China". That's the only information I have to go on. I'd love to see the box art again for nostalgia's sake, or at the very least, geek out with others who had these things.
