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What if The Thing had its own kid-friendly 1980s toy line?

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Remember how old Alien toy ads transformed xenobiological body horror into an excuse to sell action figures? Fake commercial maker Arlox has harnessed this instinct for this Saturday morning spot shilling articulated plastic based on John Carpenter’s The Thing. “Happy birthday, kids! You all got mutated torsos.”

https://gizmodo.com/old-alien-toy-ads-will-ruin-your-childhood-all-over-aga-5500685

[Via Geeks of Doom]

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