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Everyone knows a Xenomorph will mess you up—and Alien: Earth, which takes place before the sinister bosses at Weyland-Yutani re-routed Sigourney Weaver and company to a far-flung planet in search of one in Alien, provided multiple Xenomorphs to fulfill your sci-fi nightmares. However, the FX show didn’t stop there; instead, it introduced an entire lab’s worth of biological horrors culled from deep space, including a creepy eyeball creature that proves “small” doesn’t mean “weak.”
As fans of Alien: Earth well know, the eyeball creature is scary because of its actions; it’ll leap onto, basically, anything with a body—first a cat, and then the sheep we see it occupy for most of the season—and take over its brain. Its ultimate goal, which it achieves in the season one finale, is finding a human host.
But the eyeball creature’s true terror is, as we learn throughout the series, how freaking smart it is. It’s so advanced, it delights Alien: Earth‘s billionaire genius mad scientist, Boy Kavalier, whose greatest joy in life is finding people capable of matching his intellect to converse with.
And now, it can delight you by gawking from your toy shelf in Funko form. (The sheep is a less ghoulish choice than the human host would be, as well as less of a plot spoiler.)
“Sheep With the Eye” is part of Funko’s new Alien: Earth collection, adding on to its existing Alien line and featuring hybrid character Wendy and her BFF, the Super Xenomorph. (Alas, no white-haired Kirsh to go with your Timothy Olyphant Cobb Vanth Pop… at least not yet.)
But the woolly guy, who’s a web exclusive and will set you back $15 here, is clearly the top choice based on gruesome-skewing niche appeal.
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