Ellen Ripley and Power Loader Aliens Hot Toys Prototype Images

The new prototype photos of Hot Toys’ Aliens Ellen Ripley and Power Loader set give us a much closer look at the Power Loader than I was able to get in person at SDCC 2026. The display at the show was positioned behind a clear divider, so even though we captured plenty of Hot Toys booth images, I couldn’t get close enough to really study all the Loader’s mechanical detail. That’s what makes these pictures shared by 6thscale_kawu so cool. They get right up against the prototype and offer a better view of the machinery surrounding Ripley, along with the sheer size and complexity of the sixth-scale piece. Hot Toys has already released its official Ellen Ripley and Power Loader images, but polished promotional photography and close-up prototype shots provide two very different ways of examining a collectible this elaborate. The set is also currently available to preorder, pairing Ripley with the equipment she uses during the film’s climactic confrontation. For me, these closer angles do a better job of showing just how much is going on throughout the Power Loader’s construction.

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Here we get a full look at Ellen Ripley fitted into the Power Loader, with the yellow safety cage, blue harness, twin control grips, and bundles of black hoses surrounding her. The loader is covered in chipped paint, grime, warning markings, exposed pistons, and heavy mechanical panels from its broad arms down to the oversized feet.

From the side, the Power Loader’s arms end in broad forked clamps with ridged gripping edges and black-and-yellow stripes across the tips. An amber beacon and two tall antenna rods sit above the cab, while the large side housing has a deep circular opening and a faded graphic across its outer plate.

Around back, the Power Loader’s frame is built around a large central cylinder and tall rectangular housings mounted behind the shoulders. Small gauges and red-striped controls are set into the outer arm casing, while narrow metal lines, fittings, and a ribbed rubber boot run down the rear of the legs.

Here’s a closer look at the Power Loader’s dense cabling, with thick black lines looping through the yellow frame and narrower red and blue lines tucked farther inside. Several hoses terminate around silver rods with ribbed black collars, while small connector ends cluster along the inner structure.

Inside the cab, the narrow back plate has a round central peg and two chunky hinge brackets near its base. Below it, raised CATERKILLAR lettering runs across a recessed panel covered in angular molded lines.

This close-up picks out the black PWL emblem on the Power Loader’s side plate, along with a raised rectangular latch and recessed bolts. Above it, a round housing carries an arched gauge-like recess, two oblong openings, and a small SX marking.

Ripley’s portrait has damp, tousled curls, a focused expression, and streaks of grime and dried blood along her right cheek. Her torn white top and gray work pants are paired with a black firearm strapped vertically to the loader’s frame.

The blue restraint straps have a coarse woven texture, frayed white scuffs, and black adjustment buckles, with narrower black webbing crossing Ripley’s chest. Thick black padding wraps the Power Loader’s bars beside her head and across her waist, and the angular backrest fits tightly behind her shoulder.

Down at Ripley’s legs, the gray fabric cargo pants have large thigh pockets, stitched knee panels, and long side zippers near the cuffs. Her beige high-top shoes have red ribbed ankle sections and blue straps across the toes, tucked into angular yellow foot cradles connected to twin silver rods.

A perforated metal guard covers the upper section of the safety cage, framed by thick tubing with heavy wear along the edges. An amber warning beacon sits on top, surrounded by exposed red and blue wiring, while the angular control housing beside the cab has three recessed rectangular buttons, a round port, and a black inset panel lower down.

The included display base has a long grated deck with weathered green-gray paint, an Ellen Ripley plaque, and a tall black support fitted with a metal waist cradle. Six interchangeable hands cover relaxed, gripping, pointing, and open gestures, and her gray sock.

The sock has a fine ribbed weave and a fitted, tapered shape with a wider opening at one end. The pinching hand has individually sculpted fingernails, knuckle creases, and subtle skin shading around the fingers.

The size comparison with the Alien Queen shows just how substantial the Power Loader is, reaching close to the Queen’s shoulder height. She has a glossy blue-black exoskeleton, a long ridged head crest, and a segmented tail that ends in a sharp hooked tip.

The Alien Queen has four long arms with thin clawed fingers, blade-like spines rising from her back, and a ribbed chest beneath the layered neck armor. The biomechanical base is packed with coiled tubing, grated sections, and skeletal remains, joined by a large brown Alien egg with deep folded ridges and these two look AMAZING on display!